Resume

Michael Wakeland

US Citizen | TS/SCI | CI Polygraph | NSA Cleared

Phone: 713 794 0975
Email: michael.c.wakeland@gmail.com

Experience

Product Manager September 2024 – Present
On-site, Cyber Warfare Development Group Ft. Meade, MD

-Responsible for the cost, schedule, and performance of delivering an accelerated ACAT II />$200M acquisition program
-Interfaced with executives, contractors, the National Security Agency, and greater Intelligence Community
-Developed acquisition strategies and guaranteed successful performance
-Ensured Contractor success and compliance with Basic Order Agreements and Task Orders exceeding $50M/year
-Authored a contract with >$100M base and options value and oversaw execution as Contracting Officer’s Representative

Assistant Program Manager February 2022 – August 2024
On-site, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific San Diego, CA

-Rapid capability acquisition Project OVERMATCH Test & Evaluation
-Planned and executed $18M of project spending
-Served on a source selection authority, made formal source selection recommendations to the source selection authority
-Managed civil employees under Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory and Working Capital Fund constructs

Operations Lead, Strike & Undersea Warfare May 2015 – September 2019
On-site, USS BARRY (AEGIS warship #52) Yokosuka, Japan

-Led 15 enlisted Sailors in the maintenance, operation, and tactical employment of acoustic systems in the Indo-Pacific
-Ensured success under crunch during the 2017 Korea Straits Crisis

Education

Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA, September 2019- January 2022
MS, Electrical Engineering, Outstanding Thesis Award                                                                                         

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL, September 2011- May 2015
BS, Mechanical Engineering                                                                                                                 

Skills

Defense Acquisition                             SystemVerilog                          Matlab
Engineering Duty Officer                     Surface Warfare Officer            Acquisition Corps Member
SONAR/Acoustic Operations              Tomahawk Missile Operations  Space Operations

Professional Interests

Project Management Congressional Enactment Cryptanalysis
Small Business Innovation Research Rapid Fielding Cybersecurity

Written Works

Master’s Thesis: ASIC Benchmarking for Cryptographic Candidate Xoodyak Advisor: Glenn G. Henry, Founder, Centaur Technologies

Military Specific Qualifications

Engineering Duty Officer Surface Warfare Officer Acquisition Corps Member
SONAR/Acoustic Operations Tomahawk Missile Operations Space Operations