Fred Silva

Background

About Fred Silva

Executive and general IT manager; deep leadership skills across operational and executive positions. Experienced in managing teams of up to 500 technical staff. Skilled in leading IT and scientific research organizations to high performance levels. A history of innovative strategies for solving business challenges. • Management Areas: Senior-level IT management, governance, and budget management, TQM and DMAIC process improvement, and HR initiatives. Deep staffing and recruiting skills. Extensive experience with government proposal development (federal and state), FAR compliance, and award winning management of numerous CPAF, LOE and FFP federal contracts. • Technology Areas - IT infrastructure, data centers, enterprise automation, B2B systems, Oracle, electronic medical records, applications development, real-time systems, data acquisition, control systems, and scientific applications related to aeronautics. Extensive methodology experience with SDLC, PLC, Agile/SCRUM, Program/Project Mgt, and ITIL Service Management approaches. • Leadership - Experience with large global and multi-disciplinary teams. Excellent communication skills, decision making abilities, and problem solving. Demonstrated ability to understand root causes of problems and identify the real requirements for underlying processes/solutions. Highly regarded as a team builder, career coach, and mentor of technical staff.