Dennis Swafford

• Administer more than 300 contracts and research grants with vendors from Europe, Russia, Turkey, and Israel. • Lead teams of quality inspectors, engineers, industrial specialists, price analysts, contract administrators, and procurement technicians, coordinating workloads and providing technical guidance and training. • Negotiate fixed price, fixed price with incentives, cost plus fixed fee, and hybrid contracts, as well as basic ordering agreements, supplemental agreements, and modifications.

• Served as a financial analyst and contract/grant compliance monitor for contracts and grants. • Evaluation & Monitoring. Ensured the completion of timely reports, evaluations, analyses, assessments, and deliverables that meet Federal Agency quality control/assurance standards (2 CFR 200, CAS, GAAP, GAGAS, and IFMS). • Monitored awardee performance, approved contract modifications, and conducted oversight for 200 contracts and grants totaling more than $200M.

• Conducted financial analysis of operations and strategies at multiple European facilities, enforce program policies and negotiate procurements. • Analyzed business trends and market practices to build relationships with German, Belgian, and Italian vendors. • Coordinated the budget development, planning, installation, and troubleshooting of Pegasys, a new financial management and monitoring system, including training all 30 purchasing officials in the European organization.

International Relations Emphasis, History Minor

Comparative and Developmental Administration