LAURA L. WICHLACZ
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Assistant Program Executive Office for Corporate Information, Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems
TITLE: Web Applications Team lead; lead program analyst
YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 11 years (including 2 as a contractor)
DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III in program management and in information technology; Army Acquisition Corps member
EDUCATION: M.S. in program management, Naval Postgraduate School; B.S. in manage- ment information systems, Oakland University
AWARDS: Commander’s Award for Civilian Service; Performance Awards (2); Certificate of Appreciation (2)
DOING > TALKING W
hen it comes to leadership, Laura Wichlacz favors action over lip service. “Leadership is about results,” she said, “and people are more focused on what you do than what you say. Always have a plan and make sure you are moving toward
it—don’t talk a good game, walk a great game. Follow through.”
Wichlacz is part of the Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS), serving as the Web Applications Team lead in the Assistant PEO for Corporate Information. “I lead a team in developing and sustaining Army web applications and project management capabili- ties. Tese web applications take business processes and automate them into solutions that bring the warfighters’ vision to life.” Her team has deployed a variety of systems, including a task management system, a document staffing solution, a weekly significant activities reporting system and an application that manages contracts and deliverables after contract award.
She is also responsible for managing the tool that enables enterprise project management across PEO GCS, allowing the organization to better manage programs, products and projects: Microsoft Project Server is designed to assist program and project managers as they develop schedules, assign resources to tasks, track project progress, analyze workloads and create integrated master schedules. Te Project Manager for Armored Fighting Vehicles uses Project Server to manage the process from initial planning to the final step of getting retrofitted vehicles to warfighters. “Tey decompose the overall process into manageable activities such as engineering, testing,
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Army AL&T Magazine
Fall 2019
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