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“Program management is very demanding, and dynamic, you must bring your A-game every day.”
a performance specification resulted in providing the warfight- ers with a high-quality system that saved Soldiers’ lives,” she said. “Tese experiences have allowed me to grow in my career, understand the bigger picture, and continue to contribute to the defense of our nation.”
EXPLORE THE OUTDOORS
Viviana Gutierrez Jimenez hikes the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, in June 2018. Outside of the office, hiking and exploring the outdoors are some of her favorite pastimes. (Photo courtesy of Viviana Gutierrez Jimenez)
leads planning and execution for the demilitarization of conven- tional munition and missile items.
One of the major programs she supported from 2006 to 2011 was the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), a remote weapon that can engage targets while the Soldier remains protected inside an armored vehicle. Gutierrez participated in source selection, testing and evaluation, and preparing and presenting the urgent materiel release of the first units to support Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. “I feel the proudest after seeing some CROWS systems come back from theater destroyed,” she said. When those systems come back destroyed, she knows warfighters’ lives were saved.
“I have grown my career from drafting performance specifications and doing testing, to project management of the demilitarization portfolio. In CROWS, I learned that the work I did preparing
According to Gutierrez, the most important aspect of her career within the workforce is the opportunity for career-broadening experiences. She always recommends that her peers give them- selves a chance to participate in developmental assignments or co-locate in the program management office. Gutierrez completed a program management developmental assignment within the Project Director Joint Services three years ago while she was working as a quality engineer for the Joint Program Executive Office for Soldier. She excelled in the role and was given the opportunity to stay in Project Director Joint Services following the assignment.
Trough the developmental assignment, Gutierrez said she truly experienced and learned the world of program manage- ment. “Tese kinds of programs allow engineers to get out of the labs and testing centers and see the impact the work relays to the Army and the warfighters,” she said. “However, program management is very demanding and dynamic, you must bring your A-game every day.”
Te most important lesson Gutierrez said she has learned over the course of her career is to be consistent on a daily basis. “It builds credibility and strengthens integrity… it is important for the team that depends on my work to know that the product provided is of high quality and accurate,” she said. “Te greatest satisfaction I have as a member of the Army Acquisition Work- force is that I get to be part of and serve the Army family and explore ways to maximize demilitarization.”
—HOLLY DECARLO-WHITE
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