Preston Wood

Computer Scientist

  • Current Role

    Current Role

    I manage the process improvement and optimization projects for the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s (OCIO’s) Management Optimization Program at CBIIT. My projects include the processing, reviewing, and improving of OCIO fiscal year budget requests; creating procedures, researching, and writing OCIO service catalogs; developing contract and task language; researching and implementing service processes; and quality assurance, metric analysis, and conducting branch activity cost studies. I’m a Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) from the American Society for Quality (ASQ), a Federal Acquisition Certification (FAC) Contracting Officer’s Representative level one (COR I), and a FAC Program/Project Managers level one (FAC-P/PM I). I’m also Information Technology Infrastructure Library Foundation certified, a graduate of the NCI Leadership Education Action Program (LEAP), and a former Government Quality Representative (GQR) for CBIIT software development projects.

  • Background

    Background

    Education

    • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland

    Previous Work

    • System Safety Engineer, NASA (Goddard Spaceflight Center Shuttle Special Payloads Division)