Doug Farmer Mba

Contract Procurement Manager/vendor Manager at Railinc Corp.

Doug Farmer, MBA, PMP has a diverse work experience spanning over several positions. Doug currently serves as a Contract Procurement Manager at Railinc Corp. since March 2023. Prior to this role, they were a Partner Manager at Railinc Corp. from July 2020 to March 2023. Before joining Railinc Corp., they worked as a Partner Manager at TEKsystems from November 2019 to July 2020.

Earlier in their career, Doug held the position of Program Manager at Noblis from August 2016 to October 2019. Here, they provided program management support to a large government agency, managing and supporting various software, hardware, telecom, security, professional services, and cloud computing contracts. Doug also developed Non-competitive Purchase Requests (NPRs) to save the government over $8.5 million.

Prior to Noblis, Doug worked as a Global Savings Program Manager at MetLife from January 2016 to July 2016. Doug was responsible for the global rollout of a savings governance process, ensuring cost savings and cost avoidance figures were validated and integrated across various regions.

Before their role at MetLife, Doug served as a DoD Procurement Lead at IBM from January 2011 to January 2016. In this position, they led a team of Federal Procurement professionals and managed the Center of Excellence (CoE) supporting IBM Federal Procurement Buyers and IBM Government clients.

Doug's experience also includes working as a Project Manager at the National Interest Security Company (NISC) from June 2006 to January 2011. Here, they coordinated and managed national security/DoD contracts, ensuring objectives were met within specifications, schedules, and budgets.

Additionally, Doug gained experience as a Recruiter at Aerotek from April 2005 to April 2006, where they performed customer analysis, conducted workforce management, and negotiated employment terms with candidates.

Doug's early career includes working as a Junior Engineer at Garrett Container Systems, Inc. from July 2004 to February 2005. In this role, they created and updated product designs for shipping and storage containers, deployment kits, and military equipment.

Overall, Doug Farmer has a strong background in program management, procurement, and leadership roles, gaining extensive experience in various industries including technology, government, insurance, and engineering.

Doug Farmer, MBA, PMP has an extensive education history in various fields. Doug first attended Salisbury University from 1999 to 2001, where they pursued Engineering Physics. Following that, from 2001 to 2003, they attended Frostburg State University and obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Physics.

In 2009, Doug obtained two certifications. Doug completed the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation certification in October 2009, and also became a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI) in April 2009.

Doug then pursued higher education and earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Business Administration and Management, General from the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics between 2010 and 2012. Recently, from 2019 to 2020, they furthered their education by completing a Master of Science degree in IT Management, specializing in Information Technology Management at Western Governors University.

Overall, Doug Farmer has a strong educational background, with degrees in physics and business administration, complemented by certifications in IT management and project management.

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    Contract Procurement Manager/vendor Manager

    March, 2023 - present

  • Partner Manager

    July, 2020