Mr. Shep Oliver joined the NextPoint Group team in November 2011, after nearly seventeen years as an on-site leader and customer advocate at Dell Services Federal Government. Since coming to NextPoint, he has served as both a Director and Technical Engineer, providing expertise in Program Management, Project Management and System Engineering.
As the Director of National Security Program, Information Technology Services for Dell Services, formally known as Perot Systems Government Services (Dell is ranked number 41 in the Fortune 500 for 2011), he promoted Dell, rendering Professional Services and increased their industry profile through strategic planning and business development endeavors resulting in opportunities for growth with new clients and projects.
His operational business area expertise involved leading several contracts of $25M+ in total annual revenue, consisting of 150+ personnel. He exceeded corporate expectations with establishing four consecutive years of growth, averaging 17% per year expanding the base organically. Additionally, in 2009, he was responsible for winning a new $60M IT Support Contract. Led an on-site contract team of 120 FTEs, achieving an average 'outstanding performance rating' of 96% over ten periods of performance (5 years). He has a strong understanding of PMI fundamentals.
He is an experienced Technical Member of IT Teams with knowledge in the areas of system engineering, system operations, system integration, and project planning. Specifically, in the areas of Dissemination Systems, Office Automation, Internet Service Providers, Network Operations, Help\Service Desk and Application Development\ Web-Related Services.
From 2000-2003, he led a small team with designing, building and deploying of an IT mission solution consisting of a very secure self -protecting document system with the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) techniques. In the late 1990's, he helped with penetrating the wholesaling ISP market, and was responsible for the installation and oversight of a Network Operation Center (NOC) of nearly 50 Points of Presence within CONUS.
