Rhonda "Kim" Adams

I've spent over 25 years in the IT industry, building my career from the ground up. My journey began in the Northern Virginia area, where I worked on top secret contracts with major companies including Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and General Electric. A pivotal moment in my career was transitioning to CENTCOM, where I worked at McDill Air Force Base managing all IT operations. One of my proudest achievements there was really maturing their ITSM organization, helping them understand IT service management and the practice of it, which made a huge improvement in their ability to move forward with technology and innovation. For the past 4 years, I've served as the Deputy Program Manager supporting the Army Corps of Engineers IT services, overseeing a team of 1,200 staff members. My responsibilities range from program management to technical exchange meetings on innovations that help the core move forward with technology. In this role, I'm particularly proud of stabilizing the network so that it can now be migrated into a cloud environment. My day-to-day stretches from the program management office to technical exchange meetings on innovations that can help the Army Corps of Engineers. I hold PMP and ITIL Expert certifications and follow both organizations. Looking ahead, I plan to retire in about 5 years, but until then, my goal is to continue contributing as much as I can to ensure success for USACE and any other program I'm managing, particularly in government and military environments.