Clyde G. McShan, II experienc e summar y

Clyde G. McShan, II currently is an independent consultant following his service as Director/Program Manager for Computer Sciences Corporation between 2005 and December 2006.  In his CSC position, Mr. McShan was responsible for the transition of work to and the processing of work by the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) located at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.  The NSSC is a newly established organization within NASA that has been created to handle all back office processing for NASA throughout the world.  This includes Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Procurement Management, and Information Technology support.  In addition, Mr. McShan was responsible for the establishment and operation of a Call Center to handle all questions relating to transactions processed by the NSSC.

Mr. McShan served as Executive Vice President for Savantage Solutions, Inc., from 2003 until 2005.  Savantage is a woman owned small business providing financial products and services as well as a wide variety of IT services.  As such, Mr. McShan was responsible for managing existing tasks and well as for business development relating to the Federal agencies located throughout the country with emphasis on Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, LA.    

Prior to taking a position with Savantage Solutions, Inc. Mr. Mc Shan served as Senior Vice President of the Federal Group of Affiliated Computer Services (subsequently sold to Lockheed Martin).  Mr. McShan was responsible for nation-wide business development and management of a large number of ACS customers and potential customers in Federal civilian agencies.  His organization employed approximately 300 IT professionals in locations throughout the United States with an annual revenue base of over $50 Million.   Prior to assuming this position, Mr. McShan served as Vice President for ACS’ Professional Services Central and ACS’ Gulf States Operations.  While serving in each of these positions, Mr. McShan materially expanded both company revenue and staff.

While with the Federal Government, Mr. McShan served as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Director for Financial Management at the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C.  In this position, he was responsible for financial management and accounting activities throughout the Department including development of an integrated financial management system for the Department.

Mr. McShan was Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center (NFC) in

New Orleans, LA, from 1981 until 1993.  Under his direction, the NFC became a recognized leader in providing financial management services to the Federal sector.  He served in the Senior Executive Service for 17 years.  Mr. McShan joined the staff of the NFC in 1972 and held several managerial positions before being appointed Director.  He began his Federal service in 1965 as an auditor with USDA's Office of the Inspector General. 

Mr. McShan was awarded the Robert W. King Memorial Award, the Association of Government Accountants’ (AGA) highest award.  He received the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program's Donald L. Scantlebury Memorial Award for his distinguished leadership in financial management.  He received the Elmer Staats Award from the AGA for outstanding executive leadership in the area of financial management.  His achievements have been recognized by USDA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Award, a Distinguished Executive Service Award from the Senior Executive Association, and two Presidential Meritorious Rank Awards.  He has been twice named one of the top 100 Federal information systems managers by Federal Computer Week and was inducted into the Government Computer Week’s IT Hall of Fame in October 1997. 

Mr. McShan is an active member of the AGA, in which he has held several local and national offices, and the Institute of Internal Auditors.  He was the 1994-1995 National President of AGA and currently serves on their National Board of Directors.  He has earned the professional designations of Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Office Automation Professional.

Mr. McShan has worked as a volunteer with the United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area over the last 20 years.  He served on the United Way Board of Trustees, has chaired the community-wide Campaign raising about $20 million, served as Chair of the United Way Marketing Division, and chaired the Community Resources Division.  Mr. McShan also served on the Board for the Center for Nonprofit Resources and is immediate past Chair of the Board for the Metropolitan YMCA. 

Mr. McShan twice chaired the New Orleans Federal Executive Board, served on the Board of the Louisiana Technology Council, the Tulane University's Computer Advisory Board, and has served on Xavier University's Business Advisory Board, and the University of New Orleans' Accounting Advisory Board.                                                

Employment Chronology

Director/Program Manager, Computer Sciences Corporation (October 2005 – Present

Mr. McShan serves as Program Manager/Director for the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) located at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.  The NSSC has been established to handle all of the back office support for NASA throughout the world.  This includes processing of transactions relating to Human Resources management, Procurements, Financial Management, and Information Technology.  It also includes the operation of a Call Center to support the functions performed by the NSSC.  Mr. McShan is responsible for all contract support relating to the establishment of the NSSC, staffing the Center and training the staff to handle the various functions.  He is also responsible for assuring a smooth transition of work from the various NASA Centers that formerly handled the transactions to the newly created NSSC.

Mr. McShan served as Executive Vice President of Savantage Solutions, Inc., a woman owned small business.  In this position he played a key role in the area of business development to effectively market financial and IT services for Savantage Solutions in locations throughout the country.  Mr. McShan was also responsible for managing various contracts held by the firm.  One such contract under his management was the contract which resulted in the migration of the payroll/personnel operations of the Department of Labor to the USDA’s National Finance Center.  This migration was completed in April, 2005.

Mr. McShan served as Senior Vice President in ACS Government Services, Civilian Agency Group which was purchased by Lockheed Martin in November 2003.   While serving in this position, Mr. McShan was responsible for nation-wide business development and management of a large number of ACS/LM customers and potential customers in Federal civilian agencies including the Departments and Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Labor,                    Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and Transportation.  He was also responsible for winning and managing business at the U. S. Postal Service, the General Services Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, the General Accounting Office, the Smithsonian Institute,  and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  His organization currently employs approximately 300 IT professionals in locations throughout the United States.

Mr. McShan served as Senior Vice President for Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and, as such, is a key contributor to business growth of the company’s financial management systems business.  He headed the Professional Services Central (PSC) division for the ACS Government Services Inc., Business Technology Services, and was responsible for managing the operations, client satisfaction, and developing new business opportunities in eighteen states in the Central United States.  He managed a staff that generated annual revenue of almost $60M.  PSC provided a wide range of information technology services to over 45 different government clients at 143 sites.    

He served as Vice President for Affiliated Computer Services and is a key contributor to business growth of the company’s financial management systems business.  He headed the New Orleans operation for the Information Technology Solutions Company of ACS Government Solutions Group, Inc., and as such was responsible for managing the operations, client satisfaction, and developing new business opportunities in the New Orleans area and for managing ACS’

New Orleans office.  As Vice President of the Gulf States Operations Division, Mr. McShan was able to increase revenue from $3 Million a year in 1997 to $18.7 Million in 2000.  He also expanded the staff in New Orleans from 50 to over 200.  In New Orleans, ACS provided information technology services to the Navy, USDA’s National Finance Center, the Corps of Engineers, Minerals Management Service, Tulane University, Shell Oil, Keesler Air Force Base, Hibernia National Bank, and the YMCA of Greater New Orleans.

Director, Office of Financial Management and Deputy Chief Financial Officer Department of Commerce (January 1993 - January 1997)

Mr. McShan headed a Departmental Office and served as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Commerce.  He managed an organization composed of 70 professional and clerical employees responsible for ensuring Departmental compliance with all laws, regulations, and guidelines regarding financial, accounting, and fiscal management, including the Chief Financial Officers Act, Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act, the Government Management Reform Act, and, in conjunction with the Office of Budget, the Anti-Deficiency Act.  He represented the office with all central agencies and other Cabinet Departments on matters affecting the assigned functions.  Developed and implemented policies and procedures for Department financial management and accounting requirements.  Mr. McShan oversaw financial management activities relating to the programs and operations of the Department.  He provided policy guidance and oversight of Department financial management personnel.  Prepared the Department's Five-Year Financial Management Plan and implemented an integrated Departmental accounting and financial management system, including financial reporting and financial internal controls which comply with applicable accounting principles, standards, and requirements.  Managed projects for the re-design or enhancement of the Department's financial management systems, including establishment of financial controls, systems for asset management, including property and inventory management and control, and systems for cash management, credit management, and debt collection.

He served as the Department's Debt and Credit Management Coordinator and its Cash Management Coordinator.  His organization reviewed fees, royalties, rents, and other charges imposed by the Department for its services and made recommendations on revising those charges.  It also provided financial management and accounting consultative services as requested by Department officials.  Mr. McShan directed the operation of the Department's large-scale full service computer center in Springfield, VA, a center that provided services on reimbursable agreements with numerous Federal entities. 

As Deputy Chief Financial Officer, he served on the Government-wide Chief Financial Officers’ Council and chaired the Committee for Entrepreneurial Government for the Council and directed the effort to establish Franchise Funds and Franchises within the Government and to privatize Government organizations.  The Government franchises he established provided a variety of administrative management functions to various Government entities under cross servicing arrangements.  In establishing these organizations, Mr. McShan worked closely with OMB and the Congress on these efforts. 

Mr. McShan directed and controlled all aspects of the National Finance Center (NFC), including budgeting, planning, policy administration, and operations.  He provided leadership and administered the NFC with budget authority of over $100 million annually and employment totaling over 1,500.  The mission of the Center is to design, develop, and operate cost-effective systems.  Specifically, NFC (1) provides biweekly payroll services to 450,000 Federal employees; (2) maintains personnel information pertaining to these employees; (3) processes administrative payments to vendors and Governmental agencies; (4) maintains property information for the Department; (5) issues bills and collects for services provided by Federal agencies; (6) handles accounting; and (7) serves as record keeper for a 401(k) plan which serves 2.2 million Federal employees with asset value of over $40 billion.

He represented the office in discussions with top Government leaders, Congressional members and staff personnel, and leaders in the private sector.  Lectured before seminars sponsored to describe methods to improve productivity, develop and maintain ADP systems, establish effective internal controls, improve cash management, and design and implement an integrated Payroll/Personnel System.

The NFC is a pioneer in developing financial management systems within the Federal Government and has developed a reputation for providing quality customer service.  Under his leadership, NFC began to cross service other Federal entities which resulted in unprecedented growth of the Center.  Mr. McShan is considered to be the father of cross servicing at NFC and as a result of his leadership; numerous Federal agencies have contracted with the Center for financial services.  This has resulted in a huge expansion of the Center.  The achievements of NFC have been recognized through numerous awards and in various reports prepared by the General Accounting Office, the Office of Personnel Management, the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program, and the President's Council on Management Improvement.  Furthermore, several magazine articles have described the systems of NFC as effective, efficient, and worthy of emulation throughout the Government.

Mr. McShan served as the Deputy Director of the NFC and shared total responsibility with the Director for the operations of the Center.

Mr. McShan managed an organization consisting of approximately 350 clerical and professional accounting personnel.  He was responsible for planning, directing, and controlling highly automated activities related to financial management, accounting control, reporting, and related functions for the NFC.

He managed an organization consisting of approximately 600 clerical and professional personnel. Was responsible for planning, directing, and controlling transactional processing for the NFC, scheduling functions on large-scale IBM and Honeywell computer equipment; planning and operation of all aspects of a very large scale mainframe computer center, preparation of internal and external operating manuals for the NFC, and providing administrative support services to    NFC, including procurement, inventory control, space management, and supplies.

Mr. McShan served as Chief of the Audit Branch and was responsible for developing audit standards and procedures and for auditing transactions processed by NFC.

Mr. McShan performed both operational and financial audits of USDA programs.  He served as auditor-in-charge of many large-scale nationwide reviews.

Reservist, Louisiana Army National Guard, New Orleans, Louisiana (1965 - 1971)

He served in the Washington Artillery in the Fire Direction Control Center of a Howitzer Battalion, including 2 years as Section Chief in the Fire Direction Control Center. 

Mr. McShan received an Honorable Discharge in 1971.