Randy Forbes represents the diverse and expansive Fourth Congressional District of Virginia. Since his constituents elected him to Congress in 2001, one of Randy’s key priorities has been to protect and defend our nation. As Chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, Randy is tasked with ensuring that our men and women in uniform have the equipment, facilities, and training to be the most effective military in the world. Randy’s position allows him to have a key voice in developing the nation’s long-term strategies to meet our future security needs. Since taking over as Chairman, Randy has sought to fulfill the subcommittee’s mission by answering the question ‘are we ready?’ on a range of issues, from assessing our capabilities in the Pacific to improving and modernizing our military’s ageing equipment and infrastructure.
Randy has been a leading voice calling for increased transparency and accountability at the Department of Defense and demanded that the Department comply with legal audit-readiness requirements in order to eliminate wasteful spending. He has also been an outspoken critic of massive, indiscriminate defense cuts proposed by the Administration and others as a result of budgetary pressures, not strategic needs or national interests.
As a result of his work on behalf of our military, in 2009, Randy became one of only a few individuals to have been honored with the highest civilian award offered by both the United States Army and the United States Navy.
Randy graduated from Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake in 1970. He was valedictorian of his 1974 class at Randolph-Macon College. In 1977, Randy graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Randy attends Great Bridge Baptist Church, where he has taught adult Sunday school for over 20 years. He was born and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia where he still resides with his wife Shirley. He and Shirley have been married since 1978 and have four children: Neil, Jamie, Jordan, and Justin, and one grandchild, Hannah.
Mr. Frank Kendall is the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. He has more than 35 years of experience in engineering, management, defense acquisition and national security affairs in private industry, government and the military. He has been a consultant to defense industry firms, non-profit research organizations, and the Department of Defense in the areas of strategic planning, engineering management, and technology assessment. Mr. Kendall was Vice President of Engineering for Raytheon Company, where he was responsible for management direction to the engineering functions throughout the company and for internal research and development. Before assuming his current position, Mr. Kendall was a Managing Partner at Renaissance Strategic Advisors, a Virginia-based aerospace and defense sector consulting firm.
Within government, Mr. Kendall held the position of Director of Tactical Warfare Programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the position of Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategic Defense Systems. Mr. Kendall is a former member of the Army Science Board and the Defense Intelligence Agency Science and Technology Advisory Board and he has been a consultant to the Defense Science Board and a Senior Advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Kendall also spent ten years on active duty with the Army serving in Germany, teaching Engineering at West Point, and holding research and development positions.
Mr. Kendall is an attorney and has been active in the field of human rights, working primarily on a pro bono basis. He has worked with Amnesty International USA, where he served as a member of the Board of Directors, with Human Rights First, for whom he was an observer at Guantanamo, and with the Tahirih Justice Center, where he was Chair of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Kendall is a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and he holds a Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from California Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration degree from C.W Post Center of Long Island University, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.
Maj. Gen. Judith A. Fedder is Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. She is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping more than 180,000 technicians and managers maintaining the Air Force global engagement aerospace weapons system inventory. She provides strategic direction for materiel and equipment management, fuels, vehicle management and operations, distribution, personal property, and passenger traffic management. The directorate develops logistics readiness, maintenance and munitions policy, ensuring the readiness of the single largest element of manpower supporting Air Force combat forces worldwide.
General Fedder is a 1980 distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Michigan State University. A career maintainer, she has served as officer in charge of numerous aircraft maintenance units and as Chief of Logistics Management at the Combined Joint Task Force Headquarters for operations Proven Force and Provide Comfort at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Her commands include the 46th Component Repair Squadron and 46th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; 31st Logistics Group at Aviano AB, Italy; 65th Air Base Wing at Lajes Field, Portugal, where she also served as the Sub-Unified Commander of U.S. Forces Azores; and the 76th Maintenance Wing at Tinker AFB, Okla. She has served as Deputy Director in the Office of Legislative Liaison, Secretary of the Air Force; as executive officer to the Air Force Chief of Staff; and most recently as the Director of Logistics for Air Combat Command.
Vice Adm. Mark D. Harnitchek is the Deputy Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. He serves as a principal advisor and assistant to the Commander, USTRANSCOM. USTRANSCOM is the single manager for global air, land and sea deployment and distribution for the Department of Defense.
Harnitchek, a native of Philadelphia, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State in 1977 and was commissioned through the Navy ROTC Program. In 1987, he received a master's degree in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
Harnitchek has served in a variety of sea tours including two submarines, USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) and USS Buffalo (SSN-715), two ships, USS Holland (AS-32) and USS Proteus (AS-19), and the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). His shore tours include Commander, Submarine Group Seven, Yokosuka, Japan, the Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Naval Air Station Oceana, and the Chief of Naval Operations Staff.
Flag assignments include Commanding Officer, Naval Inventory Control Point; Vice Director for Logistics, the Joint Staff; Director, Strategy, Policy, Programs and Logistics, USTRANSCOM; and Director, USCENTCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
Lt. Gen. Kathleen M. Gainey received her commission as a Second Lieutenant through ROTC in 1978, after graduating from Norfolk, Virginia's Old Dominion University, and receiving a bachelor of science degree in special education.
Currently, Lt. Gen. Gainey is the Deputy Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Her previous commands include 5th Heavy Boat Company, Ford Island, Hawaii; 6th Transportation Battalion, Fort Eustis, Va; 7th Corps Support Group, Bamberg, Germany; Defense Distribution Center, New Cumberland, Pa.; and Commanding General, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
In 1987, she attended Babson College, Wellesley, Mass., to complete her MBA in contract management and procurement. In July 1989, she attended the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and she is a 1997 graduate of the Army War College.
Lt. Gen. Gainey's other assignments include chief, Container Freight Branch, Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area, MTMC Western Area, Oakland, Calif.; Program Analyst, United States Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Ill.; Executive Officer, 2d Area Support Group, 22d Support Command; S-2/S3, 702d Transportation Battalion, Saudi Arabia; Division Transportation Officer, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Stewart, Ga.; Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Army, Washington, D.C.; Chief Joint Operations Division, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.; Director, Force Projection and Distribution, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Chief of Staff, Resources and Sustainment, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom; Director for Logistics, J4, the Joint Staff.
Her awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Service Medal; Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster; Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Meritorious Service Medal with silver Oak Leaf Cluster; Joint Service Commendation Medal; Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. Her badges include the Joint Staff and Army Staff Identification Badge.
Alan Estevez is the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics & Materiel Readiness). In this capacity, he is responsible for guiding the transformation of the Department of Defense (DoD) logistics processes to ensure cost effective, joint logistics support to support the warfighter in the 21st Century. He provides program oversight and develops policies for the operation of the over $100 billion DoD logistics operations, and he is a key leader of the DoD’s implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to improve logistics support to U.S. forces. He has been the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics & Materiel Readiness) since November 2006 and has performed the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics & Materiel Readiness) position since April 2009.
From October 2002 to November 2006, Mr. Estevez was the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Supply Chain Integration) responsible for development of global supply chain management and distribution policies. Prior to assuming his executive position, Mr. Estevez held key positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he played a critical role in reengineering Defense transportation processes, and with the U.S. Army Strategic Logistics Agency, where he managed the Army’s program to correct logistics deficiencies identified during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. From 1981 through 1990, Mr. Estevez held numerous positions with Military Traffic Management Command in Bayonne, New Jersey, Oakland, California, and Falls Church, Virginia.
Mr. Estevez received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1979 and a Masters degree in National Security Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1995. He is the recipient of the Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive Award, the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service, and the 2005 Service to America Medal awarded by the Partnership for Public Service. He was inducted into the Senior Executive Service in October 2002.
Clyde R. Hobby, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Director of DLA Logistics Operations, Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Logistics Operations (J3) is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain management of the Defense Logistics Agency's eight supply chains, providing logistics and materiel process management policy, guidance, oversight, and monitoring of supply chain performance. J3 is the principal strategic, operational, and tactical planner for DLA business operations, championing best business practices, Enterprise Business Systems and value-added logistics solutions for the warfighter. J3 oversees the daily operation of the DLA Logistics Field Activities and engages customers around the world to maximize readiness and logistics combat power by leveraging an enterprise solution.
Mr. Hobby has served in a wide range of military and civilian positions during his tenure with the federal government. Most recently, he was the Executive Director, Strategic Programs and Initiatives Directorate where he oversaw the responsibility for managing strategic plans, programs, concepts, and initiatives for the current to near future in order to inform and influence decisions on policy, strategy, and the development of capabilities to enhance anticipated logistics support to the warfighter. Part of this mission included overseeing implementation of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 Supply and Storage recommendations that focus on DoD logistics supply chain integration. While on active duty as an Army officer, he commanded at platoon, company, battalion and brigade levels. He saw extensive service in tactical-level organizations in Europe, Korea and the United States. He became a logistician in 1984. Mr. Hobby's military service culminated in 2002 when he retired as a colonel of ordnance and transitioned to civil service. He served as an environmental physical scientist, logistics specialist and Army Senior Executive Service member. He was appointed to the Air Force Senior Executive Service in 2008.
Mr. Hobby graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1973, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. He is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS., and the Army War College, Carlisle, PA.
His personal awards include the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award, two Meritorious Civilian Service Awards and the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. He is a senior parachutist and an Army Ranger.
From July 2002 until August 2003, Brigadier General Panter served as the Commanding General, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab in Quantico, VA and the Vice Chief, Office of Naval Research. In September 2003 he assumed command of the 3d Marine Logistics Group. During this tour he commanded the Combined Support Group-Sri Lanka, Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, which was responsible for U.S. military tsunami disaster relief assistance in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Also during this tour, Brigadier General Panter deployed forces to Pakistan for earthquake disaster relief efforts as well as commanding the U.S. forces in Indonesia for earthquake disaster relief operations.
During August 2006 Brigadier General Panter was transferred to Headquarters, Marine Corps where he assumed duties as the Assistant Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics (Plans, Policy and Strategic Mobility). From 2007 to 2009, Major General Panter served as the Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea and Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategy and Plans, U/C/J-5, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea. Lieutenant General Panter is presently serving as the Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, Washington, DC.
Rear Admiral Mark Heinrich, a southern California native and Naval Academy graduate, is presently serving as Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and 46th Chief of Supply Corps. Rear Admiral Heinrich commands a worldwide workforce of more than 22,500 military and civilian personnel in providing a broad array of logistics support and retail services to U.S. and allied naval forces. As Chief of Supply Corps, he is responsible for community management of more than 3,500 active and Reserve Supply Corps officers and more than 23,000 active and reserve enlisted personnel.
Prior to assuming command of NAVSUP, he served as Commander, NAVSUP Global Logistics Support.
Previously, he served as logistics operations and readiness director for the Defense Logistics Agency, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va.
He completed a deployment to Kuwait and served as director of the United States Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center at Camp Arifjan, where he applied deployment and distribution expertise to enable the planning and execution of joint and combined force military operations.
In addition to myriad assignments afloat and ashore, he served as USS Constellation supply officer during which time the ship was awarded a Golden Anchor, Battle E, and the "Blue E" for supply excellence. He was force supply officer on the staff of Commander, Naval Surface Forces; and commanded the Defense Supply Center Richmond, the lead supply center for aviation within DLA.
Maj. Gen. Kathleen D. Close is Director, Logistics and Sustainment, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She is responsible for all depot maintenance, supply management and sustainment transformation activities within the command. She develops and directs policy and procedures for major overhaul, repair, and modification of weapon systems and spare parts. The depot maintenance activity is valued in excess of $6.5 billion in annual revenue and employs more than 35,000 people at the command's three Air Logistics Centers. She establishes guidance relating to the Air Force retail and wholesale supply chain management of spare parts, valued at more than $5.8 billion. In addition, she directs policy and procedures for AFMC aircraft maintenance, munitions, supply, logistics plans, transportation, packaging, and fielding and sustaining AFMC logistics data systems. The Centralized Asset Management Office manages all active-duty weapon system sustainment requirements to support more than 1.3 million flying hours each year, which is the single largest Air Force operations and maintenance account at $14.1 billion managed from one location. As the staff lead for logistics and lifecycle sustainment issues, General Close plans and coordinates product support and acquisition logistics for all fielded and emerging Air Force weapon systems.
General Close was commissioned in December 1978 through the Air Force ROTC program at Colorado State University. She has directed three aircraft maintenance units, served as squadron maintenance supervisor in two units, and held a variety of staff positions at the major command, Air Staff and Secretariat levels. These include assistant executive officer to the Air Force Chief of Staff; Director of C-5 Maintenance at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center; Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Inspector General at Wright-Patterson AFB; and Director of Maintenance, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. Most recently she was Commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah.
Mr. Carl J. Cartwright was selected for the Senior Executive Service in January 2009 and serves as Executive Director for Field Support Operations for the U.S. Army Sustainment Command (ASC). In that position, Mr. Cartwright directs support operations in the areas of Army Prepositioned Stocks (APS), Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN), Materiel Management for the Continental United States (CONUS), Direct Theater Support, and the Logistics Assistance Program (LAP).
Jim Dwyer is a retired Army Colonel with over 27 years of military experience, specifically in combat logistics. Currently he is serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, G-4, Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC).
Prior to being approved as the G-4, Mr. Dwyer also served as the Deputy Support Operations Officer for the AMC DCS, G-4. In that role he coordinated the Depot, Reset, Ammo, Chemical Bio, Supply and Materiel Management missions for AMC.
Mr. Dwyer also served as the Acting Director for the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command’s Integrated Logistics Support Center. There, he led TACOM’s logistics community in providing weapons systems management and responsive life cycle logistics support to a wide array of customers including the U.S. Army, Army Reserves, National Guard, other Department of Defense components and worldwide foreign military sales allies. He managed a multi-sited, multi-functional workforce of approximately 2,500 people. He was also responsible for administering over a $5 billion budget, supporting a worldwide fleet of 650,000 vehicles and managing a 70 country Foreign Military Sales program valued at an estimated $17 billion.
Prior to the TACOM position, he was the Vice President for Land Systems for Vision Technologies Systems in Alexandria, VA. He was responsible for marketing and business development activities for the company’s land systems products and capabilities, which ranged from small arms and ammunition to howitzers and combat fighting vehicles.
Mr. Dwyer’s last military assignment was as the Executive Officer for the Commander, U.S. Army Materiel Command in Alexandria, Va. Prior to that assignment, he served as Commander, Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas. His logistics experiences encompass assignments as an Army Division G-4, Divisional Support Battalion Commander, Divisional Material Readiness officer, and Support Battalion Executive officer during Operations Desert Shield/Storm.
He was an Army Acquisition officer with tours in the Bradley Fighting Vehicle System and Armored Gun System Program offices. He also served a tour as a Contract Administration Team leader for the Defense Contract Management Agency.
Paul Peters is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply Chain Integration within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness. He is responsible for advancing the integration of the DoD supply chain through policy development and facilitating DoD Component implementation of supply chain management practices; coordinating the Services, Agency, and Combatant Commander's logistics strategies to provide a unified approach to support the Department's logistics missions, goals and objectives; examining logistics management concepts and assessing their applicability to the DoD; and strengthening the professional development of logisticians. He assumed his current position in January 2010.
Mr. Peters previously served in key positions with the Defense Logistics Agency as the Deputy Director for Logistics Operations and Readiness, Deputy Commander of the Defense Distribution Command, Director of the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, and Business System Modernization Program Manager. In these positions, he was responsible for overseeing and providing a full range of forward and reverse logistics services to combatant commands, military services, and other federal and state agencies around the world. Under his leadership, the reengineering of Defense disposal processes to address national security risks and vulnerabilities was accomplished; the assessment and improvements in the inventory management and process controls for nuclear weapons related materiel were established; and the acquisition, development and implementation of DLA’s primary business transformation program utilizing Enterprise Resources Planning commercial-off-the-shelf software were successfully completed.
Mr. Peters’ federal service includes assignments with the Navy and Air Force. His Navy assignments include service as deputy program manager for the NAVSUP One Touch Support Program; a limited term appointment as Executive Director of DASN (CP&EEO) Human Resources Operations Center where he led the reengineering of the human capital business model; director of SUP21 Reengineering Office leading the SMART Enterprise Resources Planning program through software selection at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; and Executive Director of the NAVSUP Fleet Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Va.
His Air Force assignments include service as an audit manager with the Air Force Audit Agency; HQ AFLC Logistics Modernization Systems program analyst; HQ Air Force Materiel Command Depot Maintenance Management Information System Office chief; Programmed Depot Maintenance Scheduling System program manager ; Joint Logistics Systems Center Directorate of Maintenance Business Office chief and leader of JLSC Commander’s Action Group. He also represented the deputy undersecretary of defense for logistics in the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Logistics office.
Prior to entering Federal Service, Mr. Peters was a corporate auditor and tax accountant with Arthur Andersen & Company. He graduated from Wright State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy, passed the Certified Public Accountancy exam, and is Level III and Level II certified in program management and communications-computer systems, respectively. He has completed the Federal Executive Institute residential “Leadership for a Democratic Society” Executive Development Program. He has also received the DLA Exceptional, Meritorious, and Superior Civilian Service Awards, and twice received the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service and Air Force Exemplary Civilian Service Awards. He has been recognized twice as a Top 100 Federal Executive (1993 and 2005) and is the recipient of the 2004 DLA Top Ten Employee Award. He was selected for membership in the Senior Executive Service in 2006.
United States Navy Supply Corps Rear Adm. Thomas C. Traaen assumed command of DLA Distribution on June 25, 2010.
On April 1, 2011, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced that the President of the United States nominated Traaen for the rank of rear admiral (upper half).
Traaen is currently responsible for a global storage and distribution network holding inventory valued in excess of $100 billion through fixed and deployable infrastructure. DLA Distribution operates 26 distribution facilities worldwide including expeditionary capability, with approximately 10,000 civilian, military, reservists, and contractors.
Traaen assumed command of DLA Distribution in June 2010 but soon after deployed to Kuwait serving an eight-month assignment as commander, United States Central Command’s Deployment and Distribution Operations Center. During his tenure as commander, Traaen was responsible for synchronizing and optimizing strategic and theater multi-modal resources; maximizing distribution, force movement and sustaining logistics in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
Traaen, a native of Gig Harbor, Wash., was commissioned through the Navy ROTC program, graduating from the University of Washington in 1982. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia and an Executive Master of Business Administration from Duke.
His sea duty assignments include supply officer, USS Lewis & Clark (SSBN 644) Blue crew, homeported in Charleston, S.C.; stock control officer, USS Simon Lake (AS 33), forward deployed to Holy Loch, Scotland; and supply officer, USS Tarawa (LHA 1), where he led logistics efforts during Operation Determined Response and the recovery efforts of the USS Cole (DDG 67). He is qualified as both a Submarine Warfare and as an Aviation Supply Corps Officer.
Shore assignments include duty as the Trident outfitting officer, priority requirements officer, and database management officer, Polaris Material Office, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Charleston, S.C.; flag aide and P-3 weapon systems manager, Naval Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, Pa.; business and financial manager for the Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program, Command and Control Project Office (PMA-281); Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Arlington, Va.; head shore detailer and director, Detailing Division, Office of Supply Corps Personnel, Arlington, Va.; executive officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Yokosuka, Japan; director, Fleet Supply, Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and deputy commander for Fleet Logistics Operations, Naval Supply Systems Command, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
His flag officer assignments include assignment as chief of staff, Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance; Commander, United States Pacific Fleet Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and vice director for Logistics, The Joint Staff, where he served as the Joint Staff liaison officer to USAID during Operation Unified Response.
His decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (two awards), Legion of Merit (three awards), Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), and various unit awards. He was the recipient of the 2005 Vice Adm. Stanley R. Arthur Award for Military Logistician of the Year.
BRIGADIER GEORGE MODIRWA TLHALERWA
The General has been in the Organisation for almost 28 years.
These 28 years were spent in and around Logistics units and Commands.
He joined as an Officer Cadet in 1983, and upon being commissioned he was posted to Composite Support Unit (CSU) and now Force Ordnance Corps (FOC), then Chief Mechanical Engineers (CME), Botswana Defence Force Headquarters (BDF HQ) as Projects Officer and later Procurement Director.
He has commanded the following units FOC, CTS and CME before being promoted to the rank of Brigadier and subsequently appointed Commander, Defence Logistics Command.
He has trained extensively in various Military courses.
His training ranges from:- but not limited to the following:-
- Ordnance
- Maintenance
- Tank and Automotive Transport Advance Logistic Training
- Staff Courses
- War College
- He has also trained in areas such as Peace Keeping and Disaster Management
- He has a passion for Humanitarian Assistance; he belongs to charitable organisations such as Kabelano, Red Cross, Mmopane Home Based Care, Maun Rehabilitation Centre and Youth Against Poverty
- He is married with two daughters 22 and 19
- Hobbies gardening and cycling
- He is an aspiring cattle rancher
Dr. Jennifer L. Carter currently serves as the Program Manager for the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program, an ACAT I program that is delivering an integrated business management capability to the Navy providing financial transparency, optimizing acquisition program and supply chain management, and increasing productivity and efficiency. Dr. Carter’s assignment leverages her extensive background in development of Navy systems and her wide range of business, management and oversight experience in the Intelligence Community. Dr. Carter began her career in federal service as an Electronics Engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in White Oak, Maryland. Her responsibilities progressed from engineering to project management and included the research, design and development of sensors, test equipment, ASW combat systems, communication systems, signal processing, and autonomous underwater vehicle controls. Dr. Carter continued to support the Navy after the BRAC closing of White Oak as a system engineer and project manager at the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory. Key contributions included providing technical and programmatic leadership for development of the MK30 Mod 2 ASW Training Target and the SSN/UAV interoperability demonstration. As the project manager, she led the successful development and demonstration of the first system to provide flight and payload control of a Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from a submarine. In parallel with core assignments, Dr. Carter was also a Principle Investigator leading a team of experts in research activities in areas of fault tolerance, UAVs, and precision targeting. Moving back into federal service, Dr. Carter served as a Program Area Manager for the Office of Naval Intelligence delivering advanced intelligence collection systems and effectively managing the transition and modernization of a multi-disciplinary, international program of high Congressional interest.
After more than 15 years in Navy program management and engineering, Dr. Carter entered the Senior Executive Service in 2001 as Chief of Signals Intelligence Systems Engineering. In this role she worked to optimize SIGINT capabilities through integration, architecture alignment and development of standards. In addition, her responsibilities included institutionalizing effective systems engineering processes and discipline across the worldwide SIGINT network. Following this assignment, she became the Deputy Senior Acquisition Executive for the Intelligence Community and was responsible for improving effectiveness of acquisitions to include community wide policy and processes. In 2007, Dr. Carter formally joined the staff of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) as the Chief of Integration for Resource Management. Responsibilities included ensuring effective justification of the Intelligence Community budget, performance/budget integration, monitoring the legislative budget process, and preparing the DNI to justify the National Intelligence Program (NIP) budget to the Office of Management and Budget and Congress. Following this assignment, she was promoted to National Counter-proliferation Center (NCPC) Deputy Director for Resource Management and Investment where she was responsible for not only managing the Center’s budget and business activities, but also providing community leadership for investment of mission resources across the NIP. These responsibilities included human capital initiatives, addressing Congressional issues, and representing the mission throughout the DNI’s Strategic Enterprise Management process. Dr. Carter has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Science degree in Engineering Management from the Catholic University of America. She recently received her Doctorate of Management from the University of Maryland, her dissertation focusing on evaluating and optimizing government research project portfolios. Dr. Carter is a member of the Acquisition Professional Community and is Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III certified in Program Management.
J.D. Sicilia, a member of the Senior Executive Service, was appointed Director, Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Management and Performance on June 7, 2010. He reports to the Deputy Chief Management Officer, a Principal Staff Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. He is responsible for developing Departmental strategic plans, performance goals and supervising the performance management activities of the Department. He works directly with the Office of the Secretary of Defense Principal Staff Assistant’s functional leaders, Military Department Deputy Chief Management Officers, Service and Defense Agency Chief Information Officers and Program Executive Officers to promote collaborative engagement for DoD enterprise level initiatives. Before this appointment he was the Director, DoD Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Program Office and was responsible for overseeing and directing the largest and most complex deployment of performance management ever attempted; driving DoD-wide performance management activities; tracking results; providing training; assisting the Department in establishing and growing its program; and, ensuring the Office captured the best business practices Enterprise-wide.
Prior to joining the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff, Mr. Sicilia served as the Chief of Performance Management for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). He exercised central management and oversight of all performance management training, education, certification and related activities. He is certified as a Black Belt, Master Black Belt, and Master Black Belt Trainer. Prior to joining the DIA, Mr. Sicilia served as an officer in the United States Army. He retired from active duty after 21 years of service. During this time, he served at platoon, company, battalion, division, brigade, MACOM, Army Staff, Joint Staff, Combat Support Agency, and Joint Task Force levels. He conducted operations in Military Intelligence, Infantry, Armor, Special Forces, and Special Mission Unit. JD Sicilia’s military qualifications include the Air Assault Badge, Airborne Wings, Ranger Tab, Army Staff Identification Badge, and Joint Staff Identification Badge.
Brigadier General Darrell K. Williams, USA, assumed Command of Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, located in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 24, 2010. As DLA Land and Maritime's Commander, General Williams oversees the end-to-end integration of DLA’s Land and Maritime Supply Chains delivering repair parts to all Military Services. He directs the efforts of more than 3,100 associates at 54 locations worldwide, to include 10 detached Defense Logistics Agency Depot Level Reparable and Supply Storage and Distribution units supporting supply requirements at Army Depots, Naval Shipyards, and Marine Corps Logistics Centers. These personnel perform the functions of purchasing materiel, monitoring inventory levels, maintaining technical data, and assuring quality conformance of more than 2.1 million spare and repair parts used by more than 24,000 military units and civilian federal agencies. In 2010, DLA Land and Maritime sales exceeded $5 billion.
General Williams comes to Land and Maritime from an assignment at Headquarters, United States Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, where he served as Director for Logistics, Engineering and Security Assistance. He has also served as the executive officer for Army logistics and was deployed to Iraq from 2007 to 2009.
A native of West Palm Beach, Fla., he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology degree from Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., in 1983, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Army Quartermaster Corps. He is also a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies and a distinguished graduate of the National War College, where he earned Master’s Degrees in both military arts and sciences and national security strategy. He also holds a Master of Science in business management from Penn State.
Upon completion of the Quartermaster Officer Basic Course in October 1983, he was assigned to the 2d Supply and Transportation Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, Korea. He served first as a Main Supply Platoon Leader and later as Officer in Charge of the battalion’s Forward Supply Detachment supporting United States forces along the Demilitarized Zone. As his career progressed, General Williams also served in Germany, Kosovo and Kuwait.
His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (1 OLC), Bronze Star Medal (1 OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (5 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (1 OLC), Combat Action Badge, Parachutist and Parachute Rigger badges.
John Baranowski
Acting, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Materiel Readiness)
Mr. Baranowski has worked in DoD Acquisition Management for over 30 years, most of which have been spent developing fielding sustainment for Naval Aviation Weapons systems, including fixed wing and rotary wing programs.
Mr. Baranowski was also the lead Logistician for all Navy and Marine Corps Propulsion Systems. He served as the Assistant Program Executive Officer for Logistics for AIR, ASW and Special Mission programs PEO(A), and as Deputy Program Manager for the AV-8B Harrier II.
As Professor of Acquisition Management at the Defense Acquisition University from 2002 to 2004, he was responsible for Sustainment curriculum development. In addition, he served as the Director of Acquisition Workforce Policy for the Navy and the Director of Acquisition and Career Management (DACM).
Mr. Baranowski’s last assignment was as the Program Manager for Sustainment in the F-35 Lightening II Program Office. Specific responsibility was the transition from SDD to Production, with a focus on the introduction and Maturation of Performance Based Sustainment on this multi-Service, International Cooperative Program.
Mr. Johns is Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Maintenance. In this position, he is responsible for oversight of the Department’s annual $90 billion maintenance program.
In 2010, Mr. Johns served in Iraq as Director, Training and Advisory Mission, Iraqi Ministry of Defense, and Director, Iraqi Security Forces Logistics where he was responsible for both the full range of advisory and training functions required to establish governance of Iraqi Defense operations, as well as, develop the logistics infrastructure and processes to maintain readiness of both conventional military forces and police forces.
In past assignments, Mr. Johns has served the Army and Navy in technology development, engineering, program management, and logistics positions. His assignments with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command included Associate Director for Systems, Aviation Research, Development, and Engineering Center where he was responsible for the provision of engineering support to all Army Aviation systems, Principal Assistant Deputy for Systems Acquisition where he was responsible for lifecycle management of over 20 Army aviation, missile, and ground systems with an annual budget of approximately one billion dollars, and Deputy Commander for Systems Support where he managed overhaul and maintenance, or RESET, of all aviation and missile systems redeployed from Iraq and Afghanistan. He also served as Special Assistant to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command from July 2004 to August 2005. In August 2005, he joined the Navy as a member of the Senior Executive Service as the Director of Industrial Operations, Naval Air Systems Command, and Deputy Commander of Fleet Readiness Centers, Naval Air Forces where he was responsible for naval aviation maintenance operations across six subordinate commands, with a workforce of over 14,000 personnel and an operating budget of approximately four billion dollars, and oversaw annual maintenance and repair of over 600 aircraft, 7500 engines and modules, and 500,000 components and support equipment.
Mr. Johns holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Penn State University and a Master's in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue. He is also a graduate of the National Security Management Program, National Defense University.
Susan Kinney serves as the Director for Logistics at NASA and is responsible for Agency Logistics policy, oversight, guidance, and advocacy for all Logistics disciplines. She served as the Deputy Director for Logistics for the Marine Corps post 9/11 until 2007 and prior to that she served in a corporate role where she established a Supply Chain practice and brought solutions to Government Agencies. Susan Kinney is a Captain in the Navy Reserves, serving her 27th year as an Aerospace Maintenance Officer with 4 command tours in support of NAVAIR. Sue has a MS in National Resource Strategy from the War College (ICAF), an MBA from George Mason University and a BS in Management from GMU/Virginia Tech.
Rear Admiral Kathleen Dussault assumed duties as the director of Supply, Ordnance and Logistics Operations in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N41) in March 2009.
Dussault comes to OPNAV from her most recent assignment as commander of the Joint Contracting Command Iraq/Afghanistan, headquartered in Baghdad, Iraq, with 18 regional offices throughout both theaters.
Dussault graduated from the University of Virginia in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts in American Government, received her commission through Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I., in November 1979, and graduated from Navy Supply Corps School in May 1980.
Dussault has served in USS Point Loma (AGDS-2) in the Pacific Area Launch Support Ship for the Trident missile program as supply officer, USS Concord (AFS-5) as the assistant supply officer during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and as supply officer aboard USS Seattle (AOE-3) where she served as Afloat Logistics coordinator while deployed to the 5th Fleet operating area.
Dussault’s shore tours include: assistant supply officer and disbursing officer to the Navy Communications Station, Nea Makri, Greece, Defense Contract Administration Services Region (DCASR), Los Angeles, a negotiator and contracting officer at Naval Supply Center, Oakland, Calif., procuring contracting officer for the Sidewinder and deputy for Missile Systems Acquisition at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), business and financial manager for programs managed by the Space and Naval Warfare Command and executive assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acquisition Management within the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition. In May 2001, Dussault assumed command of Defense Distribution Depot San Diego, and in April 2003 she assumed command of the Office of Special Projects, Arlington, Va. She then served as deputy director of Acquisition Management at Defense Logistics Agency, Ft Belvoir, Va. Prior to her combat assignment, she was assigned as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for Acquisition and Logistics Management in Washington.
Dussault has earned a Master's degree (with honors) in Procurement Management from Saint Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., and a Master's degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. She has achieved the highest levels of accreditation in Acquisition, Financial and Supply Chain Management and Joint Professional Military Education. Dussault is certified in production and inventory management through APICS, the educational society for resource management. She has completed the Executive Education Program at Columbia Business School.
Her decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Navy Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal with gold star and various unit citations, campaign medals and service medals.
Colonel Hans Damen is the deputy commander of the Land Operations Support Command of the Royal Netherlands Army. He was trained at the Royal Military Academy in Breda as a chartered accountant and got a commission at the Finance Corps in 1983. He served in the rank of Lieutenant is several financial control functions. Upon his promotion to Captain he lectured Economics and Administrative Organisation at the Finance Corps training centre. In 1990 he was posted to the Economics Directorate at the Ministry of Defence in The Hague, where he was promoted to major in 1991.
After he graduated from the General Staff and Command Course in 1994 Major Damen got a posting at the General Policy Department of the Army Staff in the Hague, where in 1995 he became the secretary of the Commander in Chief of the Army. In 1997 he was made head of Section G4 (logistics) of the First Division “7 December” in Apeldoorn. From 1997 till 2000 ltcol Damen was also commander of the Netherlands Disaster Assistance Response Team and in this capacity he coordinated part of the AFOR Humanitarian Relief Operation in response to the Kosovar refugee crisis in Albania in spring 1999. He was Chief of Staff of the Dutch contingent in KFOR in Kosovo in the second half of 1999.
Upon his return from Kosovo he was posted at the Army Staff as deputy head of Army Planning. Between 2002 and 2004 he was deputy head International Planning Affairs in the Defence staff at the Ministry of Defence. In 2004 he was promoted to Colonel and posted to the Military Representative of the Netherlands at NATO HQ in Brussels Belgium where he served as a military diplomat. From 2007 to 2009 he was in command of the Logistics Training Center in Soesterberg. Since November 2009 Colonel Damen serves as the deputy commander of the Land Operations Support Command. With 6500 personnel the LOSC is the Netherlands largest army unit, responsible for worldwide combat support and combat service support (logistics) of all deployed Dutch defence-units.
Colonel Damen is a graduate of the Netherlands Defence College and of the Netherlands School of Public Administration. He is MOD-representative in the management team of the Netherlands National Interagency Operational Emergency Staff. He is member of the advisory board of European Master Logistician and of the advisory board Executive Master of Operations and Supply Chain Excellence. Currently he is also project leader for the reorganisation of the Army Maintenance and Logistics Services.
As Chief Architect and CTO, Mr. Wisnosky is responsible for providing expert guidance and oversight in the design, development, and modification of the federated architectures supporting the Department's Business Mission Area. This role incorporates oversight of the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA) - the corporate level systems, processes, and data standards that are common across the DOD, in addition to the business architectures of the services and defense agencies. Mr. Wisnosky ensures that the federated architectures of the BMA fully support the Department's vision, mission, strategy and priorities for Business Transformation, and that each tier of the overall architecture is clearly defined with appropriate focused accountability aligned to the management structure of the DOD. He verifies that the BEA and component architectures remain consistent and compliant with the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), and will support and collaborate with the DoD Components to unify architecture planning, development, and maintenance through a federated approach. Mr. Wisnosky also serves as an advisor on the development of requirements and extension of DoD net-centric enterprise services in collaboration with the office of the DOD Chief Information Officer.
Mr. Mark E. Krzysko serves as the Deputy Director, Enterprise Information and Office of the Secretary of Defense Studies. In this senior leadership position, Mr. Krzysko directs data governance, technical transformation and shared services efforts to make timely, authoritative acquisition information available to support oversight of the Department of Defense’s major programs; a portfolio totaling more than $1.6 trillion of investment funds over the lifecycle of the programs. Mr. Krzysko also oversees Federally Funded Research and Development Centers and University Affiliated Research Centers.
Preceding his current position, Mr. Krzysko served as Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (ADUSD) for Business Transformation, providing strategic guidance for re-engineering the Department’s business system investment decision-making processes. He also served as ADUSD for Strategic Sourcing and Acquisition Processes and as Director of the Supply Chain Systems Transformation Directorate, championing innovative uses of information technologies to improve and streamline the supply chain process for the Department. As the focal point for supply chain systems, Mr. Krzysko was responsible for transformation, implementation and oversight of enterprise capabilities for the acquisition, logistics and procurement communities. In addition, Mr. Krzysko served as advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Business Transformation on supply chain matters and as the functional process proponent to the Department’s Business Transformation efforts, resulting in the establishment of the Business Transformation Agency.
In March of 2002, Mr. Krzysko joined the Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy office as Deputy Director of e-Business. As the focal point for the Acquisition Domain, he was responsible for oversight and transformation of the acquisition community into a strategic business enterprise. This included driving the adoption of e-business practices across the Department, leading the move to modernize processes and systems, and managing the investment review process and portfolio of business systems.
Mr. Krzysko served as the Division Director of Electronic Commerce Solutions for the Naval Air Systems Command from June 2000 to March 2002. From April 1991 until March 2000, Mr. Krzysko served in various senior-level acquisition positions at the Naval Air Systems Command, including Contracting Officer of F/A-18 Foreign Military Sales, F/A-18 Developmental Programs, and the F-14. In addition, he served as Program Manager of Partnering, the Acquisition Business Process Re-engineering Effort, and as Acquisition Program Manager for the Program Executive Office for Tactical Aircraft.
Mr. Krzysko began his career in the private sector in various executive and managerial positions including Assistant Managing Director for Lord & Taylor Department Stores and Operations Administrator for Woodward & Lothrop Department Stores.
Mr. Krzysko holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the University of Maryland, University College, College Park, Maryland, and a Master of General Administration, Financial Management from the same institution.
Mr. Mellon was appointed to the Senior Executive Service as the Director of the Industrial & Logistics Maintenance Planning/Sustainment Department on July 24, 2005.
Mr. Mellon has extensive experience in all aspects of logistics and the sustainment of Naval Aviation Systems, having worked for over 21 years in the field.
In his current position, Mr. Mellon leads a national organization of over 1600 people and is responsible for ensuring supportability of newly developed weapon systems, and for the establishment and sustainment of integrated logistics support for fleet operations and maintenance throughout the life cycle of current Naval Systems. His Department leads the performance of continuous maintenance planning to ensure integration of maintenance and supply functions across the Naval Aviation Enterprise.
In December 2001, Mr. Mellon was assigned as the Division Director for Logistics Information Systems. In this position, he led the development of an enterprise architecture to consolidate information systems and reduced sustainment costs by nearly 20 percent each year. Mr. Mellon was then assigned as the Technical Director for the Department and directed the development of a resource optimization plan. The result was a better alignment of the organization, reduced infrastructure gained through process improvement efficiencies, and an annual savings of approximately $4 million a year to the Command.
Mr. Mellon was selected as the Assistant Program Manager for Logistics of the Navy’s newest tactical aircraft, the F/A-18E/F, in 1997. He directed the acquisition planning and execution of the logistics support system for the Navy’s newest tactical aircraft, and successfully developed and implemented the Naval Aviation’s first performance based logistics support contract with industry. It continues to serve as the model for industry partnership, throughout the Navy and DoD. In recognition of this significant and unprecedented accomplishment, Mr. Mellon was awarded the Navy’s Admiral Stan Arthur Civilian Logistician of the Year Award.
Mr. Mellon entered the Navy as part of the Logistics Intern Development Program and graduated in April 1991 with an assignment as the Assistant Program Manager for Logistics for the F/A-18 Hornet’s engine program. He was responsible for the management and support of over 2500 jet engines for the weapon system. In June 1993, Mr. Mellon was assigned as the Propulsion and Power Team Lead and led a team in the development of a new organizational construct as the Command shifted from a functional organization to a competency aligned organization supporting program teams.
Mr. Mellon was born in Portsmouth, Va and as the son of a Navy Chief lived up and down the east coast. He graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1986.
Tye Beasley is Deputy Director of Strategic Business (G9) and Chief of the Defense Transportation Coordination (DTC) Division at Headquarters Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. As Deputy Director, he helps maintain oversight of Department of Defense traffic management activity and serves as the command’s alternate business liaison to commercial truck, rail, barge, pipeline, and ocean industries. As the Chief, DTC Division, he is responsible for program execution and monitoring daily operations of the DTC coordinator at 115 sites across the continental United States. The DTC program is valued in excess of $1.6 billion dollars over the 7-year contract duration.
Mr. Beasley was born in Appomattox, Virginia. In December 1975, he enlisted in the United States Air Force where he served as a passenger and household goods specialist. In December 1980, he received a commission as a second lieutenant through the United States Air Force Officer Training School and subsequently rose to the rank of colonel. During his nearly 25 years of commissioned service, he held various assignments including commanding a Military Airlift Command detachment, two transportation squadrons, and an aerial port. In addition to serving in a variety of positions at base level, Mr. Beasley was the Chief, Strategic Distribution Management Initiative at the United States Transportation Command and was the executive officer to the Headquarters United States Air Force Director of Transportation. From 2003 - 2005 Mr. Beasley served as Commander, Operation DEEP FREEZE at McMurdo Station Antarctica in support of the National Science Foundation and the United States Antarctic Program. During this assignment he led over 800 active, reserve, and guard members from of the Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard supporting logistical requirements in the earth’s coldest, windiest, and driest climate.
M. Scott Reynolds, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Logistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for the management policy and oversight of logistics strategic planning for the Air Force, to include maintenance, supply chain and weapon system integrated life cycle management. He provides oversight and influences resource allocation decisions to ensure logistics support is resourced to maintain the desired readiness levels to accomplish the Air Force and supported warfighter missions.
Mr. Reynolds has 29 years of experience in supply chain management, aircraft acquisition, maintenance management, budget program management, and supply and maintenance policy. He began his civil service career in 1981 at the Sacramento Air Logistics Center, Calif. In 1991 he was selected for career broadening and assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force where he served in a variety of policy and budget program management positions. Mr. Reynolds then became the Deputy Chief of Aircraft Operations at the Ogden ALC, Utah. He later served as Chief of the Landing Gear Division and Chief of the Space/C3I Supply Chain Management Division.
Mr. Reynolds was assigned as the Deputy Director of Logistics, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va., in 2004, with responsibility for policy, budget and oversight of the command's maintenance, supply, contracting, transportation and munitions activities. Prior to assuming his current position, he was the Director of the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing at the Oklahoma City ALC, Okla., which in 2008 aligned under the Air Force Global Logistics Center. He was responsible for the enterprise wide planning and execution of the Air Force supply chain. Mr. Reynolds was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in December 2004.
Mr. Bruce A. Busler, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is dual-hatted as the Director of the USTRANSCOM Joint Distribution Process Analysis Center (JDPAC) and Executive Director of the SDDC Transportation Engineering Agency (TEA). He also serves as the Special Assistant for Transportation Engineering to implement DOD policy guidance for highway, railroad, and port for national defense programs.
In his role as the Director, JDPAC, Mr. Busler develops a strategy to analytically support the broad needs of the Distribution Process Owner (DPO), USTRANSCOM directorates, Combatant Commands and the Services. He directs a joint team of analysts, engineers, transportation specialists, and computer scientists that includes Air Mobility Command Directorate of Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned (A9) as well as SDDCTEA to provide assessments of future transportation capabilities, joint analysis to inform mobility programmatic decisions, and analytically driven deployment and distribution courses of action to move and sustain the joint force.
As the TEA Executive Director, Mr. Busler manages that portion of the Department of Defense (DoD) Engineering for Transportability Program assigned to the Secretary of the Army and acts for the Commanding General, SDDC, as the Army Transportability Agent. Mr. Busler serves as the senior advisor to the Commander, USTRANSCOM and Commanding General, SDDC, as well as the Army and Defense Secretariats, for transportation engineering matters including transportation engineering policies, long-range plans, programs, and DoD transportation engineering issues.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Busler was employed as a senior defense contractor providing support to USTRANSCOM J5/4, where he developed numerous concepts addressing deployment and distribution operations for USTRANSCOM and the DoD. Mr. Busler retired from the USAF in 2005 as a colonel and command pilot with over 3,800 flight hours in mobility and trainer aircraft to include the C-5, C-141, C-9, C-21, T-1 and T-37. He served as the commander or vice commander at the squadron, group, wing and expeditionary mobility task force levels and deployed as the Deputy Director of Mobility Forces and as the Deputy Director of the CENTCOM Deployment Distribution Operations Center for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Horn of Africa. Mr. Busler was also the USTRANSCOM J3 Mobility Control Center chief of operations where he managed several contingency response efforts to include mobility support for combat operations in Bosnia and Kosovo. He was a systems engineer in the C-17 program from critical design review up to first flight and later served as the Air Mobility Command operational test & evaluation manager for the C-17 during the height of the flight test program.
Mr. Busler holds a bachelor of science degree in Engineering Mechanics from the USAF Academy, a master of science degree in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is a certified Project Management Professional and a DoD certified acquisition professional. His decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (1 oak leaf cluster) and Meritorious Service Medal (six oak leaf clusters). During his USAF career, he was recognized in 1998 by the Secretary of Defense for Excellence in Leadership and was selected as the Air Education and Training Command Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award winner in 1997.
Steve is an adjunct faculty member and research associate of the University of Tennessee’s College of Business Administration on the topic of Performance Based Logistics, and is on the faculty at The Gordon Institute at Tufts University, where he teaches supply chain management. He is also the President of Supply Chain Visions, Inc., a consultancy that works across Aerospace and Defense. Steve is a Contributing Editor at DC Velocity Magazine, and editor-at-large for the Supply Chain Quarterly.
His recent articles have appeared in distinguished journals including The Harvard Business Review, Supply Chain Management Review, Joint Force Quarterly, Supply Chain Quarterly, Defense Acquisition Review Journal, DC Velocity, Aviation Week, Overhaul and Maintenance Magazine, the Defense Transportation Journal, and the International Journal of Production Economics.
Steve works with OSD’s Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics function at the United States Department of Defense, in Aerospace and Defense commercial enterprises, and with the individual military services & agencies. He has done extensive research in Performance Based Life Cycle Product Support, and in October of 2008, along with Kate Vitasek, Steve published “Performance-Based Logistics: a Contractor’s Guide to Life Cycle Product Support Management.”
Peri Widener has served as the senior company executive for Rotorcraft support programs since March 2006, leading a team of over 1,000 people worldwide who provide readiness and after-delivery support for multiple Rotorcraft and other platforms and systems, including the AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook and H-46 Sea Knight helicopters, V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor aircraft as well as support at U.S. Army Depots, including Corpus Christ Army Depot (CCAD).
The diverse business also includes developing Rotorcraft support programs worldwide, such as the first U.S. Army Aviation Performance-Based Logistic (PBL) contract to support parts and maintenance for the AH-64 Apache, the first-ever Chinook Through Life Customer Support (TLCS) program (under contract to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense), and the Ground Forces Support Solutions program, Joint Recovery and Distribution System.
Widener also brings her program execution skills to the international front with responsibility for Boeing’s UK Rotorcraft Support business, which includes serving as prime contractor for the United Kingdom’s Chinook programs, including UK TLCS, Mk3R and Mk4. In partnership with the UK MoD, the team is delivering unprecedented maintenance and technical support to a fleet of more than 40 Chinook helicopters. The successful program consistently outperforms given metrics and keeps the UK Chinooks mission-ready and fielded in support of the Global War On Terror as well as humanitarian missions.
Widener was previously senior executive for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems in Alabama, where she was responsible for all business activities and operations at the diverse Boeing Huntsville facility as well as providing support to other Alabama sites, including Decatur, Ala. In this position, Widener supported several critical programs, including Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), the International Space Station (ISS), PAC-3, Avenger and other space and missile programs. She was also the company’s senior representative for community and state activities.
Since joining The Boeing Company in 1979 at the Wichita, Kansas site, Widener has held a variety of increasingly responsible program management, business development, government affairs and staff leadership positions in multiple locations, including Wichita, Kansas; Huntsville, Ala.; Seattle, Wash.; and Washington, D.C.
Widener has a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University and holds a master’s of business administration from Florida Institute of Technology. She is listed in World Who’s Who, Who’s Who in America in Finance and Industry, 2,000 Notable American Women, World Who’s Who of Women, and Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders.
Widener is a former director on the Alabama board of the Nature Conservancy as well as a member of The Committee of 100, a Huntsville business organization focused on the success of the local community. Widener is also active in the Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce, having served on its board of directors and executive committee, and is a distinguished alumnus of Leadership Alabama, a state-wide development program for state leaders.
Larry Garvey is the Director of the Supply Chain Solutions Division at NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) in Philadelphia since April 2002. He has over twelve years' experience in PBL implementation, and over 29 years in logistics and operations experience at NAVSUP WSS. Prior to his current position, he was a logistics specialist on the F/A-18, EA-6B, and F-14 programs. He won the Navy's Stan Arthur Award in 2004. Larry has a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Villanova University and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from LaSalle University.
Brigadier General H. Brent Baker, Sr., is the Commander, Air Force Global Logistics Support Center (AFGLSC), located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. An Air Force Materiel Command sustainment center, the AFGLSC executes the Air Force Supply Chain by integrating enterprise-wide planning and strategy with global command and control serving as the single focal point to the warfighter. The AFGLSC manages a $8.5B budget and is composed of over 4,900 personnel with operations at several geographically separated locations: the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing (Planning & Execution), Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; 635th Supply Chain Management Wing (Operations), Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; and 591st Supply Chain Management Group (Strategy & Integration), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Brigadier General Baker entered the U.S. Air Force in 1979 as an enlisted member and was commissioned in 1985 through Officer Training School after graduation from Southern Illinois University. He has had numerous assignments , such as the Director of Logistics, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam; Chief, Materiel Management Flight, 8th Supply Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea and headquarters staff positions, including Chief, Supply Policy and Procedures, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Brigadier General Baker also served as a presidential fuels flight officer at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland and as the Commander, 18th Mission Support Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan. He served both as the Vice Commander and Commander, 95th Air Base Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Brigadier General Baker served as the Commander, Air Force Global Logistics Support Center Provisional (AFGLSC)(P), vice commander and commander of AFGLSC which was activated on 28 Mar 2008 at Scott AFB, Illinois.
Principal advisor to the OSD leadership on policy and program support to the Geographic Combatant Commands (excluding TRANSCOM). Develops and maintains a comprehensive policy framework and program support governing logistical and support operations, contractor planning and execution, including combat, humanitarian, and disaster relief. Assigned the responsibilities of the OSD Program Manager for Contingency Contracting (Operational Contract Support). Represents the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics and Materiel Readiness) in liaison with JCS J4, COCOM J4s, and Service Deputy Chiefs for Logistics regarding policy coordination and program support for COCOM field operations, and with their acquisition executives for Operational Contract Support. Directs, coordinates, and provides analysis, assessments, and testimony to higher authorities, congressional committees, and industry. Designated a National Security Professional Executive.
BGEN Dana was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in June of 1982 following graduation from Union College in Schenectady, New York.
Following completion of the Basic School and Armor Officer Basic School, Lieutenant Dana was assigned to 2nd Tank Battalion and during this tour he deployed with Battalion Landing Team 1/8 to the Mediterranean. He reported to the Logistics Officers Basic School in January 1986 and was assigned as the Combat Cargo Officer aboard for USS Duluth (LPD-6). During this tour he deployed to the Western Pacific with Battalion Landing Team 1/9 embarked.
In June of 1988 Captain Dana reported for duty as the S-4 Logistics Officer for 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. During this tour he deployed with Battalion Landing Team 3/1 to the Western Pacific, Alaska, and Southwest Asia [Desert Storm]. After attending Amphibious Warfare School he returned to Camp Pendleton in June of 1992. As a company commander in 1st Landing Support Battalion, he deployed to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. Following company command, he served as the Operations Officer for 1st Landing Support Battalion.
From June 1994-June 1996 Major Dana attended Marine Corps Command and Staff College and the School of Advanced Warfighting. Following school, he received orders to the Standing Joint Task Force (SJTF) at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; during this tour he served as a Plans Officer with the SFOR Theater Support Command in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. Following the deactivation of the SJTF he served as the II MEF G-4 Operations Officer until July 1999.
From August 1999 to May 2000 Lieutenant Colonel Dana served at MAWTS-1 in Yuma, Arizona; he then commanded MWSS-371 from May 2000-May 2002. Following command, Lieutenant Colonel Dana attended the Naval War College and was then assigned to III MEF in Okinawa. He served as the G-7/3D MEB Chief of Staff and III MEF Deputy G-3 during this tour. From December 2004 to July 2005 he served as the OIC of the MARCENT Coordination Element at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and the MARCENT G-4. He took command of MWSG-37 in July of 2005 and commanded MWSG 37 FWD in Iraq from January 2006-January 2007.
Colonel Dana then served on joint duty in the EUCOM J-5 from July 2007 to September 2008; his first tour as a Brigadier General was as the NORAD-NORTHCOM J-4 from November 2008 to June 2010. During this tour he deployed to Haiti in support of SOUTHCOM relief operations following the January 2010 earthquake.
BGEN Dana’s personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal w/two gold stars, Joint Commendation Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal w/two gold stars, Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon.
BGEN Dana has been married twenty years to his wife Suzanne and they have two sons.
David Blackford is Chief, Logistics Technology Integration Division, United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Strategy, Policy, Programs, and Logistics. As the lead functional proponent for radio frequency identification (RFID) and related automatic identification technology (AIT) implementation throughout the DOD supply chain, he works with the Office of Secretary of Defense, Combatant Commands, Military Services, and Defense Agencies to ensure DOD AIT and supply chain management policies and process improvement efforts support the war fighters’ operational requirements in the 21st Century. Mr. Blackford is responsible for the development of policies in support of end-to-end AIT support and its impact on DOD materiel management, distribution, and acquisition logistics programs. His current focus is implementing RFID technology and AIT in the DOD supply chain.
Rear Admiral Richard T. Gromlich assumed the duties of the Coast Guard’s first Director of Operational Logistics (DOL) where he is responsible for the delivery of mission support logistics for Coast Guard operations during steady state and contingency response and for planned events of national significance. He will oversee Bases across the United States, establish an operations support planning capability, and build a mission support compliance capability. Rear Admiral Gromlich reported aboard in April 2011 from Coast Guard Headquarters where he served as the first Director of the Mission Support Integration Office (DCMS-5.) He was responsible for contingency and operational logistics integration, business transformation, continuous process improvement, and strategic planning efforts across the 17,000 member Coast Guard Mission Support Organization. During his two year tenure Captain Gromlich led contingency logistics operations in support of the Coast Guard’s response to the tragic earthquake in Haiti and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As Chief of the Office of Logistics (CG-44) and Director of the Logistics Transformation Program Integration Office (LTPIO) from 2007 to 2009 he played a critical role in the preliminary design and integration plans associated with the establishment of five new Logistics and Service Centers and led an enterprise-wide logistics transformation project aimed at delivering more efficient, effective and standardized support to the operational community. These efforts have substantially increased the Coast Guard’s operational readiness both day-to-day and during major contingency operations, enhancing the Service’s ability to rapidly adapt to respond to major events. Rear Admiral Gromlich reported to Coast Guard Headquarters from the Coast Guard Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (ARSC,) now the Aviation Logistics Center, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina where he was Commanding Officer from 2004 to 2007.
In that capacity, he was responsible for the sole industrial complex for the Coast Guard’s 200 aircraft supporting all 26 aviation units during Hurricane Katrina. Rear Admiral Gromlich’s previous tours of duty include Executive Officer of Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts – the third largest physical plant and responsible for waters from New Jersey to the Canadian border -- and Aeronautical Engineering Officer at Air Station Savannah, Georgia, which averages 250 search and rescue cases each year. He also served as the Inventory Manager; Chief of the Logistics Support Branch; and Chief of the Engineering and Industrial Support Division at ARSC; and a tour of duty afloat as a Deck Watch Officer aboard the 180-foot tender USCGC Papaw in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1986, he completed Naval Flight Training in Pensacola, Florida and completed tours of duty at Air Station San Diego, Air Station North Bend, Air Station Savannah, Air Station Cape Cod and the ARSC. During this time he flew more than 3,600 flight hours and attained qualifications as an Aircraft Commander and Instructor Pilot in the HH-65A/B and as an Aircraft Commander in the HH-60J. A native of Milton, Pennsylvania, Admiral Gromlich graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. In 1997, he earned a Master of Science in Industrial Administration from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Business. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit (two awards), three Meritorious Service Medals, the Coast Guard Commendation Medal, the Coast Guard Achievement Medal, and two Commandant Letters of Commendation.
Colonel Mark Migaleddi is the 57th Commander of The Watervliet Arsenal. Colonel Migaleddi is a military brat but calls South Jersey home. He was commissioned in 1987 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry.
He has served in the 1st, 3rd , and 4th Mechanized Infantry Divisions, the 10th Mountain Light Infantry Division, III Armored Corps Artillery, Defense Logistics Agency, Pacific Command, and U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).
Colonel Migaleddi has held numerous tactical leadership and staff positions. He has served twice in Iraq, most recently in 2009 as the Deputy Team Chief for the Iraqi National Police Transition Team.
Colonel Migaleddi’s education includes a Bachelors of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, Master Degree in Logistic Management from Florida Institute of Technology, and a Master Degree in Strategic Studies and Policy from the United States Army War College. He is a graduate of the Infantry Officers Basic and Advance Courses and The Command and General Staff College.
Colonel Migaleddi’s awards include the Bronze Star, the Defense and Army Meritorious Service Medals, the Army and Joint Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, GWOT Expeditionary and Service Medals, Iraq Campaign Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Airborne and Air Assault badges, and the Ranger Tab.
Colonel Migaleddi is married to the former Barbara Walters; they have two daughters Kayleigh and Kristina. He is die-hard Philadelphia sports-fan and loves cheering for his hometown professional sports teams!
Major General Raymond V. Mason assumed duties as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 (Operations) for the United States Army in July 2011. In this position, he helps create and implement plans, policies, and procedures in support of Army forces worldwide.
Before joining the Army staff, MG Mason served as the G-4, United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) from August 2009 – June 2011. In this position, he directed logistics support to the U.S. Army’s largest command and was responsible for the readiness of more than eighty percent of the Army’s operational forces. He oversaw the sustainment, equipping, training, mobilizing, and deployment of forces to the COCOMs and worldwide contingencies.
MG Mason’s other key command and staff assignments include: Commander of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Commanding General of the 19th Support Command (Expeditionary), Daegu, Republic of Korea; Commanding General, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Defense Logistics Agency. He served as the Commanding General, Army Materiel Command (Theater) Southwest Asia and C-4, Operational Sustainment, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Central Command, providing logistics support to U.S. forces operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Djibouti, and across the ARCENT Area of Responsibility.
MG Mason served as the Commander, 25th ID Division Support Command; Commander, 407th Forward Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division; Commander, E Co (Rigger), 407th Service and Support Battalion, 82d Airborne Division; and Commander, Services Company, 21 Supply Battalion (Australian Army Exchange), Sydney, Australia.
MG Mason completed his undergraduate studies at James Madison University as a Distinguished Military Graduate with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Marketing and Management, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps in December 1978. He is a graduate of the Quartermaster Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He received a Master of Science Degree in Procurement/Contract Management from Florida Institute of Technology, and a Master of Science Degree in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University.
MG Mason’s awards and decorations include the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (5 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Master Parachutist Badge, Parachutist Rigger Badge, Australian Jump Wings, Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
He is married to the former Patti Kay Harris of Williamsburg, Va. They have two children, Nick, a professional golfer living in Denver, Colorado, and Sarah, a 2008 graduate from Virginia Tech University.
Mr. Robert Lamanna currently serves as Logistics Management Specialist for the Communications Electronic Life Cycle Management Command, Logistics Readiness Center’s new Strategic Sustainment Support Office. He entered civil service in 2003 with Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) where he served as Aviation Business Development Manager, working with Joint Service Aviation Program Managers, Life Cycle Management Commands and Industry in developing public/private and public/public partnerships and performance based agreements to optimize warfighter combat sustainment readiness. In 2006 he served as a Division Chief in the Business Management Directorate of TYAD, managing the various logistics business challenges within the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) commodities.
James W. (Jim) O’Neill is vice president and general manager of Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s Integrated Logistics business. Since 2006, he has had profit and loss responsibility for the Boeing effort to provide readiness and after-delivery support for military platforms and systems through performance based logistics contracts, leveraging innovative supply-chain management, industry-leading engineering services and public/private partnerships.
Key programs include support for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter, C-17 Globemaster airlifter, AH-64 Apache helicopter, CH-47 Chinook helicopter, and other Boeing military platforms.
Before this, O’Neill served as vice president and program manager of Boeing Tanker Programs since July 2004. He was responsible for sales, development, production and support of Tanker Programs. Boeing introduced the world’s most advanced aerial-refueling tanker – the KC-767 – under his leadership.
Prior to this, he served as the deputy program manager for Tanker Programs, after serving as vice president and deputy director of the Comanche helicopter program. From March 2001 until January 2004, he was general manager of Naval Weapons, with program management responsibility for SLAM-ER, Harpoon and target missile systems in St. Louis. He also worked in Seattle as chief engineer and air vehicle director for the Joint Strike Fighter program.
O’Neill began his career with Boeing in 1982 as a structural engineer on the F/A-18 Hornet program. He worked on several aircraft and research programs for ten years before rejoining the F/A-18 program as an Integrated Product Team leader on the F/A-18E/F development program. He held various management jobs on the F/A-18, with his last assignment being air vehicle manager.
O’Neill attended the University of Missouri and graduated with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in civil engineering. He also has an EMBA from the University of Washington and is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He presently serves as secretary on the board of directors for the Youth In Need charitable organization and also serves as Director of the Western Golf Association for the Evans Scholars Foundation.
John Boerstler was born in Missouri City, Texas, into a
family with a strong history of military service. In 1999,
John enlisted in the U.S. Marines, where he eventually
earned the rank of sergeant. During his time in service,
John’s overseas assignments took him to Iraq, Kuwait,
Syria, Jordan, Djibouti, and Kenya.
“I wanted to serve my country, lead Marines in combat,
and follow in the footsteps of both my grandfathers
who served in World War II,” he says.
As a non-commissioned officer, John served a combat
tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004
to 2005. His dreams of leading Marines in combat
came to a screeching halt in September 2004 when
he suffered trauma to his right eye in Iraq. He spent
10 days undergoing intense treatment at a number of
facilities from the Al Anbar province all the way to
Baghdad.
“When my injuries happened, I felt I was rendered
ineffective,” says John. “My Marines needed me, and I
needed them. And even though I couldn’t see, I wanted
to get back out there. But now I realize there are many
ways to fight, many ways to serve. That’s why I want to
share my story and help as many wounded warriors as
I can.”
Nathan Short joined the National Guard in 1999 and went active duty in 2000. He was sent to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom and was severely injured in an accident with a Palletized Load System, or PLS Truck, while he was delivering supplies. He spent a month in intensive care and was lucky to survive. He got medical retirement from the Army in 2005. He worked on an AbilityOne contract at Tinker AFB for two years before being promoted to Quality Assurance Manager for PCSI. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and four children.
Steve Lubniewski is the VP and Industry Leader for the Defense & Intelligence, a unit of IBM Global Services-Public Sector. He leads a Industry and Solution team that provides the US DoD and Intelligence Agencies with extensive capabilities that have a proven track record in assisting our clients meet its mission objectives. Steve has been personally involved in all aspects of ERP, ADM, Cost Take Out and IT Services Management transformations and efficiency improvements Under his guidance, the business unit provides secure ERP, ADM, Cost Take Out, Cloud Computing, Business Analytic, Consulting and Advanced Technology solutions, along and IT infrastructure operations support, focused on cost efficient solutions in support of the DOD and Intelligence agencies Global Security missions. The unit has and continues to play a central role in lowering operating costs and applies technology in support of the missions of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, OSD, SOCOM, CENTCOM, NGA, CIA, and NSA among others. By leveraging the considerable IBM investments in technology and processes, the D&I team provides a broad portfolio of Government and Commercial industry capabilities that add to missions effectively and efficiently.
Prior to joining IBM again, Mr. Lubniewski worked for Lockheed Martin in 1996 and served as Senior Vice President of Systems Solutions in the Electronics Business Area until 2000, developing and deploying systems for the Department of Defense, such as Global Combat Support System for the Air Force, the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System, and Defense Message System, among others. He served as President and General Manager of Lockheed Martin’s Commercial Information Technology Unit from 2001 – 2002, and as Vice President and General Manager of LMIT’s Enterprise and Application Solutions operating unit from 2003-2006. Before assuming his current position, he served as President of Lockheed Martin Enterprise Solutions and Services, providing business and mission information solutions to some 30 US government agencies.
Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Mr. Lubniewski was the Vice President and Program Executive of the United States Army’s Sustaining Base Information Services program for the Loral Corporation from 1994-1996. As Director of Postal Systems for IBM Federal Systems Division from 1989 to 1993, Mr. Lubniewski led the start-up of the company’s business thrust into complex Postal recognition and sorting systems. He had previously held positions in Engineering, Software Development and Manufacturing, and Procurement Management within IBM.
Mr. Lubniewski holds a degree in chemistry from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He has completed Engineering Management and International studies at MIT, along with Business Management from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. He has been a member of the University of Buffalo School of Engineering Dean’s Council since 1998.
Joseph A. Brown, Colonel U.S. Army (Ret.) Associate Partner IBM Global Business Services
Mr. Joseph A. Brown joined the IBM Corporation in August of 2005 after serving as a U.S. Army Colonel who specialized in Operational Logistics for over 25 years.
Mr. Brown was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin and holds two Masters’ degrees in National Security from the United States Naval War College and Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College.
Prior to retiring from active duty in July, 2004 he served as the U.S. Army V Corps G-4 and Deputy to the Director of Logistics in Iraq for over 144,000 coalition forces of the Combined Joint Task Force-Seven (CJTF-7) during OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. He also commanded the 16th Corps Support Group which supported the U.S. Army’s V Corps during major combat operations in Iraq in 2003.
During his military career Mr. Brown has served in a variety of Command and Staff positions. Key positions include Chief of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Fort Lee, Virginia; Commander of the 530th Supply & Service Battalion (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and Chief, Plans Branch, Logistics Division, NATO Headquarters, Allied Land Forces Southern Europe (LANDSOUTH) in Verona, Italy.
Prior to becoming a member of IBM Global Business Services Mr. Brown was a Logistics Consultant with the Northrop Grumman Corporation. He provided consulting services to the Romanian Ministry of National Defense in Bucharest, Romania from July 2004 to July 2005.
Charles Prow
General Manager
IBM Global Business Services
Charles Prow is the IBM general manager responsible for the Global Business Services (GBS) Public Sector (PS) business, including federal government, state and local government, and healthcare. Services include systems integration, analytics, and strategy and transformation consulting, specifically around cost reduction and productivity improvement.
With more than twenty five years of experience, Mr. Prow has assisted large, complex organizations in the Private and Public Sectors transform their operations through technology implementation. He has assisted Federal Defense and Civilian departments, Fortune 500 and mid-sized industrial, consumer goods, financial service and healthcare companies. Prior to his role as the IBM general manager, Mr. Prow acted as the IBM Defense Industry Leader. Specifically, his background includes supply chain management for large commercial organizations.
Mr. Prow has been involved in a number of technology and industry organizations throughout his career, including serving as Chairman, Open Applications Group and the Supply Chain Council. He is currently on the Executive Steering Committee of the Corporate Responsibility Officers Association (CROA), which is focused on promoting ethical practices in government contracting. He is also currently a board member of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Rear Admiral (Ret) Michael S. Roesner, SC, USN Associate Partner, IBM Global Business Services
Rear Admiral Michael (Mike) Roesner retired from active naval service in November, 2008 after serving nearly 40 years. During his Navy career, Admiral Roesner served in a variety of assignments from Antarctic expeditions to riverine patrol duty in South Vietnam. He served afloat in surface ships and aircraft carriers and ashore in a wide variety of logistics assignments. Some of his more recent postings included: Commander, Naval Inventory Control Point, where he was responsible for acquisition and management of all Navy managed spare parts, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, with responsibility for the complete logistics support for all Navy and Marine Corps units assigned to the Pacific theater, and Commander, Naval Supply Information Systems Activity, with responsibility for design and maintenance of Navy supply information systems. In these positions, Admiral Roesner held responsibility for multi billion dollar acquisition and operations budgets, thousands of U.S. Military and Civilian employees, foreign military sales and successful logistics support for Naval forces engaged in wartime and training activities. He is a recognized leader in development of Performance Based Logistics Contracts. Admiral Roesner joined IBM in May, 2008 and is an Associate Partner in the Supply Chain Management Practice.
Carey A. Smith is the President Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI), a wholly-owned government services subsidiary within Honeywell Aerospace, which serves the space, military and commercial aviation markets. Since September 2011, Smith has led the HTSI business that provides space, networks and communications support, logistics and engineering services for the Department of Defense and federal civilian customers. In business for nearly 60 years, HTSI performs missions of national and scientific importance. Headquartered in Columbia, MD, HTSI employs more than 5,000 people working at customer locations worldwide, including NASA centers and Department of Defense installations.
She began her career with IBM Federal Systems in 1985 as a systems engineer. She earned progressively responsible roles in program management, engineering management, business development, strategic planning, capture management and operations management. Through acquisitions, Smith became part of the Lockheed Martin Corporation and has spent a total of 26 years in the aerospace and defense industry. Prior to this assignment, her most recent role was the Vice President of Technical Services where she was responsible for significant top and bottom line growth, excellent contract performance and leading diverse businesses including health, logistics, physical security, range and base operations, intelligence and information assurance. Her career has included both domestic and international assignments, including a role as the President of Lockheed Martin Canada.
Smith received a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Ohio Northern University. She is a certified Program Management professional who has published over ten papers, one of which was recognized by Time Life Books.
Smith is married with three children and resides in Haymarket, Virginia.
Major General (Ret.) Jerome Johnson is Vice President of Operations, within Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI), a wholly owned, $900M government services subsidiary of Honeywell. Johnson is in charge of the overall growth of the Logistics business, whose portfolio includes large-scale prepositioning of war-fighting assets, government property management, focused sustainment, field support, advanced logistics concepts, in-theatre equipment refurbishment and staff augmentation for the U.S. armed forces and intelligence services.
MG Johnson joined Honeywell and HTSI Logistics in November 2009, following a distinguished 34-year Army career where he culminated his service as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics for Forces Command.
Major General Johnson was commissioned an ordnance officer following his graduation from Fort Valley State University, GA a Business Administration degree. MG Johnson also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Syracuse University, NY. His military education and training includes graduation from the Ordnance Officer Basic and Advanced courses at the United States Army Ordnance Center and School, and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He earned a Senior Service College Fellowship at the School of Advanced Military Studies and later served as the director of Campaign Planning.
MG Johnson has an extensive background in Acquisition, Logistics, Finance and technology. Command positions include a Maintenance Company at the United States Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, GA; the 227th Maintenance Battalion, Eighth US Army, Korea; the 29th Support Group, 21st
Theater Army Area Command, Germany; the United States Army War Reserve Support Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, and Commanding General, United States Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, IL.
Major General Johnson’s staff assignments include Personnel Distribution Officer at the Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, VA; Chief of the Finance Management Office and Executive Officer with the 21st Support Command in Germany; Program Analyst and Logistics Staff Officer at the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, United States Army, Washington, DC; Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander with the 3rd Corps Support Command in Germany, Executive Officer to the Commanding General of the US Army Materiel Command, and Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Forces Command.
MG Johnson’s awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters; the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters; the Army Commendation Medal; and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
John has over 25 years of experience in the Aerospace and Defense industries in the areas of program management, logistics/supply chain, maintenance/repair/overhaul, strategic planning, large system implementation, business development, and six sigma/lean. He serves as Sr. Vice President for New Breed’s Aerospace and Defense division. During his tenure with New Breed he was instrumental in structuring and leading New Breed Logistics’ aerospace, defense, and government services business segment. He was instrumental in capturing and implementing Boeing 787, C17 and Sikorsky Production Support, the C17 and Sikorsky spares 3PL programs and the Boeing San Antonio maintenance, modifications and upgrades support program for the C17, KC135, KC10, and C130. John’s experience includes providing tailored support solutions for commercial/military aircraft and ground systems.
Jeffrey S. (Jeff) Leong is currently Director, International Programs Business Unit overseeing international business for the Training Solutions Division.
With a broad background in both operational and functional disciplines, Jeff brings a unique benefit to Northrop Grumman Technical Services (NGTS). His combination of operational experience in the US Air Force and multiple functional roles in private industry ensure a balanced approach of customer and corporate needs.
Mr. Leong brings more than 15 years of experience to NGTS. He began his career in the US Air Force, where he served as a Civil Engineering officer in the United States, the Republic of Korea, Honduras, and the Middle East. Following separation from the US Air Force in 2000, Mr. Leong worked as a Business Development representative for JWK International Corporation in Annandale, Virginia, before joining Northrop Grumman in 2003. Through his 8 years with NGTS, Mr. Leong has served in the business management, estimating and pricing, and business development organizations, most recently serving as the Director, Business Management for the Defense and Government Services Division.
Mr. Leong holds a bachelor of engineering degree in Civil Engineering and a master of sciences degree in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He resides in Herndon, Virginia with his wife Brenda and their two children.
Dr. Christopher T. Jones is a native of Havre de Grace, MD and attended the Georgia Institute of Technology on a U.S. Air Force ROTC scholarship. He graduated with an Aerospace Engineering degree with High Honors in 1986, and was subsequently commissioned into the U.S. Air Force.
He was assigned to the Foreign Technology Division, Wright-Patterson AFB as a Systems Analyst, where he performed analysis of highly classified data on foreign ballistic missile and space systems. Dr. Jones obtained two Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Management from the University of Dayton, and separated from active military duty to obtain a doctorate degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland.
In 1996, Dr. Jones began employment at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation where he initially lead analysis, flight tests, and research on innovative rotorcraft technologies. He was subsequently promoted to Technology Lead on the RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter program, and the Chief Systems Engineer for the Naval Hawk program. His areas of responsibilities included aircraft signatures and survivability, performance, dynamics and aeromechanic stability, flight loads, reliability and maintainability, and system engineering.
Dr. Jones joined Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2004 and was the Director of Product Support and International Programs for the Airborne Early Warning Program. He managed personnel located in several U.S. states and countries, and was responsible for all domestic E-2 Hawkeye support, and international E-2 programs. In addition to his program execution responsibilities, Dr. Jones provided technical leadership during aircraft design, development, production, and fielding, and was a key member of the business strategy development and capture teams.
In 2010, Dr. Jones was promoted to Sector Vice President and General Manager, Integrated Logistics and Modernization Division in the Northrop Grumman Technical Services Sector. In this position, he has overall responsibility for the division, which is organized around three business units focused on global logistics and modernization, systems logistics and modernization, and operational responsive systems.
In addition to his civilian career, Dr. Jones is a member of the Connecticut Air National Guard and is currently the Chief of Maintenance for the 103rd Air Control Squadron. He leads all squadron maintenance and communications personnel who install, operate and repair satellite communications, sensor, power, computer, and radio equipment. He has participated in several military deployments including Operation Noble Eagle and Operation Enduring Freedom.
James M. Zortman (Jim) Aerospace Systems Sector Vice President, Life Cycle Logistics & Support Site Manager, UMS Development Center.
Current Responsibilities Jim Zortman is sector vice president, Life Cycle Logistics & Support at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems headquartered in El Segundo, California. Supporting sector strategy of “design anywhere, build anywhere”, he provides sector-level leadership of the full spectrum of logistics and product support functions. He is responsible for ensuring that the same excellence in integration now represented in design and production at Aerospace Systems is fully exploited in anticipation and fulfillment of product support requirements.
In addition, effective 18 July 2009, Mr. Zortman assumed the responsibilities of Site Manager of the Rancho Bernardo and Moss Point sites. Previous Responsibilities
Jim Zortman joined Northrop Grumman in January 2008 following a distinguished career in the U.S. Navy, where he ultimately attained the rank of vice admiral. In his most recent assignment, he served as Commander Naval Air Forces and CEO, Naval Aviation Enterprise. In this role, he led a combined team of more than 180,000 military, government, civilian, and contractor personnel responsible for operations, readiness, and full life-cycle management of 3,800 aircraft and 12 aircraft carriers.
His prior assignments include commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific Fleet; commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic Fleet; commander, Task Force Fifty; commander, John C. Stennis Battle Group; director, Operations and Politico-Military Affairs; and executive officer to the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has earned the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (4), and the Bronze Star. Education:
Zortman earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and completed a fellowship in strategic studies with the Naval War College. In addition, he has completed courses in executive business and strategic planning at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., and the University of North Carolina Business School at Chapel Hill, respectively.
Ed Wodarski is in his 30th year as a thought leader in the design and deployment of service parts management solutions. For the last ten years, Ed has focused on extending and applying the principles of Service Lifecycle Management in Aerospace and Defense organizations to improve asset utilization and availability. Through his career he has held several executive positions in leading service parts management software companies and was also a Senior Executive at Accenture. Ed holds an MBA from the Simon School at the University of Rochester and a degree in Applied Statistics from St. Bonaventure University.
Mark Lieberman, the DLA AIT program manager, leads a strategic team spearheading the DLA mission to define, integrate, implement and sustain AIT technology across its enterprise. With more than 25 years of experience in supply chain management and execution, Mr. Lieberman is responsible for the AIT program development, maintenance and procedural implementation. He has received numerous performance and service awards for his contributions to the DLA supply chain operations.
Sue Dryden, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Deputy Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. She is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping more than 180,000 technicians and managers maintaining the Air Force global engagement aerospace weapons system inventory. She provides strategic direction for materiel and equipment management, fuels, vehicle management and operations, distribution, personal property, and passenger traffic management. The directorate develops logistics readiness, maintenance and munitions policy, ensuring the readiness of the single largest element of manpower supporting Air Force combat forces worldwide.
Ms. Dryden served on active duty in the Air Force and was first assigned as a jet engine mechanic at Hahn Air Base, Germany. She later cross-trained into the manpower management field and served at Kapaun Air Station, Germany and Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Ms. Dryden began her civil service career at Robins AFB in 1983. She served in a wide range of logistics fields to include F-15 jet engine mechanic, C-141 budget chief, Plans and Programs section chief, and C-5 industrial production manager, and deputy chief of the F-15 Production Division. While chief of the Depot Maintenance Division, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Ms Dryden led a dramatic turnaround by driving process improvements across all three Air Logistics Centers. Ms Dryden directed F-22 sustainment activities employing innovative and effective performance based logistics strategies to support the Air Force's premier fighter aircraft. As the Director, 309th Maintenance Wing, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Ms Dryden managed a $1 billion annual budget, with a workforce of 8,000 employees at eight different locations, both overseas and stateside, and led significant improvements in quality, schedule, and cost of depot repair, overhaul, modification, regeneration and reclamation of the A-10, F-16, F-22, T-38, and C-130 aircraft, the Minuteman ICBM system, software, and commodities.