About Your Speakers
Mr. Peter Benson is the Executive Director and Chief Technical Officer of the Electronic Commerce Code Management Association (ECCMA).
Peter is an expert in distributed information systems, content encoding and master data management.
Peter designed and oversaw the development of a number of strategic distributed database management systems used extensively in the UK and US by the Public Relations and Media Industries. From 1994 to 1998, Peter served as the elected chairman of the American National Standards Institute Accredited Committee ANSI ASCX 12E.
Peter is known for the design, development and global promotion of the UNSPSC as an internationally recognized commodity classification and more recently for the design of the eOTD, an internationally recognized open technical dictionary based on the NATO codification system.
Peter is the Project Leader for ISO 22745 and ISO 8000 as well as the ISO TC184/SC 4 Quality Committee convener. He is an expert in the development and maintenance of Master Data Quality as well as an internationally recognized proponent of Open Standards that he believes are critical to protect data assets from the applications used to create and manipulate them.
Rear Admiral Raymond E. Berube became Commander, Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) in September 2008. The NAVICP, a single virtual organization with two primary sites in Philadelphia and Mechanicsburg, Pa., provides program and supply support for naval aircraft, ships and submarines worldwide. Prior to his tour at NAVICP, Rear Adm. Berube served as Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers.
Gary R. Bliss is currently the Deputy Director, Enterprise Information and OSD Studies in the office of the Undersecretary, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)). His responsibilities include oversight of the five OSD-funded Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), the OSD’s university research program, as well as review and development of innovations to overhaul the AT&L enterprise management systems.
He is perhaps best known from his recent position as the longstanding Director of OD(PAE) Weapon System Cost Analysis Division (WSCAD). a ten staff members constitute one of the two offices dedicated to OSD Cost Analysis Improvement Group (CAIG) functions, and responsible for the preparation of independent development and procurement cost estimates for major systems that range from munitions (e.g., tactical missiles) through platforms (e.g., helicopters, submarines, fighter aircraft, tanks, etc.). As such, Mr. Bliss has been a key player for more than twelve years in DoD’s most important system decisions by the Services, OSD, and the Congress.
Generally recognized in both industry and government as a leading authority on the economics of defense procurement, Mr. Bliss has also an established track record in institutional reform/reengineering including:
- Management information system reengineering helping to develop a broad-based re-definition of the core management systems used to coordinate the far-flung value chain of major defense program focusing on the key signals that individual decision makers face throughout the supply-chain — at both the prime and vendor.
- Manufacturing enterprise reengineering conducting studies of the potential for savings from enterprise reengineering reviewing in considerable detail the four basic enterprise-wide systems: design/engineering; manufacturing shop floor performance; supplier-chain management; and overhead/indirect functions.
- Public/Private Competition acting as a principal economic advisor on the Source Selection Evaluation Boards for both McClellan AFB and Kelly AFB public/private competitions.
- CCDR Project Office as the architect of the initiative that reengineered DoD’s Contractor Cost Data Reporting (CCDR) system.
Gary has a BA, Mathematics and Economics (Highest Honors in Economics) from College of William and Mary and done PhD graduate work at School of Business, University of Chicago.
Don Brown is the founder and CEO of Partnet, the #1 provider of comprehensive, flexible, and targeted online marketplace solutions in the government arena. Dr. Brown served as a tenured faculty member at the University of Utah as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. Brown was also a member of the Schlumberger Palo Alto Research technical staff, a lab that pioneered work in artificial intelligence. He has served on the board of directors of the Electronic Commerce Code Management Association and has authored or co-authored over 27 technical publications. He holds 9 patents or patents pending. Brown earned a B.S. degree from the University of Utah and was awarded M.S. and PhD degrees by Stanford University.
Wayland Coker is a retired Naval Officer with an extensive logistics background, both in defense and industry. He successfully spearheaded the Department of the Navy's entry into a new wargaming approach -- one that looked specifically at the logistics of war instead of the war itself. From there he successfully conceived, designed and facilitated the first-ever joint logistics capability assessment within the Department of Defense: the Focused Logistics Warfighting (FLOW) process. FLOW was an enterprise-wide assessment conducted by the Director for Logistics (J4), Joint Chiefs of Staff with all military Services, Unified Commands and Defense Agencies participating, as well as the Defence Ministries of the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
Continuing to leverage these past successes, Mr. Coker conceived, designed and currently facilitates LOGWAR, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, Defence Equipment & Support's (DE&S) logistic wargame.
Colonel James T. (Tim) Cole currently serves with NORAD-US Northern Command’s J4 Directorate for Logistics & Engineering, developing a Logistics Common Operational Picture system (LogCOP) to visually portray domestic public & private sector capabilities, resources & locations. Previously Col Cole was assigned to the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee (AFIC), Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, US Northern Command, as the AFIC Chief of Staff. AFIC’s mission was to plan, coordinate and provide Department of Defense ceremonial support for the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, Inaugural Parade and other designated activities during the 10 day Inaugural Period.
Colonel Cole was raised in Portage, Indiana and is a graduate of Graceland College in Iowa. He enlisted in the Marine Corps 1982, graduated Company Honor Man and was selected for the Enlisted Commissioning Program.
Commissioned a second lieutenant in April 1983, he subsequently completed The Basic School, logistics occupational specialty schools, and served on active duty with Second Light Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
(2d LAAM), Third Marine Aircraft Wing, Fleet Marine Force until July 1986.
Joining the Marine Corps Reserve, Col Cole served as a battalion staff officer working logistics functions at Second Battalion, Fourteenth Marine (Artillery) Regiment - through 1990; was mobilized to active duty for Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1991 with First Battalion, Twenty-third Marine (Infantry) Regiment – and served with the unit through August 1994.
Col Cole was selected to staff the newly formed 8th Reserve District - Peacetime/Wartime Support Team (PWST) structure in 1996 and served through its varieties of transitions until 2000, when primary duties of the District staff were shifted to those of the new Marine Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (MEPLO) program.
Since 9/11, Col Cole has served on mobilized active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) with the G-4 Logistics staff of First Marine Expeditionary Force in Kuwait and Iraq (2003); reserve duty with the G-4 Logistics staff of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific in Korea and Hawaii (2004); and mobilized active duty with the G-4 Logistics staff of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command (2005-2006) in Florida and the CENTCOM theater of operations in support of Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) & Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
From October 2006 thru July 2008, Col Cole served as Senior Marine Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer, U.S. Marine Corps Forces North, leading MEPLO Team E, aligned with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region VI states - Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas & Louisiana. Col Cole has completed Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) course Phases I & II; completed FEMA training courses (IS-100, 200, 300, 700 & 800); participated in Federal responses to Hurricanes Dean & Erin, the 2007 California Wildfires, and numerous regional and national level event training exercises.
Col Cole is a graduate of Marine Corps Command & Staff College, the Marine Corps Logistics Education Program, Landing Force Air/Ground Task Force Staff Planning and the Reserve Components National Security Course. Col Cole’s personal awards include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. Col Cole is married to the former Mary Anne Schmidt and they’re proud parents of five children.
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 where he served as a tank platoon commander for twenty two months; during this tour he deployed with Battalion Landing Team 1/8 to the Mediterranean. He served as the Executive Officer of Charlie Company, 2nd Tank Battalion until reporting to the Logistics Officers Basic School in January 1986. Following school, he was transferred to San Diego for duty 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. Over the next three years 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.
Dave Dias serves as the Chief of the United States Transportation Command’s Asset Visibility Division, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. He is responsible for developing automatic identification technology and asset visibility strategies and programs, supporting the entire DoD supply chain and USTRANSCOM’s deployment and sustainment mission. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Dias directed USTRANSCOM’s involvement in research and development efforts, modeling and simulation activities, and major Department of Defense mobility studies. Mr. Dias entered Civil Service in 1978 and has served on the USTRANSCOM staff since 1990. Prior to entering Civil Service, he served as a licensed officer in the United States Merchant Marine on various dry cargo and tanker vessels. Mr. Dias holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Transportation from Massachusetts Maritime Academy, a Master of Science degree in Public Administration from Golden Gate University, and a Master of Arts degree in National Security Strategy and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.
Grover L. Dunn, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Transformation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Mr. Dunn plans, develops and implements innovative and transformative installations, and logistics concepts and initiatives across the full spectrum of the Air Force installations and logistics enterprise to enable the evolving expeditionary air and space force. He develops architectures, and provides management and oversight across the full range of a diverse logistics information technology enterprise. He defines and integrates logistics management information systems requirements for the Global Combat Support System.
Kenneth R. Estelle is Vice President and General Manager of Technical Services Solutions for Rockwell Collins Services. In his position, he is responsible for Rockwell Collins’ global service and support operations with a network of service centers providing repair and overhaul of aviation electronics, as well as parts management and logistics for commercial, business and military aircraft worldwide.
Prior to joining Rockwell Collins in April 2007, Kenneth was a vice president of Global Customer Management with Smiths Aerospace (now GE Aviation) in Grand Rapids, Mich. Prior to Smiths, he was employed by Honeywell Aerospace, where he held several Business Planning, Contract Management and Marketing positions.
Alan Estevez is the Principal Assistant Deputy Under 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 assumed his current position in November 2006.
From October 2002 to November 2006, Mr. Estevez was the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Supply Chain Integrations) 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.
Lieutenant Colonel Cary V. Ferguson assumed duties as Product Manager for the Joint-Automatic Identification Technology Program on 24 June 2009 and has over nine years of acquisition experience. Prior to this assignment, he was an Assistant Project Manager and the Military Deputy for the Project Manager Global Combat Support System – Army (GCSS-Army) at Fort Lee, VA.
Upon graduating from the University of Notre Dame earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management Information Systems, Lieutenant Colonel Ferguson was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Transportation Corps, serving in tactical transportation units in the 1st Corps Support Command (COSCOM), Fort Bragg, NC; and the 3rd COSCOM in Germany. He also served as the Aide de Camp to the Commanding General, Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) Eastern Area, Bayonne, NJ. He has deployed in support of combat operations, security and stability operations, and humanitarian operations. He served in Operation Iraqi Freedom (Kuwait), Operation Joint Guard/Forge (Hungary), Operation Joint Endeavor (Bosnia), Joint Task Force Guantanamo (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba), and Hurricane Andrew Relief (Florida).
His other acquisition assignments include: Executive Officer and Deputy Software Team Chief, Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center; Assistant Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Systems Manager (TSM) for Tactical Wheeled Vehicles (TWV), where he managed vehicle armor and the medium TWV fleet.
In addition to his degree from the University of Notre Dame, Lieutenant Colonel Ferguson earned a Master of Science Degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in Information Technology Management. He is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the Program Manager Course at the Defense Systems Management College.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, and several other awards and decorations including the Parachutist Badge.
Mike is a partner in PRTM’s Global Public Sector business group, specializing in consulting to aerospace, defense, and government clients. He is a recognized expert in logistics, public-private partnerships, and outsourcing, and has hands-on experience driving operational excellence and bottom-line results. After a very successful Navy career, where he was awarded the Chief of Naval Operations Award for Excellence in Operations Research and eventually promoted to two-star admiral, Mike entered the private sector as CEO of a supply chain optimization and modeling company.
Mr. David S. Floyd, CPL is the Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Director at the Defense Acquisition University located at Fort Belvoir, VA, where he supports the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition Technology and Logistics (AT&L) for Logistics and Material Readiness (L&MR), educates/ trains military, civilian and industry employees in PBL and directs the update of PBL courses for the Department of Defense. Mr. Floyd, CPL has over 25 years combined logistics and systems engineering experience supporting the acquisition and life cycle support of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard combatant ships and cutters. He is a retired Navy Commander and served as a Surface Warfare Officer on Navy combatants. Mr. Floyd, CPL holds a B.S. Degree in Government and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and an M.S. Degree in Systems Engineering from George Mason University. He has been a member of SOLE – The International Society of Logistics since 1988. He is entering his 8th year as the SOLE Greater Washington Area Chapter (GWAC) Chair. He is the recipient of the 2006 Mo Grumbine Award for service to SOLE and the 2002 Configuration Management Field Award from SOLE. He lives in Alexandria, VA and is the proud father of a 24 year old daughter.
Ian Fogarty is a Vice President within Accenture’s Defense Industry and Technology Consulting practices. He has 16 years of experience in planning, designing, implementing and leading technical architecture and complex application development projects. Mr. Fogarty has extensive experience in enterprise architecture, SOA and integration architectures, object-oriented design, database design and operation, net-centric technologies, data centers, networks, security, performance test and tuning, and systems operation.
In his current role, Mr. Fogarty serves as a solution architect across several DoD and IC accounts for infrastructure, service oriented architecture, and cyber initiatives.
Randy T. Fowler was appointed as a member of the Senior Executive Service and assumed the responsibilities of the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (ADUSD) Materiel Readiness (MR) in May 2008. Mr. Fowler is the principal advisor to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) leadership on policies, procedures, and actions related to the materiel readiness of Department of Defense (DoD) weapons and other materiel systems. He is responsible for weapon system supportability advocacy and the development and implementation of acquisition and sustainment requirements and associated metrics employed during the systems acquisition and life cycle management process. He further provides oversight over the alignment of budgetary resources to achieve materiel readiness outcomes.
Currently, LTG Gainey is the Director for Logistics, J4, The Joint Staff. LTG Gainey's other assignments include Chief, Container Freight Branch, Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area, MTMC Western Area, Oakland, CA; Program Analyst, United States Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, IL; 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, DC; Chief Joint Operations Division, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, IL; Director, Force Projection and Distribution, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Washington, DC; Deputy Chief of Staff, Resources and Sustainment, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom.
John R. Gray was appointed Deputy to the Commander, Letterkenny Army Depot in October 1999. He is the senior civilian at the depot managing a $500 million operation and 18,000-acre installation.
A native of central Pennsylvania, Mr. Gray graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science (1975) and Master of Business Administration (1978) degree. He is a graduate of the Secretary of Defense Executive Leadership Development (1990) program. He earned a Master of Public Administration (1998) degree, and a Doctor of Public Administration (2002) from the University of Southern California. In 2008 he received the Lawrence J. Rhoades award from the National Center for Defense Machining and Manufacturing.
He began his federal career over 30 years ago with the Rock Island, Illinois U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1978. As an economist, he performed cost analyses on hydropower, flood control and water supply projects. For two years, he was an instructor with the Army Management Engineering College providing training on financial management and productivity measurement.
Mr. Gray moved to Letterkenny and Chambersburg in 1985, when he established a branch for the US Army Materiel Command Management Engineering Activity. Since 1988, he has held various positions at the depot, including Director of Resource Management. His selection as Deputy Commander followed almost two-years in Arlington, VA where he worked as a Supervisory Budget Analyst with the Defense Information Systems Agency.
He lives in Chambersburg with his wife of 33 years, Marjorie, a 1974 and 1975 Penn State graduate. His daughter Allison (PSU class of 2002) works for Johnson & Johnson and his son Patrick (PSU class of 2005) attends graduate school at Ohio State University.
Kevin Green leads IBM’s Global Business Services (GBS) Department of Defense and Intelligence Community business which covers the US Navy and Marine Corps, the US Army, the US Air Force, Joint Commands and Networks, Acquisition and Logistics, and the Intelligence Agencies. In this role he has full profit and loss responsibility for IBM's US Defense and Intelligence services business, providing consulting and systems integration services to solve client enterprise management and mission capabilities development challenges. In previous roles, Kevin led the GBS Navy and Marine Corps account and the Defense Agencies account, and served as Director, DoD Strategic Accounts. Prior to joining IBM in 2004 Kevin spent thirty-three years as a naval officer, completing his Navy career as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans, and Policy (OPNAV N3/N5). As DCNO, he coordinated global naval operations, strategic planning, information operations, and naval policy development; and managed service relationships with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the National Security Council staff, the US military services, other federal agencies, and allied navies. As a flag officer he commanded Naval Forces U.S. Southern Command, the ABRAHAM LINCOLN Carrier Battle Group, and Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Illinois. He served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Atlantic Fleet Headquarters, the Bureau of Naval Personnel, and commanded Destroyer Squadron 23 and the guided missile frigate USS TAYLOR. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy and the National War College, and received an M.S. in Applied Science from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Rear Adm. Vincent L. Griffith commands Defense Supply Center Richmond, Va., a field activity of Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va. He assumed his position in June 2009. Defense Supply Center Richmond is Defense Logistics Agency’s aviation demand and supply chain manager. Defense Supply Center Richmond is the primary source of supply for more than 1.3 million repair parts and operating supply items supporting 1,300 major weapon systems. More than 444,000 of the items are aviation parts, including spares for engines on fighters, bombers, cargo aircraft and helicopters; airframe and landing gear parts; flight safety equipment; and propeller systems. Positioned alongside its military customers, Defense Supply Center Richmond manages supply, storage and distribution sites at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Defense Supply Center Richmond also manages depot-level reparable procurement operations at Robins, Tinker and Hill Air Force Bases, Navy Inventory Control Point Philadelphia, and at Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command, Huntsville, Ala. The aviation supply chain has personnel at over a dozen stateside sites directly supporting warfighters, including Philadelphia. Defense Supply Center Richmond also operates an industrial plant equipment repair facility at Navy Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Rear Adm. Griffith most recently served as force supply officer of Commander, Naval Air Forces, San Diego. Prior to that, he was the commanding officer of Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Jacksonville, Fla.
As the General Manager – Mincom Defense, Bruce has responsibility for all Defense Business globally. Under his direct leadership he will have sales, consulting services, product development and all defense related activity. Because of the specific business strategy relevant to the Defense industry, Mincom Defense will include all customer facing Defense activities globally and will remain as a separate business unit with Bruce reporting directly to the CEO.
Bringing more than 25 years global logistics leadership experience in enterprise software, hardware and services, Bruce was most recently with Lockheed Martin as their Executive Vice President and Managing Director of International Business for their subsidiary, Savi Technologies. Bruce was based at their London headquarters, and was responsible for large defense and other government business on a global basis. He was responsible for the strategy and tactics that led all growth of the Savi solutions outside of the USA and to enabling them to become NATO and coalition allied forces standards in the area of tactical logistics. Savi Technology is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin and is the primary technology provider for many of the world's largest Defense supply chains and RFID consignment monitoring networks including the U.S. Department of Defense.
Since joining Savi Technology in 2002, Bruce has been instrumental in the company’s revenue growth from a wide variety of defense, government and commercial customers on five continents as Executive Vice President.
Prior to joining Savi, Bruce was Senior Vice President at i2 Technologies where he had global responsibility for i2’s largest vertical sectors of High Tech and Telecommunications.
Through his 25 years of global experience in the technology industry, Bruce has held a number of increasingly responsible management and executive level positions in start-up, mezzanine and large technology organizations, with emphasis in enterprise software, hardware and services. He received his business degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1980 and is currently Advisory Board Member to several U.S. based technology organizations.
Major General (Retired) Terry E. Juskowiak is a 1973 graduate of The Citadel with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and the Florida Institute of Technology with a Masters of Science in Contract and Acquisition Management in 1981. His military education included Infantry Officers Basic Course, Quartermaster Officers Advanced Course, Logistics Executive Development Course, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Upon his commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry he served in a number of command and staff positions to include early assignments with the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) and the 25th Infantry Divisions, and various positions with the Army Materiel Command. In 1981 he participated in the Training with Industry Program at General Motors Corporation.He was selected in 1984 as aide-de-camp to Secretary of the Army, John O. Marsh, Jr. Following that assignment he served in Europe with V Corps Headquarters and the 3rd Armored Division. After completing his assignments in Europe in October 1989, he served with the 82nd Airborne Division as a member of the division staff and participated in Operation Just Cause in Panama. He commanded the 407th Supply and Transport Battalion (Airborne), 82nd Airborne Division during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1993 General Juskowiak served as a Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. As Commander of the Division Support Command, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York, he deployed to Haiti for Operation Uphold Democracy, and as the Assistant Division Commander for Support, his tenure included an eight-month rotation to the Bosnian Theater with the NATO Stabilization Force for Operation Joint Endeavor/Guard. Major General Juskowiak served as Director of Logistics, (J4), United States Atlantic Command from 1997 to 1998. He commanded the 1st Corps Support Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, from 1998 to 2000. Also, in December 1998 during Operation Desert Fox he served as the Commanding General of CJTF-Kuwait (FWD). In July of 2000, he assumed the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics at Headquarters, United States Army Forces Command at Fort McPherson, Georgia. He assumed command of the United States Army Quartermaster Center and School in July 2001. In August 2002, General Juskowiak assumed additional duties and responsibilities as the TRADOC Deputy Commanding General for Logistics / Commanding General of the Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee, VA. until May 2003 at which time he relinquished his Quartermaster General responsibilities. He continued serving as the TRADOC DCG, Logistics and Commanding General Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee until his retirement in September 2004. Upon military retirement he joined IBM where he is a Partner and is responsible for IBM’s Global Business Services (GBS) Army Account.
Major General Juskowiak’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (3rd Award), the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2nd Award), the Meritorious Service Medal (6th Award), the Army Commendation Medal (2nd Award), the Army Achievement Medal, Master Parachutist Wings, the Ranger tab, the Parachute Rigger Badge, the Army General Staff Identification Badge, the Australian, the Canadian, the Greek and the Israeli parachute badges.
Rear Admiral Nick Kalathas serves as the director for fleet logistics within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Code 04 (Logistics, Maintenance, and Industrial Operations). As the command's senior logistician, Kalathas is responsible for the program management and implementation of logistics functions, policies and processes within NAVSEA and its field activities. He is a native of Baltimore, Md., and graduated from American University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1980. He completed his Master of Education degree at Loyola College in 1996. Kalathas received a direct commission in the U.S. Navy Reserve through the Navy Supply Corps in 1983 and then attended and completed the Navy Supply Corps School Basic Qualification Course (I) in Athens, Ga. He graduated as a member of 10th Company, 1986.
Lawrence J. Karr is the inventor and architect of the RoundTrip location technology. Mr. Karr, a graduate of the California Institute of Technology, holds 28 issued U.S. patents, including some covering the RoundTrip technology. His technical interests include low energy communication systems, and more broadly, communication theory and information theory. His major consulting clients have included Microsoft and Intel. Mr. Karr, with biomedical innovator and philanthropist Alfred E. Mann, founded RoundTrip in 2005 to develop and commercialize precision long-distance location and monitoring systems. Mr. Karr has played a pivotal role in the development of implanted ultra-low power communications networks for re-enervating muscles.
Chris brings over 15 years of experience in product and services strategy, product development, and service development business growth. Prior to joining PRTM, Chris spent more than eight years helping Fortune 100 technology firms compete and grow revenue through the identification, development, implementation, and management of integrated product-service offerings. He has worked across commercial and DoD markets in the areas of electronics, military/defense communications, aerospace, heavy industry, telecommunications services, and data networking.
Shawn Lane is the Vice President of Product Marketing for Servigistics, the leader in Service Lifecycle Management solutions. His current responsibilities include customer needs definition, market strategy, product positioning, field readiness and the management of new product introductions for Servigistics. Shawn brings 15 years of experience in the service industry in a wide variety of roles, enabling solutions for blue chip companies across the Aerospace, High Tech and Automotive markets. Prior to Servigistics, Shawn served in various roles at i2 Technologies, including leadership roles in of sales, marketing and product direction for i2’s Aerospace industry business unit, Supplier Relationship Management group, and Service Parts Management group. Before joining i2, Shawn served as a New Product Launch manager at Procter & Gamble, successfully delivering global rollouts for a number of new commercial product initiatives.
Mr. Lieberman is the AIT Program Manager leading a strategic team spearheading the DLA mission to define, integrate, implement and sustain AIT technology across the DLA enterprise, with the goal to convert actionable information into improved business processes. With over 20 years experience in supply chain and material management, Mr. Lieberman has vast expertise executing strategic deployments of AIT technology throughout the DLA enterprise.
He is responsible for development, maintenance and procedural implementation of the AIT program including oversight to drive continual progress in achieving uniform and integrated tracking procedures for transportation, supply management, maintenance, and commercial practices, and integration of new applications throughout DLA's major transportation and supply nodes.
Mr. Lieberman began his career with Defense Distribution Depot, Region East and held a series of roles of increasing responsibility in supply chain and material management for Defense Distribution Centers, Government Consulting, Third Party Logistics and Aerospace Manufacturing, until assuming his current position in 2006. Mr. Lieberman has received numerous performance and service awards for his contributions to DLA's supply chain operations.
Robert E. Luby, Jr. leads the Supply Chain Management (SCM) Practice for the Public Sector. This practice includes over 1200 supply chain professionals. As leader of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) practice, he is also responsible for developing and maintaining the relationship with various software partners including SAP, Oracle, i2 and Manugistics. Robert has over 30 years of logistics, supply chain management, and project management experience. His clients include the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), various Defense Supply Centers, several major defense depots, public and private shipyards, aviation depots, and defense suppliers. He has been in the forefront of the development of supply change strategy for IBM’s defense clients. He has also been the partner responsible for IBM’s unique virtual prime vendor (VPV) and direct vendor delivery (DVD) efforts both with the Department of Defense and its suppliers. He has also led the practice in the development of Strategic Sourcing and Enhanced Bill of Material (EBOM) offerings.
Ms. Carla E. Lucchino is the Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, in Washington DC. She was assigned to this position in August 2002.
Throughout her 25 year career, Ms. Lucchino has held a wide variety of positions across the Defense Department. Her first assignment was as an Industrial Engineer in the machine shops of the Seneca Army Depot in Romulus, New York. From there she moved to the Air Force Plant Representative Office at Westinghouse in Baltimore, Maryland, where she oversaw the design, development and production of airborne and ground based radar systems such as the F-16 Radar, the Airborne Warning and Control System, and the Airborne Self-Protection Jammer. In 1986, she began work at the Air Force Systems Command at Andrews Air Force Base where she worked on acquisition strategy plans for major Air Force weapon system procurements.
After a brief reassignment to the newly formed Defense Office at Westinghouse in Baltimore, where Ms. Lucchino held a supervisory position overseeing Westinghouse program management, engineering and manufacturing operations, she was recruited by the Defense Logistics Agency. At the Defense Logistics Agency she served in several different positions including the Assistant Chief of Operations Management, the Assistant Executive Director of Information Management, and the Staff Director of the Corporate Performance Office. In these assignments she wrote policy for Defense contract management, managed the Defense Logistics Agency Automated Information Systems Review Council, and developed Executive Information Systems, respectively.
In 1997, Ms. Lucchino became the Deputy Commander of the Defense Contract Management Office at Lockheed-Martin Missiles and Space in Sunnyvale, California. She led 126 military and civilian personnel in managing and overseeing the design, development and production of satellites, missiles and other space assets for the Defense Department and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This $36 billion portfolio included the Space-Based Infra-Red System, the Fleet Ballistic Missile, the MILSTAR satellite, the Theater High Altitude Area Defense missile, Airborne and Space-based Laser programs, and the Hubble Telescope.
Ms. Lucchino was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in 1999. At that time, she served as the Comptroller and Executive Director of Financial and Business Operations at the Defense Contract Management Agency in Alexandria, Virginia. During this assignment, she oversaw $973 billion in Defense contracts at 960 contractor locations world wide. She led 65 military and civilian personnel in managing the Agency's $1 billion budget, accounting systems, international business agreements, strategic planning, policy development, facilities, and outsourcing programs. Upon completion of this assignment, she served on a detail to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. As the Special Assistant to the Director of Acquisition, Resources and Analysis, Ms. Lucchino managed the Defense Department's core/non-core competency program, coordinated efforts to support the President's Management Agenda, and led an effort to improve accounting for service contracts.
Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden became commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and the 45th chief of Supply Corps, in October 2008. He commands a worldwide workforce of more than 25,500 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 then 27,000 active and reserve enlisted personnel.
Prior to assuming his current position, Lyden was the director of Supply, Ordnance and Logistics Operations in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N41). He came to OPNAV from Headquarters United States European Command, Stuttgart, Germany, where he served as the director, Logistics and Security Assistance (ECJ4).
Previously he held two other Joint positions, commander, Defense Supply Center Richmond, Va., a field activity of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Fort Belvoir, Va., and as executive officer to the Director, DLA.
Lyden earned a bachelor's of Science degree in Management Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was commissioned through the Navy ROTC program in 1978. He also earned a master's in Business Administration degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business Administration and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Afloat, he served as supply officer aboard the frigate USS Valdez (FF-1096), and later as stock control officer in the initial crew of the combat stores ship USNS Sirius (T-AFS-8). Lyden completed his sea assignments as supply officer of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70).
His shore and staff assignments include duties as supply management instructor, Navy Supply Corps School; Supply and integrated logistics support analyst, Program Appraisal Division, Office of Chief of Naval Operations (N81); executive assistant to the Assistant Commander for Inventory and Systems Integrity, Naval Supply Systems Command; director, Operations Policy and Integrated Logistics Support Divisions, Naval Aviation Supply Office; supply officer, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.; head, Spares Programs and Policy Branch, Office of Chief of Naval Operations (N41) and as deputy commander for Financial Management/ Comptroller, Naval Supply Systems Command.
Lyden’s personal awards include two Defense Superior Service Medals, two Legions of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, six Meritorious Service Medals, the Navy Commendation Medal and a number of unit and campaign awards. He is qualified as a Naval Aviation Supply officer and Surface Warfare Supply Corps officer and is a member of the Navy Acquisition Professional Community.
Brig. Gen. Frederick H. "Rick" Martin is Deputy Director, Operations and Logistics, U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany. He is the principal adviser to the Director, responsible for overseeing the daily execution of directorate functions, with a particular focus on deployment, distribution, supply and engineering matters.
Maj. Gen. Gary T. McCoy is Commander, Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, located at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. An AFMC 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 center manages a $8.5 billion budget and is composed of more than 4,200 people. Operations are at several geographically separated locations: the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing (planning and execution), Tinker AFB, Okla.; 635th Supply Chain Management Wing (operations), Scott AFB, Ill.; and 591st Supply Chain Management Group (strategy and integration), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Ms. Elizabeth (Beth) McGrath is the Department of Defense Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer and the Department’s Performance Improvement Officer. In these roles, Ms. McGrath leads the Department’s effort to better synchronize, integrate, and coordinate DoD business operations and serves as the Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for matters relating to management and the improvement of business operations. Ms. McGrath is focused on achieving increased efficiency, greater effectiveness, and improved performance in the Department’s enterprise policies, processes, and systems. She is also responsible for the generation of the DoD Strategic Management Plan.
As part of her duties, Ms. McGrath executes the Department’s primary governance body for business transformation, the Defense Business Systems Management Committee (DBSMC), serves as the Capability Portfolio Co-Manager for the Corporate Management and Support Portfolio, establishes performance goals and measurements for the Department’s business operations, is responsible for implementing DoD’s Continuous Process Improvement/Lean Six Sigma efforts, and is co-leading, with the Director of National Intelligence, an initiative to reform the government-wide security clearance process. Additionally, Ms. McGrath was instrumental in the establishment of the Business Transformation Agency (BTA) in 2005. Her responsibilities require integration and coordination with the other PSA organizations as well as other inter-governmental agencies, such as the Office of Management and Budget and the Government Accountability Office. Preceding her current position, Ms. McGrath served as the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Business Transformation.
Previously, Ms. McGrath served as the Deputy Director for Systems Integration, Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS). At DFAS, she created financial migration strategy that was executed with a collective budget of approximately $1B over the life cycle. She managed the entire financial architecture supporting DOD-wide standard financial systems, integrating it with the DoD’s evolving target, enterprise architecture. The project scope included logistics, personnel, medical, acquisition and financial missions including many information technology solutions.
Prior to joining DFAS, Ms. McGrath served in a variety of Program Management roles culminating in Program Executive Office (PEO) level oversight responsibility. She possesses extensive knowledge of acquisition-related statutes, regulations and policies with over 18 years applied acquisition experience with Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) and Major Automated Information Systems (MAIS). She served as the Business and Acquisition Manager on an international program with the United Kingdom and held numerous other financial, acquisition and program management positions within the US Department of the Navy.
Ms. McGrath holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from George Mason University and is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute (FEI). She is certified Acquisition Level III in Program Management, Financial Management and Logistics, is a member of the DoD Acquisition Professional Community.
Alan Melling currently works as Senior Director, RFID Product/Program Management with Motorola. In that capacity, he helps define the direction of Motorola's EPC (Electronic Product Code) products, including fixed, handheld, and mobile devices. Mr. Melling has 20 years of experience in the development and marketing of automatic data identification and related technologies, including 2D barcodes, RFID, wireless networks, and intelligent vision systems.
His current position as Deputy to the Commander of the Combined Arms Support Command & Fort Lee, where he oversees a 4600 person work force across seven states with a combined budget of more than $220M to lead Army logistics combat/training developments and the annual training of more than 100,000 logistics soldiers and civilians.
Gary serves as the principal advisor to the OSD leadership on policy and program support to the Geographic Combatant Commands (excluding TRANSCOM) and ensures continued actions to promote military effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and standardization. He 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. He coordinates policy for OSD relating to field support operations, civilians in the forward area and battle space, forward distribution and maintenance operations, contract support, LOGCAP, Management of frustrated cargo, disposal or redistribution of excess materiel and scrap, and retrograde operations and their links into the national level industrial and supply base. Represents the Deputy Under 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. Directs, coordinates, and provides analysis, assessments, and testimony to higher authorities, congressional committees, and industry.
James W. (Jim) O’Neill is vice president and general manager of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems’ Integrated Logistics business. In this role, he has 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 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. He presently serves as vice chairperson on the board of directors for the Youth In Need charitable organization.
Rear Admiral Thomas P. Ostebo is currently serving as the Coast Guard’s Assistant Commandant for Engineering and Logistics (CG-4). He is responsible for all naval, civil, aeronautical, and industrial engineering and logistics for the Coast Guard's $25 billion capital plant which includes 23,000 facilities, 230 ships, 1,800 boats, and 200 aircraft. Responsible for executing an annual budget of $1 billion, he also leads 2,200 personnel at Coast Guard Headquarters and three major Headquarters commands.
Boeing named Anthony M. Parasida president of its Global Services & Support business in September 2009. He leads all aspects of the company's St. Louis-based $8 billion business providing global after-delivery support for military platforms and systems, and a broad array of defense and government services. This includes maintenance, modifications and upgrades for such venerable aircraft as the KC-135 Stratotanker, B-52 Stratofortress, KC-10 Extender, A-10 Thunderbolt, and C-130 Hercules, as well as numerous commercial derivative and executive fleet aircraft such as the VC-25, C-32, and C-40; supply-chain management, performance-based logistics, and engineering services supporting the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter, C-17 Globemaster airlifter, AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook helicopters, and other Boeing and non-Boeing military airplanes and systems; training systems, solutions and simulation for military aircraft and ground combat systems; managed network and communication services; infrastructure support services and support operations; intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance services; energy solutions; logistics command and control, and international support systems. Major subsidiaries of the business include Boeing Service Company, Boeing Aerospace Operations, Tapestry Solutions and Federated Software Group.
Prior to this assignment, Parasida served as vice president and general manager for Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems (ASW&ISR) within Boeing Military Aircraft. In that position he was responsible for three major programs: P-8A Poseidon; Airborne Early Warning & Control programs; and Airborne Warning Systems, including AWACS. Prior to that, Tony was Program Manager of the P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft program.
Parasida joined Boeing in 1978 as a structures engineer on helicopter programs. Since that time, he has held numerous jobs of increasing responsibility within aircraft design, Integrated Product Team leadership and program management, including program manager for the V-22 Osprey and vice president of the F/A-18 Hornet. Parasida holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree in engineering management from Drexel University.
Parasida was born 1956 in Sewickley, Pa.
Ms. Kimberly Pisall is the Director of Transformation Priorities and Requirements, Supply Chain Management, at the Business Transformation Agency. In her role, Ms. Pisall identifies enterprise priorities that enable Defense business modernization and defines detailed requirements for the Acquisition Visibility, Common Supplier Engagement, Materiel Visibility and Real Property Accountability business enterprise priorities.
Ms. Pisall spent two years as a consultant for IBM providing the Department of Defense with support on business transformation initiatives including portfolio management, Standard Financial Information Structure and other Acquisition Domain initiatives.
Ms. Pisall worked for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) from inception in 1991 through 2004. She was the Agency Program Manager for the Wide Area Workflow system since its beta version in 1999. She also worked on the Electronic Document Access system and other electronic initiatives designed to reduce the cost of operations and provide additional funding to support the warfighter. She was the Acting Chief of Vendor Pay and Travel for the Omaha Operating Location from standup through 1996.
Ms. Pisall was the Deputy Accounting and Finance Officer for Plattsburgh Air Force Base responsible for accounting, civilian and military payroll and commercial services. She started her Defense career with the Defense Contract Audit Agency in 1986 conducting a wide array of contract audit positions.
Terry Pudas’ work is primarily focused on transformation and related national security issues. Prior to joining the Center, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (acting), Forces Transformation and Resources in the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. In September of 2001 he was appointed as the Deputy Director of the newly created Secretary of Defense Force Transformation Office. He served as the Acting Director from January 2005 to October 2006. His primary role was to serve as advocate, focal point, and catalyst for the Department of Defense transformation efforts.
Wesley S. Randall (PhD. University of North Texas) currently serves as Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at Auburn University. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Randall acquired considerable practical experience serving as a United States Air Force Officer. Dr Randall worked as combat logistics officer supporting global operations involving the F-16, A-10, F-117 & NATO AWACS. He also served as an acquisition program manager for F-22, F-16, & Fighter Engines. Wesley is actively involved in research and publication dealing with commercial and DoD performance based logistics strategies. He also teaches undergraduate supply chain decision making and air transportation.
Gary Salomon began his professional career in the private sector in 1978. Working in the automotive manufacturing industry he held various positions including manufacturing department supervisor, production planner and industrial engineer. Mr. Salomon began his government career in 1984, serving as a production engineer on various CECOM programs and progressing through a variety of supervisory positions that led to his assignment as the Chief of the Engineering Data Management Branch in 1996, Chief of the Engineering, Logistics and Acquisition Support Division in 2006. He began his current assignment as PBL Champion in 2008.
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 Production Support, Sikorsky Production Support, the C17 and Sikorsky spares 3PL programs and most recently 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.
Prior to joining New Breed, Mr. Schneider served in various logistics and product support leadership positions most recently with Honeywell Defense and Space. Mr. Schneider’s international experience includes worldwide support for third party product to include partnerships with Alenia Aeronautica, Stork/Fokker, KLM, BAES, and Maersk. Mr. Schneider is a Six Sigma/Lean Black Belt.
Mr. Michael Scott is the Executive Director, Materiel Policy, Process and Assessment Directorate (J-33), for Logistics Operations & Sustainment (J-3/4) in the Defense Logistics Agency. Mr. Scott has management responsibility for the development and application of DLA logistics policy, plans, programs and operations for all classes of supplies managed by DLA. His organization is also responsible for order fulfillment, demand and supply planning requirements, retail integration, logistics research & development, lean six sigma, and the technical and quality processes across the DLA enterprise. He assumed these responsibilities in September 2008.
Prior to his current position, from August 2003 to September 2008, Mr. Scott was the Deputy Director and then Director for Strategic Planning and Enterprise Transformation (J-5). In this capacity, he was responsible for leadership, oversight, management and coordination of the Agency's strategic transformation initiatives and strategic planning programs. He provided corporate-level direction and focus to ensure DLA's wide-ranging systems, process, organizational and personnel initiatives were developed to achieve the Agency's overarching strategic objectives.
Mr. Scott has worked at DLA for 22 years, both at the DLA Headquarters and the Defense Supply Center Columbus. His previous positions have included Business Systems Modernization (BSM) Organizational Alignment Chief, DLA Demand and Supply Planning Process Owner, DLA Demand and Supply Planning Process Lead, Headquarters DLA Requirements Team Chief, Deputy Director of Enterprise Business Systems Office - Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC), Acquisition and Materiel Management Chief (DSCC), Program Support Unit Chief (DSCC), Logistics Programs Division Branch Chief (DSCC), Systems Development Team Chief (DSCC), Distribution Systems Analyst (DSCC), Requirements Systems Analyst (DSCC), and Item Management Specialist (DSCC).
Mr. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from the Ohio State University, has graduated from the United States Air Force's Air War College, and completed the Harvard University JFK School of Government Executive Leadership Series.
Mr. Scott's awards include: DLA Director's Award for Organizational Excellence, 17 Special Act or Service Awards, 10 Sustained Superior Performance Awards, DLA Scissors Award, Federal Executive Association Reinvention Recognition Award, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, DoD Honorary Value Engineering Achievement Award, DLA Productivity Achievement Award, Finalist/Nominee for President's Council on Management Improvement Award, Defense Superior Management Award, and the Interagency Committee on Information Resource Management Award.
Kenneth A. Shaw is vice president of Supply Chain Management for the Global Services & Support business within Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. In this role, Shaw is responsible for developing and leveraging strategic supplier relationships and functional oversight for Supplier Management and Material Management on all Global Services & Support programs. The organization, comprising more than 1400 employees across the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, provides Supply Chain Management services that manage more than $4 billion of material annually.
Prior to his role in Global Services & Support, Shaw served as director of Supplier Management & Procurement for Space & Intelligence Systems Special Programs, where he focused on developing and implementing supplier management strategies to improve program execution and supplier performance, and foster business growth opportunities. The organization included the Global Positioning System (GPS) program, the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) program, Mission Systems and Advanced Information Systems.
Shaw has held positions of increasing responsibility in supplier management and procurement across IDS programs since joining the company in 1992. He led Supplier Management & Procurement for Integrated Defense Advanced Systems business, where he focused on growing the IDS portfolio by leveraging supplier technologies and relationships. Prior to that assignment, Shaw led the supplier management and procurement team supporting the Homeland Security and Services organization with five offices across the U.S., along with two offices in Australia. Under his direction, the organization procured more than $800 million during the first six months of its inception across a wide spectrum of products and services. The team delivered more than $100 million in savings to its programs through innovative supply chain management strategies. They developed and deployed the small business strategy that was recognized by the Department of Transportation with its inaugural Prime Contractor of the Year award in 2002 for accomplishments on the Airport Explosives Detection System program.
In 1992, he moved to Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) to join the C17 program. He led the development of the C17 supplier cost reduction program that resulted in more than $1 billion in supplier savings. He also was responsible for leading both the Avionics/Flight Controls and Aircraft Systems Supplier Management organizations on the C17 Program, managing more than 80 major subcontractors in five countries. Additionally he led the Outside Manufacturing and Strategic Contracting organization across multiple Southern California sites, supporting programs for both government and commercial customers, with a focus on the development and execution of a comprehensive supply base management strategy. He has more than 20 years of experience in supplier management in the aerospace industry, having started his career in major subcontracts at Northrop Corporation’s B2 division.
Shaw holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Captain Brian D. Sheppard commenced Naval service as a Supply Corps officer following graduation from the United States Naval Academy in 1983. Immediately following graduation, he served as a Physical Education Instructor and Assistant Varsity Swimming Coach at the Naval Academy.
Upon completing the Supply Officer, Basic Qualification Course, Captain Sheppard was assigned to Air-Anti Submarine Squadron THREE THREE (VS-33) as the Material Control Officer.
Subsequent sea tours included Aviation Support Officer (S-6) in USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63), Supply Officer in USS O'BRIEN (DD-975), the staff of Commander, SIXTH Fleet embarked in USS LASALLE (AGF-3) as the Logistics Plans Officer, and Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Readiness and Logistics, and Supply Officer in USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63).
Captain Sheppard's first ashore assignment was as Aviation Support Officer, U.S. Naval Station, Rota, Spain, where he subsequently served as the Director, Authorization Accounting Activity. Other shore assignments include tours at the University of Michigan, School of Business Administration where he was awarded a Master of Business Administration with High Distinction; Readiness Programs Analyst, Program Objective Memorandum Development Section, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements, and Assessments, U.S. Naval War College where he was awarded a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies, Logistic Operations Officer, Logistics Division, Regional Headquarters, Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), Executive Officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Yokosuka, Japan, and most recently as Commanding Officer, Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia.
Captain Sheppard's personal awards include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (Two Awards), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (Four awards) and various unit and campaign awards.
Kent L. Statler is executive vice president of Rockwell Collins Services and a corporate officer. Statler is responsible for a global network of Rockwell Collins service centers providing repair and overhaul of avionics for commercial, business and military aircraft worldwide, including onboard maintenance of in-flight entertainment systems, and avionics parts management that enable total customer service solutions. Additionally, he leads the company’s Simulation and Training Solutions business. This segment focuses on virtual simulation development and manufacturing along with providing comprehensive technical data and training solutions for Rockwell Collins equipment worldwide.
Previously, Kent served as senior vice president of Operations, a position he was appointed to in January 2003. Statler has served in numerous leadership roles throughout his career at Rockwell Collins, including vice president of Manufacturing Operations, vice president of Lean Electronics, and vice president of Maintenance Operations for Rockwell Collins Services. Under his leadership, Maintenance Operations was recognized as a company Lean Electronics leader. He joined Rockwell Collins in 1987 and has held positions of increasing responsibility.
Lieutenant General Mitchell H. Stevenson was born in Linz, Austria, the son of a career Army NCO. He was commissioned a Regular Army Ordnance Officer from the ROTC program at West Virginia University in May 1974. After being detailed Infantry initially, he was made an Ordnance officer in March 1976.
His previous commands include Heavy Maintenance Company, 701st Maintenance Battalion, Fort Riley, KS; Forward Support Maintenance Company, 122d Maintenance Battalion, Germany; 724th Main Support Battalion, Fort Stewart, GA; Division Support Command, 3d Infantry Division, Germany; Commanding General, U.S. Army Ordnance Center and Schools, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, VA.
LTG Stevenson’s other assignments include Executive Officer to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, MI; Support Operations Officer, 703d Support Battalion, Germany; Division Materiel Management Officer, 3d Infantry Division, Germany; Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Washington D.C.; Director, Plans and Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Washington D.C. and Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Operations, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Fort Belvoir, VA.
With a 17 year career background in systems-design, data mining, statistics and 10 years at SAS, Mr. Stultz has experience applying advanced analytics to solve a myriad of DoD logistics and supply chain challenges. Mr. Stultz's prior DoD projects have implemented architectures to deploy comprehensive data pre-processing, data validation and data management strategies that support the fusion of information, forecasting and predictive modeling for logistics within a services oriented environment. His expertise in the area of unstructured textual data analysis has also been leveraged to gain insights from unstructured textual content.
United States Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Peter J. Talleri assumed command of the Defense Distribution Center on June 20, 2008.
Talleri was born in Butler, Pa. in 1957 and was commissioned in May 1979 following graduation from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He was subsequently assigned to the 1st Marine Division where he served as platoon commander and supply officer for 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines.
In 1982, he reported to Recruiting Station Pittsburgh, Pa., where he served as an officer selection officer and the executive officer. In 1986, Talleri was assigned to 3d Supply Battalion, 3d Force Service Support Group, Okinawa, Japan, where he served as supply company commander and as an officer-in-charge within the Supported Activities Supply System Management Unit. In 1988, he served with the Field Supply and Maintenance Analysis Office-3 as a supply analyst and was subsequently reassigned to Washington D.C., where he served a fellowship with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In 1991, he reported to the Installation and Logistics Department, Headquarters Marine Corps, and served as an operations officer and occupational field sponsor. From 1994 to1997, Talleri served with Marine Air Control Group-Eighteen, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Okinawa, as the Group's supply and logistics officer. From 1997 to 1998, he served as the deputy assistant chief of staff, Logistics, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. From 1998 to 2000, Talleri commanded 2d Maintenance Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group. During this period, he was appointed commander of the Combat Service Support Detachment for Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Vieques that deployed to Puerto Rico in support of Operation Eastern Access. From 2001 to 2003, Talleri served as the chief, Logistics and Transformation Automation Division, within the Logistics Directorate, at United States Central Command. He deployed to the Middle East for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. From 2003-2005, Talleri commanded 2d Supply Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group. He deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Haiti for Operation Secure Democracy. From July 2005 to June 2006, Talleri served as the assistant chief of staff, G-4, U. S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command and during this period deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Talleri comes to the DDC after serving as commanding general, 3d Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan, since 2006.
Mr. Tamburrino is currently the senior civilian responsible for policy, program and resource allocation for world-wide U.S. Navy Readiness and Logistics and serves as the Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO) principal advisor for the management of the civilian executive cadre.
Mr. Tamburrino was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in February 1997 and has 26 years of Federal Service.
Mr. Tamburrino served as the Executive Director, Naval Sea Systems Command from May 2005 through November 2006. In this capacity, he served as the senior civilian in the Navy’s largest System Command with direct responsibility for a professional and industrial workforce numbering over 83,000 with an annual operating budget of $30B+.
Mr. Tamburrino served as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Resources, Requirements, and Assessments) from February 2003 through April 2005. In this capacity he was the senior civilian advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on all issues related to the development of the Navy Program Objective Memorandum, Department of the Navy Strategic Planning and related issues.
Mr. Tamburrino was selected as the Deputy Program Executive, Submarines in July 1998, and was appointed as the Executive Director of Team Submarine, serving as the senior civilian within that organization. In this capacity he provided oversight to the Seawolf and Virginia Class Submarine new construction programs as well as life cycle support to the entire active submarine Fleet. Mr. Tamburrino also served as the Chairman of the NAVSEA Change Committee and was responsible for directing the implementation of command-wide efforts such as e-business strategies, common financial management system and a re-vamp of the professional support services contracting processes.
In December 1996, Mr. Tamburrino was selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES). Mr. Tamburrino’s initial assignment was as the Director, Cost Engineering and Industrial Analysis, Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command. In this capacity he supported all Navy shipbuilding, and associated weapons and support systems, programs in terms of cost engineering, economic analysis and related issues.
Mr. Tamburrino was employed by EG&G, Inc, Wellesley, Mass. from 1983 through 1989 where he held various management positions in financial/contract management and strategic planning. He started his civilian service in 1989 and held various positions within the Submarine Combat Systems Directorate of the Naval Sea Systems Command. In 1991, he assumed responsibility as the Deputy Program Executive Officer, Submarines for Acquisition and Financial Management. In the spring of 1996, Mr. Tamburrino was selected as the Deputy Program Manager for Submarine Combat Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) where he was charged with the modernization of the SSN688/SSBN 726 Class Submarine combat systems to meet the Navy missions of the 21st Century.
Mr. Tamburrino attended Officer’s Candidate School in Newport, RI and was commissioned as an Ensign, United States Navy in December 1977. Following commissioning and various Navy schools, he reported to USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN 635(B)) in September 1978 where he qualified as a Submarine Warfare Officer and Strategic Weapons Officer. Subsequently, he reported to the Naval Submarine School, Groton, Conn. for duty as Department Head, Strategic Weapons Training Department. Mr. Tamburrino left active duty Naval Service as a Lieutenant in July 1983.
He attended the New York Institute of Technology and graduated in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Mr. Tamburrino holds a master’s in business administration degree from Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He is a graduate of the Program Managers Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and is a Certified Material Professional.
Mr. Tamburrino’s naval decorations include the Navy Achievement Medal (two awards), Meritorious Unit Commendation and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. Mr. Tamburrino was awarded the Navy Civilian Meritorious Medal in 1996 and Navy Superior Service Medals in 2003 and 2005. He was awarded the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive in September 2001 and was also recognized with the Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive in September 2004. Mr. Tamburrino was also recognized with the Department of Defense 52nd Annual Distinguished Civilian Service award in November, 2007.
Vice Admiral Alan S. Thompson became Director of the Defense Logistics Agency in November 2008. As such he is responsible for providing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with a variety of logistics, acquisition and technical services in peace and war. These services include logistics information, materiel management, procurement, warehousing and distribution of spare parts, food, clothing, medical supplies and fuel, reutilization of surplus military materiel and document automation and production. This worldwide mission is performed by approximately 21,000 civilian and military personnel.
Vice Adm. Thompson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics from UCLA, where he received his commission through the Naval ROTC program in 1976. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida and completed the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Senior Executive Program.
Vice Adm. Thompson has served in a variety of key leadership positions afloat and ashore. At sea, he served as Assistant Supply Officer, USS David R. Ray (DD 971); Supply Officer, USS Chandler (DDG 996); and as Supply Officer, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).
Ashore, he has served at the Naval Supply Systems Command, the former Naval Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia; Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Naval Air Station, Miramar; and the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). He was the Commanding Officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk and a CNO Fellow on the CNO Strategic Studies Group. Vice Adm. Thompson's Flag assignments included duty as Commander, Defense Supply Center Columbus, Defense Logistics Agency, Director, Supply, Ordnance, and Logistics Operations Division (N41), Office of the CNO, and as Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and Chief of Supply Corps.
Robin Tomlin is a Partner with IBM Global Business Services and has twenty-seven years of commercial and government experience in information management technology, IT requirements analysis and project management. She has experience in business and strategic planning, operations development, and marketing management. She has led multidisciplinary project teams and implemented complex enterprise information systems. She has managed both large and small project teams as well as organizational departments and companies.
She is the Public Sector Defense Agencies Account Leader for Acquisition and Logistics and is responsible for opportunities at the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Office of the Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (AT&L) and Personnel and Readiness (P&R). Robin is the IBM Global Supply Chain Management Procurement Leader and is responsible for the oversight of all GBS procurement offerings and solutions, worldwide.
Robin was recently notified that she will receive one of Consulting Magazine’s 2009, Women Leaders in Consulting Achievement Awards for Client Service. This honor is bestowed to a consultant who has distinguished him or herself in the area of client satisfaction. Additionally, she is very active in supporting and fostering development opportunities for women at IBM and she was a founding member of the Public Sector and the Supply Chain Management Women’s Networking Group.
Colonel Vohr is a 1988 graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy. After graduation from The Basic School in July 1989, he was assigned to Detachment A, 1st Force Service Support Group, Twenty Nine Palms, California, where he subsequently completed the Logistics Officer’s Course. In August 1990, he deployed with Brigade Service Support Group 7 to Saudi Arabia, serving as the Operations and Executive Officer for Combat Service Support Detachment 131 during Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. In October 1991 he was assigned to the 2d Marine Division as the Battalion Logistics Officer for 2d Battalion, 8th Marines and 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. Following this assignment, he attended the Combined Logistics Officers Advanced Course at Ft. Lee, Virginia.
In December 1994, Captain Vohr reported to Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, where he served as the Assistant Program Manager for Logistics for the Motor Transport Programs Office. During this period, his efforts focused on the acquisition of the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, Logistics Vehicle System upgrades, and the second generation of the High Mobility Multi-Purposed Wheeled Vehicle.
Major Vohr returned to the Fleet Marine Forces from January 1998 and served in a multitude of billets to include: Headquarters and Service Battalion Logistics Officer, 2d Force Service Support Group; Commanding Officer, Combat Service Support Detachment 31 providing post hurricane relief to Puerto Rico; Commanding Officer, Company C, 8th Motor Transport Battalion; and Battalion Operations and Executive Officer, 8th Motor Transport Battalion. He then served as the Operations Officer for the newly formed 2nd Transportation Support Battalion when it was formed in 2000.
In August 2000, Major Vohr reported to the Marine Corps University where he attended Command and Staff College and the School of Advanced Warfighting. After graduation he was assigned to the MAGTF Staff Training Program. During this time period he deployed to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM where he served as a Future Operations Planner with the 1st Force Service Support Group and was a member of the Marine Corps Combat Assessment Team.
In June 2004 Lieutenant Colonel Vohr was appointed the Commanding Officer, MEU Service Support Group 31. In August 2004 he deployed to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM II and participated in Operation AL FAJR, the second battle for Fallujah. Returning to the Pacific, in March 2006 Lieutenant Colonel Vohr provided disaster relief in St Bernard’s Parish, Leyte, Republic of the Philippines after a devastating mudslide. After command, Lieutenant Colonel Vohr attended the Marine Corps War College, Quantico Virginia, graduating in June 2007 and was subsequently assigned as the Director of the School of Advanced Warfighting until June 2009.
Lieutenant Colonel Vohr received a Bachelors of Science degree in English from the United States Naval Academy. He holds a Masters of Science degree in Systems Management from Capitol College and both a Masters of Military Studies and a Masters of Strategic Studies from the Marine Corps University.
Personal decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with 1 gold star, the Meritorious Service Medal with 1 gold Star, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with 4 gold stars, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
He is married to the former Susan Chaffman of Ellicott City, Maryland, and they have three children, Matthew, Katie, and Kelly.
Captain Timothy H. Wilkins was born in Plant City, FL. He completed his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in May 1985 from the University of South Florida. He attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI and was commissioned an ensign in the Supply Corps in September 1985. He graduated from the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, GA in May 1986. Captain Wilkins’ sea duty assignments have included Disbursing and Sales Officer on USS FAHRION (FFG 22), Supply Officer on VFA 82 embarked on USS AMERICA (CV 66), Supply Officer on USS CONOLLY (DD 979), and as Officer-in-Charge, USNS ARCTIC (T-AOE 8). Shore duty assignments include: Supply and Contracting Officer, Naval Ordnance Test Unit, Cape Canaveral FL; Readiness and Integrated Logistics Support Officer, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, VA; Comptroller, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Yokosuka, Japan; Deputy Director, Configuration Management and Readiness, Naval Sea Systems Command; and as Executive Assistant to RADM Bill Klemm, Deputy Commander, Logistics, Maintenance and Industrial Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command; and Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics and Infrastructure (N4), Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command. He reported to his current assignment at the Office of Secretary of Defense (ATL Program Support) in July 2008.
His advanced education includes an MBA from Troy State University; Bachelor of Business from the University of South Florida; professional certification from the Institute of Configuration Management at the University of Arizona; and a Masters of Science from Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF). His personal qualifications include Financial Management Subspecialty; Supply Acquisition and Distribution Management Subspecialty; qualified JPME phase 1, JPME phase 2; and Designated Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer (SWSCO).
His service decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (with three gold stars), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with two gold stars), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (with two gold stars), Navy Unit Commendation, Coast Guard Unit Commendation, Navy “E” Ribbon, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service and Expeditionary Medals, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Expert Pistol Ribbon and Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon.
Terry Williamson is the Business Development Lead for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Life Cycle Logistics and Support. He previously served as the Global Hawk Product Support IPT Lead where he provided the leadership to establish Northrop Grumman as a leader in Logistics, air vehicle modifications, upgrades, and the services business. His skills have enabled Northrop Grumman to successfully pursue and capture unmanned systems logistics/product support work as the original equipment manufacturer.
Terry’s Air Force career spanned over 23 years, supporting a variety of aircraft in all aspects of aircraft/munitions. He has extensive experience in all aspects of Logistics Management, overseeing multi-billion dollar accounts and supervising propulsion programs, developing maintenance plans and ensuring all personnel were properly trained and qualified. His expertise includes establishing requirements for supply requisition, repair cycle, delivery, combat support, ground and aerial transportation, base support plans and munitions requirements.
Immediately prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Terry was the Deputy SPO Director at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio where he directed the execution of the $10B F-117 acquisition and sustainment program. Terry’s assignments included Commander, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Lakenheath AFB in England. Commanding a 700-person squadron, he was responsible for 200 F-15 engines valued at over $708M, 253 facilities valued at $132.7M, and for over 12 million pounds of munitions valued at $5.57B. As Thunderbird Maintenance Officer, Terry planned, coordinated and directed all maintenance activities for all deployments and air shows, exhibiting to the American public the highest degree of professional military skills.. He directed all fighter maintenance programs, encompassing supply, support, phase inspections, and sortie generation for assigned aircraft, managing aircraft and support assets valued at over $1 billion.
Terry has earned two Master of Arts degrees: National Security and Strategic Studies at the US Naval War College in 2002, and Business Management at Troy State University in 1988. He received his Bachelors of Science degree from The Citadel in 1981.
Mr. Dennis E. Wisnosky is the Chief Architect and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of the Department of Defense (DoD) Business Mission Area within the Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer.
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. Wisnosky has over 25 years of experience in Information Technology (IT) consulting and training, including extensive experience in business process reengineering and enterprise architecture efforts. His specialty is deriving solutions to effectively move organizations from their "as-is" state of inefficiency to their "to-be" state of achieving strategic and tactical objectives. Mr. Wisnosky is recognized as a creator of the Integrated Definition (IDEFs) language, the standard for modeling and analysis in management and business improvement efforts. In addition, he is the author of several books including DoDAF Wizdom, considered the decisive source within DoD and other government organizations for managing enterprise architecture projects. Mr. Wisnosky holds a bachelor's degree in Physics and Mathematics from California University of Pennsylvania, a master's in Management Science from the University of Dayton, and a master's in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Wisnosky has received numerous awards and honors for his work. In 2007 Mr. Wisnosky was a recipient of Federal Computer Week’s, Federal 100 award.
Mr. Wisnosky is a PADI certified Rescue Diver and Instrument Rated Private Pilot in Multiengine Air Craft. He and his wife, Rosemary live in Naperville, Illinois. They have three daughters.
Tim Wood, IBM Partner, Public Sector Supply Chain Management (SCM), is a proven leader of transformational change with 20+ years experience as program manager and/or senior supply chain strategist within the aerospace and defense, high technology, consumer products, industrial products and pharmaceutical industries. He currently leads the IBM Public Sector SCM Business Development activities for a 1000+ consultant practice and serves as executive on several key projects at the Air Force, Army, and DLA. He specializes in applying leading-edge supply chain concepts in a practical “back-to-basics” program management approach to deliver demonstrable improvements in accelerated timeframes. These projects including support for the Air Force PSCM and GLSC programs.
Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Yates is the Director for Operations, Pans, Logistics and Engineering at U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
He serves as the principal advisor to the USJFCOM commander on all military operational, logistics (less medical) and engineering matters. His primary responsibility as the joint force provider includes identifying conventional capabilities to meet the requirements of supported combatant commanders and recommending joint sourcing solutions from the global conventional force pool.
He is also responsible for readiness monitoring, planning, directing and tracking the deployment of conventional joint forces and capabilities assigned to USJFCOM. In addition he is responsible for joint logistics through collaborative productions of logistics and deployment doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel and facilities, change recommendations, support of joint and multinational training and education; support of concept development and experimentation; and support of joint command and control integration efforts.
The general also provides staff supervision of command development and experimentation and support of joint command and control integration efforts and command level general engineering, military construction contract and facilities management.
His staff, known as J-3/4, maximizes America's present and future joint logistics capabilities by
- Providing ready joint conventional forces to meet the requirements of other combatant commanders, and domestic federal agencies;
- Reengineering designated logistics and deployment processes;
- Integrating concepts, processes, and plans;
- Supporting joint training.
Commissioned in 1981 from the U.S. Air Force Academy, he has completed numerous flying tours and commanded at the flight, squadron, group and wing levels.
He has held staff assignments within the Air Staff, Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense and Air Combat Command (ACC), including a tour as Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense and Assistant Director of Aerospace Operations at ACC.
Most recently, he served as the Deputy U.S. Military Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium.
He has attended the Army Command and General Staff College and graduated with distinction from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. Nair, Washington, D.C.
He has earned awards of the Defense Superior Service Medal (Third Award), Legion of Merit (Third Award), Meritorious Service Medal (Third Award), Air Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal (Second Award) and Air Force Achievement Medal.
Jeff Youmans has more than 18 years experience in provided Information Technology engineering services nationally and has recently specialized in web services security issues within a multitude of national projects, programs and agencies. He has served as security engineering lead on one of the first SOA compliant federated access services and has certified other SOA services for the Defense Intelligence Agency.
He also served in the U.S. Army's 7th Special Forces Group in Intelligence Collection. He holds a Master of Science degree in Information Assurance from Norwich University and the ICS2’s Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification. Recently, one of his paper’s entitled “Emergency Management and the Service Oriented Architecture” was published in the Journal of Emergency Management. Currently Jeff is both an adjunct professor at St. Petersburg College and an Information Assurance Architect for Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) where he is architecting and developing services-based cross-domain solutions.
Jim Zortman is sector vice president, Life Cycle Logistics and Support, for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, a premier provider of manned and unmanned aircraft, space systems, missile systems and advanced technologies critical to our nation’s security.
Supporting the strategy of “design anywhere, build anywhere,” Zortman 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 present in design and production at Aerospace Systems is also fully exploited in anticipation and fulfillment of product support requirements.
His most recent previous assignment was as sector vice president, Global Sustainment, at the former Integrated Systems sector.
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. 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.
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.
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