About Your Speakers

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.

Rear Adm. Berube is a native of Fall River, Ma. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Boston College. Rear Adm. Berube was commissioned in 1979 through Officer Candidate School. He received a master’s degree in financial management from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. He is also a graduate of the UCLA Anderson Business School Strategic Leadership Institute.

Rear Adm. Berube’s initial sea tour was aboard the carrier, USS America (CV 66). He served as ADP officer, assistant stock control officer, and as wardroom mess treasurer. He was the commissioning supply officer aboard USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). The ship was built in Seattle, Wash., and homeported in Long Beach, Calif. He later served as supply officer of USS Essex (LHD 2). USS Essex earned Blue E and Battle E awards.

Rear Adm. Berube’s assignments ashore include:

- Aviation Supply Division Officer, NAS Brunswick

- Business Financial Manager, PMA 205, Naval Air Systems Command

- Navy Working Capital Fund Budget Officer, Naval Supply Systems Command

- Navy Spares Analyst, Office of Comptroller, Chief of Naval Operations

- Force Comptroller, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

- Comptroller, Naval Inventory Control Point

- Commanding Officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center San Diego

- Assistant Commander for Business Operations, Navy Personnel Command

Rear Adm. Berube served as the Director of Logistics / Fleet Supply Officer, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Va., in his first flag assignment.

His personal awards include the Legion of Merit (five awards), Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), Navy Commendation Medal, and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. He is qualified as a Naval Aviation Supply Officer and is a Department of the Navy Acquisition Professional.

Colonel Dave Rice earned his commission through Officer Candidate School. He held a variety of command and staff positions in tactical Field Artillery units to include Fire Direction Officer, Platoon Leader, Commander and Battalion Operations Officer. As an Acquisition officer, he has been assigned to the MLRS Project Office, various positions on the Army Staff in the Pentagon, and as Product Manager, Large Caliber Ammunition, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. His most recent assignment was to the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) where he provided resource oversight for the Army’s portfolio of Major Defense Acquisition Programs.

Colonel Rice holds an MBA from Texas Tech University and is a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He and his wife Sheila have three children, Jessie, 19, Caitlin, 15 and Ian, 13. Colonel Rice enjoys golf, running, racquetball and sports officiating.

Robert P. Dolan is the Deputy Program Manager for Sustainment for the F-35 Lightning II Program Office in Arlington, VA. The Joint Strike Fighter Program Office is the Department of Defense’s agency responsible for developing and acquiring the F-35A/B/C, the next generation strike aircraft weapon systems for the Navy, Air Force, Marines, and many allied nations.

Mr. Dolan served over 10 years on active duty and 13 years in the Reserves with the Navy Supply Corps in varying assignments in the financial management and acquisition logistics fields. In 1987, Mr. Dolan joined the Navy Civil Service and until June 1999, he was assigned to the Naval Air Systems Command at Arlington, Virginia. He served as the Program Manager for the Aviation Maintenance and Material Management (AV-3M) system and technical direction to the Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support (CALS) DOD initiative. He also served as the Assistant Program Manager for Logistics for a new system development program, the Tactical Aircraft Moving Map Capability (TAMMAC) system, designed to replace current digital maps on the F/A-18 C/D/E/F, AV-8B, V-22, and UH-1N, and AH-1W aircraft.

Captain Mike Kelly is a career Navy Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officer with 25 years of experience across all levels of maintenance. Captain Kelly has deployed aboard four aircraft carriers in a variety of attack squadron and intermediate level billets and has completed Program Office assignments at the Naval Air Systems Command and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Captain Kelly is a graduate of Tulane University (B.S. Chemical Engineering) and the Naval Postgraduate School (M.S. Information Technology Management). Captain Kelly is currently the Assistant Chief of Staff/Force Material Officer at Commander Naval Air Forces in San Diego, CA. Prior to this assignment, Captain Kelly was Commanding Officer of Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, a world-class Navy MRO located at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego.

Jimmy C. Bailey is the Deputy Director of the 564th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron, 730th Aircraft Sustainment Group, 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. He serves as Deputy C-17 System Sustainment Manager and provides leadership and managerial expertise for execution and development of life cycle support for the C-17 weapon system. Mr. Bailey shares responsibility for providing logistics support for 224 C-17 aircraft operated by United Stated States Air Force and five Foreign Military Sales countries.

Upon graduating from Clemson University in May 1984, he was commissioned into the Air Force. He was a career acquisition officer with experience in requirements development, weapon systems development and procurement of multiple weapons systems including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missiles, and foreign materiel. He gained operational experience as a special operations forces aircraft maintenance officer. Also, he served as an acquisition trainer and mentor to the Afghan Ministry of Defense during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Lieutenant Colonel Bailey retired from active duty May 2005. Mr. Bailey started his post military career working for MTC Technologies as a program manager. Mr. Bailey began his civil service career in October 2007 as an AC-130U Logistics Management Specialist. His civil service sustainment assignments have varied from Special Operation Forces to Foreign Military Sales.

Mr. Dave Floyd, CPL is the Performance Learning Director (PLD) for Performance Based Logistics (PBL) at the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) located at Fort Belvoir, VA, where he supports the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Logistics and Materiel Readiness (L&MR) for Materiel Readiness, educates/trains military, civilian and industry employees in PBL and directs the update of PBL courses for the Department of Defense. As the DAU representative to the ADUSD L&MR (MR) Product Support Assessment Team (PSAT), he has been providing strategic level insight and input to the development of the next generation PBL.

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 Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Science 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.

Mike Osborne retired from the US military in 1985, and then became a Program Manager for US Air Force and Navy acquisition programs, supervising Logistics, Manufacturing and Engineering disciplines. From 1993 to 2007, he supported US Army Aviation as a senior logistician for Aviation and Missile programs, and is currently a senior program analyst on the US Army PEO Missiles and Space staff. Mike was awarded Certified Professional Logistician (CPL) status in 1989, and was re-certified in 2002. He is also certified as a Configuration and Data Manager. Mike was recently a member of the team re-writing the Defense Acquisition Guide Chapter 5, Life Cycle Logistics, and provided availability and maintainability input to the rewrite of the Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Cost Rationale Report Manual. Mike shares his considerable logistics experience through workshops and presentations on systems engineering, performance based logistics and materiel availability.

Dr. Glenn L. Starks has worked for the Defense Logistics Agency since 1991. He began his career as an Inventory Management Specialist and was promoted to several supervisory positions within that career field. In 2001 he was promoted to Supply Chain Program Manager at the Defense Supply Center Richmond where he supervised a team of senior analyst in executing enhanced logistics strategies in support of major weapon systems. He began working at the DLA Headquarters in Fort Belvoir, Virginia in 2007 and as the Agency’s Strategic Material Sourcing Program Manager. He currently serves as the Division Chief of the Acquisition Program Management and Industrial Capabilities Division, and managers senior program managers for strategic and competitive sourcing, industrial capabilities, and supplier relationship management.

Dr. Starks earned a Master’s in Management from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, a Master’s Certificate in Program Management from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and a Ph.D. from the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He has taught graduate level courses in organizational behavior, public law, and administration at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. He has written several articles on leadership, acquisition reform, and supply chain management in the Public Manager, Defense AT&L Magazine, Review of Public Personnel Management, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Contract Management, and the Defense Acquisition Review Journal. He contributed chapters in several books on such topics as terrorism and ethics. In 2008 he published How Your Government Works and his next book, The Galvanization of the Youth Vote in the 2008 Election, is due for release in November 2009.

Mr. Jeff Heron is the Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Policy Director for Logistics and Industrial Operations at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). He is responsible for developing NAVAIR PBL policy and processes, providing guidance and training, and assisting program offices in the evaluation of PBL initiatives. He provides input on PBL policy and issues to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Materiel Readiness), industry associations, and the Defense Acquisition University.

Mr. Heron was the team lead for the Auxiliary Power Unit Total Logistics Support (APU TLS) PBL, which was Naval Aviation’s first major, successful PBL that included a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), and has become a model program for PBL and PPP. The APU TLS program experienced unprecedented performance in fleet support with APU availability exceeding 90% from a pre-TLS average of 65%. The TLS team received the Admiral Stan Arthur Award for Logistics Excellence, the Department of the Navy Competition and Procurement Excellence Award, and the Defense Acquisition Executive Award.

Mr. Heron has been at NAVAIR since 1987 and prior to his current position he had various assignments within the F/A-18 program office: the F/A-18 F404 Engine IPT Lead, the F/A-18 Propulsion and Power Assistant Program Manager for Logistics (APML), and Foreign Military Sales APML. He received the F/A-18 Program Manager Award for Professional Achievement. Mr. Heron has also worked with the A-6, EA-6B, and AV-8B program offices in both systems engineering and logistics management. He is DAWIA Level III certified in Acquisition Logistics, a member of the Acquisition Professional Community, and has a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Gerry joined BAE Systems in April 2008 as the Manager for Product Support Business Models.

He has spent the last 24 months working on enterprise availability based strategies, offerings and capture teams.

From May 2006-April 2008 Gerry worked at GE Aviation Systems where he led their worldwide PBL pursuits. Proposals and negotiations. As of his departure GE Systems had 20 PBL contracts and several domestic and United Kingdom military and Prime Aircraft manufacturers valued at $300M. Additionally, GE Aviation Systems was in negation for another Ten PBLs valued at $200M.

Gerry spent 28 years at the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) prior to joining GE Aviation Systems mostly in contracting. Gerry spent one year as the NAVICP facilities manager and three years as Chief of Staff for the NAVICP Acquisition Executive. The Acquisition Executive Office’s mission was to craft and oversee execution of the acquisition strategy for both the Philadelphia and Mechanicsburg, Pa. NAVICP operating sites. This office wrote the Direct Vendor Delivery (DVD) for repairable strategy that evolved into the current PBL scenario.

Gerry was the Contracting Officer for the Honeywell Total Logistics Support (TLS) Contract that facilitated and incorporated the first public/private partnership for depot workload where a contractor assumed responsibility for an organic depot’s work and quality. The TLS program won the 2005 Secretary of Defense PBL Award for Component level PBLs. Gerry was also the Contracting Officer for the F/A-18 E/F FIRST PBL contract. The FIRST Program won the 2007 Secretary of Defense PBL Award for System Level PBLs.

Gerry received his BS in Business Administration from LaSalle University. Gerry lives in New Britain, Pa. with his family.

Charles “Chuck” Dipman is a Program Manager at Raytheon with over 30 years of experience in the product support business. He began his career as a radar technician and instructor in the United States Navy and then worked his way through college as a Technical Writer for Hughes Aircraft Company. After earning a BSCS degree at West Coast University in Los Angeles California, Chuck focused his talents on the development of maintenance aids designed to assist military technicians in the diagnosis and repair of complex electronic systems. Today, Chuck manages one of the most successful PBL programs at Raytheon enabling him to apply his product support experience and skills in direct support of our military mission. 

Patricia Amick is a Boeing Company Technical Fellow in the area of Electronics Manufacturing. In her diverse career of over 31 years, she has been involved in almost all facets of electronics manufacturing, including research and development, manufacturing of hardware, quality engineering, supplier quality management, and systems engineering. She has numerous publications and a patent, and mentors Boeing personnel, customers and suppliers. Currently, Pat has been serving as Deputy Program Manager of the Form-Fit-Function Interface Lifetime Contractor Support (FLICS) sustainment contract that supports the F-15 APG-63(V)1 Radar in the USAF Fleet. FLICS was one of the first Process-Based-Logistics programs for the USAF.

Bob Barnhart is a research associate of the University of Tennessee’s College of Business Administration in Performance Based Logistics with over 3 decades of experience in acquisition & contract management. Since retirement from civil service, Bob has been active across the Military Departments and a key contributor to UT’s research project in PBL best practices with the Air Force. As the Senior Contracting Executive for the NAVICP, Bob helped lead the development and implementation of the Navy’s PBL strategy. Bob is a recognized expert in Working Capital Fund obligation and cost recovery strategies, acquisition policies, BCA’s, contract incentive clauses, and Public/Private Partnering.

Rick Gomez is currently Director of Strategic Planning & Business Development for the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership (GSP) at the Boeing Company. He is responsible for maintaining core business and market shaping development of value propositions and providing cost effective solutions that exceed Customer expectations.
Prior to this role, he was Program Manager for B-1 Lancer Systems Sustainment. In this position, he had responsibility, accountability and authority for all aspects of Life Cycle Customer Support activities for the B-1 Bomber Program.
Rick led International C-17 Support Systems from 1998 to 2005 and was responsible for developing winning support concepts for UK, Canada, Australia, NATO, Italy, Japan and others.
He joined the C-17 McDonnell Douglas/Boeing team in 1986, holding a variety of positions in Program Management, Engineering, Product Support, Product Enhancement/Product Improvement and International Business Development programs.
Rick joined Boeing after assignments on the Rockwell International team and the Lockheed Commercial Aircraft Group. He focused on national and international airline documentation and fleet readiness. He also served proudly as a Field Maintenance & Avionics Branch Chief in the USAF Aerospace Defense Command.
Rick earned his Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from Pepperdine University and Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Management from Southern Illinois University. He is currently working on his Doctorate in Organizational Leadership at Pepperdine.
Rick holds an FAA - Airframe and Powerplant license and held elected office positions on the Boeing Long Beach Management Association Board of Directors, serving as past President from 2003-2004.