BIOGRAPHY General Carter F. Ham, U.S. Army, Retired

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BIOGRAPHY

General Carter F. Ham, U.S. Army, Retired

General Ham is the president and chief executive officer of the Association of the United States Army. He is an experienced leader who has led at every level from platoon to geographic combatant command. He is also a member of a very small group of Army senior leaders who have risen from private to four-star general.

General Ham served as an enlisted infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division before attending John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Graduating in 1976 as a distinguished military graduate, his service has taken him to Italy, Germany, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Macedonia, Qatar, Iraq and, uniquely among Army leaders, to over 40 African countries in addition to a number of diverse assignments within the United States.

He commanded the First Infantry Division, the legendary Big Red One, before assuming duties as director for operations on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon where he oversaw all global operations. His first four-star command was as commanding general, U.S. Army Europe. Then in 2011, he became just the second commander of United States Africa Command where he led all U.S. military activities on the African continent ranging from combat operations in Libya to hostage rescue operations in Somalia as well as training and security assistance activities across 54 complex and diverse African nations.

General Ham retired in June of 2013 after nearly 38 years of service. Immediately prior to joining the staff at AUSA, he served as the chairman of the National Commission on the Future of the Army, an eight-member panel tasked by the Congress with making recommendations on the size, force structure and capabilities of the Total Army.

He resides with his wife, Christi, in Arlington, Virginia.

General Gustave F. Perna Commanding General

General Gustave F. Perna assumed duties as the 19th Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) 30 September 2016.

General Perna served for two years as the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 in his previous assignment. He oversaw policies and procedures used by all Army logisticians throughout the world. Prior to joining the Army staff he served for two years as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/4, U.S. Army Materiel Command, one of the Army’s largest commands with over 64,000 employees impacting all 50 states and 144 countries.

The General's other command assignments include: Commander, Joint Munitions Command and Joint Munitions and Lethality Lifecycle Management Command, responsible for the lifecycle management of $40 billion of conventional ammunition; Commander, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Defense Logistics Agency, responsible for the procurement of more than $14.5 billion worth of food, clothing, textiles, medicines, medical supplies, construction and equipment items for America's Warfighters and other customers worldwide; Commander, 4th Sustainment Brigade, where he deployed the brigade to combat operations during OIF 05-07; Commander, 64th Forward Support Battalion,3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, where he deployed the battalion to combat operations during OIF I; Deputy Commanding Officer, 64th Corps Support Group, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; and Commander, B Company, 143rd Ordnance Battalion, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

General Perna’s key staff assignments include: Director of Logistics, J4, U.S. Forces-Iraq, responsible for sustainment plans and policies for strategic and operational logistics to sustain coalition and joint forces; Executive Officer to the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, supporting the Director's mission of providing Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with logistics, acquisitions and technical services support; Ordnance Branch Chief, Human Resources Command; DISCOM Executive Officer and G4, 1st Cavalry Division, where he deployed to Bosnia; 544th Maintenance Battalion Support Operations Officer and Battalion Executive Officer, 13th COSCOM; and G4 Maintenance Officer, 13th COSCOM, where he deployed to Somalia as a member of Joint Task Force Support Command

He graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy with an Associate’s degree in Business Administration. Graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Infantry Officer. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland and a Master’s degree in Logistics Management from Florida Institute of Technology.

His military education includes: Infantry Officer Basic Course, Ordnance Officer Advance Course, Logistics Executive Development Course, Support Operations Course, Command and General Staff College and Senior Service College.

His awards and decorations include: Distinguished Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Parachutist and Air Assault Badges.

General David G. Perkins

Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Fort Eustis, Virginia

General David G. Perkins assumed duties as Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command on March 14, 2014 after serving as Commander, United States Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. General Perkins was the 21st Commander of the United States Army Combined Arms Center from November 2011 to February 2014, where he was the lead for synchronizing leader development across the Army, the management of the Army’s training support and training development enterprises, and the development and integration of the doctrine the Army uses to fight and win our Nation’s wars. Previously General Perkins served as the Commanding General of the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) where his primary mission was to assist and develop the Iraqi Security Forces in U.S. Division-North to take security responsibility following the transition of U.S. Forces from Iraq. General Perkins also served as the Brigade Commander for the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) during the invasion of Iraq, commanding the unit’s “Thunder Run” into Baghdad and subsequent stability operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he earned the Silver Star, the nation’s third highest award for valor. General Perkins was commissioned into the Armor Branch upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1980. In addition to the posts noted above, he held leadership positions in armor and mechanized infantry units in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. He also held a number of key staff assignments, including Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects for Multi-National Forces-Iraq, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for United States Army Europe, and Special Assistant to the Speaker of the House, United States House of Representatives.

General Perkins holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military Academy, a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a Masters Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. General Perkins was born in New Hampshire.

Steffanie B. Easter

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)

Ms. Steffanie B. Easter is currently serving as the Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. In this role, Ms. Easter advises the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology) and Army Acquisition Executive, and is responsible for leading and supervising Army acquisition, procurement, research and development, and logistics endeavors within the Army acquisition enterprise. She also oversees the development of policies, programs, and processes to streamline Army acquisition efforts.

Prior to her current assignment, she served as the Executive Director for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, Arlington, VA. The F-35 Lightning II Program is the Department of Defense’s initiative for defining affordable and sustainable fifth-generation strike aircraft. She has also served as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education, where she was the civilian executive advisor for the planning and programming of all manpower, personnel, training, and education resources, budgeting for Navy personnel and for developing the information systems and tools to effectively manage the Navy Total Force.

Ms. Easter is a 1985 graduate of North Carolina State University with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. She holds a master’s degree in engineering management from the Catholic University of America and is a graduate of both the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) and the NAVAIR Senior Executive Management Development Program. Ms. Easter was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in December 2002, has over 30 years of Federal Service. She was awarded the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 2007, the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award in 2009, and the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 2013. She is also the recipient of the 2009 National Women of Color Award for Managerial Leadership, and the 2010 recipient of the Black Engineer of the Year Award for Professional Achievement.

Ms. Easter previously served as the Assistant Commander for Acquisition for Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and executed acquisition responsibilities and management accountability for six program management offices and served as the leader of the NAVAIR Acquisition/ Program Management Competency, managing approximately 720 civilian and military personnel.

Ms. Easter served as the Deputy Program Executive Officer for Tactical Aircraft Programs (PEO-T) from December 2002 through January 2007. In this capacity, she was responsible for providing acquisition, engineering and technical services to the Navy for the F/A-18, EA-6B, EA-18G, E-2, C-2, Aircraft Protection Systems, Air Traffic Control Systems and Combat Identification programs.

Updated 3-16 Brigadier General Julian D. Alford Commanding General, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Director, Futures Directorate

Brigadier General Alford attended West Georgia College and, as a sophomore, enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserves in 1985. Following graduation from college he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in December of 1987.

Brigadier General Alford's commands: As a Lieutenant; Rifle Platoon Commander, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division during Operation Just Cause in the Republic of Panama and 81's Platoon Commander during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Light Armored Infantry Detachment Commander, 2d Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). As a Captain; Series Commander, Company Commander, 3d Recruit Training Battalion, MCRD Parris Island; Company Commander, 3d Battalion, 8th Marines, 2d Marine Division during Operation Assured Response in the U.S. Embassy, Monrovia, Liberia; As a Major; he commanded Recruiting Station, Nashville, Tennessee. As a Lieutenant Colonel; he commanded 3d Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division during Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan and during Operation Iraqi Freedom. As a Colonel; he commanded The Basic School, Quantico Va. As a Brigadier General; he served as the Assistant Division Commander, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune N.C. He is currently serving as the Commanding General of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in Quantico, V.A.

Brigadier General Alford's staff assignments: As a Captain; Operations Officer, 3d Recruit Training Battalion, MCRD Parris Island. As a Major; Operations Officer, 3d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division; Executive Officer, 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom; As a Lieutenant Colonel; Operations Officer, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Faculty Advisor at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College. As a Colonel; Joint Operations Analysis Officer, Institute for Defense Analyses, during this assignment he deployed to Afghanistan and served as the Director of Strategic Effects, ISAF HQ, Kabul; Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York City; Branch Head, Current and Future Operation, PP&O, HQMC. As a Brigadier General; he served as the Chief of Staff, CENTCOM, Joint Force Land Component Command, Kuwait.

Brigadier General Alford has attended The Basic School, the Infantry Officers Course, the Amphibious Warfare School, the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the Marine Corps War College.

Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 United States Army

Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson assumed the duties as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, Headquarters, Department of the Army, on 11 May 2015. His most recent assignment was as the Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (IJC) and Deputy Commanding General, US Forces – Afghanistan.

Lieutenant General Anderson received his commission in the Infantry Branch from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1981. He holds Masters Degree in Administration from Central Michigan University and National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.

During more than 35 years of service, Lieutenant General Anderson has been afforded many unique professional experiences and opportunities. He has commanded units from platoon to corps. Command assignments include: C Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 187th Infantry Regiment, 193d Infantry Brigade, Fort Kobbe, Republic of Panama; B Company, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington; 2d Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; 2d Brigade and 502d Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, Colorado.

Other significant assignments include Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Professor, Joint Military Operations Department, College of Naval Warfare, Newport, Rhode Island; Chief of Staff, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Executive Officer, Secretary of the Army, Department of the Army, Washington, DC; Chief of Staff, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief of Staff, Multinational Corps-Iraq; Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Chief of Staff, Multinational Force/United States Forces-Iraq; and Director, Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, Department of the Army; Washington, DC.

Lieutenant General Anderson’s operational deployments and combat tours include Operation Just Cause, Task Force Hawk-Albania, Task Force Falcon-Kosovo, Operation Joint Guardian, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom.

His military education includes the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Combined Arms Staff Service School, United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the United States Naval War College.

Dr. Jim Blake is senior vice president of Integrated Training Solutions for Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corporation. In his role, Blake is responsible for supporting U.S. military programs, Foreign Military Sales and customers with industry-leading training products and services.

Prior to joining Cubic, Blake served as the program executive officer for the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) from 2005 to 2014. In this role he was responsible for providing material solutions and services in modeling, simulation, training and test/instrumentation to support U.S. Soldiers worldwide.

Blake began his military service as a Private in the U.S. Army and completed his military career as a Colonel. Following his military career, Blake held several James T. Blake, Ph.D. technical, executive and academic positions before returning to government Senior Vice President, service at Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) as the Integrated Training Solutions program manager for the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT). In 2003, Blake Cubic Global Defense became a member of the Senior Executive Service and served as the deputy program executive officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation prior to becoming the PEO in 2005.

Blake is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Defense Systems Management College and the U.S. Army War College. His civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Tampa, a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Science from Duke University.

Cubic Corporation 9333 Balboa Avenue San Diego, CA 92123 858-277-6780 www.cubic.com Major General Les J. Carroll

Commanding General

377th Theater Sustainment Command

Maj. Gen. Les Carroll serves as commanding general of the 377th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) in New Orleans, La. The 377th TSC is the largest command in the U.S. Army Reserve, with more than 36,000 Soldiers, over 900 Civilians and 442 units in 39 states. He took command in August 2014. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, N.C. from July 2012 until June 2014.

He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry from the University of Georgia Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) in 1978 and began his military career at Fort

Benning, Ga.

Maj. Gen. Carroll’s command assignments include the 445th Chemical Detachment (Reconnaissance) (Special Forces), Columbus, Ga.; 401st Chemical Company (Smoke Generator), Rome, Ga.; 318th Chemical Company (Decontamination), Birmingham, Ala., deploying the unit to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; 457th Chemical Battalion, Greenville, S.C.; and the 415th Chemical Brigade, Greenville, S.C. Following brigade command, he served on active duty as G-3 and then Chief of Staff for the 81st Regional Readiness Command, Birmingham, Ala. In April 2007, he became the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, G-3, U.S. Army Reserve Command, Ft. McPherson, Ga. He was promoted to brigadier general in March 2009 and served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Reserve Command. In October 2009, he took command of the 4th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Maj. Gen. Carroll deployed with the 4th ESC in May 2011 and served as the Commanding

General of the Joint Sustainment Command –Afghanistan, from July 2011 to May 2012.

Maj. Gen. Carroll received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La. His military schools include the Infantry Officer Basic Course; Chemical Officer Advanced Course; the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (Pershing Award), and the U.S. Army War College. He is a National Security Studies Fellow, Syracuse

University.

His decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Expert Infantryman Badge and the Ranger Tab.

BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM E. COLE UNITED STATES ARMY PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR SIMULATION, TRAINING AND INSTRUMENTATION

Brig. Gen. Cole is the Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). PEO STRI executes a multi-billion dollar program annually, and is staffed by more than 1,200 military, government civilian, and service support contractors. The organization also manages Foreign Military Sales’ programs which support more than 40 countries.

Prior to this assignment, Brig. Gen. Cole was the Deputy Program Executive Officer, Missiles and Space, Redstone Arsenal, Al. He was responsible for the development, production, fielding, and life cycle management of the Army’s missile and space related systems.

A native of Churchville, Md., he received his commission in 1987 from the United States Military Academy. His initial operational assignments were with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., where he first served as the fire support officer for Company C, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He later served as battery fire direction officer and DIVARTY counter-fire officer. He served as executive officer of Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Following his assignment in Germany Brig. Gen. Cole was the Commanding General of the Natick Soldier Systems Center, Natick, Ma. and was dual-hatted as the Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

The general served as the fire support officer for 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, and then as the DIVARTY fire direction officer for the 3rd Infantry Division. His last operational assignment was as commander, Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment in Bamberg, Germany.

The general joined the Acquisition Corps in 1996 and was assigned to the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. He later moved to the Joint Program Management Office, Lightweight 155mm Howitzer, where he served as the assistant program manager for the digital fire control system.

Following assignments on the TRADOC and Department of the Army staffs, he returned to Picatinny Arsenal in 2004 and served as the product manager for the 'Excalibur' 155mm GPS-guided artillery projectile. Cole then served in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, where he was a program analyst and military deputy of the Acquisition Management Office.

He served as project manager for Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment from July 2009 to June 2012. He then deployed to Afghanistan for 11 months as the director of forward operations for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition Logistics and Technology, and also for RDECOM. After redeployment, Cole spent four months as the Chief of Staff at ASA(ALT) before moving to Natick.

He has earned a bachelor of science degree in Human Factors Psychology (Ergonomics) from USMA, a master of science degree in Systems Acquisition Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a master of science degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

His awards and decorations include the Master Parachutist Badge, the Ranger Tab, the Army Staff Badge, the Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge, the Bronze Star Medal (with oak leaf cluster), the Legion of Merit (with two oak leaf clusters) and the Defense Superior Service Medal. Current as of July 2016

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Gwendolyn R. DeFilippi Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civilian Personnel)

Director, Civilian Senior Leader Management Office Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Washington, DC

Ms. Gwendolyn R. DeFilippi is currently dual-hatted as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (DASA) for Civilian Personnel and the Director, Civilian Senior Leader Management Office. She serves as the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) on all matters pertaining policy and supervision of the Army’s Human Resources System for Civilian Personnel. Ms. DeFilippi also provides agency-wide leadership and total personnel servicing in Executive Resources to include Presidential appointments, Senior Executive Service (SES), Senior Level (SL), Scientific and Professional (ST), Highly Qualified Expert (HQE) and other positions above the GS-15 level.

Ms. DeFilippi currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel, in the United States Air Force Reserve, assigned to support the Joint and Coalition Operational Analysis Division, Future Joint Force Development, Joint Chiefs of Staff J7, Suffolk, VA.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY: • Jun 2014 - current: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civilian Personnel and the Director, Civilian Senior Leader Management Office • Jul 2012 – May 2014: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Force Management, Manpower & Resources and the Director, Civilian Senior Leader Management Office • June 2010 – Jun 2012: Director, Civilian Senior Leader Management Office • Sep 2008 - Mar 2012: Major, United States Air Force Reserve, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director, Air Force Reserve Policy Integration, Pentagon • Apr 2006 - Jun 2010: Chief, Airman Development Division, Directorate for Force Development, Air Force Pentagon • Oct 2005 - Apr 2006: Chief, Leadership Transformation and Integration, Directorate for Personnel Plans and Integration, Air Force Pentagon • Oct 2004 - Oct 2005: Deputy Director, Air Force Senior Leader Management Office, Pentagon • Sep 2003- Oct 2004: Deputy Director for Programs, Officer and Enlisted Personnel Management, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Pentagon • Aug 2002- Sep 2003: Chief, Analysis Branch, Air Force Senior Leader Management Office, Pentagon • Jul 1999- Aug 2002: Assistant Director, Recruiting Research and Analysis, Accession Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Pentagon • Jan 1999- Jul 1999: Chief, Plans and Programs, Director of Assignments, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, TX • Jun 1996- Jan 1999: Personnel Scientific Analyst, Plans and Analysis Division, Directorate of Customer Service, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, TX

COLLEGE: • MS, Systems Engineering, George Washington University, Washington DC • BS, Operations Research, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado

SIGNIFICANT TRAINING: • Influence and Negotiation Strategies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA • Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University North Carolina (Chapel Hill) • Air War College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL • Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL • Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC • APEX Orientation • Army Senior Executive Education Program – Basic • Army Senior Executive Education Program – Intermediate • Army Executive Leadership Program

AWARDS AND HONORS: • Defense Meritorious Service Medal • Meritorious Service Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster • Joint Commendation Medal • Air Force Commendation Medal • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award • Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters • National Defense Service Medal • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal • U.S. Air Force Dixon Award

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS: • Reserve Officers Association • Association of United States Army

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KEN S. DOWD DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS Army Major General Kenneth S. Dowd retired after 35 years of Service. His last position was as the Director of Logistics Operations for the Defense Logistics Agency, similar to the role of a chief operating officer. In this position, he oversaw a $44B budget, directed a 26,000 person work force, and oversaw global logistics support for all military forces. Prior to assuming that position, he served as Commanding General, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. At the 1st TSC, he commanded 18,000 personnel stationed throughout the Middle East and Fort Bragg, NC. As part of his responsibilities, he oversaw the equipment drawdown of U.S. Military forces from Iraq. His team also developed the current logistics structure being used to remove equipment from Afghanistan. Major General Dowd assumed command of the 299th Forward Support Battalion in June 1996, deploying to Bosnia to support Operation Decisive Edge. In June 2001, Major General Dowd commanded the Division Support Command, 1st Armored Division, U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army, deploying to support the war in Iraq. His joint assignments include Logistics Plans Officer, United States Atlantic Command, Norfolk, VA; and Director, Logistics, Engineering and Security Assistance, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. He also served as the Director for Logistics, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, FL.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY • 2012–2014: Logistics Director, Defense Logistics Agency, Washington DC

• 2010–2012: Commanding General, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Camp Arifjan Kuwait, responsible for logistics operations for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

* 2007–2010: Director of Logistics and Engineering, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base FL, responsible for logistics operations in the Middle East.

* 2005–2007: Director of Logistics, Engineering, and Security Assistance, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, HI, responsible for logistics in the Pacific Rim.

* 2004–2005: Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Army HQ.

* 2003–2004: Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army, Germany

* 1979–2003: Several logistical command and staff positions. Served in Five Divisions: 1st ID, 1st AD, 2nd ID, 3rd ID, 4th ID.

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COLLEGE • MS – United States Army War College: Strategy and Military Science

• MS – Florida Institute of Technology: Logistics and Business Management

• BS– University of the Cumberlands: History and Political Science

PROFESSIONAL • President & CEO, Veterans Moving Forward

• Military Officer sociationAs of America

• Defense Logistics Agency Sponsor for Wounded Warriors

• Association of the United States Army

• National Defense Industrial Association

SIGNIFICANT TRAINING • Army War College, Carlisle, PA, 1999

• Joint Professional Military Education, Norfolk VA, 1994

• U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, 1990–1991

AWARDS AND HONORS • Distinguished Service Medal

• Defense Superior Service Medal

• Legion of Merit, one oak leaf

• Bronze Star Medal

• Meritorious Service medal, five awards; Army Commendation Medal, five awards

• Army Staff Badge

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS • Military Logistics Forum, yearly articles, (2010–2012)

• LOGLINES quarterly issue, (2010–2012)

• VELOCITY Magazine, “Mission Accomplished” May 2014)

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MG Bo Dyess Major General Robert M. “Bo” Dyess assumed duties as the Deputy Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center on 6 July 2015. After graduating from Appomattox County High School, in Virginia, he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY. Upon graduation in 1982, MG Dyess was commissioned as an Infantry Officer. During his 30 years of service, MG Dyess held command and staff assignments including: Platoon Leader, Battalion Adjutant, Rifle Company Commander, Headquarters Company Commander, Battalion Operations Officer, Deputy Division G-3, and Brigade Executive Officer during assignments in the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg NC, the 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized) in both Germany and at Fort Stewart, GA, and in the Eighth U.S. Army, Korea. During this time, he also served as a Tactical Officer, United States Army School of the Americas in Panama, participated in combat operations during OPERATION URGENT FURY in Grenada, and served as a Force Integration Officer in the Pentagon. From 2000 to 2008, MG Dyess served as a Force Integration Officer & Force Management Officer with the First Army at Fort Gillem, GA and, later, as the Director, Force Integration at United States Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, GA. From June 2008 until August 2009, he served as the Division Chief for Force Integration, Combined Security Assistance Command - Afghanistan, & OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan. Upon redeployment from Afghanistan, he assumed duty as the Director, Requirements Integration, Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), from August 2009 until May 2012. From 2012 to 2015, he was the Director of Force Development on the Army Staff at the Pentagon. MG Dyess is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses; United States Army Command and General Staff College; Army Force Management Course; Air War College; and the Joint and Combined Warfighting School. He holds a Masters of Science in Systems Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Masters of Science in Strategic Studies from the United States Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. His military decorations include: Distinguished Service Medal, two Legion of Merits, two Bronze Stars, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, five Meritorious Service Medals, two Army Commendation Medals, two Army Superior Unit Awards, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Ranger Tab, and the Senior Parachutist Badge. MG Dyess is married to the former Sharon Hall of Brunswick, Georgia. The Dyesses have one daughter, Ms. Marilyn Dyess, a recent graduate of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Steffanie B. Easter

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)

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BIOGRAOHICAL INFORMATION KEVIN M. FAHEY Retired Senior Executive Service United States Army Executive Director System of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)

Mr. Fahey was selected for the Senior Executive Service in February 2000. Effective 1 June 2014, Mr. Fahey assumed the duties as the Executive Director, System of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology).

Mr. Fahey previously served as the Program Executive Officer for Combat Support and Combat Service Support, Program Executive Officer Ground Combat Systems at Warren, MI, as well as the Deputy Program Executive Officer Ammunition, Senior Technical Executive for Close Combat Armament Systems, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. Mr. Fahey also served as the Deputy Project Manager, Crusader and the Chief of the Systems Engineering and International Division for the Crusader Program, the Future Armored Resupply Vehicle (FARV) Program Development Project Officer and Chief of Systems Engineering, the U.S. delegate to the international 155mm Joint Ballistic Working Group and the M119 Development Project Officer.

Mr. Fahey, a native of Massachusetts, entered civil service in 1981 following graduation from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research. Upon graduation from college, Mr. Fahey attended the Quality and Reliability intern program at the DARCOM Intern Training Center, Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas.

Mr. Fahey has been the recipient of multiple awards and honors; Presidential Distinguished Rank Award, Exceptional Civilian Service Award (2nd award), Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Superior Civilian Service Award and has been inducted into the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara, Ancient Order of Saint Christopher, Honorable Order of Samuel Sharpe, Honorable Order of Saint Maurice, Honorable Order of Saint George, Distinguished Order of Saint Martin, Bronze Order of the Fleury Medal. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife. He has two sons Keegan and Mackenzie.

Richard P. Formica Lieutenant General (USA-Ret.) Vice President, Defense Accounts

General Richard P. (Dick) Formica retired from the United States Army on 30 September 2013 after 36 years of service.

He was a career field artillery/fire support officer with experience in leadership, operations, and training. He has senior executive level experience in force management and space and missile defense. He served as the Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan; Commanding General, III (US) Corps Artillery with duty as Joint Fires and Effects Coordinator/Force Field Artillery Commander in Multi-National Corps – Iraq; Deputy Director Political – Military Affairs (NATO/Europe) on the Joint Staff; and as the Director of Force Management for the U.S. Army. His final assignment was as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and U.S. Strategic Command’s Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense.

General Formica joined CALIBRE Systems in June 2014 where he currently serves as Vice President for Defense Programs.

General Formica received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Law Enforcement from Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island; a Master’s Degree in Military Arts and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; and a Master’s Degree in National Strategic Studies from the National War College.

BRIGADIER GENERAL Maria R. Gervais

Deputy Commanding General Combined Arms Center - Training

Brigadier General Maria R. Gervais received her Regular Army commission U.S. Army Combined Arms Center in 1987 as a Distinguished Military and Fort Leavenworth Graduate of the Lander College Reserve Officer Training Corps program in Greenwood, South Carolina, and was assigned to the Chemical Branch. Her professional military education includes: Chemical Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Command and General Staff College, and U.S. Army War College where she received a Master of Military Strategic Studies. She earned a Master of Arts in Human Resources from Webster University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Lander College.

BG Gervais has served in a variety of command and staff assignments at every level including: Brigade Chemical Officer and Headquarters Executive Officer, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, Augsburg, Germany; Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, 11th Chemical Company, Nelligen, Germany; Battalion Chemical Officer, 1st Battalion, 227 Aviation Regiment (ATTACK), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; DivisionC NElementB Director, Division Headquarters and Headquarters’ Company Commander, and Brigade Chemical Officer, 101st Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Joint Chiefs of Staff J5 intern, Pentagon, Policy and Strategy Directorate, Weapons Technology Control Division and Systems Integrator for Smoke and Decon Systems, Headquarters Department of the Army, G3, DAMO-FDB; Executive Officer to the III Corps G3, Fort Hood, Texas; Operations Officer, 2nd Chemical Battalion, 13th Corps Support Command; Logistical Planner and Chief of Operations, 21st Theater Support Command (TSC), Kaiserslautern, Germany; Battalion Commander, 82nd Chemical Battalion and Chief of Staff, United States Army Chemical School and Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Commander, United States Army Environmental Command, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland; Chief of Staff, Iraq Train and Advise Mission (ITAM) Director, Baghdad, Iraq; Division Chief for Full Dimension Protection, HQDA G-8, Pentagon; Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Cadet Command and Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky, and the 28th Chief of Chemical and the Commandant of the U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School.

Her awards and decorations include: four Legions of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, seven Meritorious Service Medals, two Joint Service Commendation medals, six Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, two National Defense Service Medals, Southwest Asia Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, two Overseas Service Ribbons, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Saudi Arabia Kuwait Liberation Medal, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Joint Staff Identification Badge, Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. Command Sergeant Major

WARDELL JEFFERSON

U.S. Army Human Resource Command 1600 Spearhead Division Avenue, Department 100 Fort Knox, KY 40122-5100

Command Sergeant Major Wardell Jefferson was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He entered the United States Army in April 1989 and attended One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. After his completion of training, he was awarded the Military Occupational Specialty of 12B (Combat Engineer). In November 1993, CSM Jefferson reclassified to MOS 75D (Personnel Records Specialist).

CSM Jefferson’s assignments include: Team Leader, Squad Leader, and Platoon Sergeant, 39th Engineer Battalion, Ft. Dix, New Jersey; NCOIC Enlisted/Officer Evaluations and NCOIC Officer Management, 1st Battalion 11th Infantry Regiment, Ft. Benning, Georgia; NCOIC Personnel Actions Branch, NCOIC Strength Management Division, 7th Army Training Command, Grafenwoehr, Germany; Drill Sergeant and Drill Sergeant Leader, 1st Bn 61st Infantry Regiment, and U.S. Army Drill Sergeant School, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina; Senior Personnel Services Sergeant, 59th Signal Battalion, Ft. Richardson, Alaska; Commandant, US Army Alaska Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Ft. Richardson, Alaska; Headquarters Support Group Command Sergeant Major, ISAF Joint Command, Kabul, Afghanistan; G1 SGM, HQs V Corps, Heidelberg, Germany; and CSM, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Ft. Carson, Colorado, Commandant, 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Grafenwoehr, Germany. CSM Jefferson is currently serving as the US Army Human Resources Command – Command Sergeant Major.

His military schools include: The Noncommissioned Officer Education System; United States Army Sergeants Major Academy (Class 59); First Sergeant Course, Master Fitness Course, Airborne School, Air Assault School, Drill Sergeant School, Battle Staff Course, and the Command and Staff Orientation Course. He holds a MBA (Human Resource Management) from Touro International University, a BS (Business Management) from Wayland Baptist University, and an Associate’s Degree (Applied Technology) from Central Texas College.

His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (3 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (1 Silver OLC), Good Conduct Medal (8th Award), National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon (4), Army Service Ribbon, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and the Drill Sergeant Identification Badge. CSM Jefferson was named the 2004 Adjutant General Corps Regimental Association NCO of the Year and was awarded the SGM Larry Strickland medal for Distinguished Achievement. He is also a member of the prestigious Sergeant Audie L. Murphy Club.

Colonel David E. Johnson, Ph.D. (U.S. Army, Retired)

Dr. David E. Johnson is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA). His work focuses on military innovation, joint and land operations, and strategy. Dr. Johnson is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches a course on strategy and military operations, and an Adjunct Scholar at the Modern War Institute at West Point. From June 2012 until July 2014, he was on a two year loan to the United States Army to establish and serve as the first director of the Chief of Staff of the Army Strategic Studies Group.

Before joining CSBA, Dr. Johnson was a principal researcher at the RAND Corporation for eighteen years. Prior to joining RAND he was a vice president at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), following a twenty-four year career in the U.S. Army, where he served in command and staff positions in the Infantry, Quartermaster Corps, and Field Artillery branches in the Continental United States, Korea, Germany, Hawaii, and Belgium. He retired as a colonel in 1997.

His military awards and decorations: Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (5 awards), Army Commendation Medal (6 awards), Army Achievement Medal (5 awards), Parachutist’s Badge, Ranger Tab, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Army Staff Identification Badge, Ancient Order of Saint Barbara, and Noble Patron of Armor.

He has MA and Ph.D. degrees in history from Duke University. He also has an MMAS from the U.S. Command and General Staff College, an MS from the National Defense University, and a BA from Trinity University.

Dr. Johnson is the author or coauthor of numerous books, articles, and reports including:

 Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917–1945  Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post–Cold War Era  Hard Fighting: Israel in Lebanon and Gaza  The 2008 Battle of Sadr City: Reimaging Urban Combat  “Fighting the ‘Islamic State’ The Case for US Ground Forces”  “The Challenges of the ‘Now’ and Their Implications for the U.S. Army”  “You Go to COIN with the Military You Have: The United States and 250 Years of Irregular War”

His work has been on the professional reading lists of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Chiefs of Staff, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Commander, the Chief of Staff Royal Air Force (United Kingdom), the Royal Australian Air Force Chief of Staff, the British Army, and the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence.

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He has served a member of the Maneuver Center and the Fires Centers of Excellence Advisory Boards and as a consultant to the U.S. Defense Science Board and the U.S. Army Science Board.

Major General John S. Kem, U.S. Army Provost, Army University Deputy Commandant, Command and General Staff College

Major General John S. Kem became the first Provost of the Army University on Aug. 31, 2015. He oversees reorganizing the Army’s education enterprise into a university structure that will maximize educational opportunities for Soldiers by providing valid academic credit for the education and experience they receive while on active duty. The Army University encompasses all Training and Doctrine Command schools, provides a single point of contact for all Army education matters and addresses the educational needs of the Army while providing individual Soldiers and Army civilian employees the opportunity to accomplish their own academic goals. He will also oversee the Army Press, the publishing arm of the Army University that includes “Military Review” and “The NCO Journal” magazines and the Combat Studies Institute. As Deputy Commandant of the Command and General Staff College, Kem is responsible for the day-to-day operations of CGSC and the following schools: the Command and General Staff School, School of Advanced Military Studies, School for Command Preparation, and Army Management Staff College all at Fort Leavenworth as well as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning, GA, and the Warrant Officer Career College at Fort Rucker, AL. Kem was commissioned through the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, where he graduated as a distinguished cadet and earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. He later earned a Master’s of Science in Environmental Engineering, and a Masters of Business Administration from Northwestern University and the Kellogg Business School. His military education includes Engineer Officer Basic Course, Engineer Officer Advanced Course, Army Command and General Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces where he earned a Master’s of Science in National Resource Management. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and a Chartered Financial Analyst. Kem previously served as the Commanding General United States Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division in Portland, OR. His command assignments include the Europe District, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 2008 to 2011; the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Germany and Operation Iraqi Freedom, from 2003 to 2005, and Company A, 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, from 1991 to 1992. Previous assignments include serving as Chief, Programs Division, Office of the Chief, Legislative Liaison, Washington; Director, Coalition-Joint Engineering Directorate, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan; Executive Officer to the Director Joint Improved Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Washington; Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, Washington; Congressional Fellow, Washington; Operations Officer, 10th Engineer Battalion and Operations Officer 3rd Engineer Brigade, Fort Stewart, GA; and Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, USMA, West Point, NY. He also served as Adjutant, 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg and Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm; Executive Officer, D Company, 16th Engineer Battalion; Boeselager Reconnaissance Platoon Leader, Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Germany; and Platoon Leader, C Company, 16th Engineer Battalion. Kem’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal (w/Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Meritorious Service Medal (w/7 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Badge, Ranger Tab, Senior Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Pathfinder Badge, and Army Staff Identification Badge. Kem was born in Chicago. He is married and has three children.

Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Christopher Kepner Command Sergeant Major Christopher Kepner was selected as the 11th Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard on May 2nd, 2016. In his current position, Command Sergeant Major Kepner represents and advises the Director of the Army National Guard on matters pertaining to Army National Guard policies and actions that affect enlisted Soldiers of the Army National Guard through meetings, conferences, information exchanges and on-site observation, coordinates with the Sergeant Major of the Army and Command Sergeants Major of the Army National Guard and Major Army Command formations; reviews and inspects field training, inactive duty training, overseas deployments and Noncommissioned Officer Leadership schools on behalf of the Director.

CSM Christopher Kepner was born in York, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the United States Army in October of 1980 and attended Basic and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Benning, Georgia. Following his graduation from AIT CSM Kepner served seven years on active duty with the 82nd Airborne and 10th Mountain Divisions before joining the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. He earned a Bachelors of Business Administration from American Intercontinental University in 2006; and a Master of Science in Leadership from Duquesne University in 2012. CSM Kepner is married to the former Mary Wise and they have four children. CSM Kepner’s assignments include serving in all enlisted infantry positions while assigned to Bravo Company 1-504 PIR. Other key assignments include; Detachment Sergeant, 104 LRSD; First Sergeant, Bravo Company 1-111 IN; Operations Sergeant Major, 1-111 IN (deployed Kosovo); Command Sergeant Major, 2-112 IN Stryker (deployed Iraq); Command Sergeant Major 28th Combat Aviation Brigade; Senior Enlisted Leader of the Philadelphia Papal National Special Security Event; and Command Sergeant Major, 28th ID. CSM Kepner’s military education and training includes all levels of NCOES to include the Executive Leader Course, United States Army Sergeants Major Academy, and Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education. CSM Kepner’s military training also includes: Combat Leaders Course, 18th Airborne Corps Recondo School, Northern Warfare Instructor Qualification Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Basic and Advanced Airborne schools, Jungle Warfare School, and Long Range Surveillance Leader Course. CSM Kepner’s awards include; the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with 3 oak leaf clusters), Non-commissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon (with Numeral 4), NATO Medal, Ranger Tab, Master Parachutist Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Combat Infantry Badge, Expert Infantry Badge, Honduran and Spanish Parachutist Badges, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Army Service Ribbon, National Defense Service Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon, Major General R. White Jr. Medal, General Thomas J Stewart Medal, Pennsylvania Twenty Year Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal (Historical), Iraq Campaign Medal (with 1 campaign star), Global War on Terrorism Service Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Commendation. Author Bio: Dr. Nina A. Kollars studies innovation processes in complex environments. Her dissertation uncovered the formal and informal organizational processes that resulted in organic development of offensive tactics for U.S. transportation convoys during the Vietnam war ('67- 72), and OIF ('03-'07). Kollars obtained her Masters from the Elliot School of International Affairs and her PhD in Political Science from The Ohio State University. Her current work is featured in Survival, the Journal of Strategic Studies, Security Studies, and War on the Rocks. Dr. Kollars was the 2016 Army Capabilities Integration Center Distinguished Lecturer. She is currently assistant professor of Government at Franklin & Marshall College, and carries a number of affiliations including: research fellow to the Donovan Group (SOCOM), non-resident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point Military Academy, and co-director of Cigars, Scotch & Strategy. Prior to joining academia Kollars worked for the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, the DuBois Institute at Harvard University, and consulted for international organizations such as the World Bank.

Command Sergeant Major James Lambert assumed the duties as Command Sergeant Major for the Military Intelligence Readiness Command on 12 July 2014. A 33-year veteran of the Army Reserve, he enlisted 13 December 1983. In his previous position, he was the Sergeant Major for the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) – Operational Command Post (OCP) in Afghanistan.

CSM Lambert has served in a variety of positions in the active guard and reserve program since July 1986. His key NCO assignments include: Command Sergeant Major (Interim), Office of the Chief Army Reserve; Command Sergeant Major, 377th Theater Sustainment Command; Command Sergeant Major, 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support); Command Sergeant Major, 801st Combat Support Hospital; Branch Chief, US Army Sergeants Major Academy; First Sergeant, 303rd AG Company (Postal); Operations Sergeant, 100th Division (IT); Small Group Leader, USA NCO Academy, Ft McCoy, WI; and Inspector General NCO, 70th Regional Support Command. His military campaigns include Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Enduring Freedom.

CSM Lambert’s significant military education includes the US Army Inspector General Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, Total Army Instructor Training Course, Small Group Leader Course, Master Fitness Trainer Course, First Sergeants Course, US Army Sergeants Major Course, Command Sergeants Major Course, Reserve Component-National Security Course, Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course, and the Keystone Course.

CSM Lambert received his Associate of Applied Science Degree in General Studies from Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN and his Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts from Excelsior College, Albany, NY.

CSM Lambert’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (3rd Award), Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (7th Award), Army Commendation Medal (6th Award), Army Achievement Medal (7th Award), Army Good Conduct Medal (9th Award), National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award), Southwest Asia Service Medal (with 3 Bronze Stars), Afghanistan Campaign Medal (with 1 Bronze Star), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (3rd Award with M Device and Numeral 2), NCO Professional Development Ribbon (with Numeral 4), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Liberation Medal-Government of Kuwait, Army Staff Identification Badge, and Driver’s Badge.

CSM Lambert has enjoyed 31 years of marriage with his wife, Denise. They have two daughters, Jessica Solan and Jamie Flores.

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Lt. Gen. Robert P. Lennox (retired) Senior Vice President Strategy and Customer Engagement

Lieutenant General Robert (Bob) Lennox retired from the U.S. Army in March 2014 after 37 years of service and leadership. He joined General Dynamics in 2014 as vice president of both General Dynamics Mission Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems. In May 2016, he was promoted to senior vice president of Strategy and Customer Engagement for General Dynamics Mission Systems. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s overall strategic planning, marketing, public affairs, corporate relations and customer engagement.

Prior to joining General Dynamics, Lennox was the Army principal Deputy Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation for the office of the Secretary of Defense. In this position, he conducted evaluations of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps programs making budgetary recommendations to senior Defense Department officials.

Lennox graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1977 after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Stanford University and Master’s Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National Defense University.

During his Army career, he served at every level and commanded every echelon of the Air Defense Artillery organization from platoon leader to Commanding General of Fort Bliss, Texas. Concurrently, he served as commandant of the Air Defense Artillery School. He also served as Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Accessions Command and was an assistant professor Department of Social Science, United States Military Academy at West point.

Lennox received multiple U.S. military awards and decorations including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He has served on the Joint Staff, the Army Staff and the Secretary of Defense Staff.

January 2017 ELLEN LORD

Ellen Lord, President and Chief Executive Officer, Textron Systems Segment

Ellen Lord was appointed president and chief executive officer of Textron Systems, as well as a member of the Textron Executive Leadership Team, in 2012. In this role, she leads a multi- billion dollar business with a broad range of products and services supporting defense, homeland security, aerospace, infrastructure protection, and other customers around the world.

Prior to assuming her current position, Lord was senior vice president and general manager of

Textron Defense Systems, now Weapon & Sensor Systems. Lord took over leadership of that business after serving three years as the senior vice president and general manager of AAI

Corporation, now known as Textron Systems’ Electronic Systems, Support Solutions and

Unmanned Systems businesses.

Earlier in her career, Lord served as vice president of integration management for Textron

Systems, in addition to other business and operations positions. Lord started her Textron career managing proprietary and patented plastics technology for Textron Automotive Technology

Center in Dover, New Hampshire.

Lord earned a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of New Hampshire, as well as a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from Connecticut College. She also is a Textron Six Sigma certified Black Belt, specializing in Design for Six Sigma.

Lord is a member of the Center for a New American Security’s Task Force on Strategy,

Technology and the Global Defense Industry. She serves on the board of directors of the Naval

Institute Foundation, the U.S. India Business Council, the Defense Technology Initiative, and vice chair of the National Defense Industrial Association.

Biography

Department of the Army

CHRISTOPHER LOWMAN Director for Maintenance Policy, Programs and Processes Office, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 Washington, DC

Mr. Lowman was selected for the Senior Executive Service as the Director for Maintenance Policy, Programs and Processes for United States Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, on December 7, 2008. He is the Department of the Army’s leading expert and foremost authority in the areas of field and sustainment maintenance. He formulates policy, devises basic concepts for sustained high-level mission capable readiness of materiel and equipment and works to improve the overall Army Logistic Support System.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY: Jul 2006 – Dec 2008: Deputy Director, Operations and Logistics Readiness, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G04, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, DC Sep 2003 – Jul 2006: Logistics Management Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Headquarters US Army Europe & 7th Army, Heidelberg, Germany Jan 1999 – Sep 2003: Logistics Management Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, DC Jul 1990 – Jan 1999: Logistics Management Officer, US Army Communications and Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth, NJ

COLLEGE: MS, National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC MBA, Business Administration, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ BS, Management, Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ

SIGNIFICANT TRAINING: Senior Executive Education (SEE)

AWARDS AND HONORS: Army Ordnance Corps Samuel Sharpe Award, 2006 Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award, 2006 Army’s Quartermaster Corps Distinguished Order of Saint Martin, 2006 Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award, 2003 Department of the Army Integrated Logistics Support Achievement of the Year, 2000

Lieutenant General Michael D. Lundy

Commanding General, US Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, KS

Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

Deputy Commanding General for Combined Arms, U.S. Training and Doctrine Command

LTG Michael Lundy was commissioned U.S. Army Combined Arms Center as an Aviation Second Lieutenant in 1987 and Fort Leavenworth from McNeese State University. After completing Basic Rotary Wing Training and the OH-58D transition, he was assigned to TF 23, 3 ID in Giebelstadt, Germany. In 1990, his platoon was attached to 4/2 ACR and deployed to Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Following Desert Storm, he was reassigned to CJTF, 3 ID in support of Operation Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq. In 1991, LTG Lundy attended the Armor Officer Advanced Course and Cavalry Leaders Course at Fort Knox. He was then assigned to 4-17 Cavalry at Fort Bragg, where he served as an Assistant S3, Squadron S4 and commanded A/4-17 Cavalry and N/4/2 ACR. During his troop command, he deployed to Haiti for Operation Support Democracy. In 1995, LTG Lundy was reassigned to the Eagle Team, Operations Group, National Training Center at Fort Irwin. Following the Command and General Staff College in 1998, LTG Lundy was assigned to 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum as the XO TF 1-10 ATKHB and deployed to Bosnia in support of SFOR6. He then served as the 10th Aviation Brigade S3 and Brigade XO. In November 2001, he deployed to Afghanistan as the Deputy CJ3 and Chief of Operations for CJTF Mountain in support of Operation Enduring Freedom I. In June 2003, LTG Lundy assumed command of 1st Battalion (Attack), 25th Aviation Regiment, Schofield Barracks and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Following battalion command in 2005, he served as the Operations Group Senior Aviation Observer Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center, and then attended the Army War College (AWC) in 2006. Following the AWC, he assumed command of the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Wheeler AAF in January 2008 and deployed the brigade to Northern Iraq. In October 2010, LTG Lundy was reassigned as the 25th Infantry Division Deputy Commander (Rear), and then was reassigned as the Deputy Commanding General 1 AD at Fort Bliss in July 2011. From July 2012 to March 2014, MG Lundy served as the Deputy Commanding General Combined Arms Center – Training. Following CAC-T, he commanded the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker. LTG Lundy's awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (2-OLC), Bronze Star Medal (1-OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2-OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (4-OLC), Air Medal (2 Valor Devices and the Numeral 4), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (1-OLC), Army Achievement Medal (4-OLC), Humanitarian Service Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Valorous Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Citation (1-OLC), Master Aviator Badge, Parachutist Badge, Combat Action Badge, and the Ranger Tab. James McAleese founded McAleese & Associates, P.C., a government contracts consulting and legal firm, in 1992. His vision was simple: to help organizations of all sizes understand the myriad requirements for doing business with the Federal government, and to provide legal services that would enable them to maximize value from those contract opportunities.

Since then, Jim has dedicated his career to mastering the intricacies of the government contracting process and to maintaining credibility with various stakeholders at all levels of the Federal government. This experience, combined with his in-depth understanding of the political environment and his propensity for analyzing budgets and policies line-by-line, allows him to assist companies in securing money for existing programs or new technologies, help find remedies for troubled programs, and realign companies’ relationships with their most valuable customer—the Federal government.

A lifelong interest in military and defense issues—further kindled by an internship with the U.S. Army’s contract appeals division early in his career, has also established Jim—and McAleese & Associates—as expert defense industry consultants and analysts. Now a respected authority on the Department of Defense (DoD) budget process and acquisition cycle, Jim is regularly sought out by DoD and industry decisions makers, as well as by the investment community, to comment on the impact a policy decision might have, and on what strategies might most effectively leverage that impact on industry trends.

Not surprisingly, a large portion of McAleese’s clients hold—or are seeking—Federal government contracts with DoD and with the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and State (DoS). Still, Jim’s training and experience as a government contracts attorney ensures that he can work with companies in other industries and with other Federal government agencies on any aspect of government contract work, including compliance, awards, pricing and disputes.

Prior to founding McAleese & Associates, P.C., Jim McAleese was a practicing attorney in government contracts law, based in Washington, D.C. He remains actively involved in several professional organizations, all of which vigorously support the defense and intelligence interests of the United States, and he holds a number of leadership and board positions within those groups.

Education • BA, cum laude, International Relations, Case Western Reserve University, 1988 • MA, cum laude, International Relations, Case Western Reserve University, 1988 • JD, George Washington University, National Law Center, 1991 • LL.M, Government Procurement Law, George Washington University, National Law Center, 2001 • Admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1991; admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Association/Board Directorships/Positions • Board of Advisors, National Contract Management Association, 1997-present • National Defense Industrial Association, Board of Directors, 2001-present • National Defense Industrial Association, Washington Chapter Board of Directors, 1994- present • Defense Acquisition University, Distinguished Guest Lecturer, 2008-present

MAJOR GENERAL BRIAN MCKIERNAN

MG Brian J. McKiernan is a 1986 Distinguished Military Graduate of the Vanderbilt University ROTC Program. His military education includes the Field Artillery Basic and Advanced Courses, the US Marine Corps Command and General Staff Course and the Army War College.

MG McKiernan’s military service includes tactical assignments with the VII Corps Artillery in Germany, the 82d Airborne Division, the 2d Infantry Division, and the 1st Armored Division. He also served as an Operations Research Analyst on the Army Staff, a Joint Staff Officer with the Combined Forces Command- Korea, Senior Fire Support Trainer at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, and Chief of Staff (J-9) US Forces Iraq.

He has served in every type of Artillery unit in our Army which included duty as Platoon Fire Direction Officer, Firing Platoon Leader, Aide-de Camp to the VII Corps Artillery Commanding General, Battalion Fire Support Officer, Battery Commander, Battalion S-3, DIVARTY S-3, Direct Support Artillery Battalion Commander, and Commander of the 210th FA BDE, 2d Infantry Division. His most recent assignments include; DCoS (G- 3/5/7) US Army Reserve Command, 49th Commandant of the US Army Field Artillery School, Deputy Commanding General-Support, 82d Airborne Division, and Deputy Commanding General-Operations, 8th US Army, Commanding General of First Army Division East. MG McKiernan assumed command of the US Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill on 21 July 2016.

MG McKiernan’s awards and decorations include; the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (5), Bronze Star Medal with “V”, Bronze Star Medal (3), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (5), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal (4), Army Achievement Medal (4), Iraq Campaign Medal, GWOT Service Medal, GWOT Expeditionary Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit Citation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Combat Action Badge, and Master Parachutist Badge.

MG McKiernan is married to the former Sharon Winn; Colonel Retired, M.D. They have four daughters; Natalie, Ariane, Brianna and Bonnie. Global Business - Public Sector Solutions

Usha Mohan Chief Architect, Federal Technology Office, AT&T As a Chief Architect with AT&T Global Business - Public Sector Solutions, Usha Mohan applies her 28 years of experience in technology and management to designing innovative Smart Cities, IoT, drones and mobility solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Before joining AT&T, Mohan served as the Chief Information Officer for the 12th largest city in the U.S., Jacksonville, FL, where she managed all technology and collaborated with elected officials to modernize infrastructure and serve citizens with cost-efficient innovative applications of technology. During her tenure, Jacksonville ranked #3 on the Top Digital Cities List (2013, 2014) and was listed on the Top 10 of Forbes lists for the Cities where America’s Tech Future is Taking Shape and the Cities with the Highest Growth in the Tech Sector.

Ms. Mohan is an entrepreneur who founded Perforata, LLC, a company providing innovative and comprehensive Performance Management solutions and uReveal, Inc., a self-service Big Data analytics company. She has held technology management positions with Florida Blue, Johnson Controls and Deloitte Consulting.

Usha, a frequent speaker at government and technology conferences, has been awarded seven patents in the area of text and advanced analytics. Recognition includes being named as one of five “Most Influential South Asians” in 2013 by the INDOUS Chamber of Commerce. She also received both the Best CIO award (2013) and the IT Dream Team Award (2014) from Jacksonville Business journal at the Biztech Innovation Awards. In 2014, Usha earned a Community Service Award from the Mayor’s Asian American Advisory Board.

Mohan has served on several boards including the Metropolitan Information Exchange, Florida Local Government Information Systems Association and Tech Coast Conference. Currently, Mohan is a co-chair of INDOUS Chamber of Commerce and works with youth groups in the Jacksonville community to conduct events aimed at getting kids to college. Mr. Henry J. Muller - Director

Mr. Henry Muller was appointed Director, Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center March 22, 2015. As Director, he is responsible for establishing CERDEC's comprehensive Science and Technology (S&T) Portfolio providing strategic program formulation guidance involving short-and long-range goals utilizing existing and anticipated state-of-the art advances in communications, mission command, sensors, electronic warfare, intelligence and countermeasure equipment and services. Programs encompass technology thrusts in Mission Command, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance technologies and systems in various stages of the life cycle model. In addition to the center's Science and Technology mission, he oversees its engineering support and services provided to the acquisition Program Executive Offices, Life Cycle Management Commands, and other DOD and Federal customers.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Muller served as the Director of the U.S. Army Communications- Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD). As Director, he was responsible for providing signals intelligence, electronic warfare, measurement and signature intelligence, information operations, intelligence dissemination/fusion and quick-reaction capabilities through the research and development of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems in acquisition support to the U.S. Army.

Mr. Muller entered the Senior Executive Service in November 2008 when he was appointed Director of CERDEC's Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate (S&TCD), in which he served until January 2012. Prior to that, he served as CERDEC's Associate Director, June 2004 – November 2008, and as chief of the Information Operations Division of CERDEC I2WD, August 2002 – June 2004.

Mr. Muller earned a Master of Science in management of technology from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., 1997, and a Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1983.

Biography

Department of the Army

Gary E. Phillips Senior Intelligence Advisor, TRADOC G-2 Intelligence Support Activity (TRISA) Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

Mr. Gary E. Phillips was selected as a Defense Intelligence Senior Level in April of 2009. He serves as the Senior Intelligence Advisor for the TRADOC G-2 Intelligence Support Activity (TRISA). TRISA is responsible for providing and integrating threat and operational environment (OE) materials into leader development, education, training and capabilities development for Army. Mr. Phillips also provides direction and oversight for training of Human Terrain System teams; the education and training of U.S. Army’s decision support and threat emulation red teams; and the research of foreign perspectives on international security issues. He ensures that these efforts are mutually supportive of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise and satisfy Army and Joint objectives.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY: April 2009: Senior Intelligence Advisor, TRADOC G2 Intelligence Support Activity (TRISA) July 2001 – April 2009: Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence G2 – Threats March 1999 – May 2001: Commander, National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) May 1998 – March 1999: Commander, World Class OPFOR, Battle Command Training Program June 1993 – December 1995: Commander, 104th Military Intelligence Battalion, 4th Infantry Division April 1992-June 1993: Senior Intelligence Observer/Controller, Battle Command Training Program

COLLEGE: Master of Military Arts and Science (MMAS), School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 66027 (1996) Master of Arts (MA) Business Administration (Central Michigan University)(Institute for Personal Development (IPCD) Fort Meade, Maryland (1982) Bachelor of Arts (BS) Major: Sociology, Minors: German/Religion (University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi) (1974)

SIGNIFICANT TRAINING: Advanced Operational Art and Sciences Fellowship (Fort Leavenworth Army War College Fellowship, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027) (1994-1996) Operations Research and Systems Analysis Military Applications Course (ORSA MAC) (Honor Graduate), Fort Lee, Virginia (1985) National Cryptologic School (1200 hours of electrical engineering, signals and intelligence analysis course work – JOCCP curriculum), Fort Meade, Maryland (1979- 1982)

CERTIFICATIONS: NSA Professionalization as a Traffic Analyst (1982)

AWARDS AND HONORS: Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal ( 6th Oak Leaf Cluster) Joint Service Commendation Medal Army Commendation Medal (4th Oak Leaf Cluster) Saudi Arabian – Kuwaiti Liberation Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal Army of Occupation Medal (Berlin) Deustche Fallschrimjaeger Badge

Biography

Department of the Army

Bradley W. Pippin Director of Operations (TRADOC Analysis Center) US Army Training and Doctrine Command Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Mr. Brad Pippin was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in October 2014 and serves as the Director of Operations, Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. As the Director, he leads and directs the conduct of operations analysis to inform decisions about current and future concepts for doctrine and training, design of future organizations for the operating force, and requirements for new capabilities leading to force modernization.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY:  2012 – 2014: Principal Analyst and Interim Director, TRADOC Analysis Center, Fort Leavenworth, KS  1988 – 2012: Army Officer (Retired at rank of Colonel with 24 years of active service)

COLLEGE:  MS, National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces – National Defense University (2009 – 2010)  MS, Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School (1996 – 1998)  BS, Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace), United States Military Academy (1984 – 1988)

AWARDS AND HONORS:  Legion of Merit  Bronze Star Medal  Wilbur B. Payne Award (2014, 2013, 2008)  David Rist Prize (2012)  Financial Management & Comptroller Individual Award - Analysis & Evaluation (2005)  Army Chief of Staff Award for Excellence in Operations Research (1998)

Dr. Daniel Ragsdale is the founding director of the Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Dr. Ragsdale previously served as a DARPA Program Manager and successfully led and managed a $175M research and development portfolio of classified and unclassified cybersecurity and educational programs. Before joining DARPA, Dr. Ragsdale served 30 years in the U.S. Army in a wide array of operational, educational, and research and development settings. During his Army career, Colonel (retired) Ragsdale participated in Operations Urgent Fury (Grenada), Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), and Iraqi Freedom (Iraq). Dr. Ragsdale also served nearly 15 years at the United States Military Academy, West Point, where he was a leader in a variety of teaching and research roles. He culminating with his academy service as Vice Dean for Education, the Principal Deputy to West Point’s Chief Academic Officer.

Dr. Paul D. Rogers Director U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)

Dr. Paul D. Rogers serves as the Director of TARDEC where he is responsible for providing executive management to deliver advanced technology solutions for all Department of Defense ground systems and combat support equipment. Dr. Rogers is a member of the Army Senior Executive Service.

As the TARDEC Director, Dr. Rogers manages a workforce of more than 1,700 engineers, scientists, researchers, and support staff and sets strategic direction for a full range of investments that affect more than 270 Army systems. With an annual budget of more than $475 million, Dr. Rogers ensures TARDEC provides vigilance and resourcefulness to deliver solutions within cost and on schedule so our Soldiers can dominate on the battlefield.

Dr. Rogers previously served as the Deputy Program Executive Officer for Ground Combat Systems where he managed the development, systems integration, acquisition, testing, fielding, sustainment and improvement of ground combat systems in accordance with the Army's transformation campaign plan. The Ground Combat Systems Program has an annual budget of more than $2.9 billion with a total program cost of more than $18.46 billion (POM FY14-18). Dr. Rogers’ responsibilities included ensuring that all of the coordination and communication is achieved for a complex and diverse organization with two Pre-MDAP programs (Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and Ground Combat Vehicle) and four ACAT I programs, including the Paladin Integrated Management, Abrams Tank Upgrade, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle Upgrade and the Stryker Armored Vehicle System. Additionally, he oversaw four ACAT II programs as well as approximately 100 other weapons system programs.

Prior to accepting his responsibilities as Deputy PEO GCS, Dr. Rogers served as the TARDEC Executive Director for Research and Technical Integration. In this capacity, Dr. Rogers led the organization in providing Army research and development in Ground Vehicle Power and Mobility, Survivability, Intelligent Systems, Vehicle Electronic and Architecture Systems, and Platform Concept, Analysis, and System Simulation. Dr. Rogers served as the key executive responsible for the center’s science and technology strategic planning, program selection, funding allocation, execution and transition to acquisition programs. He managed the technology base investments and led a 500- person workforce through six technical business area associate directors.

As a member of the Michigan National Guard, Dr. Rogers was activated and served in Iraq as the Battalion Commander for the 507th Engineer Battalion. His command included 12 separate companies/detachments at Balad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 04-06. The 507th Eng. Bn. was a joint force consisting of deployed forces from the Active Army and Air Force, Army National Guard, Army Reserve, and Marines. He commanded a total of 823 soldiers, 139 marines, and 114 airmen in combat operations during the deployment. His mission responsibilities included military fixed bridging, offensive assault float bridging, rafting operations, riverine operations, vertical and horizontal construction, well drilling, and asphalt production/paving. He also organized, trained, and deployed an armored D9 dozer task force in support of division offensive operations. The 507th Eng Bn served in Iraq from 1 January 2005 to 6 December 2005. Dr. Rogers’ military awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, Army Meritorious Service Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Airborne Badge and the Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal. His prior military assignments include Battalion Operations Officer, Company Commander, and Platoon Leader. His assignments include Chief of Staff, 46th Military Police Command, Commander, 177th Regiment, Regional Training Institute and Brigade. He currently holds the rank of Brigadier General and serves as the Deputy Commanding General, 46th Military Police Command, MIARNG.

Dr. Rogers holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technological University (MTU), a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, a Master of Science in Engineering – Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan – Dearborn, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from MTU. He is a graduate of the Army Engineer Officer Basic Course, Engineer Officer Advance Course, Combined Arms Services Staff School, Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College. Dr. Rogers is currently serving the External Advisory Boards for the Mechanical Engineering Departments at Michigan Technological University, Lawrence Technological University and the University of Michigan. He has previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at LTU.

Major General Kurt J. Ryan Commanding General

A graduate of York College of Pennsylvania, Major General Kurt J. Ryan was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Regular Army in 1987.

He began active duty service in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps, a career now spanning 29 years. The majority of his defense experience is with tactical Army formations, twice serving as a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, two tours with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), a tour in Germany with the 1st Armored Division, duty in upstate New York with the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), and assignment with the First U.S. Corps in Washington State. He comes to Scott Air Force Base from Fort Lee, Virginia where he recently served as Chief of Ordnance and Ordnance School Commandant.

He commanded troops on five occasions; as a Company Commander in Germany, Battalion Commander in North Carolina, Brigade Commander in New York, Commanding General of an Expeditionary Sustainment Command in Washington State and as the CG, U.S. Army Ordnance Corps in Virginia.

Over his career, he participated in seven named military operations, ranging from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (New Orleans and the Philippines), peace-enforcement and peace- keeping (Bosnia-Herzegovina), and four combat tours in U.S. Central Command (Iraq and Afghanistan).

General Ryan has a lifelong passion to continue to learn and grow. He is a graduate of numerous military schools and received two Masters of Science degrees; from the Florida Institute of Technology (Logistics Management) and the U.S. Army’s War College (Strategic Studies).

His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit w/OLC, Bronze Star Medal w/ OLC, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal w/ OLC, and the Army Meritorious Service Medal w/ 5 OLC. He proudly wears the Master Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault Badge, and the Ranger tab.

Raymond A. Schaible Vice President Army Programs

Ray Schaible, Vice President for Army Programs, joined LMI in 1987 after a distinguished 20 year career as an Army Transportation Corps officer. He served one tour in Da Nang Vietnam and two overseas tours in Germany. His final two assignments were in the Pentagon as a staff officer in the Joint Staff J4 and the Army Staff G-4. He is currently managing LMI’s Army Programs. Previously, he served as the Operational Logistics Divisional Vice President where he supported Department of Defense efforts to develop enhanced military deployment and sustainment capabilities through a wide array of functional capabilities. Those capabilities include strategic planning; cost and benefit analyses; force structure assessments; force projection analyses; logistics services; operational contract support; program development and support; research into logistics technology applications; and logistics modeling and simulation. He was also responsible for managing LMI’s international program that provided ministerial capacity development capabilities, force structure development, policy and program advice and counsel to the United States and foreign government agencies, and international organizations such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations. He serves as the LMI Sustaining Member representative to AUSA. Ray has a BA in Education from Penn State University and a Master’s of Science in Business Administration from Boston University and is a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College. He is married to his wife Pat. They have two daughters Kimberly and Amanda and five grandchildren—Christian, Connor, James, Courtney and Reed.

1SG Daniel Shannon was born in Ketchikan, Alaska and joined the Army in 1992. After graduating from the Armed Forces School of Music as a Saxophone Player he was assigned to the 18th Army Band, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, the 8th Army Band Seoul Korea, the 25th ID Band Schofield Barracks, HI, the 392nd Army Band Fort Lee, VA, the 2nd ID Band Ouijongbu, Korea, the 98th Army Band Fort Rucker, Alabama, the 8th Army Band Seoul, Korea, the 389th Army Band in Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, the School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia, Headquarters U.S. Army Recruiting Command in Fort Knox, KY, the 101st Airborne Division Band (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, KY, and the 389th Army Materiel Command Band in Redstone Arsenal, AL.

1SG Shannon has also served as an NCO Academy Deputy Commandant, ANCOC Small Group Leader, Training Developer/Writer, and as a USAREC liaison.

1SG Shannon's military education includes Primary Leadership Development Course, Field Sanitation Course, NBC (CBRN) Officer course, Small Arms Maintenance Course, Air Assault Course, Basic Non-Commissioned Officer's Course, Commander's Safety Course, Combatives Instructor Course, Systems Approach to Training Course, Unit Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Course, Middle Manager's Course, Basic Instructor's Course, Small Group Instructor's Course, and the Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer's Course, and the First Sergeant Course. He has a Bachelor's Degree from Thomas Edison State University and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Development from Villanova University.

1SG Shannon is married and has two sons.

U.S. Army Contracting Command Maj. Gen. James E. Simpson

Maj. Gen. James E. Simpson is the Commanding General, U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL. He assumed command on Aug. 19, 2015.

ACC, a subordinate command of Army Materiel Command, is comprised of two subordinate commands—the U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command and the U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command—and six major contracting centers. ACC provides global contracting support to warfighters engaged in military operations, weapon system acquisition, life cycle management and sustainment and acquisition of goods and services vital to the Soldier's mission and well-being. Its workforce includes more than 6,000 military and civilian personnel at more than 100 locations worldwide. ACC awarded and managed more than 185,000 contract actions valued at more than $54 billion in fiscal year 2014.

General Simpson was commissioned in 1985 after graduating from Lander University in Greenwood, SC, as an ROTC distinguished military graduate, earning a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. He has a master’s in Public Administration from Central Michigan University and a master’s in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He also earned a master’s in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington, a certificate in Management from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia; and a master’s certificate in Government Contract Management from George Washington University.

His military education includes the Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Combined Arms Services Staff School, Training with Industry, Command and General Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. General Simpson is Level III certified in contracting and Level II certified in program management.

Prior to assuming command of ACC, he was the Director of Contracting and the Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement. General Simpson’s command and staff assignments include: Commander, U.S. Central Command Joint Theater Support Contracting Command, Afghanistan; Deputy Chief of Contracting Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC; Senior Contracting Official-Iraq, Joint Theater Support Contracting Command, CENTCOM, Operation New Dawn, Iraq; Chief of Staff, ACC, Fort Belvoir, VA; Commander, Contracting Center of Excellence, AMC, Alexandria, VA; Executive Officer, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Policy and Procurement), Pentagon; Deputy Project Manager, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, Falls Church, VA; Commander, Defense Contract Management Agency, Central Pennsylvania, York, PA and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; Assignment Officer, Army Acquisition Corps, U.S. Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria; Chief, Osan Contracting Branch, ACC- Korea, 8th U.S Army, Korea; Contingency Contracting Officer, 101st Support Group (Corps), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY; Commander, A Battery, 2d Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY.

His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (3 OLC), Bronze Star (1 OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (3 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (1 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (5 OLC), the Parachute and Air Assault Badges, and the Army Staff Identification Badge. Additionally, he was awarded the Secretary of the Army Excellence in Contracting Award for Outstanding Contracting Officer (Military) at Installation-Level Satellite for fiscal year 1999. In fiscal year 2006 he received the Acquisition Commander of the Year Award at the Lieutenant Colonel level.

--Current as of August 19, 2015

Brigadier General (Major General sel.) Michael Vetter

Brigadier General Michael Vetter is the Commanding Officer of the Bundeswehr Logistics Centre located in Wilhelmshaven since April 2012. He is responsible for planning, implementing and managing the Supply Chains of the German Federal Armed Forces both in peace time duty, during exercises and in operations across the globe.

Brigadier General Vetter joined the Luftwaffe as an officer cadet in 1982 and has served as a Supply Officer and Squadron Commander in a Tactical Reconnaissance Wing.

At staff he has served in various functions such as Assistant Chief of Staff Support in the Luftwaffe Air Transport Command and Branch Chief in the Luftwaffe Support Command. At MoD level he has served as Assistant Branch Chief in the Air Staff, as Branch Chief Logistics Plans and Policy at the Joint Staff and as Assistant Chief of Staff for Support at the Joint Staff.

From 2003 until 2005 he was the Military Assistant to the Chief of the Air Staff.

Brigadier General Vetter commanded Luftwaffe Maintenance Regiment 2 in Diepholz from 2005 until 2007 and served as the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Bundeswehr Logistics Centre in 2009. From May 2013 until December 2013 he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Support in ISAF Regional Command North, Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan.

Brigadier General Vetter holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Bundeswehr University Munich. He attended the German General Staff Officers Course at the Federal Armed Forces Command and General Staff Academy in Hamburg. He is a member of the Royal College of Defence Studies in London and a graduate from the Defence Resources Management Institute/ United States Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey/ California.

In April 2017 he will become the Chief of Staff of the newly established Bundeswehr Cyber and Information Command.

Major General Flem B. “Donnie” Walker Jr., currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM). A native of Clay County Alabama, he is a 1987 graduate of Auburn University where he received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps in 1987.

MG Walker’s initial assignment was in the 407th Supply and Transport Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC. He served as Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer in the Headquarters Supply Company and Charlie Forward Support Company from June 1988 to May 1991. He deployed with the battalion in support of Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm and finished the remainder of his tour in the 82d Airborne Division as the 407th Battalion S1.

MG Walker’s next assignment was with the 706th Main Support Battalion, 6th Infantry Division (Light) at Fort Wainwright, Alaska from March 1992 to December 1995 where he served as the Battalion S2/S3 Operations Officer and Company Commander of Alpha Supply and Transport Company.

Upon completion of CGSC in 1998, MG Walker reported to the 101st Division Support Command (DISCOM), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, KY. There he served as the DISCOM S4 and 526th Forward Support Battalion (FSB) Executive Officer. MG Walker later served as Aide-de-Camp to the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, VA from May 2000 to June 2001. MG Walker then transitioned to the Joint Staff J-4 in 2001 as an Action Officer in the Mobility Division and Joint Logistics Operations Center during the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and the initial stages of Operation NOBLE EAGLE and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.

In July 2003 MG Walker reported to the 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Schofield Barracks Hawaii where he served as Battalion Commander of the 225th FSB for two years and Division G-4 for one year. During his tenure of command the 225th FSB completed 13 months of combat operations in Iraq while deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM II.

In 2006, MG Walker served as Director, Maintenance and Logistics Division, Center for Strategic Leadership at Carlisle Barracks, PA. The following year he was a resident student of the U.S. Army War College class of 2008. Upon graduation, MG Walker assumed command of the 1st Sustainment Brigade at Fort Riley, Kansas in February 2009 after serving several months as Chief of Staff for the 1st Infantry Division. He deployed the 1SB to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait from April 2010 to March 2011 in support of the transition from Operation IRAQI FREEDOM to Operation NEW DAWN.

Following brigade command, MG Walker was assigned to Redstone Arsenal, AL where he served as the Executive Officer to the Deputy Commanding General of Army Materiel Command from July 2011 until August 2012. He then served as the Director for the Strategy and Integration Directorate, G-45/7, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 from September 2012 until June 2013.

MG Walker assumed command of the 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) from June 2013 until August 2015. While in command, he served as Commanding General, 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and 1st Theater Sustainment Command (Forward- Afghanistan) from April to December 2014. In August 2015 he relinquished command of the ESC and assumed the duties as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 U.S. Forces Command.

MG Walker holds two Master’s Degrees in Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology and Military Arts and Sciences from the U.S. Army War College. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, and Army Achievement Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He has also earned the Senior Parachutist, Air Assault, Parachute Rigger, and Joint Staff Identification Badges.

MG Walker is married to the former Hope McLeroy. They have three children; daughters Hannah and Holly, and son Trey.

Major General Eric J. Wesley Commanding General, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence

Major General Eric Wesley is currently serving as the Commanding General, Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Georgia.

MG Wesley was commissioned as an Armor Officer from the United States Military Academy in 1986. He began his career as a Tank Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader, and Battalion Logistics Officer in 2-70 Armor of the 1st Armored Division in Germany. In May 1991, he was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas where he commanded a tank company in 1-34 Armor until Dec 1993. He then spent three and a half years with the United States Army Special Operations Command, and deployed in support of operations in Bosnia.

In June of 1998, he was assigned to the 2nd Brigade of the 3d Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia, where he served as a Battalion and Brigade Operations Officer and the Brigade Executive Officer. In September 2002, he deployed with 2nd Brigade to Operation Desert Spring in Kuwait, followed by Operation Iraqi Freedom, where 2nd Brigade led the 3rd Infantry Division's attack into Baghdad. Upon redeployment, he led the staff effort to move the division to a modular organization.

MG Wesley returned to Fort Riley in June of 2004 and assumed command of a tank battalion, the 1st Battalion, 13th Armor. He deployed the "13th Tank" back to Iraq for combat operations in Baghdad from January 2005 to January 2006. Upon relinquishing command, he remained at Fort Riley serving as the Operations Officer of the 1st Infantry Division until June of 2007. One year later, he returned to the Big Red One and assumed command of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. After command, he deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan where he served as the Chief of Future Operations for the International Security Assistance Force. He then served for two years in the White House on the National Security Council as the Director for Afghanistan-Pakistan Policy. He later returned to Afghanistan where he was the Director for Plans, ISAF Joint Command in Afghanistan. He later served as the Deputy Commanding General (Support) for the 1st Infantry Division. He most recently served on the Army Staff as G8, Deputy PAE.

MG Wesley's military education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course, the Armor Officer Advanced Course, and the Command and General Staff College. He is a graduate of the National War College, earning a Master's Degree in National Security Strategy. Eric also holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from Troy State University.

His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Joint Service Commendation Medal. He has also earned the Combat Action Badge, the Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger Tab.

Douglas K. Wiltsie Director Army Rapid Capabilities Office Mr. Doug Wiltsie was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in June 2008. Effective 31 August 2016, Mr. Wiltsie assumed his current duties as Director, Army Rapid Capabilities Office. In this position, he is responsible for expediting the fielding of critical combat capabilities to the warfighter and enhancing materiel responses to meet Combatant Commanders’ needs. Mr. Wiltsie leads the Army Rapid Capabilities Office mission to rapidly develop, acquire, integrate and equip selected capabilities; implement streamlined acquisition methods, processes and techniques; and act as an agent of change by challenging traditional approaches. Mr. Wiltsie also continues to oversee the System of Systems Engineering and Integration (SoSE&I) Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology). SoSE&I is responsible for providing coordinated system of systems analysis, engineering, architectural and integration products to facilitate how the Army efficiently shapes, manages, validates and synchronizes the fielding of integrated materiel capabilities. Mr. Wiltsie previously served as the Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems, where his responsibilities included program management of more than 60 Department of Defense and Army acquisition programs supporting communications, logistics, medical, finance, personnel, biometrics, training and procurement operations. Prior to his role at PEO EIS, Mr. Wiltsie was the Deputy Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) from June 2008 to October 2011, and the Assistant Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology from June 2004 to May 2008. Mr. Wiltsie, a native of Charleston, S.C., holds an M.S. in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a recipient of the Meritorious Civilian Service Award and has twice been awarded the Superior Civilian Service Award and the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service. He is a recipient of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Level III certification in Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering and Program Management, and he is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps.

U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command 3071 Aberdeen Boulevard Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 www.army.mil/rdecom

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Major General Cedric T. Wins Commanding General

Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins serves as commanding general of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. RDECOM has the mission to provide innovative research, development and engineering to produce capabilities that provide decisive overmatch to the Army against the complexities of the current and future operating environments in support of the Joint Warfighter and the Nation.

Wins graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and was commissioned in the Field Artillery in July 1985. He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Command and Gen- eral Staff College, and the National War College. He holds a master’s degree in management from the Florida Institute of Technology and master’s degree Battalion, 21st Infantry (Light); Program Executive in national security and strategic studies from the Officer, Joint Program Executive Office – Afghanistan National War College. Public Protection Force, Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Free- Before his assignment as RDECOM commander, dom; and Deputy Commander, Police, North Atlantic Wins served as Director, Force Development in the Treaty Organization Training Mission – Afghanistan/ Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8. During his Combined Security Transition Command – Afghani- 30 years of service, Wins has held leadership and stan, Operation Enduring Freedom. staff assignments in the 7th Infantry Division (Light), Fort Ord, California; the 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth His awards and badges include the Distinguished United States Army, Korea; Headquarters Depart- Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Med- ment of the Army and the Joint Staff, The Pentagon; al, the Legion of Merit (with One Oak Leaf Cluster), the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Strate- the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious gic Planning, J-8, U.S. Special Operations Command, Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (with MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; and the Requirement One Oak Leaf Cluster), the Joint Service Commen- Integration Directorate, Army Capabilities Integration dation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (with Center, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Two Oak Leaf Clusters), the Joint Service Achieve- ment Medal, the Army Achievement Medal (with His deployments include Task Force Sinai, Multi- One Oak Leaf Cluster) and Parachutist Badge, Joint national Force and Observers, Egypt, Operations Of- Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge and Army Staff ficers, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Identification Badge.

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Lieutenant General Larry Wyche Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command / Redstone Arsenal Senior Commander

Lieutenant General Larry Wyche assumed duties as the Deputy Commanding General of the United States Army Materiel Command on April 10, 2015, one of the Army’s largest commands with 64,000 employees impacting all 50 states and 155 countries.

In this position, Lieutenant General Wyche also serves as the Senior Commander of Redstone Arsenal; the Executive Director for Conventional Ammunition; the Executive Director for Explosives Safety; and the Chief Operating Officer for the Department of the Army Depot Maintenance Corporate Board. Lieutenant General Wyche began his career in the enlisted ranks and achieved the rank of sergeant while serving as a Cavalry Scout leader. He previously served as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) and the Sustainment Center of Excellence at Fort Lee, Virginia responsible for the education of the Army’s Sustainment Warfighting Function through the development and integration of concepts, doctrine, capabilities and training of Soldiers and civilians.

His previous assignments included serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/4, U.S. Army Materiel Command. Lieutenant General Wyche also served as the Commanding General of the Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command/Joint Munitions Command, responsible for the lifecycle management of $40 billion of conventional ammunitions and included a workforce of more than 10,000 employees and Soldiers with depots, arsenals, and ammunition plants in 19 locations.

While serving as a Brigade Commander, Lieutenant General Wyche deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, where he simultaneously served as Commander of the Joint Logistics Command, Combined Joint Task Force 76, responsible for logistical support to Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, and Sailors in Afghanistan. He has served in numerous staff positions to include Chief, Initiatives Group, and later as Chief, Focused Logistics in the Force Development Directorate of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Director, Strategy and Integration in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics at the Pentagon.

Lieutenant General Wyche received his commission as a Quartermaster officer from Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi ROTC and graduated in 1983 earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He later earned masters degrees in Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology and National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Legion of Merit Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Bronze Star Medal; Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters; Joint Service Achievement Medal; Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Global War on Terrorism Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; and the Humanitarian Service Medal. He also earned the Parachutist Badge and the Air Assault Badge.

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Jim Young BIO

Jim Young is the DoD Manager on the Google for Work Team focusing on platform innovation. His background includes six years with the Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T) at CIA where he received two Exceptional Performance Awards for sustained excellence. Before joining Google, Jim lead Websense's DoD and IC business to help protect military networks. Jim also worked for the Walt Disney Compay, EMC focused on large-scale ISR data systems, and several start-up companies focusing on bringing new, innovative capabilities to the DoD for information visualization and big data management.

He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in International Studies with an emphasis on National Security. Jim attended graduate-level courses at University of Virginia focusing on employee motivation in the federal workforce, and at RAND Corporation focusing on Defense Analysis in the 21st Century.

A former professional tennis player and endurance athlete, Jim played tennis 34 hours in a row, completed 10,000 sit ups in a row, and lifted 2000 pounds in a single leg press to raise money for charity.