SYMPOSIUM & EXPOSITION GLOBAL FORCE A Professional Development Forum
26–28 MARCH 2019 Von Braun Center | Huntsville, Alabama
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Association of the United States Army GLOBAL FORCE SYMPOSIUM AND EXPOSITION A Professional Development Forum
“Readiness for Multi-Domain Operations”
26-28 March 2019 Von Braun Center Huntsville, Alabama
NOTE: All participants/speakers/times are subject to change All events are in the Mark C. Smith Concert Hall, unless otherwise identified
Monday, 25 March 2019
1300 – 1700 REGISTRATION – South Hall Foyer
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
0700 – 1800 REGISTRATION – South Hall Foyer 1000 – 1800 EXHIBIT HALLS OPEN – South and East Halls
0700 – 0800 COFFEE SERVICE
0800 – 0805 PRESENTATION OF COLORS Alabama A&M University ROTC
0805 – 0810 SYMPOSIUM ADMINISTRATION, SAFETY, SECURITY Michael M. Scanlan Senior Director, Meetings Association of the United States Army
0810 - 0815 INTRODUCTION/WELCOME GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President Association of the United States Army
0815 - 0900 KEYNOTE SPEAKER The Honorable Ryan D. McCarthy Under Secretary of the Army United States Army 1 Agenda as of 3.19.19
0900 - 0915 SPEAKER GEN John M. Murray Commanding General United States Army Futures Command
0915 - 1030 PANEL DISCUSSION – ARMY FUTURES COMMAND Multi-Domain Operations: Adapting to the Changing Character of War
Panel Chair: LTG Eric J. Wesley Deputy Commanding General Futures/Director Army Futures Concept Center
Panel Moderator: Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr. Deputy Editor Breaking Defense
Panel Members: GEN Robert B. Brown Commanding General United States Army Pacific
David E. Johnson, Ph.D. Principal Researcher RAND Corporation
Stephen Rodriguez Managing Partner One Defense
1000 - 1100 ARMY CIVILIAN CAREER PRESENTATIONS – ARMY BOOTH, 919 The Future of Army Logistics Information – Improving Readiness at a Lower Cost (CPs 13, 17, 24)
1000 – 1600 INNOVATORS CORNER – EAST HALL
1030 - 1100 REFRESHMENT BREAK – Exhibit Halls
1030 - 1330 DEDICATED EXHIBIT HALL HOURS/LUNCH (Lunch on own, concessions available in the Arena)
2 Agenda as of 3.19.19
1110 – 1640 WARRIORS CORNER – ARMY BOOTH, 919
1130 – 1300 NCO BROWN BAG LUNCH – North Hall, Salon 3 Hosted By: SMA Ken Preston United States Army Retired Vice President, NCO and Soldier Programs Association of the United States Army
CSM Troy Welch United States Army Retired Director, NCO and Soldier Programs Association of the United States Army
SGM Norma Helsham United States Army Retired Communications and Social Media Program Manager NCO & Soldier Programs Association of the United States Army
1330 - 1340 TECH TEN PRESENTATION Marquis Cabrera Global Leader of Digital Government Transformation IBM
1330 – 1430 ARMY CIVILIAN CAREER PRESENTATION – ARMY BOOTH, 919 Challenges and Opportunities for Engineers/Scientists in Army Modernization (CP 16)
1345 - 1400 Speaker LTG Theodore D. Martin Deputy Commanding General / Chief of Staff United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
1400 – 1515 PANEL DISCUSSION – U.S. ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND Modernizing Accessions
Panel Chair: LTG Theodore D. Martin Deputy Commanding General / Chief of Staff United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
3 Agenda as of 3.19.19
Panel Moderator: LTG Mick Bednarek United States Army Retired Vice President, Contingency Operations Fluor Government Group Fluor Corporation
Panel Members: HON Eugene “Casey” Wardynski Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower & Reserve Affairs
MG Frank M. Muth Commanding General United States Army Recruiting Command
CSM Timothy A. Guden Command Sergeant Major United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Brigadier David Colthup Director of Operations Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command British Army
1515 - 1545 REFRESHMENT BREAK – Exhibit Halls
1700 - 1800 OPENING RECEPTION– Exhibit Halls
1700 - AUSA REDSTONE – HUNTSVILLE CHAPTER YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SOCIAL Yellowhammer Brewery’s Lost Highway Bierhall
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
0700 – 1730 REGISTRATION – South Hall Foyer 1000 – 1730 EXHIBIT HALLS OPEN – South and East Halls
0700 – 0800 COFFEE SERVICE
0800 – 0805 OPENING REMARKS GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President Association of the United States Army
4 Agenda as of 3.19.19
0805 – 0845 KEYNOTE SPEAKER GEN Robert B. Brown Commanding General United States Army Pacific
0850 - 0905 SPEAKER GEN Gustave F. Perna Commanding General United States Army Materiel Command
0905 - 1020 PANEL DISCUSSION – ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND Operationalizing the Strategic Support Area in Support of Multi-Domain Operations
Panel Chair: LTG Edward Daly Deputy Commanding General United States Army Materiel Command
Panel Moderator: LTG David Halverson United States Army Retired Chief Executive Officer Cypress International, Inc.
Panel Members: LTG Bradley Becker Commanding General United States Army Installation Management Command
LTG Aundre Piggee Deputy Chief of Staff United States Army, G-4
Alan Estevez Specialist Executive Deloitte Consulting LLP
W. Jordan Gillis Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations, Energy and Environment
1000 - 1100 ARMY CIVILIAN CAREER PRESENTATION – ARMY BOOTH, 919 Talent Management and Army Contracting – Building Competency, Capability and Capacity (CP 14)
1000 – 1530 INNOVATORS CORNER – EAST HALL
5 Agenda as of 3.19.19
1020 - 1030 PRESENTATION OF THE 2018 ARMY ATHLETES AND COACH OF THE YEAR LTG Guy C. Swan United States Army Retired Vice President, Education Association of the United States Army
Peter Murphy, Jr. United States Army Retired
1030 - 1100 REFRESHMENT BREAK – Exhibit Halls
1030 - 1330 DEDICATED EXHIBIT HALL HOURS/LUNCH (Lunch on own, concessions available in the Arena)
1045 – 1200 Your Money, Your Future: Defending Derailments North Hall, Salon 3
1110 – 1610 WARRIORS CORNER – ARMY BOOTH, 919
1330 – 1340 TECH TEN PRESENTATION Josh Wilson Vice President of Advanced Analytics LMI
1330 – 1430 ARMY CIVILIAN CAREER PRESENTATION – ARMY BOOTH, 919 Maximizing Workforce Talent for the Future (SMDC)
1340 - 1355 SPEAKER LTG Laura Richardson Deputy Commanding General United States Army Forces Command
1355 – 1510 PANEL DISCUSSION – U.S. ARMY FORCES COMMAND Combat Readiness for Multi-Domain Operations
Panel Chair: LTG Laura Richardson Deputy Commanding General United States Army Forces Command
Panel Moderator: LTG Sean B. MacFarland United States Army Retired Senior Fellow Association of the United States Army
6 Agenda as of 3.19.19
Panel Members: GEN Robert B. Brown Commanding General United States Army Pacific
MG James J. Mingus Commanding General 82d Airborne Division United States Army
MG Glenn Curtis The Adjutant General, Louisiana President, Adjutants General Association of the United States
Bruce E. Stanley, Ph.D. Professor Army School of Advanced Military Studies
MajGen Felix Gedney Deputy Commanding General III Corps
1510 - 1540 REFRESHMENT BREAK – Exhibit Halls
1520 – 1730 DEDICATED EXHIBIT HALL HOURS/WARRIORS CORNER/INNOVATOR’S CORNER
1800 – 2000 ROCKET CITY BASH (Ticketed Event) – Space & Rocket Center
Thursday, 28 March 2019
0700 - 1300 REGISTRATION – South Hall Foyer 1000 – 1300 EXHIBIT HALLS OPEN – South and East Halls
0700 - 0800 COFFEE SERVICE
0800 – 0805 OPENING REMARKS LTG Patricia McQuistion United States Army Retired Vice President, Meetings & Membership Association of the United States Army
0805 - 0845 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Forging the Future Army LTG Eric J. Wesley Deputy Commanding General Futures/Director Army Futures Concept Center 7 Agenda as of 3.19.19
0845 - 0855 TECH TEN PRESENTATION Billy Meadow Chief Technology Officer LocatorX, Inc.
0855 – 0910 SPEAKER Jeffrey White Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
0910 - 1030 PANEL DISCUSSION – ASA (ALT) Contracting, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology for Integrated Reform
Panel Chair: Jeffrey White Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
Panel Moderator: MG Jim Rogers United States Army Retired Vice President, Army Programs Integration Lockheed Martin Government Affairs
Panel Members: Alexis L. Ross, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Strategic and Acquisition Reform
Stuart Hazlett Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement) (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
James McAleese Principal and Owner McAleese & Associates, P.C.
Andy Hove President & Chief Executive Officer AM General, LLC
0900 – 1030 ROTC / FUTURE SOLDIERS PANEL – North Hall COL Bob English United States Army Retired Executive Director John Maxwell Team
8 Agenda as of 3.19.19
Andrew Hugine, Jr., Ph.D. President Alabama A&M University
COL John Olshefski United States Army Retired Vice President Public Relations Huntsville Utilities
CSM Rodger Mansker Command Sergeant Major United States Army Materiel Command
LTC Mike Izzo Alabama National Guard Huntsville Police Department
Cadet William Nichols Bulldog Battalion Alabama A&M University
1030 - 1045 ANNOUNCEMENT OF XTECHSEARCH WINNERS/FINALISTS Jeffrey White Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
1045 - 1100 CLOSING REMARKS GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President Association of the United States Army
1100 - 1130 REFRESHMENT BREAK – Exhibit Halls
1100 - 1330 Lunch Concessions Available in Arena
1230 – 1330 ROTC / FUTURE SOLDIERS LUNCHEON (Ticketed Event) – North Hall GEN Gustave F. Perna Commanding General United States Army Materiel Command
1300 DEPARTURE
9 Agenda as of 3.19.19
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.
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! "#$%& '($)01&' 2 341& 2$567"#$568997%& '($698 General John M. Murray Commanding General, Army Futures Command General Murray was commissioned as an Infantry officer in the U.S. Army upon graduation from the Ohio State University in 1982. Throughout his career, General Murray has served in leadership positions and commanded from Company through Division, with various staff assignments at the highest levels of the Army. General Murray has held numerous command positions. His command assignments include: Commanding General Joint Task Force-3; Deputy Commanding General – Support for U.S. Forces Afghanistan; Commander Bagram Airfield; Commanding General 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia; Commander, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, at Fort Hood, Texas while serving in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM; Commander, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Commander, C Company, 1-12th Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, Colorado.
Previously, he was the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, in the Pentagon; Director, Force Management, the Pentagon; Assistant Deputy Director for Joint Training, J-7, Joint Staff, Suffolk, Virginia; Director, Joint Center for Operational Analysis, United States Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Virginia; Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), Multi-National Division-Baghdad OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq; G-3 (Operations), III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief of Staff, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas; C-3, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq; G-3 (Operations), 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Chief, Space Control Protection Section, J-33, United States Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado; S- 3(Operations), later Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, Plans, G-1, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas.
General Murray’s awards and decorations include: the Distinguished Service Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Ranger Tab, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge. General Murray hails from Kenton, Ohio. He and his wife, Jane, have three lovely daughters and seven grandchildren. Lieutenant General Eric J. Wesley Deputy Commanding General, Futures/Director, ARCIC
LTG Eric Wesley is currently serving as Deputy Commanding General, Futures / Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. LTG 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 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 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 1st Battalion, 34th Armor, until Dec 1993. He then spent three and a half years with the United States Army Special Operations Command during which he deployed in support of OPERATION JOINT GUARD/ENDEAVOR in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In June of 1998, he was assigned to the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd 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 (OIF) 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. LTG Wesley returned to Fort Riley in June 2004 and assumed command of a tank battalion, the 1st Battalion, 13th Armor. He deployed the “13th Tank” back to Iraq conducting combat operations in Baghdad in support of OIF 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 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 serving as Chief of Current Plans for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. 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 Future Plans for ISAF Joint Command in Afghanistan. He then served as the Deputy Commanding General (Support) for the 1st Infantry Division followed by duty on the Army Staff as the Deputy Director for Program Analysis and Evaluation (PAE) for the Army G8. Most recently LTG Wesley served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Georgia. LTG Wesley’s military education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course, the Armor Officer Advanced Course, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He is a graduate of the National War College, earning a Master’s Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. LTG Wesley 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. LTG Wesley and his wife Cynthia have three children: Tyler, Austin and Meredith.
Sydney J. Freedberg Jr Deputy Editor, Breaking Defense
Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. is the deputy editor for Breaking Defense. During his 13 years at National Journal magazine, he wrote his first story about what became known as "homeland security" in 1998, his first story about "military transformation" in 1999, and his first story on "asymmetrical warfare" in 2000. Since 2004 he has conducted in-depth interviews with more than 200 veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq about their experiences, insights, and lessons-learned, writing stories that won awards from the association of Military Reporters & Editors in 2008 and 2009, as well as an honorable mention in 2010.
Sydney graduated summa cum laude from Harvard and holds masters' degrees from Cambridge and Georgetown.
HEADQUARTERS, U. S. ARMY PACIFIC (USARPAC) FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII
BIOGRAPHY Robert B. Brown GENERAL Commanding General
General Robert B. Brown assumed command of the United States Army's largest Service Component command, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), April 30, 2016. The command is headquartered at Fort Shafter, Hawaii with portions of the command-forward deployed and based throughout the Indo-Pacific. USARPAC's 106,000 Active, Reserve Soldiers and Department of the Army Civilians support the nation's strategic objectives and commitment to the region.
Prior to this assumption of command, General Brown most recently served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he led the synchronization of education; leader development; training support & development; and the development and integration of the doctrine the U.S. Army uses to fight and win our Nation's wars.
During various times during his service, General Brown has served twelve years with units focused on the Indo-Asia Pacific region, including Commanding General, I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord; Deputy Commanding General of the 25th Infantry Division including a second deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom; Training & Exercises Director J7, United States Pacific Command (USPACOM); Executive Assistant to the Pacific Command Commander; Plans Officer, United States Army Pacific (USARPAC); and Commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division including a deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
General Brown was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry from the United States Military Academy in May 1981, and has served in many leadership positions from platoon to Corps, including as Platoon Leader and Company Commander in mechanized infantry units at Fort Carson, Colorado; Battalion Commander of 2-5 Cavalry, a mechanized infantry battalion at Fort Hood, Texas including a deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina in support of OPERATION JOINT FORGE; and Commanding General of the Maneuver Center of Excellence (Infantry and Armor Forces) and Fort Benning, Georgia.
General Brown has also served in numerous staff positions including: Assistant Professor of Military Science and Deputy Director, Center of Enhanced Performance, United States Military Academy; Plans Officer at USARPAC; Operations Officer, Executive Officer and Chief, G-3 Training in the 25th Infantry Division including a deployment in support of OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY in Haiti; Personnel Assignment Officer in Human Resources Command; Aide-de-Camp/Assistant Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff, Army; Plans Officer in the Department of the Army G-3/5/7; a Program Analyst in the Dominant Maneuver Assessment Division, Joint Staff (J8); Executive Assistant to the U.S. Pacific Command Commander and Director, J-7 (Training and Exercises) at USPACOM; and Chief of Staff United States Army Europe (USAREUR) / Deputy Commanding General U.S. Army NATO.
His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters), the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters) and the Army Achievement Medal. He has earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
General Brown holds a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Education from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategic Studies (Distinguished Graduate) from National Defense University. Dr. David Johnson is a Principal Researcher at the RAND Corporation. His work focuses on military innovation, land warfare, joint 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’s Strategic Studies Group.
Before joining RAND, he served as a vice president at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) following a twenty-four year career in the US 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.
Dr. Johnson’s work has been featured 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 chief of staff of the British Army, the Royal Australian Air Force chief of staff, and the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence. He has served as a member of the Maneuver and the Fires Centers of Excellence Advisory Boards, and as a consultant to the U.S. Defense Science Board and the US Army Science Board. In 2018 he was named to the National Board of the U.S. Field Artillery Association.
He has MA and PhD degrees in history from Duke University. He also has an MMAS from the U.S. Command and General Staff College, an MS from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 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
The Challenges of the “Now” and Their Implications for the U.S. Army
Shared Problems: The Lessons of AirLand Battle and the 31 Initiatives for Multi-Domain Battle
Doing What You Know: The United States and 250 Years of Irregular War
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Stephen Rodriguez
Stephen Rodriguez is the Founding Partner of One Defense, a next generation national security enterprise that leverages machine learning to identify advanced software and hardware commercial capabilities and accelerate their transition into the defense industrial base. He has also served as a Venture Partner supporting the above-market venture portfolio performance of multiple New York and Washington DC venture capital firms.
Mr. Rodriguez began his career at Booz Allen Hamilton shortly before 9/11 supporting their National Security practice. In his capacity as an expert on game theoretic applications, he supported the United States Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security as a lead architect for the Thor’s Hammer, Schriever II/III and Cyber Storm wargames. He subsequently was a Vice President at a artificial intelligence company (Sentia Group) and served as Chief Marketing Officer for an international defense corporation (NCL Holdings).
Mr. Rodriguez serves as a Board Director or Board Advisor of seven venture-backed companies (Duco, HighSide, ODL Services, Omelas, Uniken, Vantage Robotics, and WarOnTheRocks) as well as four non-profit organizations (CENSA, Daniel Morgan Graduate School, Public Spend Forum, and Training Leaders International). He is also Senior Advisor at the Atlantic Council and the Senior Innovation Advisor at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Mr. Rodriguez received his B.B.A degree from Texas A&M University and an M.A. degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He is published in Foreign Policy, WarOnTheRocks, National Review, and RealClearDefense. Notably, his graduate thesis on conflict resolution in the Caucasus resulted in an invitation to join incoming Secretary of Defense Robert Gates transition team in late 2006.
Mr. Rodriguez resides in Washington D.C. with his wife, Laura, a venture capitalist with Bulldog Innovation Group and their children, Fletcher and Violet. AUSA GF Tech Ten – IBM
Speaker:
Marquis Cabrera, IBM Global Leader of Digital Government Transformation
Topic:
"Cognitive government transformation with industry, startups and design studios: a model for digital defense"
Abstract:
Establishing a culture and community of innovation is hard, especially in a highly regulated environment. How will the Army Futures Command work best with industry, startups, and civil society to implement emerging technologies, like Blockchain, to protect our citizens, soldiers, and national security? During this session, we will show you how we have brought together ecosystems to discuss ethical AI, how to build open source intelligence applications, and enable Army Veterans a platform to globally commercialize their Blockchain ventures.
Speaker Bio:
Marquis Cabrera is IBM's Global Leader of Digital Government Transformation. He is also Head of Government and Education Garage for Europe and North America, where he has led the development of open source emergency resilience, defense & intelligence, and Blockchain solutions for global governments and NATO. He has advised senior government officials in Switzerland, Singapore, Ghana, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Dubai and U.S. on systems transformation strategy, new asset creation, and how to integrate new technologies (i.e. Blockchain).
In his time with IBM, he developed Dubai's AI Lab Roadmap, educated NYC government officials on how to use Blockchain to decrease homelessness, led whole-of-government cloud hosting in Australia, persuaded South African government officials to white label government services to increase youth entrepreneurship, and successfully lead IBM to get on the California agile contract vehicle (ADPQ) to qualify for a billion dollars worth of opportunities. Marquis also prepared a memo on cognitive citizen services for the IBM CEO Ginni Rometty when she met with the White House Office of American Office of Innovation, and he recently authored: "A two-front battle: How governments can prevail in the face of the global skills crisis" (IBM Institute for Business Value).
Prior to joining IBM, he was CEO of Foster Skills, a social enterprise that focused on citizen-driven social innovation. He also founded two startups: RateMyFosterHome.com, a first mover in public sector customer experience metrics; and Physiocare.io, an upstart Uberizing physical therapy. Marquis has coached 100s of startups, including BlackStartup, nuEX, Harper Lei, and Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger's startup Infobitt. He was a "Shark" for South Africa's Small Business Incubation Awards, a jury member for Oman Sultan Qaboos Excellence in eGovernment Awards, and IBM's lead in the Global Citi T4I Tech for Integrity Challenge, which incubated 1000s of startups.
Marquis was a plenary speaker at the White House, Global Blockchain Forum, CMU Women Hackathon, Canada HIMSS Innovation Day, European Connected Health Alliance, Harvard Law School, International Monetary Fund, Boston Children's Hospital Grand Round, United Way Youth Venture, and his TEDx talk at Columbia University on 'How To Build a Social Enterprise' received 40,000+ views. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services invited him as a Top 15 U.S. Social Entrepreneur to advise them on how to apply social enterprise models to TANF. He has been featured in Reuters, NPR, Sydney Herald, and Forbes. Marquis has a column, Hacking Government, with CIO.com and blogs for The Huffington Post. He has interviewed world innovators, including Denmark's Tech Ambassador Casper Klygne, USDS Administrator Matt Cutts, and Code for America's CEO Jen Pahlka, CEO of the Oman Technology Fund Yousuf Al Harthy, and well-renowned Cryptoinvestor Miko Matsumura.
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Lieutenant General Mick Bednarek (U.S. Army, Retired) is the Vice President of Contingency Operations (CONOPS) for Fluor Government Group. As such, he directs the Group’s Contingency Operations business line providing scalable, rapid response contingency logistics, life support services, and construction for military, humanitarian, and disaster-response missions worldwide. Presently, he directs projects in fifteen countries under various U.S. Government contracts, including the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP), Air Force Contract Augmentation Program (AFCAP), and Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance (FEMA PA).
Mick joined Fluor Corporation in September 2017 as the Government Group’s Director of LOGCAP Afghanistan until selected for his current position in November 2018. In that role, he led Fluor’s LOGCAP team of over 6,500 personnel providing logistics, life support services, and operations & maintenance support to U.S. military forces operating at eleven sites throughout northern Afghanistan.
LTG Bednarek retired from the U.S. Army in 2015 after nearly 40 years of military service. For his last military assignment, he served 26 months as the Senior Defense Official in Iraq and Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation in Baghdad.
Mick has served in a wide variety of senior command and staff positions in the United States, Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific. He has commanded at every echelon, from company to Army level, including the 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks Hawaii, and Commanding General, First Army, Rock Island, Illinois. His military education includes the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, U.S. Army War College, and multiple senior level executive development courses in strategic planning, personnel management, and organizational design.
Prior to joining Fluor, Mick consulted in strategic leadership development and values-based business performance solutions for several corporate businesses and not for profit organizations ranging from foreign policy think tanks to defense contracting. He also served as a Highly-Qualified Expert – Senior Mentor for the Department of Defense Joint Staff strategic leader advanced education programs.
Mr. Bednarek holds a M.S. in Personnel Management from Troy State University and a B.S. in Biology from Old Dominion University.
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) designs, builds and maintains many of the world’s most challenging and complex projects. Through its global network of offices on six continents, the company provides comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and project management. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Fluor is a FORTUNE 200 company. For more information, visit www.fluor.com.
November 2018
Dr. E. Casey Wardynski Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower & Reserve Affairs
Dr. E. Casey Wardynski was confirmed by the United States Senate on 2 January, 2019. He assumed duties as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (ASA (M&RA)) on 16 January 2019. As Assistant Secretary, he is responsible for the supervision of manpower, personnel and Reserve Component affairs for the Department of the Army and is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Army for policy and performance oversight of human resources, training, readiness, mobilization, military health affairs, force structure, manpower management, equal opportunity, equal employment opportunity, marketing and other critical matters.
Prior to assuming duties as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Wardynski served as the CFO and then CEO of FISH Technologies, an industry leader in the marketing event technology field.
Between 2010 and 2016 Wardynski worked as the CFO of Aurora Colorado Public Schools and Superintendent of Huntsville Alabama City Schools. During his five years with Huntsville City Schools, he transformed a $19M deficit into a more than $30M operating surplus and raised graduation rates from 66 to 88 percent. During his tenure the school system partnered with Army Cyber Command to further cyber education and implemented a cyber-security curriculum. In 2015 Huntsville City Schools became one of seven National Cyber Security Centers of Excellence.
During his thirty-year Army career, Wardynski served as a Special Weapons Officer in Germany, the United States and Korea. He served for ten years as an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy and as the Director of the U.S. Army’s Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis (OEMA). As OEMA Director, Wardynski provided policy analysis and led policy execution for senior Army leaders in areas ranging from marketing to officer retention to talent management. He created the award-winning America’s Army game, through which millions of young adults virtually explore Soldiering in the U.S. Army, and the Virtual Army Experience which became the foundation for Army engagement at live events. Wardynski developed the pre-commissioning Career Satisfaction Program (branch, post and graduate school for service), and co-authored the Strategic Studies Institute series Towards an Officer Corps Strategy for Success which serves as a starting point for Army talent management.
Wardynski is a 1980 graduate of the United States Military Academy. He holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Policy Analysis from the Frederick S. Pardee Rand Graduate School.
Known as a tech-savvy thought leader and change manager as a Superintendent, Wardynski is a recipient of the National Award for Merit from the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of America and was selected by the Alabama Council of PTAs as the 2012 Outstanding Superintendent. Under his leadership, the Virtual Army Experience won the Gold and Silver Effie in 2009 and the Bronze Jay Chiat Award for Strategic Experience from the American Association of Advertising Agencies. Among his military awards and decorations are the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit and four Meritorious Service Medals.
Wardynski and Susan, his wife of thirty-four years, raised three children, two who now serve in the Army and one in the Coast Guard. Following the loss of Susan, Wardynski married Karen Lee, a leader in the treatment of adolescent behavioral health issues. Together Wardynski and Karen have six adult children.
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Command Sergeant Major Timothy A. Guden
Command Sergeant Major U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Fort Eustis, Virginia
Command Sergeant Major Timothy A. Guden assumed the responsibilities as Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Eustis, Virginia, on July 13, 2018. Command Sergeant Major Guden is a native of Medford, Wisconsin, and enlisted in the Army on July 28, 1987. He completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Throughout his career, he has held numerous leadership positions ranging from team leader to brigade command sergeant major in Signal, Cavalry, Aviation, Intelligence, Armor and Infantry units. He served as the brigade operations Sergeant major for the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; the battalion command sergeant major for 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment; and the command sergeant major for the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Command Sergeant Major Guden then served as the brigade command sergeant major for the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. Command Sergeant Major Guden subsequently served as the command sergeant major of the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, from August 2012 to March 2014, and as the command sergeant major of the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Georgia, from March 2014 to May 2015. Following that, he served as the command sergeant major of the Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and the U.S Army Military District of Washington from June 2015 to July 2016. Prior to assuming duties as the TRADOC Command Sergeant Major, Guden served as command sergeant major of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from August 2016 to June 2018. Command Sergeant Major Guden has served two year-long overseas assignments in both Korea and Panama. His stateside assignments include Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Fort Bliss, Texas, Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Benning, Georgia, Fort McNair, Washington D.C., and West Point, New York. His combat deployments include four tours in Iraq, one tour in Afghanistan and one tour in the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Command Sergeant Major Guden has attended the Battle Staff Course, the First Sergeant Course, and the Drill Sergeant Course along with all levels of the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development System. His awards and decorations include the Presidential Unit Citation, the Valorous Unit Award (with two oak leaf clusters), the Meritorious Unit Award (with one oak leaf cluster), the Army Superior Unit Award, both the Combat and Expert Infantryman Badges, and the Ranger Tab.
(Current as of July 2018)
Brigadier E D Colthup
Director Operations Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command
Brigadier David Colthup was commissioned into the Green Howards in 1989 and spent time as a platoon commander with the 1st Battalion while a part of 24 Airmobile Brigade. This included tours in the First Gulf War and Northern Ireland. He was subsequently a platoon commander at the King’s Division Depot training recruits and then a company second in command. From 1994 to 1995 he was ADC to Field Marshal Inge when the latter was Chief of the Defence Staff. Following a short period exploring some unfulfilling opportunities outside the Army, he re-joined in 1996, soon afterwards becoming Adjutant of the 1st Battalion in the Armoured Infantry role in Germany.
He attended the Defence Technology Course in 1999 and the Advanced Command and Staff Course in 2000. Subsequent appointments have included; Military Assistant to the Deputy Adjutant General; company commander in Northern Ireland, Chepstow, Afghanistan and Belize; battalion second in command in the UK and Bosnia; instructing on the Royal Navy Division at JSCSC; and writing strategic-level defence policy in the Ministry of Defence. In late 2008 he assumed command of 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. Time in command included a tour in Afghanistan as the Mentoring Battle Group working closely with the Afghan National Army.
Post command he briefly ran the Combined Arms Tactics Division within the Land Warfare School before promotion and command of the Operational Training and Advisory Group where he delivered large elements of Mission Specific Training for Op HERRICKs 16-19. He was Chief of Staff of the Army Recruiting and Training Division for 3 years until September 2016. He worked briefly for Director Army Reform on efficiency initiatives across all aspects of the Army’s individual training pipeline. In May 2017 he deployed to Afghanistan on promotion and for a year was the Chief Mentor in charge of the UK-led mission to further develop the Afghan National Army Officer Academy in Kabul. He became Director Operations at the Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command in August 2018.
His interests include cycling, military history, gardening, game shooting, tinkering with old cars and spending time with the family. He is married to Jane and they have 3 children. U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND www.amc.army.mil 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 190,000 military, civilian and contractor employees, impacting all 50 states and 152 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 Clusters, 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. U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND www.amc.army.mil LIEUTENANT GENERAL EDWARD M. DALY DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL REDSTONE ARSENAL SENIOR LEADER
Lieutenant General Edward M. Daly assumed duties as the Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Materiel Command on 7 August 2017. In his role, he is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Army’s logistics enterprise. He also serves as the Senior Commander of Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
He previously served as the Commanding General of Army Sustainment Command at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, where he executed Army Materiel Command’s mission to deliver readiness. Prior to commanding ASC, he served as Army Materiel Command’s Deputy Chief of Staff, overseeing the roles and functions of the Headquarters staff.
Lieutenant General Daly was 37th Chief of Ordnance and Commandant of the U.S. Army Ordnance School. He also served as Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Army G-4; Commander of the 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Carson, Colorado, and deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan; Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff/Chief Plans Officer, G-4, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Rapid Deployable Corps based in Italy and deployed in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM; and Commander of 702nd Main Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.
Earlier assignments as a company grade officer include various logistics and leadership roles with 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas; United States Army Europe; and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he deployed in support of Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM. He also served as Assistant Professor of Military Science at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
Lieutenant General Daly was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps upon his graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1987. He earned Master’s Degrees in Business Administration from Gonzaga University, and in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Combat Action Badge, and Parachutist Badge.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION LIEUTENANT GENERAL DAVID D. HALVERSON UNITED STATES ARMY (RETIRED)
Lieutenant General David D. Halverson, retired on June 30, 2016 from the United States Army after over 37 years of service. On 1 October, he became the Chief Executive Officer of Cypress International Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia. On 1 January 2018, he became the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
He grew up in Babbitt, Minnesota and graduated from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery. He attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he was awarded a Master of Science degree in Operations Research and Systems Analysis. He graduated from the Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Executive Development Program at the University of North Carolina.
Dave’s last active duty assignment was the U.S. Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, where he transformed the business approach to the global installation management and programmed the $19B annual energy, general services, force protection, construction and quality of life programs for over 154 installations in the Total Army. He has served in various staff and leadership positions including command at every level from Battery to Post Command to the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command. He has served in Continental America, Europe, Korea, Panama, and South West Asia. His staff positions, focused on program development, testing, concept and requirement development, strategic planning, cost-benefit and risk analysis, with assignments as the Senior Military Analyst in the Joint Wargaming and Policy Division of the U.S. Southern Command in Panama, joint requirements and Army budget development in positions such as the Commander in Chief Team Chief in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army, Program, Analysis, and Evaluation Directorate. He was the Central Command J3, Chief of Plans, and planned, coordinated, and executed war plans for OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM after 9- 11. He deployed as the Deputy Commanding General (Support) for the 4th Infantry Division for OIF 5/7. After his deployment, he assumed duties on the Army Staff, as the Director of Operations, Readiness, and Mobilization, G-3 and then became the Director of Force Development, G-8, where he developed the RDT&E investment, modernization and equipping programs for the Army totaling $200B across the POM. He transformed the training and modernization as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where the Air Defense and Field Artillery merged under one post. Dave served as the Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command where the newest doctrine and concepts were developed, along with leader development, training and learning models programs were revamped.
His military education includes the Field Artillery Basic and Advanced Courses, the Armed Forces Staff College, the Army War College, and the British Higher Command and Staff College.
He is a lifetime member of the Association of the US Army, a lifetime member of the Field Artillery Association and the Air Defense Association. He is on the Board of Director’s for the Armed Services YMCA, the President of the National Field Artillery Association, Leadership Council for the Legal Services Corporation, a Board Member of the Youth Impact Program, and he is on the Senior Advisory Group for the Commanding General at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. LTG Halverson’s awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Joint Unit Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Staff Badge, and the Parachutist Badge. LTG Bradley A. Becker
Commander, Installation Management Command
LTG Bradley A. Becker was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery upon graduating from the University of California at Davis in May 1986, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. He also holds a Masters Degree in Political Science from Auburn University, Montgomery, Ala.
Prior to taking command of U.S. Army Installation Management Command, LTG Bradley A. Becker was Chief, Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq, U.S. Central Command, Iraq.
From June 2015 to April 2017 he was Commander of the Joint Force Headquarters - National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington.
From August 2013 May 2015 LTG Becker served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, S.C.
From June 2012 to August 2013 LTG Becker served as the Deputy Director for Joint Training, Joint Force Development, Joint Staff J7, where he worked closely with NATO’s Allied Command Transformation and other multinational partners.
Other joint assignments include a tour as Chief, Commanders Initiatives Group, U.S. Forces – Iraq, from June 2009 to July 2010; and special assistant to the Commander, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, from November 2008 to June 2009.
LTG Becker also served as the Deputy Commanding General (Support), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, from July 2010 to June 2012; and as the Deputy
Commanding General (Support), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Division – Center, during Operation New Dawn, Iraq, from December 2010 to December 2011.
From July 2007 to October 2008, Maj. Gen. Becker served as the Commander, 3rd Battlefield Coordination Detachment, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea. He also served as Commander of 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington, and led that unit during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal award (2nd award), the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Army Achievement Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
He has earned the Combat Action Badge, Parachutist and Air Assault identification badges, and is Ranger qualified.
Lieutenant General Aundre F. Piggee
U.S. Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4
Lieutenant General Aundre F. Piggee assumed duties as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 on 23 September 2016. He oversees policies and procedures used by all Army Logisticians throughout the world. Prior to joining the Army staff he served as the Director of Logistics and Engineering, United States Central Command, MacDill AFB, FL.
Lieutenant General Piggee is a Native of Stamps, Arkansas. He commissioned into the United States Army in 1981 from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where he graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. He has a Master of Science Degree in Material Acquisition Management from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree in Military Strategy from the Army War College. Lieutenant General Piggee also received an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Doctor of Laws from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
His military education includes the Quartermaster Officer Basic Course, the Ordnance Officer Advance Course, Combined Arms Staff Services School, the Logistics Executive Development Course, the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College.
His most significant assignments include: Director of Logistics and Engineering, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Commanding General, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany; Assistant Chief of Staff, J4 and Combined Forces Command, C4, United States Forces Korea, Seoul, South Korea; and Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff, Army, the Pentagon.
Lieutenant General Piggee’s other notable assignments include: Commander, 15th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, Support Operation Division, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, 8th U.S. Army, Seoul, South Korea; Commander, Division Rear and Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Commander, 15th Forward Support Battalion and 1st Cavalry Division, G4, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lieutenant General Piggee’s awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (2 OLC), Legion of Merit (2 OLC), the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal (3 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), the Army Achievement Medal (3 OLC). He is authorized to wear the Department of Defense and Army Staff Identification Badges.
Lieutenant General Piggee is married to the former Kassi Marie Gideon of Killeen, Texas. He has one daughter, Alexis.
Alan Estevez, a recognized leader in the defense and aerospace community, joined Deloitte Consulting as a national security strategy and logistics executive in June 2017 after completing a 36 year career with the Department of Defense. He works with a range of clients to help innovate and transform their acquisition, contracting, logistics and supply chain operations.
Mr. Estevez served as the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) from October 2013, when he was confirmed by the Senate, to January 2017. Mr. Estevez developed, implemented and managed acquisition, contracting and logistics programs and policies that increased combat effectiveness as well as the department’s efficiency and buying power. Mr. Estevez led the USD (AT&L)’s support to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and supported the Under Secretary of Defense in all matters related to acquisition; logistics and materiel readiness; research and engineering; nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons; operational energy; installations and environment. He also represented the Department of Defense on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
Prior to his last appointment, Mr. Estevez held several key positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. From August 2011, when he was confirmed by the Senate, to October 2013, Mr. Estevez served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness. In this position, he was responsible for providing world class military logistics support to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces and managing a budget of over $170 billion in logistics operations. He was the first career Federal official to hold this position. Mr. Estevez served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness from November 2006 and performed the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness from April 2009 to August 2011.
From October 2002 to November 2006, Mr. Estevez was the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Supply Chain Integration. From 1981 to 2002, Mr. Estevez held positions of increasing responsibility within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Department of the Army, and the Military Traffic Management Command.
During his career, Estevez has been honored numerous times: three Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medals; Distinguished Civilian Service Medal; Presidential Rank Distinguished Executive Award (2011), Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive Award (2006), Service to America Medal (2005), and two Office of the Secretary of Defense Medals for Meritorious Civilian Service. He was a recipient of the 2011 National Defense Transportation Association Distinguished Government Service Award and the 2017 National Defense Industrial Association Logistician Emeritus Award. He was inducted as an Institute for Business and Defense fellow in September 2017.
Estevez holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Rutgers University and a Master of Science in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University. Biography
Department of the Army
Jordan Gillis Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) Washington, DC
Mr. Jordan Gillis was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment and became the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment on 16 October 2017. On 10 January 2019, Mr. Gillis resumed his duties as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army.
He is the primary advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment and provides strategic guidance, supervision, and oversight of policies, plans, and programs under the IE&E purview. This includes Resource Management, Business Transformation, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Strategic Planning of IE&E’s annual program. Mr. Gillis is the Army Secretariat lead for the Installation Management Reform initiative.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY: Jan 2019 – Present: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Installations, Energy and Environment, Washington, DC Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Installations, Energy and Environment, Washington, DC Oct 2017 – Jan 2019: Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army, Installations, Energy and Environment, Washington, DC Jan 2007 – Oct 2018 – Director in the Energy Practice, ScottMadden, Atlanta, GA
COLLEGE: MBA, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2004 BA, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1996
AWARDS AND HONORS: Bronze Star Medal, 2006 Purple Heart Medal, 2006
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Association of the United States Army American Nuclear Society
LTG GUY C. SWAN III, USA RET. VICE PRESIDENT, EDUCATION
Lieutenant General Guy C. Swan III currently serves as an AUSA Vice President. During more than 35 years of active service he commanded at every level through Army Service Component Command. A career armor/cavalry officer, his general officer assignments included Commanding General, United States Army North/Fifth Army; Commanding General, United States Army Military District of Washington and Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region; Commanding General, 7th Army Training Command, United States Army Europe/Seventh Army; Chief of Staff and Director of Operations, Multi-National Force-Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Director of Operations, United States Northern Command; and Chief of Army Legislative Liaison.
General Swan's other key assignments included Commander, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; Assistant Deputy Director for Strategy and Policy for the Joint Staff; and Deputy Operations Officer for the 1st Armored Division during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
A 1976 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, General Swan holds a Master of Military Art and Science degree from the United States Army's School of Advanced Military Studies. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University and was a National Security Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
General Swan is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group, and the FEMA National Advisory Council. He is also a Certified Emergency Manager(CEM) and a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), board certified in security management.
General Swan is married to the former Melanie Taylor Curry of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They have two children: Ryan, a US Army lieutenant, and Melissa, a college junior.
Sean MacFarland Vice President, Weapons Programs General Atomic Electromagnetic Systems Group
Lt. Gen. (Retired) Sean MacFarland joined General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA-EMS) as Vice President in 2018, with responsibility for developing new weapons systems. During the course of his military career, Lt. Gen. MacFarland served in armor and cavalry units at every echelon. He led an armored cavalry platoon at Fort Bliss, Texas, commanded an armored cavalry troop in the “Fulda Gap” in Germany, an armored battalion in Germany and the Balkans, an armored brigade combat team in Germany and Iraq, the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss and the III Armored Corps in Iraq and at Fort Hood, Texas. He also served as Commanding General of JTF-North in support of US border security at Fort Bliss, Deputy Commanding General of US Forces in Afghanistan and Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, US Army Training and Doctrine Command. As a brigade combat team commander in Ramadi, Iraq, he is credited with fostering the Sunni Arab “Awakening” movement, which was instrumental in turning the tide of the war. While commanding III Corps, he also the commanded all coalition forces in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria from 2016 to 2017, during which time coalition forces seized the initiative, recaptured over forty percent of the enemy’s territory and set the conditions for the enemy’s final defeat. Lt. Gen. MacFarland is a 1981 graduate of the United States Military Academy, the Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (Eisenhower School). He also earned a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech.
His many decorations included the Combat Action Badge, Parachutist and Air Assault Wings, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and three Distinguished Service Medals, the highest non- valor awards given by the Department of Defense and the Army respectively, as well as twenty- two other medals for his achievements in peace and war. In 2016, TIME Magazine listed him as one of the “100 most influential people in the world.” MG James J. Mingus
Commander, 82nd Airborne Division
Major General James J. Mingus enlisted into the Iowa Army National Guard in 1981. He was commissioned in the Field Artillery Branch in 1985 from Winona State University and later branched Infantry after he entered active duty in 1987. During more than 35 years of service, Maj. Gen. Mingus has commanded at every echelon from company to brigade in addition to working in key staff positions in Army, Special Operations Forces and joint units.
He served as a platoon leader, executive officer, and battalion maintenance officer at 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division in Germany from 1988 to 1991. After promotion to captain, he returned to the United States where he served as a rifle company commander, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Division Long Range Surveillance Detachment commander, aide-de- camp to the commanding general, and finally, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps Long Range Surveillance Company at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Maj. Gen. Mingus subsequently moved to Tennessee where he served as an ROTC Assistant Professor of Military Science instructor for the University of Tennessee-Knoxville from 1997 to 1999. He was then selected to be the liaison officer, and later battalion operations officer, at 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia from 2000 to 2003. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served as the chief, Joint Planning Group, and later chief, Current Operations, at Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg. He then took command of 4th Ranger Training Battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia, from 2005 to 2007. Subsequently, he commanded the Regimental Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning from 2007 to 2009. In August 2010, he assumed command of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado where he deployed the brigade in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Between 2001 and 2012, he deployed 12 times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
He served in the United States Central Command as the director of the Commander’s Action Group, executive officer to the Commander, and the deputy J5, Plans. He then served as the Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 4th Infantry Division, where he also served as the Mission Command Director for U. S. Army Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve. Most recently, Maj. Gen. Mingus served as the Director, Mission Command Center of Excellence at Fort Leavenworth before taking command of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg.
His military education includes the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College.
His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star Medal (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters), Purple Heart, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Military Free Fall Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger Tab.
BIOGRAPHY Major General Glenn H. Curtis
(As of March 18, 2019)
Major General Glenn H. Curtis is the Adjutant General for the Louisiana National Guard. He is responsible for the deployment and coordination of programs, policies and plans affecting the more than 11,000 members of the Louisiana Army and Air National Guard.
General Curtis graduated from Buckeye High School. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Business from Louisiana State University and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College.
General Curtis enlisted in the Louisiana National Guard in March 1982. He attended the Louisiana National Guard Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in August 1984. From July 1986 to September 1997, General Curtis served in various positions of increasing responsibility from Platoon Leader, Construction Officer, S-4, Company Commander, Plans Officer, S-3, and Executive Officer. General Curtis served as Battalion Commander of the 1088th Engineer Battalion in Plaquemine, Louisiana from September 1997 to April 2000 and 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry in Lake Charles, Louisiana, from April 2000 to August 2001. He was assigned as the Commander of the 225th Engineer Group from September 2001 to October 2004. General Curtis also served as the J-4, Director of Logistics, Joint Force Headquarters-Louisiana. He was mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in November 2004 and served as the Chief of Staff, Project and Contracting Officer in Baghdad, Iraq. Following deployment, General Curtis served as Deputy Commander for the Joint Task Force Pelican during hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In November 2005, he was assigned as the Chief of the Joint Staff, Joint Force Headquarters-Louisiana. General Curtis served as the Director of the Joint Staff from 1 April 2007 until 3 November 2011 when he was appointed as the Adjutant General.
General Curtis’ military education includes the NBC Defense Officer/NCO Course, Engineer Officer Basic Course, Defense Hazardous Materials Handling Course, Unit Movement Officer Course, Engineer Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff Officer Course, and the U.S. Army War College. BIOGRAPHY Major General Glenn H. Curtis
(As of March 18, 2019)
His awards, decorations, and honors include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Combat Action Badge, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal with one Silver and two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Silver Hourglass and “M” Device, Army Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon with Numeral 2, Louisiana Legion of Merit, Louisiana Commendation Medal, Louisiana Retention Ribbon, Louisiana War Cross, Louisiana Cold War Victory Ribbon, Louisiana Emergency Service Medal with two Bronze Fleur-de-Lis, and Louisiana Longevity Ribbon with four Bronze Fleur-de-Lis.
In 2015, General Curtis was elected by his fellow Adjutants General to represent them as the President of the Adjutants General Association of the United States. In that capacity, he speaks collectively on behalf of the National Guards of the 54 states and territories. He was re-elected for that position in 2017.
General Curtis resides in Alexandria, Louisiana. He is married to the former Jill Juneau and is the father of three children: Meagan, Nicholas, and Jacob. Bruce E. Stanley Biography
Dr. Bruce E. Stanley is a Professor at the U.S. Army's School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) where he has severed for over 13 years. He has been a course author for multiple course including Joint Operational Design and has led military planning instruction while at SAMS. A retired United States Army Infantry officer with over 24 years of service, Bruce Stanley's research is centered on strategic and operational decision-making, the history and theory of operational art, the states’ use of force, and democratic transitions. He is the author of Outsourcing Security: Private Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign Policy (Potomac Books, 2015). Dr. Stanley holds a PhD in Security Studies from Kansas State University, an M.M.A.S. from both the School of Advanced Military Studies and the Command and General Staff College, an M.S.A. in Human Resources from Central Michigan University, and a B.S. in History from Eastern Michigan University. He has previously been recognized as Army University's Educator of the Year in 2012.
Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney was born and grew up on a farm in the southeast of England. He was educated at school in Kent, Durham University and The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has a Degree in Engineering, a Master’s of Science Degree in Defence Technology, and studied International Security and Strategy at the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) in London. Maj. Gen. Gedney moved from the UK Army’s Headquarters to take up the post as the Deputy Commander for Strategy and Support for III (US) Corps and Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. Prior to his previous post as Brigadier Army Staff, he was the UK Chief of Defence Staff’s Liaison Officer with the US Joint Staff in Washington. Before that, he was the Deputy Commander of the US 1st Infantry Division in Fort Riley Kansas for 2 years. This included a 12-month tour as Deputy Commander of Regional Command East in Afghanistan as the Deputy Commander for Support and Base Commander of Bagram Air Base. In 2008, he commanded the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, an Armoured Regiment, in Germany and Iraq. On deployment to Iraq he set up and commanded the UK’s Military Transition Teams in Basra City. Previous operational tours include Northern Ireland as a Platoon Commander, Company Commander and Operations Officer; Troop command in Cyprus; Liaison with the Former Warring Factions in the Balkans; Chief of Staff of the British headquarters in Baghdad; and Military Assistant to COMISAF in Afghanistan. He has worked on the staff in the Ministry of Defence in London within the Directorate of Military Operations, and also in Army HQ, the NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters and for a short period at the UN in New York. Maj. Gen. Gedney is married to Polly, and they have 3 sons. His interests include equitation, cabinet making, reading, motorcycling and rugby. He enjoys challenges, which in the past have included swimming the channel, motorcycling across the Hindu Cush, and elephant polo. He is keen on, but equally bad at, a large number of other sports.
BIOGRAPHY
Lieutenant General Patricia E. McQuistion, U.S. Army, Retired
Lieutenant General Patricia E. McQuistion, US Army Retired, joined the staff of the Association of the United States Army, where she serves as vice president of membership & meetings, after completing 35 years of uniformed service in a variety of positions primarily in logistics and supply chain solutions. She is a life member of AUSA.
She finished her Army career as the deputy commanding general for the Army Materiel Command and senior commander of Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. As a general officer, she commanded the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, headquartered at Rock Island, Illinois, the 21st Theater Sustainment Command for U.S. Army-Europe and Seventh Army in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Supply Chains in Columbus, Ohio.
She has served in numerous command and staff assignments in Hawaii, Germany, Virginia, Kansas, Texas, Egypt, Pennsylvania, and Kuwait, (plus three tours at the Pentagon).
She is a graduate of the University of Akron (Ohio), where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a commission in the U.S. Army through the ROTC program. She subsequently earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Acquisition Management) from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and a Master of National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
Military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters; the Bronze Star; the Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters; the Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster; the Air Force Commendation Medal; the Army Achievement Medal; the Army Staff Identification Badge; and the Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in Gold.
Pat is married to Colonel Leif Johnson, US Army, Retired. They have three grown children: Leif, Nick, and Laura, one grandson (so far), and a golden retriever.
James E. Rogers Vice President, Army Programs Integration Government Affairs
Mr. Jim Rogers is Vice President, Army Programs Integration, Government Affairs, in Huntsville, AL for Lockheed Martin Corporation. Mr. Rogers is responsible for leading Lockheed Martin’s Army and SOF efforts to meet critical warfighting and defense capability requirements across a broad portfolio of programs. In this capacity his responsibilities include the integration of all related activities and programs in the Lockheed Martin Field offices across the United States, as well as the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill.
Mr. Rogers joined Lockheed Martin in January 2013 after completing 34 years of distinguished service in the United States Army. Previously, Mr. Rogers was the Commanding General for the Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Mr. Rogers is a career Ordnance Officer, having served in tactical, operational, and strategic sustainment roles throughout the world. From August 2008 to August 2010 he served as Commanding General of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Ft Bragg, NC, with a forward headquarters in Kuwait. During this period, he supported the drawdown in Iraq and the simultaneous buildup of equipment and troops in Afghanistan. Mr. Rogers served as the Commanding General Joint Munitions Command at Rock Island, IL, from September 2005 to July 2008, supporting all Services with conventional ammunition throughout the world.
Mr. Rogers holds a Bachelor’s degree from the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY and a Master’s Degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Mr. Rogers is also a graduate of the US Army War College.
Mr. Rogers is a native of Brighton, MI. He is married to the former Reba Cypher. They have four children; Jeff, Tom, Matt, and Jessi.
Dr. Alexis Lasselle Ross
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategy and Acquisition Reform (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
Dr. Alexis Lasselle Ross currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategy and Acquisition Reform. She is the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) responsible for the design and implementation of acquisition reform and modernization initiatives.
Dr. Ross previously served as a Professional Staff Member on the Armed Services Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives (HASC). As a member of the Chairmen’s reform team, she developed reforms adopted in the FY17 and FY18 National Defense Authorization Acts in the areas of intellectual property, weapons sustainment, services contracting, and government-wide procurement through e-commerce. In addition to these projects, she directed general acquisition policy for the HASC. Prior to joining the HASC staff, Dr. Ross was the Deputy Associate Director of Health Benefits at the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, an independent, temporary Federal commission authorized by Congress to offer recommendations on military compensation reform to the President and Congress. In that capacity, she developed alternatives to the existing DOD health care program covering $50 billion and 9.6 million beneficiaries.
From 2009-2013, Dr. Ross served as a Senior Congressional Strategist and principle advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-4. From 2007-2009, she contributed to logistics priorities and strategies as the Deputy Director of the Logistics Initiatives Group within the Army G-4.
Dr. Ross began her career at the HASC where she served in several capacities. As a Professional Staff Member, she was responsible for all committee action on Army and Marine Corps readiness matters, including combat operations, training, logistics, and equipment maintenance. As an analyst for HASC, she conducted numerous oversight studies, including a 16-month study on pre- deployment preparations that involved routinely embedding with an Army and Marine Corps battalion as they trained and operated throughout the U.S. and Iraq. Previously, Dr. Ross directed the committee’s legislative operations, which entailed orchestrating committee mark-ups, guiding House floor debate, and coordinating House-Senate conferences on the annual defense authorization bill.
Dr. Ross received a PhD in Public Policy from George Mason University. Her research areas included policy change, Congress and national security policymaking, legislative-executive branch interaction, and military compensation and personnel policy. She is a graduate of the Naval War College with an MS degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. She earned a BA degree in International Relations from Bucknell University. During her tenure at Bucknell, she spent a year studying at Oxford University in England. Dr. Ross is a recipient of the Army Superior Civilian Service Award.
James McAleese, Esq., LL.M., Principal, McAleese Associates, P.C.
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 and consulting 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 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. He also 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
R. Andrew (Andy) Hove President and Chief Executive Officer
Andy Hove has over 25 years of experience in the Defense and Aerospace industries. He is also a former U.S. Army officer who served in a wide range of operational, command and staff assignments. Prior to joining AM General, Hove held management and executive positions with HDT Global, Mistral Group, Oshkosh Defense, BAE Systems, United Defense, FNSS Defense Systems and Vinnell Corporation.
Hove has led a wide range of programs in the defense, security and aerospace sectors, including technology development, systems integration, manufacturing, logistics services and technical support. His international background includes working assignments in Germany, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. He has successfully captured and delivered programs across the globe including multi-million dollar programs in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia and Korea.
Hove holds a bachelor’s degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University, a master’s degree in national security affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School and a master’s degree in business management from the University of Michigan. He also holds highest level of certification in defense program management from the Defense Acquisition University.
Hove is active in a wide range of community and industrial associations. He is currently a board member of the National Defense Industrial Association and serves on the executive committee and the audit committee.
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