General Dennis L. Via

 General Dennis L. Via
COMMANDING GENERAL
General Dennis L. Via assumed duties as the 18th Commander of the U.S. Army
Materiel Command (AMC) August 7, 2012. AMC is the Army's premier provider
of materiel readiness to ensure dominant land force capability for the U.S.
Warfighter and our allies.
General Via’s prior assignment was as AMC’s Deputy Commanding General. He
deployed to Southwest Asia in October 2011 as the Commander, AMC
Responsible Reset Task Force with the mission of leading the strategic integration
of the Materiel Enterprise for the Retrograde of equipment and materiel out of Iraq
at the conclusion of Operation NEW DAWN. Prior to that, he served as Director
for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, J-6, The Joint
Staff, Washington, D.C.
A native of Martinsville, Virginia, General Via was commissioned on May 18, 1980, in the Signal Corps after
graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Virginia State University. He holds a Master's Degree from
Boston University, and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (class of 1991) and the
U.S. Army War College (class of 1999). General Via is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The General's command assignments include the 82nd Signal Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina; 3rd Signal Brigade, III Armored Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; 5th Signal Command, U.S. Army Europe and 7th
Army, Mannheim, Germany; and the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) and Fort
Monmouth, Fort Monmouth, N.J. His key staff assignments include Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Staff, Allied Forces
Southern Europe, Naples, Italy; Operations Officer, J-6, Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, Washington, D.C.;
Division Chief, Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army,
Washington, D.C., and Principal Director for Operations, Defense Information Systems Agency/Deputy Commander,
Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Arlington, Virginia.
His awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster;
Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster; Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak
Leaf Cluster; Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster; Joint Service Achievement Medal; and the Army Achievement Medal. He is authorized to wear the Master
Parachutist Badge, Joint Staff Identification Badge, and Army Staff Identification Badge. General Via holds the
distinction of being the only Signal Corps officer in U.S. Army history to be promoted to 4-Star General.
August 2015
David Fastabend, USA (Ret)
David Fastabend is currently an independent consultant
(Fastabend Solutions, LLC), an associate member of The
Spectrum Group, and an Outside Director on the board of
Riverbed Technology. In February 2015 he retired from
Exelis (formerly ITT Defense) as Vice President and
General Manager of Advanced Information Solutions
(AIS) in the Exelis Information Systems Division. At AIS
he lead a $400M business encompassing 350 programs
and 250 pursuits addressing Department of Defense
(DoD) and Department of Homeland Security intelligence
and cyber requirements, military service high end
professional engineering services, and DoD scientific
and engineering technical services
David Fastabend served as a combat arms officer in the Corps of Engineers, and
commanded the U.S Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division from 2001-2003. As
the Director of Concepts Development for the Army's Training and Doctrine Command
(TRADOC) from 2003-2005, he authored the Army's capstone operational concept: "The
Army in Joint Operations". From 2005-2006, he served as the Deputy Director of
TRADOC's Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) and developed the first "Army
Concept and Capability Development Plan". He served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Strategic Operations, Multinational Forces Iraq from 2006-2007, directing the strategic
level military operations of over 150,000 personnel throughout Iraq during the height of
sectarian violence from June 2006 to July 2007. In this capacity he was instrumental in
setting the conditions for directing the transition to surge operations in the spring of
2007. He was the advisor to General Petraeus on all matters involving Iraq multinational
operations. David Fastabend finished his Army career as the Director of Strategy, Plans
and Policy for Headquarters, U.S. Army from 2007-2009. In this capacity he served as the
strategic advisor to the U.S. Army's senior leadership on key issues of national defense;
including making recommendations for Army policy and strategic choices to the Army's
Chief of Staff for later recommendation to the Joint Chiefs, Secretary of Defense, and the
President.
David Fastabend was commissioned into the Army Corps of Engineers of the U.S. Army
following graduation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He holds a Bachelor
of Science Degree from West Point, a Master's Degree in Structural Dynamics from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Master of Military Art & Science from
the Command and General Staff College. He also served as a Strategic Fellow with the
Hoover Institute at Stanford University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the
State of Virginia.
Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster
Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster is the Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center
and Deputy Commanding General, Futures, US Army Training and Doctrine Command.
He was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army upon graduation from the
United States Military Academy in 1984. His previous command assignments include:
Commanding General, Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning; Commander,
Combined Joint Inter-Agency Task Force Shafafiyat (Transparency) in Kabul,
Afghanistan; and Commander, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. He holds a PhD in
military history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
U.S. Army Research, Development
and Engineering Command
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U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
Maj. Gen. John F. Wharton
Commanding General
Maj. Gen. John F. Wharton serves as commanding general of the
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command at
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. RDECOM has the mission to
ensure decisive overmatch for unified land operations to empower
the Army, the joint warfighter and our nation.
The U.S. Army commissioned Wharton as a second lieutenant following his graduation from the United States Military Academy in
1981. His first assignment was Fort Hood, Texas, where he served
as main supply platoon leader and company commander, 15th
Supply and Transport Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. In 1985, he
transferred to the Dragon Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg,
North Carolina, and later deployed to Sinai, Egypt, with Task Force
3-502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as part of
the Multinational Force and Observers. He remained deployed
with TF 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 82nd
Airborne Division, becoming the first commander of the Support
Company, Logistical Support Unit. In 1986, Wharton assumed duties as an inspector general to the U.S. Army Western Command
at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Following that tour, he served as battalion
S-3 in the 25th Supply and Transport Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. From 1992 to 1994 he
was the Lieutenant Colonels' Assignments Officer at the U.S. Army's Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia, and then moved to
Fort Drum, New York, to be battalion executive officer in the 210th
Forward Support Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)
and later deployed to OPERATION RESTORE/UPHOLD DEMOCRACY
as the Battalion Commander (Forward). Following the deployment,
he remained at Fort Drum as chief, Division Materiel Management
Center, 10th Mountain Division Support Command from 1995 to
1996. For the next two years he served as a joint Strategy Planner
in the Logistics Directorate, J-4, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington,
D.C. In 1998, he took command of the 1st United States Army Support Battalion, 507th Corps Support Group (Airborne), MFO, Sinai,
Egypt. After command, he served a second tour at PERSCOM as
the quartermaster branch chief.
In 2001, Wharton assumed brigade command of the 55th Theater Support Command (AC/RC), Eighth United States Army. From
2003 to 2004, he led the CSA's Task Force Logistics and was subsequently selected to be Deputy Commander (Futures), U.S. Army
Combined Arms Support Command. In 2006 he became director,
Army Initiatives Group, Army G-4, followed by executive officer to the
HQDA Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, G-4, Washington, D.C. In
2008, he deployed to Kuwait as commanding general, AMC-SWA/
U.S. Army Central G-4/CFLCC C-4 for Operations Iraqi Freedom and
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Enduring Freedom. He was the U.S. Army Materiel Command chief
of staff from November 2009 to March 2012. Wharton's most recent assignment was as commanding general, U.S. Army Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal, and as the senior commander for U.S. Army Garrison, Rock Island, Illinois. As the ASC
commanding general, he led a global organization of over 65,000
Soldiers, civilians, and contractors, responsible for sustaining Army
and joint forces in support of combatant commands.
In addition to his degree from the United States Military Academy,
his education includes the Quartermaster Basic and Advanced
Courses, the Inspector General's Course, the Command and General Staff College, and the Naval War College. He holds a master
of science degree in national security and strategic studies.
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak
Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze
Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf
Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster),
Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (with two
Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense
Service Medal (with Service Star) and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He also wears the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Airborne
and Air Assault Badges.
He is married and has two children.
NOV 2015
Dr. Conrad C. Crane is currently Chief of Historical
Services for the Army Heritage and Education Center at
Carlisle Barracks. For the previous ten years, he was
Director of the US Army Military History Institute. Before
accepting that position, Dr. Crane served with the
Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College from
September 2000 to January 2003, where he held the General
Douglas MacArthur Chair of Research. He also has held the
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Chair of Aerospace Studies at
the War College. He joined SSI after his retirement from
active military service, a 26-year military career that
concluded with 9 years as Professor of History at the U.S.
Military Academy. He holds a B.S. from USMA and an M.A. and
Ph.D from Stanford University. He is also a graduate of the
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S.
Army War College.
He has authored or edited books and
monographs on the Civil War, World War I, World War II,
Korea and Vietnam, and has written and lectured widely on
airpower and landpower issues. Before leaving SSI he
coauthored a prewar study on Reconstructing Iraq that
influenced Army planners and has attracted much attention
from the media. He was the lead author for the ground
breaking Army-USMC counterinsurgency manual which was
released in December, 2006. For that effort he was named
one of NEWSWEEK’s people to watch in 2007. He visited Iraq
in November 2007 at General Petraeus’ request to evaluate
the new doctrine in action. In November 2008, he was named
the international Archivist of the Year by the Scone
Foundation. He is currently finishing one book for Naval
Institute Press about the creation and application of
American counterinsurgency doctrine since 2001, and another
for University Press of Kansas on American strategic
bombing in World War II. In 2016 he was selected to receive
the Society for Military History’s Samuel Eliot Morison
Prize for lifetime contributions to the field of military
history.
Dr. Nadia Schadlow is Senior Program Officer in the International
Security and Foreign Policy Program of the Smith Richardson
Foundation. The Foundation operates one of the country’s largest
grant programs on national security and foreign policy issues. She
plays a central role there identifying strategic issues which warrant
further attention from the U.S. policy community and manages
and develops programs and projects related to these issues. Her
recently completed book manuscript, “War and the Art of
Governance,” examines sixteen cases of the U.S. Army’s
experiences with political and economic reconstruction in wartime
and will be published in 2017. She writes on national security
matters and her articles have appeared in Parameters, The American
Interest, The Wall Street Journal, Armed Forces Journal, War on the Rocks,
and several edited volumes. Dr. Schadlow has been a guest
lecturer at the United States Military Academy; served on the
Defense Policy Board from September 2006 to June 2009; is a life
member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and is an adjunct
professor at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. Dr.
Schadlow received a B.A. degree in Government and Soviet
Studies from Cornell University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from
the John Hopkins SAIS.
The Honorable Katrina McFarland
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)
and
Army Acquisition Executive
The Honorable Katharina (Katrina) McFarland is the Acting Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology) following
designation by President Barack Obama on February 1, 2016.
As Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology) and Army Acquisition
Executive, Mrs. McFarland oversees the execution of the Army’s acquisition function, including life
cycle management and sustainment of Army weapons systems and research and development
programs, and manages the Army Acquisition Corps and greater Army Acquisition Workforce. Mrs.
McFarland also serves as the science advisor to the Secretary of the Army and as the Army’s senior
research and development official and senior procurement executive. In addition, Mrs. McFarland
holds principal responsibility for all Department of the Army matters related to logistics.
Prior to joining Department of the Army, Mrs. McFarland served as the Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Acquisition). In this role, she was the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense and the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics on matters related to
acquisition.
Previously, she served as the President of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). Under her
leadership, DAU provided practitioner training, career management, and services to enable the
acquisition, technology, logistics, and requirements community to make smart business decisions and
deliver timely and affordable capabilities to the Warfighter. Prior to joining DAU, Mrs. McFarland
was the Director for Acquisition for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)—a position she held since
May 2006. As MDA’s principal acquisition executive, Mrs. McFarland advised the Director of
MDA on all acquisition, contracting and small business decisions. Other core responsibilities
included the development of process activities and program policy associated with the execution of
the single integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System research, development and test program, and
establishment of the Baseline Execution Review to ensure an integrated program execution of the
BMDS occurred across the baselines of schedule, cost, performance, contracting, test and operational
delivery.
Mrs. McFarland began her civil service career in 1986 as a general engineer at Headquarters Marine
Corps where she was accredited as a Materials, Mechanical, Civil and Electronics Engineer. She has
received an Honorary Doctoral of Engineering from the University of Cranfield, United Kingdom;
the Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award, the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious
Civilian Service Award, the Department of the Navy Civilian Tester of the Year Award, and the
Navy and United States Marine Corps Commendation Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service. She
is DAWIA Level-III-certified in Program Management, Engineering, and Testing as well as having a
professional engineer license and having attained her PMP certification.
Wade H. “Hamp” McManus, Jr.
Major General, United States Army, Retired
Vice President, Defense Programs
Major General Wade H. (“Hamp”) McManus, Jr., U.S. Army (Retired), currently serves as the
Vice President, Defense Programs, Management Services Group, AECOM Corporation,
headquartered in Germantown, Maryland. He joined the company on October 31, 2005. Prior
to assuming his current position, Hamp served as the Vice President and General Manager of the
Defense Maintenance and Logistics Group from September 2006 until January 2013. He joined
the company on October 31, 2005 and served as the Vice President for Army Programs, the Vice
President of Operations within the Group.
Major General McManus retired from Active Duty on September 1, 2004, after more than 34
years of active service in the United States Army. A native of Richburg, South Carolina, he
graduated from Lewisville High School in 1967 and from Clemson University in December 1971
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Science Teaching and was commissioned as a Second
Lieutenant, Infantry in the Regular Army. He holds a Master of Science degree in Logistics
Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. His military schooling includes the
Infantry Officers Basic Course, Ranger School, the Ordnance Officers Advanced Course, the
Logistics Executive Development Course, the Army Command and General Staff College, and
the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Major General McManus served in command and staff positions throughout his career to
include: Rifle Platoon Leader, Weapons Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Support
Platoon Leader, and Assistant Battalion Operations Officer with the 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry in
Germany; Commander, 632nd Maintenance Company and Deputy Director for Maintenance,
Directorate of Industrial Operations, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Aide-de-Camp and Executive
Officer to the Commanding General, and Deputy Chief, Force Modernization, U.S. Army Depot
System Command, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Director of Materiel and Services, 20th Area
Support Group, Taegu, South Korea: Commander, 705th Main Support Battalion and Assistant
Chief of Staff, Logistics (G4), 5th Infantry Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana; and Commander, 43rd
Corps Support Group, Fort Carson, Colorado.
From May through August 1993, Major General McManus deployed with the 43rd Corps Support
Group to Somalia where he commanded all combat service support forces in support of United
Nations operations in Somalia for Operation Continue Hope. He served as Assistant Division
Commander (Support), 4th Infantry Division from June 1994 through December 1995; Director,
Commanding General’s Staff Group, Army Materiel Command, Alexandria, Virginia from
December 1995 through October 1996 where he was promoted to Brigadier General; and as
Commanding General, U.S. Army War Reserve Support Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois
from November 1996 to May 1998.
Major General McManus served as Combined Forces Command Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff
for Logistics (C4); U.S. Forces Korea Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics (J4); and Eighth U.S.
Army Deputy Commanding General for Support from May 1988 to August 2000. He was then
assigned as Commanding General, United States Army Field Support Command where he served
until June 2004. He retired from active federal service on September 1, 2004.
Major General McManus’ awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the
Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star
Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation
Medal, the Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the United Nations Operations
Medal-Somalia, the Republic of Korea Chunsoo Medal, and the Ranger Tab.
On May 6, 2010, Major General McManus was inducted in the United States Army Ordnance
Corps Hall of Fame. Established in 1969, this unique military hall of fame recognizes and
memorializes those persons, historic and contemporary, who have made significant contributions
to the Ordnance Corps and to the United States Army. The members of the Ordnance Corps Hall
of Fame are honored with permanent displays in the Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Maryland, and at the Sustainment Center of Excellence at Fort Lee, Virginia.
Lieutenant General Larry Wyche
DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL
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 145 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 Calvary 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, 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 16, 000 employees and Soldiers
with depots, arsenals, and ammunition plants in 17 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 also 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 for 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. 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 has earned the Parachutist
Badge and the Air Assault Badge.
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United States Army
Major General DUANE A. GAMBLE
Commanding General
21st Theater Sustainment Command
United States Army Europe and Seventh Army
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Since: June 2015
Major General Duane A. Gamble assumed command of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command
on June 24, 2015. In this position, he ensures the 21st Theater Sustainment Command sets the
United States European Command (USAREUR) and as directed, the United States Africa
Command (EUCOM) theaters; employs warfighting functions to support Unified Land
Operations, deploys ready forces to execute theater opening, theater distribution, sustainment,
and supports the U.S. Army Europe Theater Security Cooperation efforts.
Most recently, MG Gamble served at the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (G-4).
There he provided overview and direction in management of actions pertaining to logistic
operations, readiness, strategy, integration, force projection and distribution.
Before joining the Army staff, MG Gamble served as the Deputy Commanding General of the 1st
Sustainment Command (Theater). He oversaw the sustainment, equipping, training, mobilizing
and deployment of logistics forces in support of CENTCOM and ARCENT operational
priorities.
MG Gamble served as Commander, 528th Sustainment Brigade (Airborne), supporting Army
Special Operations Forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines; Commander, 426th Forward
Support Battalion (Air Assault) supporting the Bastogne Brigade (1st Brigade, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault); Deputy Commanding Officer, 46th Corps Support Group (Airborne); and
Commander, Company B, 782d Maintenance Battalion (Airborne) supporting the Falcon Brigade
(2d Brigade, 82d Airborne) during Desert Storm and Desert Shield.
MG Gamble’s other key staff assignments include: Director, Force Projection and Distribution
(G-44D), Army G-4; Deputy J-4, United States Forces Iraq; J-4, Joint Task Force Haiti; G-4,
XVIII Airborne Corps; G-4, NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Turkey; Executive Officer for the
Army Materiel Command G3; G4, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during Operation Iraqi
Freedom; and Executive Officer, 307th Forward Support Battalion (Airborne), 82nd Airborne
Division.
A native of Arbutus, Maryland; MG Gamble attended Western Maryland College, where he
earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and commissioned as an Ordnance officer in May 1985. He has
earned Masters of Science degrees from the Florida Institute of Technology and from the
Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
MG Gamble’s awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star
Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Air Assault Badge, and Master Parachutist Badge.
Major General Gwen Bingham
Commanding General
US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command
Major General Gwen Bingham assumed command of the US Army TACOM Life Cycle
Management Command on 25 June 2014.
Major General Bingham is a native of Troy, Alabama. She graduated from Army ROTC
as a Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Alabama in August 1981
with a Bachelor of Science Degree in General Business Management. She was
commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. Major General Bingham has a Masters Degree in
Administration from Central Michigan University and a Masters Degree in National Security Strategy and Resources
from the National Defense University. On 19 April 2013, Major General Bingham was confirmed by the Senate for
promotion to Major General.
Her military schooling includes the Quartermaster Officer Basic and Advanced Courses; the Personnel
Management Course; Combined Arms and Services Staff School; Commissary Management Course; Army
Command and General Staff College; the Army Inspector General Course; the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces; and the CAPSTONE General and Flag Officer Course.
Major General Bingham has served in a myriad of staff and leadership positions throughout her career to include:
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Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, HQ&A Company, 9 Supply and Transportation Battalion, 9 DISCOM, Fort
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Lewis, Washington; Battalion S1, 2d Forward Support Battalion, 9 DISCOM, Fort Lewis, Washington; Field Services
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Officer, 1st COSCOM, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Group S1/Adjutant, 507 Transportation Group, 1 COSCOM,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina; OIC, Commissary Central Distribution Center, Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA),
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Manheim, Germany; Chief, Aviation Supply Branch, 4 Corps Materiel Management Center, Fort Hood, Texas;
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Battalion S3 and Battalion Executive Officer, 4 Corps Materiel Management Center, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief of the
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Plans Division, ACofS, Materiel, 13 COSCOM, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, G3 Plans Division, 13 COSCOM; Deputy
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Commander, 64 Corps Support Group, 13 COSCOM, Fort Hood, Texas; Executive Officer, ACofS J1, USFK,
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Yongsan, Korea; Commander, 266 Quartermaster Battalion, 23d Quartermaster Brigade, Fort Lee, Virginia; Chief,
Support Services Office and Deputy Inspector General, Joint Staff, the Pentagon; Commander, United States
Garrison, Fort Lee, Virginia; and Chief of Staff, United States Army Combined Arms Support Command and
Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia. Major General Bingham deployed in April 2010 in support of
Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom while serving as Special Assistant to the Commanding General,
1st Theater Sustainment Command, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait; Kabul, Afghanistan and Kandahar, Afghanistan. Major
General Bingham served as the 51st Quartermaster General of the United States Army and Commandant of the
U.S. Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia. Prior to her current assignment, she served as Commanding
General, U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Major General Bingham is the recipient of numerous military and civic awards commensurate with her rank. These
include the Distinguished Service Medal; Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit (with 2 Oak Leaf
Clusters); Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster); Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf
Clusters); Joint Service Commendation Medal; Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster); Army
Achievement Medal; Humanitarian Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal;
Iraqi Campaign Medal; NATO Service Medal; Korean Defense Service Medal; Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. She is authorized to wear the Joint Staff
Identification Badge. Major General Bingham was presented the 2013 Strong Men and Women in Virginia History
award; 2013 Wise Woman Award; named “2013 Mover and Shaker” in Las Cruces, New Mexico; presented the El
Paso Chapter, Links, Incorporated “2014 Star Award”; the “Southwest Women’s Law Center 2014 Celebrating
Women’s Stories award; and the “2014 Rock of the Year Award” for her community and civic contributions.
Major General Bingham is married to Dr. Patrick J. (PJ) Bingham. They have two adult children: Tava Michelle and
Phillip Jamal.
Major General Kevin G. O’Connell
Commanding General
Major General Kevin O’Connell became the Commanding General, Army
Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois on August 21, 2014.
O’Connell is a native of Clinton, Maryland and a graduate of High Point
College, North Carolina. He was commissioned through Army ROTC in 1982.
His Command assignments include the 289th General Supply Company,
Fort Hood, Texas; 11th Armored Cavalry Regimental Support Squadron,
National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; 1st Infantry Division Support
Command, Kitzingen, Germany; 1st Sustainment Brigade, Fort Riley, Kansas
and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Taji, Iraq; and Joint Munitions Command,
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
O’Connell’s previous key Staff assignments include Inspector General and later Aide-de-Camp to the
Commanding General, Fifth US Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Support Operations Officer, 123d Main
Support Battalion, Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR, Lukavac, Bosnia and Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Chief,
Division Materiel Management Center, 1st Armored Division, Bad Kreuznach, Germany; Senior Logistics
Trainer, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; Executive Officer to the Commanding General,
Army Materiel Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, US Army Forces
Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He has served in two Joint assignments in the US Pacific
Command, first as Chief of Supply and Services in the J-4 and later as the Director, Logistics,
Engineering, and Security Assistance, J-4, both at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
He is a graduate of the Quartermaster Basic and Advanced Courses at Fort Lee, Virginia; the US
Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; the Armed Forces Staff College
in Norfolk, Virginia; and the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, where he earned a
Masters degree in Strategic Studies.
O’Connell is married to the former Etie Podo from Jogjakarta, Indonesia. They have a son, John, who
lives in Fountain, Colorado with his wife Caitlin and son Patrick. The O’Connell’s daughter, Shannon,
lives in Pasadena, California.
Oct 2014
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Frank Wiercinski is senior vice president and managing director of the
Asia-Pacific region for Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic
Corporation, a global leader in the defense and transportation industries.
In this role, Wiercinski is responsible for overall management of the region’s
customer base, including business development, customer relations and
expanding Cubic’s products into new markets.
Prior to joining Cubic, Wiercinski was the vice president for Army Systems and
Special Operations Forces programs, in the Washington D.C. operations office of
Francis “Frank” Wiercinski Lockheed Martin Corporation. He is also the founder and managing partner of
Wiercinski and Associates, LLC, a consulting agency advising strategic
Lieutenant General,
engagement and business development for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, based in
US Army, Ret.
Senior Vice President and
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific
Region
Cubic Global Defense
During his 34 years of service in the U.S. Army, Wiercinski was commissioned as
an Infantry Officer, commanding at every level through Theater Army Command.
He conducted operations in three combat theaters including Panama, Iraq and
Afghanistan. He also served on the Joint Staff as the Chief of Regional Special
Operations J3 and was the Principle Director for Near East and South Asia Affairs
Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy. Wiercinski spent the last
nine years of military service focused in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, with duty as
both the Commanding General of U.S. Army–Japan, and culminated his military
career as the Commanding General, U.S. Army, Pacific. He retired in 2013 with
the rank of Lieutenant General. He has travelled extensively throughout the
Asia-Pacific, have developed strategic partnerships and a keen understanding of
the rich blend of cultures.
Wiercinski is a 1979 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West
Point, New York. He has received numerous U.S. Military awards and
decorations, in addition to decorations from Canada, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan
and the Republic of the Philippines.
He served as a Senior Advisor to Dawson Technical Corporation, and is currently
a member of the Chaminade University Board of Governors and a member of
the Military Affairs Committee of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce.
Cubic Corporation
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Biography
Department of the Army
Ms. Mary J. Miller
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Research and Technology)
Ms. Miller was selected for the Senior Executive Service in August of 2005. In February of
2013, she was designated as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and
Technology. Ms. Miller is responsible for the entirety of the Army’s Research and Technology
program, spanning 16 Laboratories and Research, Development and Engineering Centers, with
more than 12,000 scientists and engineers and a yearly budget of just over $2 billion dedicated
to empowering, unburdening and protecting Soldiers.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
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Feb 2013 – Present: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and Technology
Sep 2012 – Feb 2013: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and
Technology
Dec 2010 – Sep 2012: Deputy Program Executive Officer Soldier
Aug 2005 – Dec 2010: Director for Technology, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Apr 2001 - Aug 2005: Deputy Director of Technology for Aviation, Missiles, Soldier and
Precision Strike under the Director for Technology, OASA(ALT), Pentagon, Washington,
D.C.
Oct 1992 - Apr 2001: Team Leader Nonlinear Optical Processes Team, U.S. Army
Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, MD
Jun 1999 - Jun 2000: Science and Technology Liaison to the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations – Force Development (now the DCS G8-FD). Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Mar 1990 – Oct 1992: Team Leader, Advanced Optics Team, Project Lead for the
Visible/Near Infrared (VIS/NIR) Sensor Protection efforts, Night Vision & Electro-Optics
Directorate, Laser Division, Ft. Belvoir, VA
Jul 1984 – Mar 1990: Electronics Engineer, Night Vision & Electro-Optics Directorate,
Laser Division, Ft. Belvoir, VA
COLLEGE:
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Masters of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering, Electro-Physics from the George Washington
University, Washington, D.C.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle,
WA.
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Army Research & Development Achievement Award in 1988 for her technical achievement
in the “Development of Nonlinear Materials for Sensor Protection.”
Four patents awarded for sensor protection designs, two additional patents pending.
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Certified Level III in Program Management
Certified Level III SPRDE, Systems Engineering
Certified Level II SPRDE, Program Systems Engineering
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Association of the United States Army (AUSA), member since 2003
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
Ms. Miller has published more than 50 papers and has addressed over 30 major commands and
international groups with technical presentations. She served as a conference committee
member and co-chair for SPIE Conference on Nonlinear Optical Liquids, 1996-1998 and served
as a peer-reviewer for technical papers in her area of specialty submitted to the Journal of
Applied Optics, Applied Optics and Optics Letters from 1987-1999.
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B.P. Ketchel, C.A. Heid, G.L. Wood, M.J. Miller, A.G. Mott, R.J. Anderson, and G.J.
Salamo, "Three-Dimensional Color Holography Display," Appl. Optics, 38:6159 (1999)
G.L. Wood, A.G. Mott, and M.J. Miller, “Investigation of Tetrabenzporphyrin by the Z-scan
Technique,” Opt. Lett., 20:973 (1995).
G.L. Wood, W.W. Clark, III, M.J. Miller, G.J. Salamo, E.J. Sharp, R.R. Neurgaonkar, J.R.
Oliver, "Photorefractive Materials" (invited) Book Chapter in Spatial Light Modulators:
Materials, Devices, and Applications, ed. U. Efron, Marcel Dekker, New York NY, p.161215 (1994).
E.J. Sharp, W.W. Clark, III, M.J. Miller, G.L. Wood, B. Monson, G.J. Salamo, R.R.
Neurgaonkar, "Double Phase Conjugation in Tungsten Bronze Crystals," Appl. Opt.
29:743 (1990).
B. Monson, G.J. Salamo, A.G. Mott, M.J. Miller, E.J. Sharp, W.W. Clark, III, R.R.
Neurgaonkar, "Self-Pumped Phase Conjugation with Nanosecond Pulses in Strontium
Barium Niobate," Opt. Lett., 15:12 (1990).
W.W. Clark, III, G.L. Wood, M.J. Miller, E.J. Sharp, G.J. Salamo, B. Monson, R.R.
Neurgaonkar, "Enhanced Photorefractive Beam Fanning Due to Internal and External
Electric Fields," Appl. Opt., 29:1249 (1990).
March 2013
Major General Cedric T. Wins
Director, Force Development
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8
MG Cedric T. Wins assumed duties on July 7, 2015, after
serving as Director, Requirements Integration Directorate,
Army Capabilities Integration Center, Joint Base LangleyEustis, Virginia.
MG Wins graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and
was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery in
July 1985. He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Officer Basic
and Advanced Courses, Command and General Staff College,
and the National War College. MG Wins holds a Master of Science in Management from the
Florida Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategic
Studies form the National War College.
During his 30 years of service, MG Wins has held leadership and staff assignments in the 7th
Infantry Division (light), Fort Ord, California; the 2d Infantry Division, Eighth United States
Army, Korea; Headquarters Department of the Army and the Joint Staff, The Pentagon; the 4th
Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air
Force Base, Florida; and the Army Capabilities Integration Center, Joint Base Langley-Eustis,
Virginia. His deployments include Task Force Sinai, Multinational Force and Observers, Egypt
and Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, where he served as Program Executive Officer,
Joint Program Executive Office – Afghanistan Public Protection Force and Deputy Commander,
Police, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission – Afghanistan/Combined Security
Transition Command – Afghanistan.
MG Wins’ awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of
Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the
Meritorious Service Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Joint Service Commendation Medal,
the Army Commendation Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Joint Service Achievement
Medal, the Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Identification Badge, the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.
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
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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, 1994present
Defense Acquisition University, Distinguished Guest Lecturer, 2008-present
Michael Sheehan
President & CEO
Thales Defense & Security, Inc.
Mr. Sheehan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Thales Defense & Security,
Inc. located in Clarksburg, MD. Thales Defense & Security, Inc. (www.thalesdsi.com) is
the business entity responsible for all US Defense companies within Thales
(www.thalesgroup.com), a global technology leader for the defense, security, space,
aerospace, and ground transportation markets. Thales Defense & Security, Inc.
consists of six business units across the US with significant capabilities in: tactical
communications, SATCOM terminals, sonar systems, Avionics, and navigation and
surveillance systems for air traffic management.
Prior to joining Thales Defense & Security in March 2010, Mr. Sheehan was on the
executive team at Cobham, where he was responsible for the company’s Avionics
Strategic Business Unit. Cobham Avionics provided a variety of equipment to both
commercial and military fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Mr. Sheehan previously served
as President of DRS’s Tactical Systems Strategic Business Unit, managing businesses
in Huntsville, Alabama; Melbourne, Florida; and DRS UK in Farnham, England. Prior to
this, Mr. Sheehan held executive management roles for Northrop Grumman’s Electronic
Systems Sector and for BAE Systems, where he spent 18 years in various senior
management positions in Engineering, Program Management, and Business
development. During this time, Mr. Sheehan was involved in a number of tactical
communications programs, including JTRS, WIN-T, FCS, and various Link 16
programs.
Mr. Sheehan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from
Lehigh University, a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel
University, and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.
Mr. Sheehan and his wife Jennifer reside with their three children in Glenwood,
Maryland.
LTG David L. Mann
Commanding General
USASMDC/ARSTRAT
LTG David L. Mann assumed command of the U.S. Army Space and
Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and Joint
Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense in August
2013. He is a Distinguished Military Graduate of Gettysburg College after
graduating from Millersville University in 1981. He has served in a variety of
command and staff assignments, both in the continental United States and
overseas.
Most recently, he served as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army
Recruiting Command at Fort Knox, KY. Before that he served as the
Commanding General, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, a
theater-level air and missile defense (AMD) organization responsible for
executing global operations in support of the Combatant Commands
(COCOMs).
Additional command assignments include: Battalion Commander, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery
Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY., where elements of the battalion
deployed to Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guardian; Brigade Commander, 108th Air Defense Artillery
Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps where he deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; and as the
Commanding General, W hite Sands Missile Range, N.M.
Previous staff assignments include: Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, 24th Infantry Division
(Mechanized), Fort Stewart, GA.; Battalion Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery
(BSFV/Stinger), 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) where he deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of
Joint Task Force 160; Operations Research and Systems Analysis Officer, Directorate of Program Analysis
and Evaluation, Pentagon; Aide-de-Camp to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army; Senior Planner with duty on
the Operation Enduring Freedom Current Operations Team, the Joint Staff following the events of 9-11; Chief
of Staff, U.S. Air Defense Artillery Center, Fort Bliss, TX.; and as the Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army
Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, KY.
LTG Mann holds a Master of Science in Engineering Management from George Washington University and a
Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.
His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (oak leaf cluster), Legion of Merit (three
oak leaf clusters), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (four oak leaf clusters), Army
Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal (oak leaf cluster), Army Achievement Medal (oak leaf
cluster), Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Recruiter Badge, and the Joint and Army Staff Identification
Badges.
May 2015
Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, U.S. Army
Director of Operations, G-43/5/7
Headquarters, Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4
Major General Steven A. Shapiro assumed his position as the G43/5/7, Director of Operations, Headquarters, Department of the
Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 in July of 2015.
Maj. Gen. Shapiro entered the United States Army as a
commissioned officer on May 24, 1985 at the rank of 2nd Lt in the
Ordnance Corps. His military education includes the Ordnance
Officer Basic and Advanced Course, the Army Command and General
Staff College, and the Army War College.
Prior to coming to the Pentagon, Maj. Gen. Shapiro served as the
commander of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support. DLA Troop
Support annually procures $13 billion worth of food, clothing and
textiles, construction and equipment, pharmaceuticals, medical
supplies and equipment, as well as industrial hardware items for
America's warfighters and other customers worldwide.
Maj. Gen. Shapiro’s previous assignments include: deputy commander of the 1st Theater Sustainment
Command at Fort Bragg, N.C.; Director of the Materiel Enterprise Integration and Retrograde
Operations Center, Afghanistan; Deputy Chief of Staff, G4, United States Army Europe and Seventh
Army, Germany; Chief of Staff, United States Army Materiel Command, Fort Belvoir, Va.;
Commander, Letterkenny Army Depot, United States Army Aviation and Missile Command,
Chambersburg, Pa.; G3, 3rd Corps Support Command, V Corps, United States Army Europe and Seventh
Army, Germany; Commander, Combat Equipment Battalion, Luxembourg; Chief, Ground Maintenance
Branch, later Chief, Readiness Operation Division, Materiel Management Center; Support Operations
Officer, 1st Corps Support Command; Support Operations Officer, 51st Maintenance Battalion, 21st
Theater Army Area Command, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army; Germany Logistics
Operations Officer, later Support Operations Officer, 29th Support Group (Forward); Chief, Supply and
Maintenance Division, later Logistics Operations Officer, later Support Operations Officer, 29th Support
Group, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; S1, 46th Support Group (Corps), 1st
Corps Support Command; Commander, 659th Maintenance Company, 189th Maintenance Battalion,
1st Corps Support Command; Logistics Support Officer, later Adjutant, 189th Maintenance Battalion, 1st
Corps Support Command; Maintenance Platoon Leader, 15th Engineer Company, later Battalion
Maintenance Officer, 536th Engineer Battalion, United States Army South, Fort Kobbe, Panama.
Maj. Gen. Shapiro’s decorations and badges include: the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze
Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army
Commendation Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters,
and the Parachutist Badge.
As of: 07 March 2016
Lieutenant General Gustave F. Perna
U.S. Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4
Lieutenant General Gustave F. Perna assumed duties as the U.S. Army's Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, on 18 September
2014. He oversees policies and procedures used by 270,000 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 70,000 employees impacting all 50 states and 155 countries.
LTG Perna'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.
LTG 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 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.
LTG Perna is married to the former Susan L. Pollack. They have two sons, Cody (married to Ashley) and Ryan; and
two granddaughters, Adryiana and Priscilla.
Lieutenant General
Patrick J. Donahue II
Deputy Commanding General
U.S. Army Forces Command
Lieutenant General Patrick J. Donahue II graduated from the United States Military Academy and was
commissioned as an infantry officer in the Regular Army in 1980. His military education includes the
Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Ranger School, United States Air Command and Staff
College, and the United States Army War College. He was an Olmsted Scholar and studied at the
University of Innsbruck, Austria.
He holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University, and a Masters of Strategic
Studies from the Army War College. Lt. Gen. Donahue commanded airborne and air assault units at
the company, battalion, brigade levels, and most recently a theater Army.
His service as a staff officer includes tours at the battalion, brigade, division, corps, Army Command,
Headquarters Department of the Army, Army service component, and combatant command levels.
Lt. Gen. Donahue was previously the Commanding General, U.S. Army Africa, Vicenza, Italy. He also
served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base LangleyEustis, Virginia, Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart,
Georgia and U.S. Division North-Iraq from 2008-2010; Commander, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne
Division from 2003-2006 and commanded the brigade combat team on two deployments to
Afghanistan and one to Iraq; Commander, Operations Group Bravo, U.S. Army Battle Command
Training Program/Chief of Future Operations, V Corps from 2002-2003 for the initial Iraq invasion;
and Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 and Commander, 1st Battalion 506th Infantry Regiment (Air Assault),
2nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea from 1998-2001.
Lt. Gen. Donahue is a master parachutist and has earned the combat and expert infantryman
badges, Ranger tab, and Air Assault badge. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished
Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (four Oak Leaf Clusters), the Bronze Star
Medal (four Oak Leaf Clusters), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (three
Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service
Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal,
and Overseas Service Medal.
Office of the Chief of Public Affairs
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4700 Knox St., Fort Bragg, NC 28310
As of 30 July 2014
BIOGRAPHY
UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATIONCOMMAND
Office of Public Affairs, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 62225-5357
Lt. Gen. Stephen R. Lyons
General Stephen R. Lyons is the deputy commander, U.S.
Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
USTRANSCOM is the single manager for global air, land and sea
transportation for the Department of Defense.
General Lyons previously served as the commander of the U.S.
Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, Virginia,
where he enabled the Army’s Sustainment Warfighting Function
through the development and integration of concepts, doctrine,
capabilities and training.
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He previously served as commanding general of the 8 Theater
Sustainment Command in Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Prior to serving as
commanding general he served as the Director for Logistics,
Operations, Readiness, Force Integration, and Strategy, office the
deputy chief of staff of the Army, in Washington, D.C.
General Lyons was commissioned in 1983 following his
graduation from Rochester Institute of Technology. He received a master’s degree in logistics
management from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1993, and national resource strategy master’s
degree from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 2005.
General Lyons has served in a variety of assignments providing him with extensive logistics and
management expertise. He began his career in Germany during the Cold War and subsequently held a
wide range of operational assignments to include command at company, battalion, brigade, and major
command levels. Since 2003, he has spent over 40 months deployed to the U.S. Central Command area
of responsibility in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
EDUCATION
1983 Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, Rochester Institute of Technology
1993 Master of Arts, Logistics Management, Naval Postgraduate School
2005 Master of Arts, National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
ASSIGNMENTS
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1. May 1983 - November 1986, platoon leader and detachment commander, 8 Infantry Division
(Mechanized), Germany.
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2. December 1986 - February 1990, material officer and company commander, 782 Maintenance
Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Ft Bragg, North Carolina.
3. March 1990 - June 1991, aide-de-camp, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, Maryland.
4. June 1991 – December 1993, staff officer and student, United States Naval Postgraduate School,
Monterey, California.
5. January 1994 - June 1996, staff officer, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee,
Virginia.
6. July 1996 - June 1999, battalion executive officer, division support command executive officer, Division
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Materiel Management Center (DMMC) Chief, 1 Armored Division, Bosnia and Germany.
7. July 1999 - May 2001, logistics planner, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
8. May 2001 - May 2003, Battalion Commander, 703d Main Support Battalion, 3d Infantry Division
(Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia.
9. May 2003 - May 2004, Assistant Chief of Staff, G4, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart,
Georgia.
10. May 2004 - June 2005, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington,
DC.
11. October 2005 - January 2008, commander, 82d Sustainment Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, Ft
Bragg, North Carolina.
12. January 2008 – June 2008, commander Task Force All-American, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg,
North Carolina
13. June 2008 - September 2009, executive officer to the commander, Army Materiel Command (AMC),
Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
14. October 2009 - May 2011, C/J-4, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Kabul AB,
Afghanistan.
15. June 2011 - May 2012, director for operations, readiness, strategy, force integration (G4),
Headquarters Department of the Army, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
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16. June 2012 - July 2014, commanding general, 8 Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter,
Hawaii.
17. August 2014 - August 2015, commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command,
Fort Lee, Virginia.
18. September 2015 - present, deputy commander, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base,
Illinois.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1999 – May 2001, Logistics Planner, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
2. October 2009 – May 2011, C/J-4, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Kabul, Afghanistan.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Clusters)
Bronze Star (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with three Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with three Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal
NATO Medal
Master Parachutist Badge
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant
May 21, 1983
First Lieutenant
November 21, 1984
Captain
April 1, 1987
Major
November 1, 1994
Lieutenant Colonel
November 1, 1999
Colonel
May 1, 2005
Brigadier General
September 15, 2010
Major General
July 2, 2013
Lieutenant General
September 3, 2015
(Current as of September 2015)
Platforms & Services
Senior Leadership
Mark Signorelli
Vice President and General Manager, Combat Vehicles
Mark Signorelli is vice president & general manager of Combat Vehicles focused on the tracked
vehicle market and associated support functions servicing both U.S. and international
customers. This portfolio includes the Bradley family of vehicles, M88 recovery vehicles, M109
family of vehicles, M113 family of vehicles, the Future Fighting Vehicle (FFV) program and the
portfolio of USMC products, including the Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) and Amphibious
Combat Vehicle (ACV). In addition, this business unit also includes the Support and Technical
Services and Protection Systems businesses.
In his previous roles as vice president and general manager of both the Vehicle Systems and
Armored Combat Systems businesses, he oversaw portfolios of vehicle systems included in the
legacy Land & Armaments sector. Before that Signorelli led the Weapon Systems, New
Vehicles, and Amphibious Systems businesses. He also held leadership positions over various
Army and armament organizations including Future Combat Systems and the Crusader
program.
Signorelli joined the former United Defense in 1997 after serving 21 years as a field artillery
officer in the U.S. Army. He served in a wide variety of command and staff positions including in
the National Military Command Center, in III Corps, the 1st Cavalry Division, Eighth U.S. Army,
U.S. Field Artillery School, and 72nd Field Artillery Brigade. During Operations Desert Shield
and Desert Storm, Signorelli served as the 1st Cavalry Division Artillery operations officer in
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq.
Born in Hempstead, N.Y., Signorelli lived his childhood as an Air Force brat before receiving a
Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida. Following graduation, he was
commissioned as a second lieutenant in the field artillery through the ROTC program.
Signorelli is married to the former Pamela Warm, a nationally board certified art teacher.
Their son John attends North Dakota State University where he is pursuing an engineering
degree. Their daughter Maria attends Wayne State University with interests in engineering and
the performing arts. Together they enjoy fishing, hunting, golf, running, and bicycling.
June 2015
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ERIC P. EBELING
Eric P. Ebeling is President and Chief Executive Officer for American
Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC). His responsibilities include full P&L
responsibility and oversight of the sales, marketing, & operations for ARC
Group’s various services and products, as well as government relations
and public relations for the group.
American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier is the largest U.S.-flag Ro-Ro carrier,
and the third largest U.S.-flag carrier overall operating in international
trade. Its vessels are all enrolled in the Maritime Security Program (MSP)
and Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) with the U.S.
Maritime Administration and U.S. Transportation Command.
Founded in 1990, the company is headquartered in New Jersey with major satellite offices in
Germany and Washington, DC. ARC operates a 5-ship liner service between the U.S. East Coast
& Gulf Coast ports and ports in Northern Europe and the United Kingdom as well as in the U.S.Oceania/Asia Trades, and provides full-spectrum ocean shipping and intermodal logistics
services globally.
Mr. Ebeling has held several other positions within the group, including Chief Operating Officer;
Vice President and General Manager Sales & Marketing; Vice President Government Relations
& Europe Trade; Director Government Relations; General Manager Europe; Manager Sales &
Marketing Europe; and Operations Manager in the logistics group. He joined the company in
2003.
Prior to joining ARC, Mr. Ebeling attended American University Washington College of Law
(JD Law, 2001), American University School of International Service (MA International Studies,
2001), and Bowdoin College (AB Government & English, 1998). In 2013, Mr. Ebeling
completed the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business Advanced Management
Program. He is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association.
Mr. Ebeling resides in Allendale, New Jersey with his wife Julia and their two daughters,
Alexandra and Olivia.
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Jonathan Peppard
Mr. Peppard is the Director of Business Development for Inmarsat Government. Inmarsat is the world’s
leading provider of global satellite communication services and has been connecting people and
organizations in the most remote locations on Earth for more than 35 years. Peppard is a former Army
Intelligence Officer and has held senior management positions with both Lockheed Martin and
Raytheon. Jonathan has spent over 20 years working in the fields of unmanned systems, electronic
warfare, ISR, communications, and beyond-line-of-site intelligence applications and served as a S2 for a
tank battalion, a division cavalry squadron, a military police brigade, and as the first J2 at GTMO several
months post 9/11. Jonathan is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and holds
a MPA from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University and a MBA from the University of
Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Thomas R. Goedkoop
Vice President
Tom is a planning and operations executive with over 40 years of experience as a senior defense
analyst and organizational leader. He joined Booz Allen Hamilton in September, 2003 after retiring
from the Army as a Brigadier General. His work experience is exceptionally broad and provides the
client with a wealth of proven managerial experience in many critical areas to include: Strategic
Planning, Army Transformation, Technology Integration, Operational Planning and execution,
Personnel Development, Combat Developments, Training Management, and Organizational Design.
Assignments include service in Army and Joint units in Europe, Korea, and the United States with
operational deployments to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Uzbekistan in addition to tours of duty in
the Training and Doctrine Command; Forces Command Headquarters; US Forces Korea and the Army
Staff. He is a business leader on the Defense Intelligence Group team. Tom leads the Army
Headquarters Training and Doctrine (HTD) portfolio and Integrated Management Team focusing on
sustaining and expanding support to Training and Doctrine Command Headquarters, the eight Centers
of Excellence and the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC). Additionally, he supports other
Army market teams with domain expertise. Tom is responsible for internal leadership and development
of over 250 staff, business development, project management, contract and financial management and
quality review of client deliverables. He also serves as the Norfolk office site lead and assists with the
management of the greater Norfolk office Cluster.
Dr. David E. Johnson is a senior researcher at the RAND Corporation. His work focuses on military
innovation, joint operations, and strategy. Dr. Johnson is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown
University where he teaches a course on strategy and military operations. 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 RAND, he had a twenty-four year career in the U.S. Army, serving in command and staff
positions in the Infantry, Quartermaster Corps, and Field Artillery branches. He retired as a Colonel in
1997.
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 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:
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Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917–1945
Hard Fighting: Israel in Lebanon and Gaza
The 2008 Battle of Sadr City: Reimaging Urban Combat
Fighting the “Islamic State” The Case for U.S. Ground Forces
The Challenges of the “Now” and Their Implications for the U.S. Army
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and a
consultant to the Army Science Board.
Mr. Scott J. Davis
Program Executive Officer
Combat Support & Combat Service Support
Selected for the Senior Executive Service in November 2005, Mr.
Scott J. Davis currently serves as the U.S. Army’s Program
Executive Officer for Combat Support & Combat Service Support.
In this role, he provides professional and executive management
for the development, systems integration, acquisition, testing,
fielding, sustainment and improvement of more than 350 diverse
combat support and combat service support systems. Mr. Davis
oversees a portfolio that includes one Army/Marine Corps Joint
Project Manager, four board-selected Army Project Managers, four Assistant Program Executive
Officers, and numerous Product Managers and Product Directors.
The Combat Support & Combat Service Support portfolio has an annual budget of approximately
$2 billion with a total program budget of approximately $8.5 billion (POM FY15-19). Mr. Davis’
responsibilities include the life cycle management of all of the Army’s tactical wheeled vehicles
(including the family of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and the Joint Light Tactical
Vehicle) and critical Soldier support equipment (contingency basing systems, mobile electric
power, petroleum and water systems, construction and material handling equipment, military
bridging, tools, diagnostic equipment, autonomy-enabled capabilities, etc.). Mr. Davis manages a
team spread across five different geographic locations that includes approximately 1,000 military
and civilian employees in PEO core and collocated matrix positions, liaison offices, fielding teams,
indirect support positions and support contractors.
From June 2010 to September 2013, he served as the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Officer for
Ground Combat Systems, overseeing a complex and diverse organization with two Pre-Major
Defense Acquisition 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 Family of Vehicles. His portfolio also included
four ACAT II programs and approximately 100 other weapons system programs, with a total
program budget of $18.46 billion (POM FY14-18).
He previously served as the Deputy Program Executive Officer, PEO Integration, and was
responsible for the organization and management of acquisition programs designed to support
Brigade Combat Team (BCT) modernization. PEO Integration performed the development,
integration, and acquisition of a wide range of systems, including the Ground Combat Vehicle,
Unmanned Ground Vehicles, Unmanned Air Systems, and unattended munitions.
Mr. Davis served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 30 years, and retired with the rank of colonel in May
2015. His last assignment was with the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics &
Technology) as Director, Department of Army System Coordinator.
He held a variety of
operational positions from platoon leader through battalion executive officer, including
deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Mr. Davis began his civilian career in 1986, serving as a Mechanical Engineer in Program Manager,
Light Combat Vehicles. He was then assigned as the Lead Project Engineer, Line of Sight AntiTank System; Lead Project Engineer, Command and Control Vehicle; and Assistant Product
Manager, Bradley Linebacker, Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems Project Management Office. In
1997, he became Assistant Project Manager, Bradley Research and Development, after which he
served as the Deputy Product Manager, Infantry Carrier Vehicle Variants (now PM Stryker). His
subsequent assignment was Director of Engineering, Future Combat Systems.
From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Davis was assigned as the Deputy Program Manager (Operations) (SES),
PM Future Combat Systems (BCT). He then served as the Deputy Program Manager (Platform
Integration) (SES), PM Future Combat Systems (BCT), before accepting the responsibility as Deputy
Program Executive Officer, PEO Integration.
Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan
Technological University and a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Wayne
State University. His military training includes the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses,
Combined Arms Staff Services School, Command & General Staff College, and the Advanced
Program Manager’s Course, Defense Systems Management College.
Mr. Davis is an Acquisition Corps member and holds Level III Certification in Program
Management, Level III Certification in Systems Planning, Research, and Development – Systems
Engineering, and Level II Certification in Systems Planning, Research, and Development – Program
Systems Engineer. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the
Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal
(3). His civilian awards and honors include the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service (2013),
the Meritorious Civilian Service Award (2010), the Superior Civilian Service Award (2003),
Commander’s Award for Civilian Service (2001 and 2008), the Army Engineer Association’s
Bronze and Silver Orders of the de Fleury Medal, the Order of Saint Barbara Medal, and the Joseph
P. Cribbins Medal awarded by the Association of the U.S. Army to the Army civilian of the year.
Current as of May 2015
Lisha H. Adams
EXECUTIVE DEPUTY TO THE COMMANDING GENERAL
Lisha Adams assumed duties as the Executive Deputy to the Commanding
General (EDCG) effective August 9, 2015. As EDCG, Ms. Adams is
responsible for materiel life cycle management, acquisition support,
personnel and resource management, industrial base operations, enterprise
integration, research and development, and science and technology for a
globally reaching command with over 63,000 personnel with an impact or
presence in 144 locations globally and all 50 states. She previously served
as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness, the
principal advisor to the Office of the Secretary of Defense leadership on
policies, procedures, and actions related to the materiel readiness of
Department of Defense weapons and other materiel systems.
Ms. Adams has over 30 years of experience in government service
supporting Army and Joint Service programs. A graduate of the Army
Materiel Command Materiel Maintenance Management Intern Program, she has held various
leadership positions in acquisition and sustainment, including Logistics Division Chief, Unmanned
Vehicle Systems Project Office; Director of Logistics, PEO for Tactical Missiles; and Principal
Deputy, G-3, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command. Selected for the Senior Executive
Service in January 2011, Ms. Adams served as the Executive Director, Integrated Materiel
Management Center, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command. In June 2011, Ms. Adams was
assigned as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/4 for Logistics Integration, responsible for
sustaining the Joint Warfighter, through command and control of supply chain management, depot
and National Maintenance Program operations, asset management and distribution, reset, and
ammunition/chemical stockpile management.
Ms. Adams earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Birmingham-Southern College
and received her Master of Business Administration degree from the Florida Institute of
Technology. Ms. Adams is Defense Acquisition Level III certified in Program Management and
Lifecycle Logistics.
Ms. Adams' awards include the Department of the Army Decoration for Exceptional Civilian
Service; DA Meritorious Civilian Service Award; DA Superior Civilian Service Award; DA
Civilian of the Year; Redstone Chapter AUSA, 2010; DA Integrated Logistics Support
Achievement of the Year Award for ILS Management; and the Commander's Award for Civilian
Service.
August 2015
Major General Bruce T. Crawford
Commanding General, CECOM
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Major General Bruce T. Crawford assumed duties as the 14th Commander of
the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) on May 20,
2014.
A native of Columbia, S.C. Major General Crawford was commissioned on
May 28, 1986, after graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate with a
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering through South Carolina State
University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He holds a Master of
Science degree in Administration from Central Michigan University and a
Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College
of the Armed Forces.
During his 29 years of service, Major General Crawford has served in a variety of leadership
positions at tactical, operational, and strategic levels. In his previous assignment, he served as
the J6, Director of C4/Cyber and Chief Information Officer, U.S. European Command. Prior to
that, he served as the Commanding General, 5th Theater Signal Command, and G6, United
States Army Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany.
His command assignments include the 516th Signal Brigade, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; 82nd Signal
Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; and B
Company, 51st Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.
His key staff assignments include Director of Coordination Group for the Chief of Staff of the
Army, Pentagon, Washington D.C.; Division Chief of LandWarNet Integration for the Army
CIO/G6, Pentagon, Washington D.C.; Division Chief for Net Centric Assessments/Analysis
Branch, later Executive Assistant to the J-6 of the Joint Staff, Washington D.C.; and Assistant
Operations Officer, later Corps Emergency Deployment Readiness Officer for the 35th Signal
Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C., and Operations Desert Shield/Storm, Saudi
Arabia.
His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal; the Defense Superior
Service Medal; the Legion of Merit; the Bronze Star Medal; the Defense Meritorious Service
Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters; the
Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; the Army Achievement Medal with four Oak
Leaf Clusters. Major General Crawford is authorized to wear the Combat Action Badge, the
Master Parachutist Badge, the Ranger Tab, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, and
the Army Staff Identification Badge.
Major General Crawford and his wife, Dianne, have two sons.
U.S. Army Materiel Command
James C. Dwyer, SES
Principal Deputy to the DCS, G-3/4
Mr. James Dwyer currently serves as the Principal Deputy, G-3/4,
Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC).
Mr. Dwyer’s prior assignment as the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Logistics, G-4 saw his movement into the Principal Deputy
assignment with the consolodiation of the AMC G-3 and G-4. He
has served as the Deputy Support Operations Officer for the AMC
G-3/5.
Mr. Dwyer also served as the Director for the U.S. Army Tankautomotive and Armaments Command’s Integrated Logistics
Support Center where he led the TACOM logistics community in
providing weapons systems management and responsive life cycle logistics support to a wide
array of customers including the U.S. Army, Army Reserves, National Guard, other
Department of Defense components as well as worldwide foreign military sales to allies. He
managed a multi-sited, multi-functional workforce of approximately 2,500 people. He was also
responsible for administering over a $5 billion budget, supporting a worldwide fleet of 650,000
vehicles and managing a 70 country Foreign Military Sales program valued at an estimated
$17 billion.
Prior to the TACOM position, he was the Vice President for Land Systems for Vision
Technologies Systems in Alexandria, VA. He was responsible for marketing and business
development activities for the company’s land systems products and capabilities, which ranged
from small arms and ammunition to howitzers and combat fighting vehicles.
Jim Dwyer is a retired Army Colonel with over 27 years of military experience, specifically in
combat logistics. Mr. Dwyer’s last military assignment was as the Executive Officer for the
Commander, U.S. Army Materiel Command in Alexandria, Va. Prior to that assignment, he
served as Commander, Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas. His logistics experiences
encompass assignments as an Army Division G-4, Divisional Support Battalion Commander,
Divisional Material Readiness officer, and Support Battalion Executive officer during
Operations Desert Shield/Storm.
He has experience as an Army Acquisition officer with tours in the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
System and Armored Gun System Program offices.
Sustaining the Strength of the Nation
DANIEL P. HUGHES, BRIGADIER GENERAL, U.S. ARMY
Mr. Gary
Martin
Program
Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications Tactical
Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical
Brig. Gen. Daniel P. Hughes serves as the U.S. Army Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and
Communications-Tactical
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locations throughout the world. They acquire, sustain and support the networked mission command
and support the communications networks, radios, satellite systems and other hardware
solutions that bring technological dominance to present and future warfighters.
and software Soldiers require for information dominance on the battlefield. Mr. Martin
took command of PEO C3T on June 19, 2015.
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Executive Officer, Enterprise Information System, Fort Belvoir, Va.; Deputy Program Executive Officer,
U.S. Army. Mr. Martin also served as the Associate Technical Director, CERDEC; the Deputy Project Manager
Integration
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Ground,
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June 2003.
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Force
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Biography
Department of the Army
CHRISTOPHER LOWMAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Acquisition Policy and Logistics)
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
Washington, DC
Mr Christopher Lowman serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition Policy
and Logistics). In his current position he is responsible for policy and oversight for Army and joint
systems acquisition & sustainment to ensure effective, efficient, and secure acquisition, life cycle
logistics operations and defense industrial base oversight.
Chris Lowman was born at Hanau, Germany. He graduated from Thomas Edison High School,
Alexandria, VA and from Monmouth College, N.J. He received a Master of Science degree from
the National War College and a Master of Business Administration degree from Monmouth
University.
Mr Lowman has worked in numerous key assignments during more than 30 years of service.
Before assuming his current position he served as the Director for Maintenance Policy, Programs
and Processes for the United States Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4; managing Army
maintenance programs totaling $8B annually and employing over 22,000 employees worldwide.
From 2003 to 2006 he was the Chief, Supply and Maintenance, HQ, U.S. Army Europe
(USAREUR). He supervised and managed a multi-disciplined staff that supported all Army
maintenance and supply operations and activities within the 94 countries of the European
Command footprint. Prior to his assignment in Europe he served in several key logistics positions
throughout the United States Army, including the Chief, Field Maintenance Branch, HQDA, Deputy
Chief of Staff G4, and the ILS team lead for the Joint Service Strategic Satellite Communications
Terminal program at Fort Monmouth, NJ. Mr Lowman started his military career as a United States
Marine in 1984 and entered the Army Civil Service as an Army Maintenance Management Intern in
1989.
Mr Lowman’s awards include the Department of the Army Integrated Logistics Support
Achievement of the Year award, Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award (3), the Army Ordnance
Corps Samuel Sharpe Award and Army’s Quartermaster Corps Distinguished Order of Saint
Martin.
Mr Lowman and his wife Tracey have four children and currently reside in Fredericksburg, VA.
Paul Bogoasian
Mr. Bogosian retired as the U.S. Army Program Executive Officer (PEO), Aviation in January 2009 after 35
years of Federal Service. Mr. Bogosian served the Army with Level III professional certifications in the
functional specialties of Contracting and Program Management. For over 25 years, he directly
supported Army Aviation programs. After his selection to the Senior Executive Service in 1993, Mr.
Bogosian served as the Director, Acquisition Center, Aviation and Troop Command; the Deputy Program
Executive Officer, Aviation; and the Program Executive Officer, Aviation.
As the PEO, Aviation, Mr. Bogosian managed a global workforce of over 1,700 employees, 90-plus
military personnel, and an annual budget of over $5 billion. He managed the reinvestment of $14.6
billion derived from the termination of the Comanche Helicopter Program into the execution of many of
the Army’s largest acquisition programs. These programs, including the upgraded CH-47F cargo
helicopter, the new UH-60M enhanced utility helicopter, and the AH-64D advanced attack helicopter,
plus such new start programs as the armed reconnaissance helicopter, the UH-72A light utility
helicopter, the C-27J future cargo aircraft, and the multitude of new unmanned systems, have revamped
the Army’s Aviation force.
Mr. Bogosian joined Science and Engineering Services, LLC, in February 2009 as the Executive Vice
President for Strategic Planning. In this position, his duties include developing strategic goals and
objectives; advising the owner and other senior managers on program management; and providing
mentorship, oversight, and guidance to company program managers and functional managers. He also
serves as the company’s Ethics and Compliance Officer.
Mr. Bogosian is a member of the Army Aviation Association of America and the American Helicopter
Society. He was inducted into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame in 1999. He is a recipient of the Army
Aviation Association of America Gold Order of St. Michael, the Presidential Meritorious Rank Award for
Senior Executives, and the American Helicopter Society Redstone Chapter Leonardo de Vinci
Medallion. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Mr. Bogosian has served on the Advisory Boards of several local defense companies and presently serves
on two local foundation boards.
Biography
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
P.O. Box 516
St. Louis, MO 63166
www.boeing.com
PERI WIDENER
Vice President and General Manager
Integrated Logistics
Global Services & Support
Peri Widener is vice president and general manager for Integrated Logistics, a division of
the Global Services & Support business unit.
Integrated Logistics provides optimized readiness solutions and after-delivery support for
a wide variety of military platforms and systems worldwide through innovative sustainment
concepts, leveraging efficient supply-chain management, industry-leading engineering services
and public/private partnerships.
Widener leads the 2,500-person Integrated Logistics team in managing and executing
key support programs for the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler, F-15 Strike
Eagle, AV-8B Harrier II, F-22 Raptor, AH-64 Apache, V-22 Osprey, CH-47 Chinook and other
Boeing and non-Boeing military platforms.
Prior to this role, Widener has served as senior company executive for Rotorcraft
Support Programs, leading a team of more than 1,000 people worldwide that provides readiness
and after-delivery support for multiple rotorcraft and other platforms and systems, including the
AH-64 Apache, A-6i Little Bird, CH-47 Chinook and H-46 Sea Knight helicopters, the V-22
Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, as well as support to the Special Operations Command and at U.S.
Army depots, including the Corpus Christi, Texas, Army Depot.
Widener has been responsible for developing rotorcraft support programs worldwide to
support parts and maintenance for both U.S.Army and international customers.
Since joining The Boeing Company in 1979 at the Wichita, Kan., site, Widener has held
a variety of increasingly responsible program management, business development, government
affairs and staff leadership positions. She has worked in program management, government
relations, marketing, public relations and business development including previous assignments
with the Huntsville operation, the Military Airplanes organization based in Seattle and the
company’s corporate offices in Washington, D.C., area.
Widener was previously senior executive for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems in
Alabama, where she was responsible for all business activities and operations at the Boeing
Huntsville facility and for providing support to other Alabama sites, including Decatur. In this
position, she supported several critical programs, including Ground-based Midcourse Defense,
the International Space Station, PAC-3, Avenger and other space and missile programs. She
also was the company’s senior representative for community and state activities.
Widener has a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University and holds an M.B.A.
from the Florida Institute of Technology. She is listed in World Who’s Who, Who’s Who in
America in Finance and Industry, 2,000 Notable American Women, World Who’s Who of
Women, and Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders.
Widener serves on the St. Louis Symphony board of trustees and is a past member of
the Business Council of Alabama Board, a former executive committee member of the
Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce and past board member of The Nature
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Contact:
Paul Guse
Global Services & Support
Office: +1 314-232-1520
Mobile: +1 314-705-6530
paul.m.guse@boeing.com
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Patrick J. Murphy
Acting Secretary of the Army
and Under Secretary of the Army
Mr. Patrick J. Murphy was appointed Acting Secretary of the Army by President
Obama on Jan. 7, 2016. As Secretary of the Army, he has statutory responsibility
for all matters relating to the United States Army: to include 1.4 million Soldiers
and Department of the Army Civilians, reserve affairs, installations,
environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition,
communication, and financial management.
As the 32nd Under Secretary of the Army and Chief Management Office, he
serves as the Army’s principal adviser on matters related to the management and
operation of the Army, including development and integration of the Army
Program and Budget. As the Chief Management Officer (CMO) of the Army, he
advises the Secretary on the effective and efficient organization of the Army’s
business operations and initiatives for the business transformation of the Army
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including a budget of approximately $144 billion, which would rank the Army as a
Fortune 10 company.
Prior to his confirmation, Mr. Murphy was a litigation partner at the law firm of Fox
Rothschild, where he served as an outside general counsel for small businesses,
including several that were veteran-owned.
From 2011-2015, Mr. Murphy was a television contributor to NBC Universal and
an anchor for MSNBC’s “Taking the Hill,” where he broke down the civil-military
divide and addressed issues affecting the veteran community and national
security.
From 2007-2011, Mr. Murphy served as the first Iraq War Veteran elected to the
U.S. Congress, representing the Eighth Congressional District of Pennsylvania.
He served on the Armed Services, Select Intelligence, and Appropriations
committees, responsible for the 3.4 trillion budget. He co-authored legislation
including the 21st Century GI Bill, the Repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and Hire
Our Heroes legislation. In 2008, he was instrumental in making the Washington
Crossing National Veterans Cemetery a reality for over 300,000 veterans. He
also authored the Improper Payments Bill, which has saved the American
taxpayer tens of billions of dollars.
Mr. Murphy, a third generation veteran, was commissioned as a second
lieutenant and later served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps as
a criminal prosecutor and as an assistant professor in the Department of Law at
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY. Following 9/11, he served two
overseas deployments-Tuzla, Bosnia in 2002 and Baghdad, Iraq in 2003-04.
While serving in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division, he led a Brigade
Operational Law Team (BOLT) and also earned a Bronze Star for his service.
Overseeing the justice system for the 1.5 million Iraqis in south central Baghdad,
he also prosecuted two high-level terrorists bent on killing two of his fellow
paratroopers in Iraq’s highest court.
Mr. Murphy is a graduate of King’s College, the University of Scranton ROTC
program, and the Widener University Commonwealth School of Law. He has
taught at Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago, U.S. Air Force Academy,
University of Pennsylvania, and his alma mater.
He is married and has two children.
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SUSAN S. LAWRENCE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President Susan S. Lawrence is a leader in the firm’s defense business. As a
seasoned technology leader and retired senior military officer, she supports a number of businesses and initiatives
that cut across the defense and security markets. These include Command, Control, Communications, and
Computers (C4); Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR); enterprise IT; joint information environments;
cyber; integrated mission systems; and emerging technologies.
Ms. Lawrence enlisted in the US Army in 1972, received her commission as an officer in 1979, and retired in 2013,
after having attained the rank of Lieutenant General and serving as the Army’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) and G6. Prior to that role, she served as the Commanding General for the Army’s Network Enterprise Technology
Command (NETCOM). Ms. Lawrence had end-to-end responsibility for Army C4 and Army Enterprise IT.
She had scores of command and staff assignments during her Army career, mostly within the Army Signal Corps,
including assignments leading network, C4, and IT functions during recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ms. Lawrence received her commission from Campbell University, North Carolina. She holds an MS degree in
Information Systems Management from the University of Georgia, and is a graduate of the Army War College and the
Army Signal School
U.S. Army Research, Development
and Engineering Command
3071 Aberdeen Boulevard
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005
www.army.mil/rdecom
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
Maj. Gen. John F. Wharton
Commanding General
Maj. Gen. John F. Wharton serves as commanding general of the
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command at
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. RDECOM has the mission to
ensure decisive overmatch for unified land operations to empower
the Army, the joint warfighter and our nation.
The U.S. Army commissioned Wharton as a second lieutenant following his graduation from the United States Military Academy in
1981. His first assignment was Fort Hood, Texas, where he served
as main supply platoon leader and company commander, 15th
Supply and Transport Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. In 1985, he
transferred to the Dragon Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg,
North Carolina, and later deployed to Sinai, Egypt, with Task Force
3-502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as part of
the Multinational Force and Observers. He remained deployed
with TF 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 82nd
Airborne Division, becoming the first commander of the Support
Company, Logistical Support Unit. In 1986, Wharton assumed duties as an inspector general to the U.S. Army Western Command
at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Following that tour, he served as battalion
S-3 in the 25th Supply and Transport Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. From 1992 to 1994 he
was the Lieutenant Colonels' Assignments Officer at the U.S. Army's Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia, and then moved to
Fort Drum, New York, to be battalion executive officer in the 210th
Forward Support Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)
and later deployed to OPERATION RESTORE/UPHOLD DEMOCRACY
as the Battalion Commander (Forward). Following the deployment,
he remained at Fort Drum as chief, Division Materiel Management
Center, 10th Mountain Division Support Command from 1995 to
1996. For the next two years he served as a joint Strategy Planner
in the Logistics Directorate, J-4, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington,
D.C. In 1998, he took command of the 1st United States Army Support Battalion, 507th Corps Support Group (Airborne), MFO, Sinai,
Egypt. After command, he served a second tour at PERSCOM as
the quartermaster branch chief.
In 2001, Wharton assumed brigade command of the 55th Theater Support Command (AC/RC), Eighth United States Army. From
2003 to 2004, he led the CSA's Task Force Logistics and was subsequently selected to be Deputy Commander (Futures), U.S. Army
Combined Arms Support Command. In 2006 he became director,
Army Initiatives Group, Army G-4, followed by executive officer to the
HQDA Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, G-4, Washington, D.C. In
2008, he deployed to Kuwait as commanding general, AMC-SWA/
U.S. Army Central G-4/CFLCC C-4 for Operations Iraqi Freedom and
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Enduring Freedom. He was the U.S. Army Materiel Command chief
of staff from November 2009 to March 2012. Wharton's most recent assignment was as commanding general, U.S. Army Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal, and as the senior commander for U.S. Army Garrison, Rock Island, Illinois. As the ASC
commanding general, he led a global organization of over 65,000
Soldiers, civilians, and contractors, responsible for sustaining Army
and joint forces in support of combatant commands.
In addition to his degree from the United States Military Academy,
his education includes the Quartermaster Basic and Advanced
Courses, the Inspector General's Course, the Command and General Staff College, and the Naval War College. He holds a master
of science degree in national security and strategic studies.
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak
Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze
Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf
Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster),
Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (with two
Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense
Service Medal (with Service Star) and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He also wears the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Airborne
and Air Assault Badges.
He is married and has two children.
NOV 2015
Dr. Robert C. Stirbl,
Manager, National Defense Programs Office (8110),
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
(818) 354-5436 (o), (818) 635-6793 (m), Robert.C.Stirbl@jpl.nasa.gov,
Robert C. Stirbl, Ph.D., - Dr. Stirbl is the Program Manager for the National Defense Programs Office (8110) at
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech in the Earth Science and Technology Directorate’s (ESTD) National
Space Technology Applications (NSTA) Office. Since 1996 Dr. Stirbl has led the developed of new non-NASA
DoD agency sponsor support as well as managed and technically contributed to the concept design,
development and adaptation of numerous NASA and DoD funded systems enabling technology capabilities for
transfer and insertion of new capabilities into OSD, DoD, SOCOM, Navy, Army & NASA, medical and
industrial applications. These include but are not limited to: more cost-, time-, power- and workforce-saving and
performance-improving, low-SWaP, advanced rad-hard CMOS active Pixel Sensor FPA technology, compact
non-rotating, EO/IR 360 deg. surveillance sensor systems, ultra-stable compact space capable atomic clocks,
heterogeneous-platform Automated Network Policy-Based Negotiation System Test Technologies, Compactlow-power, On-Board, Ultra-High-Speed, Hybrid Grayscale Optical/Neural Network Processing of sonar-radarEO/IR image intelligence data, personnel borne IED THz radar 3D imaging detection systems as well as Inwater & On-water Multi-UxV Mission-leve, Intelligent Autonomous Navigation/Landing/Dynamic hazard
avoidance/path-replanning/vehicle health monitoring system demonstrations, (
see http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/military-robots/us-navy-robot-boat
swarm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+(IEEE+Spectrum)
A recognized electro-optical systems design expert and Project/Program Manager with over 35 years of
academic and industrial experience in High Energy Laser electro-optical system design for Northrop-Grumman
and Riverside Research Institute, Dr. Stirbl has designed, and developed over 16 patented optical methods for
DoD HEL and laser biomedical diagnosis, authored numerous publications and presentations, and has assisted
major industrial consulting clients including Motorola, New York Telephone, Allied-Bendix Corporation,
Phelps Dodge Communications and Mc Donnell Douglas Aircraft as an independent OE/IR Subject Matter
Expert consult. He was the Technical Specialist for Northrop Grumman Corporation in charge of Space
Surveillance technology IR&D & new business development. While at Grumman Corporation he led proposal
design, development and system integration for the U.S. Army's Neutral Particle Beam Space Experiment
Program mircoradian accuracy optical metrology system. At the Columbia University spin-off/Government
think-tank, Riverside Research Institute's Advanced Optics Concepts Group, he analyzed and assessed Space
Based Laser directed energy weapon technology maturity for SDIO and designed and developed a laser
Spatial/temporal speckle ICBM Boost-phase Plume to Hardbody handoff aimpoint approach as well as
developed non-invasive methods to research cancer skin diagnosis via a speckle phaselock optical heterodyne
noise suppression filtering scheme.
Dr. Stirbl received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the City College of New
York in 1973 and 1976 and his Ph.D at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1981. He has
taught courses in quantum- and electro-optical system design at N.Y.U. School of Graduate Studies, Pratt
Institute, City College of New York and was a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Manhattan College.
J E F F R E Y Q . PA L O M B O
Sector Vice President and General Manager
Land and Avionics C4ISR
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
Jeffrey Q. Palombo is sector vice president and general manager of the Land
and Avionics C4ISR division for Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems sector,
a leading global provider, manufacturer and integrator of advanced, secure and
agile software-defined systems and solutions.
In this role, Palombo has executive responsibility for the overall growth and program activities for the
division, which serves warfighters and global customers with advanced sensors; aircraft survivability
equipment; cockpits; avionics, targeting, communications and intelligence systems; multi-spectral
electronic warfare systems, air defense capabilities, and global mission solutions.
Most recently, Palombo was sector vice president and general manager of the Land and Self Protection
Systems division for the former Electronic Systems (ES) sector. Prior to that, he was sector vice president
and general manager of the Land Forces division within the ES sector. Prior to that, he was the vice
president of Infrared Countermeasures for the former Defensive Systems division.
Palombo joined the company in 2003 as site manager and president of Northrop Grumman Amherst
Systems, which develops and produces complex laboratory stimulation and open-air range simulation
training systems.
Before joining Northrop Grumman in 2003, Palombo held a variety of management positions to include
vice president of Business Development and Program Management with VT Miltope Corporation.
Headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, VT Miltope is a premier provider of military rugged computer
and communication systems, military avionics, and commercial in-flight entertainment systems.
Palombo earned a bachelor’s degree in business and marketing from Adelphi University. In addition, he
has completed Hofstra University’s management program in Government Contracts Administration as
well as extensive coursework in electrical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and
solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
Executive Biography of Neli P. Hayes
Neli Hayes is president and chief technology officer of Trusted Computer Solutions.
Hayes oversees the strategic and technical direction of the DC Metro-based Systems
Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) company. Trusted Computer Solutions is a
premier provider of engineering services for network-centric, interoperable,
communications and information technology system of systems across branches of the
armed forces, local and federal government and specializes in providing strategy,
engineering and technology consultation services.
Hayes’ 17 years of experience in modernization of tactical radios and warfighter
information networks for clusters of the former Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
programs of record, Family of Advanced Beyond line of sight Terminals (FAB-T), White
House Communications Agency (WHCA) senior leadership communications engineering
modernizations, in addition to 27 years of experience as an elite production and
research engineer for advanced defense systems and critical infrastructures serving
top-tier prime integrators in electronics, aviation, aerospace, telecommunications and
consumer peripheral manufacturing has well prepared Trusted Computer Solutions for
its mission as a premier enterprise level SETA provider.
Hayes has had personal responsibility for technical management of focused and
specialized production, research and development and capture management teams on
major programs of record, as well as technical direction responsibility on behalf of the
prime integrator for teams of 500 or more engineers, scientists and managers spread
across matrixed organizations within and amongst multiple major prime defense
contractors including Boeing, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, BAE Systems, Northrop
Grumman, Harris, Motorola, Thales, ViaSat, BBN Technologies, ITT, Nova, General
Dynamics and Lockheed Martin.
Hayes became president in January 2011 and chief technology officer in December
2015.
Neli P. Hayes
President and Chief Technology Officer
Trusted Computer Solutions
Until January 2011, Hayes served as vice president of engineering and technology of
Archimedes Global, where she executed the CEO’s vision for launching an engineering
and technology vertical for a military operations startup penetrating the government
engineering service offerings market.
Before that, Hayes served as chief systems engineer of SAIC Defense and Maritime
Solutions Group from 2008 through 2010. Brought onboard by the company CTO and
reporting to the CTO and President, Hayes provided technical direction and oversight
of systems and software engineering projects for 7 VPs and PMs across 5 organizations
between San Diego, New York and McLean, where she served as principal architect
critical infrastructures for SAIC security and surveillance division U.S. seaports and
airports, as technical chief SAIC network communications division for Joint Tactical
Radio System (JTRS) products overseen by U.S. Navy and SAIC as PM, and as assisting
chief engineer of SAIC counterterrorist communications systems upgrade pursuits for
NYC metropolitan transit authority.
From 2004 through 2008, Hayes was engineering technical fellow of Boeing Integrated
Defense Systems. From 1999 through 2008, she was Boeing’s chief software architect
and technical director of Army and Navy JTRS Ground Mobile Radio (GMR) program of
record (the predecessor of today’s Mobile Networking Vehicular Radio under
management of US Army PEO C3T), with Boeing as prime integrator. As the prime
integrator’s lead architect for the JTRS GMR Core Framework, Software
Communications Architecture (SCA) and Software Defined Radio (SDR)s, Hayes led
Boeing, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, Harris, Spectrum
Signal Processing, ITT, BBN Technologies, L3-Nova, ViaSat and Xetron systems and
software engineering teams in JTRS radio platform and waveform software
development and integration.
Hayes’ initial landmark on leading Joint Program Office (JPO) Army radio
manufacturers, including Motorola, was publication and presentation of the Boeing
Executive Biography of P. Neli Hayes
whitepaper for defining JTRS waveform software development API architecture
artifacts at the 2000 Software Defined Radio Forum Technical meeting in Paris, France.
From 1999 through 2004, Hayes led numerous integrated research and development
teams in support of wireless mobile ad hoc networking prototypes that instrumented
the wins of the JTRS step 2B and JTRS GMR proposals and production of those
programs of record for Boeing. During her 17-year-tenure with Boeing from 1989
through 2008, as a senior principal engineer, she went through 4 major commercial
airplane and electronics manufacturing acquisitions of Douglas Aircraft, McDonnell
Douglas, Hughes Aircraft, Rockwell International, and Boeing North American, holding
positions of increased responsibility in integrated research and development and
engineering production on major programs of record including aerodynamic loft design
and wind tunnel testing for C-17 and MD-80 aircraft, Future Combat Systems, military
satellite communications, signals intelligence, anti-satellite space weapon systems, C4I
battle management and GPS tracking systems used in desert storm and desert shield,
and minute man III missile defense guidance control systems.
From 2004 through 2006, Hayes served as Boeing’s board of directors and business
committee member of Object Management Group (OMG)—the international software
standards organization facilitating development of standards for object-oriented
software computing and modeling, distributed location transparent application and
embedded software development, and is the cornerstone of the industrial internet
consortium, cloud standards customer council and consortium for IT software quality.
Hayes also served as co-chairman of the OMG tactical/software defined radio (SDR) and
software based communications task forces. In that capacity, partnering with
Raytheon, Hayes led BAE Systems, Harris, Rockwell Collins, Lockheed Martin, Northrop
Grumman, L3-Communications Systems West, Mitre, Thales, Mercury Computer
Systems, and Fraunhofer FOKUS in development of the international commercial
software radio standard as a basis for COALWNW – the coalition Wideband Networking
Waveform.
Hayes is a 10-time software defined radio/software based communications
architecture and standards IEEE publisher and technical lecturer for AFCEA MILCOM
and OMG. She published and presented the first public JTRS SCA technical tutorial in
2003 training hundreds of engineers, scientists, PMs, and CEOs throughout U.S. and
international communities from 2003 to date on the revolution of modernization of
tactical radios through software-based communications and software-defined radios.
Hayes has advanced specialized post-graduate training in systems and software
engineering, object-oriented software requirements analysis, design and modeling,
software development for embedded hard and soft real-time operating systems,
Service Oriented Architecture, distributed location transparent computing, computer
networking and telecommunications, software defined radios, and wireless mobile
ad-hoc networking from California State University, Fullerton, University of California,
Irvine, and University of California, Los Angeles. From 2009 through 2010, Hayes
worked toward obtaining a PhD through consultation on a developing a joint custom
doctoral program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Networking and
Communications, and DoD Polices from California State University, San Diego,
University of California, San Diego CAL IT2, Stevens Graduate Institute of Technology
in Hoboken, New Jersey, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A native of Southern California, Hayes holds bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science
and Mathematics, and a master’s degree in Computer Science.
Colonel Glenn A. Dean was commissioned as a US Army Armor officer in 1993 as a
Distinguished Military Graduate of the ROTC program at the Florida Institute of
Technology. His first assignment was to the 2d Battalion, 69th Armor at Fort Benning,
Georgia where he served as a Tank Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader, and company
Executive Officer. His subsequent operational assignments include: Commander, US
Army Recruiting Company, Frederick Maryland; Assistant Operations Officer, 1st
Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division; Commander, Company B, 1st Battalion 8th Cavalry; and
Commander, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion 8th Cavalry.
In 2002, he transitioned to the Army Acquisition Corps, subsequently serving as Chief,
Small Arms Division, US Army Infantry Center; Assistant Product Manager, Medium
Cannon Caliber Ammunition, Picatinny Arsenal; Science & Technology Advisor,
Combined/Joint Task Force-82, Afghanistan; and Armament Systems Technology
Manager, Armaments Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Picatinny
Arsenal. From 2010 to 2013, he served as the Product Manager for the Bradley Fighting
Vehicle and Armored Knight programs at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan. Following
completion of the Army War College, he was assigned to the Tank-Automotive Research,
Development, and Engineering Center as the Military Deputy. COL Dean will assume
duties as Project Manager, Stryker Brigade Combat Team in July 2015.
COL Dean’s military and civilian education includes: BS, Aerospace Engineering,
Florida Institute of Technology; MS, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology; MA, Strategic Studies, US Army War College; the Armor Officer Basic and
Advanced Courses, the Scout Platoon Leader’s Course, the Combined Arms & Services
Staff School, the Acquisition Officer Basic Course, the Command and General Staff
Officer’s Intermediate Level Education Course, the Program Manager’s Course, the US
Army War College, and Airborne School.
His awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the
Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Joint Service
Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal,
the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Parachutist’s Badge, and the Recruiter Badge.
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.
Dr. Randall W. Hill, Jr. Executive Director Randall W. Hill, Jr. is the executive director of the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies. Located in Los Angeles, ICT is a University Affiliated Research Center sponsored by the United States Army. The mission of the ICT is to perform research on immersive technologies and apply them to training, education and therapy. Hill steers the institute’s exploration of how virtual humans, mixed reality worlds, advanced computer graphics, dramatic films, social simulations and educational videogames can augment more traditional methods for imparting lessons. Hill is a full research professor in the Computer Science department at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. He has over seventy publications in journals, conferences and books on topics related to his research interests in artificial intelligence, intelligent tutoring, and virtual humans. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, he served six years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, with assignments in field artillery and military intelligence. He earned his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the National Academies Board on Army Science and Technology.