BIOGRAPHY. Gordon R. Sullivan, General (Retired) U.S. Army

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1 BIOGRAPHY Gordon R. Sullivan, General (Retired) U.S. Army General Sullivan is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of the United States Army, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Since assuming his position in 1998, General Sullivan has overseen the transformation of the Association into a dynamic member-based organization that represents Soldiers, families, and the defense industry. His responsibilities encompass both daily business operating and strategy planning for the largest Army-oriented non-profit association. The Association promotes and advocates programs for Soldiers and their families, creates opportunities for Army-Industry and professional dialog; advocates public awareness of Army and national security issues through its educational mission and maintains an outreach program to national leadership on critical issues pertinent to Army readiness. Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Quincy, he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the Norwich University and was commissioned a second lieutenant of Armor in General Sullivan retired from the Army on 31 July 1995 after more than 36 years of active service. He culminated his service in uniform as the 32 nd Chief of Staff the senior general officer in the Army and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Sullivan currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Norwich University and the Marshall Legacy Institute, as well as a member of the MITRE Army Advisory Board, the MIT Lincoln Labs Advisory Board, a Life Trustee of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and a member of the CNA Military Advisory Board. In addition to his many awards on active duty, he is also the recipient of the West Point Association of Graduates Sylvanus Thayer Award and a member of the Sergeants Major Academy s Hall of Honor. General Sullivan currently resides in Alexandria, VA. He has three children and three grandchildren. He is an avid reader, amateur historian, and active sailor and sport fishing enthusiast.

2 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 21 st 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 4 th 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 2 nd Brigade, 3 rd 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 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.

3 BG THOMAS R. GOEDKOOP is a Vice President for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. He retired from the United States Army in October 2003 after serving for over 29 years as an Armor officer in a variety of command and staff positions throughout the Army in the United States and overseas. He currently leads Booz Allen s efforts supporting the Training and Doctrine Command. His last assignment before retiring was the Deputy G3, Forces Command. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from The United States Military Academy and Master s degrees from the Army s School of Advanced Military Studies and the National War College.

4 BIOGRAPHY Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster assumed duties as the Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center and Deputy Commanding General, Futures, US Army Training and Doctrine Command on 15 July Prior to his arrival at Fort Eustis he most recently served as Commanding General, Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning from June 2012 to July Previously he served as Commander, Combined Joint Inter-Agency Task Force Shafafiyat (Transparency) in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in He holds a PhD in military history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LTG McMaster's previous command assignments include Eagle Troop, Second Armored Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg, Germany and in Southwest Asia during the 1991 Persian Gulf War; 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in Schweinfurt Germany from 1999 to 2002; and 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Carson, Colorado and in Iraq from June 2004 to June Staff assignments include Director of Concept Development and Learning at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command from August 2008 to May 2010; Special Assistant to the Commander, Multinational Force-Iraq from February 2007 to May 2008; Director, Commander's Advisory Group at US Central Command from May 2003 to 2004; and squadron executive officer and regimental operations officer in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment from July 1997 to July He also served as an assistant professor of history at the United States Military Academy from 1994 to LTG McMaster's military education and training includes the Airborne and Ranger Schools, Armor Officer Basic and Career Courses, the Cavalry Leaders Course, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and a U.S. Army War College fellowship at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. McMaster has also served as a senior consulting fellow at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London.

5 United States Army Lieutenant General ANTHONY R. IERARDI Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 United States Army 700 Army Pentagon 3E406 Washington, DC Lieutenant General Ierardi became the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 Headquarters Department of the Army on 12 December Prior to assumption of this position, he served at Fort Hood Texas as the III Corps Deputy Commanding General and Commanding General of the 1st Calvary Division, America s First Team. In previous assignments, LTG Ierardi served as the Director of Force Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7; Director, Joint and Futures, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8; Executive Officer for the Department of Defense Counter- IED Senior Integration Group; and as Deputy Commander for Program, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan. He commanded Joint Task Force North at Fort Bliss, Texas and served as Director of Capabilities Development, U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He also served as the Chief of Staff of the 2d Infantry Division at Camp Red Cloud, Republic of Korea and as Commander of the 2d Infantry Division s First Iron Brigade at Camp Casey, Korea. While assigned at Fort Hood, Texas, he served as the Operations Officer (G-3) of the 1st Cavalry Division and Commander of the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment. Earlier in his career, LTG Ierardi served as a Cavalry Troop Commander in the 2d Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg, Germany and participated in Operation Desert Storm while assigned to the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment. LTG Ierardi trained and served as a Latin American Foreign Area Officer, first as a student attending the Mexican Army s Command and General Staff College (Escuela Superior de Guerra) in Mexico City, and later as the Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the U.S. Southern Command. LTG Ierardi s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal. LTG Ierardi holds a degree in Business Administration from Washington and Lee University, a Master of Arts Degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University and is also a graduate of both the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Naval War College. Lieutenant General Ierardi is married and has two children.

6 Brian McAllister Linn is the Ralph R. Thomas Professor in Liberal Arts and a Professor of History at Texas A&M University. He is the author of four books, including The Philippine War, and The Echo of Battle, and over thirty articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has been an Olin Fellow at Yale University, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, Bosch Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellow, and the Harold K. Johnson Visiting Professor at the Army War College. From 2009 to 2011 he served as the president of the Society for Military History. His current project is Elvis s Army: Transforming the Atomic Solider, , under contract with Harvard University Press.

7 Dr. David E. Johnson RAND Corporation Dr. David Johnson is a senior historian 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, Dr. Johnson 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, Dr. Johnson 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 Dr. Johnson 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: Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, Modern U.S. Civil-Military Relations: Wielding the Terrible Swift Sword Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post Cold War Era Hard Fighting: Israel in Lebanon and Gaza The 2008 Battle of Sadr City: Reimaging Urban Combat What Are You Prepared to Do? NATO and the Strategic Mismatch between Ends, Ways, and Means in Afghanistan and in the Future Failure to Learn: Reflections on a Career in the Post-Vietnam Army Dr. Johnson s work has been on the professional reading lists of the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Commander, the Chief of the Air Staff Royal Air Force (United Kingdom); and the Royal Australian Air Force Chief of Air Staff, and the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence. He has also lectured on his work in Australia, France, Israel, Italy, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Dr. Johnson is a life member of the Association of the U.S. Army and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

8 Mr. Jeff Anderson is the Director of Systems Engineering for Miltec Corporation. He serves as the Program Manager for Satellite Programs and is the Deputy Program Manager for the Industry Partner team on the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) Program. He is a Retired Colonel of the United States Army Reserve and a graduate of the United States Military Academy (B.S., Computer Science). His previous programmatic experience includes: THAAD Ground Systems Foreign Military Sales Program Integrator and Readiness Operations Integrator MEADS Test Operations Integrator GMD Operations Center Manager/Proposal Lead LEAPP Software System (UK) Program Manager Tactical Targets Group Program Manager and Mission Operations Manager Target and Countermeasures Program Delivery Order PM THAAD System Specifications Group Leader; System Test Planning Group Leader; and PM/Lead Engineer for Common Launcher Mr. Anderson and his wife, Nina, have three children together and reside in Madison County, Alabama. Mr. Anderson is currently President of the Madison County Board of Education and has served on the boards of numerous education and child-related charitable organizations.

9 DAVID A. FASTABEND Independent Consultant PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ITT Defense and Exelis VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER Advanced Information Solutions, Information Systems Division, Exelis Responsible for all aspects of the Exelis Advanced Information Solutions business area including profit & loss performance, strategy, leadership and customer relations. Lead a $400M business encompassing 350 programs and 250 pursuits addressing DOD / DHS intelligence and cyber requirements, military service high end professional engineering services, and DOD scientific and engineering technical services. Oversaw successful pursuit and capture for multiple strategic contract vehicles including DHS EAGLE II ($22B), DTRA CWMD R&D ($4B), GSA OASIS ($10B), Army SMDC TESLA ($220M), and AFRL REDE ($50M). DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING & TECH DEVELOPMENT Exelis (Formerly ITT Defense) Lead strategic planning to shape a market-centric, customer focused organization Coordinated assessment of innovation and technology initiatives. DIRECTOR STRATEGY, PLANS AND POLICY Headquarters Department of the Army Strategic advisor to the U.S. Army s senior leadership on key issues of national defense. Reviewed and recommended Army policy and strategic choices to the Chief of Staff, Army in his role as Commander of the United States Army, member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and advisor to the Secretary of Defense and President of the United States Identified and formulated Army strategic choices to drive Army programming / budgeting DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, STRATEGIC OPERATIONS Multinational Forces Iraq Directed strategic level military operations of over 150,000 personnel throughout Iraq during the height of sectarian violence from June 2006 to July 2007 Set conditions for and directed transition to surge operations in Spring of 2007 Advisor to General Petraeus on all matters involving Iraq multinational operations DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ARMY CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION CENTER Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. ARMY Developed the Army s first Army Concept and Capability Development Plan Reversed negative funding trend for capabilities development through compelling engagement of Headquarters, Department of the Army Organized and led the transition team for the incoming 4-star Commander DIRECTOR OF CONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. ARMY Authored the Army s capstone operational concept: The Army in Joint Operations Initiated and developed the Army s architecture of key concepts Lead planner for General Schoomaker s Chief of Staff, Army Transition Team

10 COMMANDER, NORTHWESTERN DIVISION U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Directed and executed a $1.5B annual budget of military and civil works construction Oversaw the largest water allocation process in the US, addressing state and national issues throughout the Columbia River and Missouri River drainage basins Represented the United States government in negotiations with over 129 federally recognized Native American tribes. Corps of Engineers Combat Arms Officer U.S. Army Combat Engineer Staff Officer & Commander: Platoon Leader to Brigade Commander US Army Corps of Engineers Staff Officer and Construction Manager Combat Operations Planner & Strategist Doctrine Writer SPECIALIZED CREDENTIALS Professional Engineer, State of Virginia Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph EDUCATION Strategic Fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, 1996 Master of Military Art & Science, Command and General Staff College, 1986 MS, Structural Dynamics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977 BS, United States Military Academy, 1974 PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Books to Baghdad: Theory and Doctrine after a Tour in Iraq. Royal United Services Institute The Army in Joint Operations: The Army s Future Force Capstone Concept TRADOC Pamphlet , April Serving a Nation at War: A Campaign Quality Army with Joint and Expeditionary Capabilities. Adapt or Die: The Imperative for a Culture of Innovation in the U.S. Army. Army Magazine, Feb 2004 That Elusive Operational Concept. Army Magazine, June 2001 "An Appraisal of `The Brigade-Based New Army.'" Army War College Parameters. Autumn 1997 "The Categorization of Conflict." Army War College Parameters Summer 1997 A General Theory of Conflict: Bosnia, Strategy and the Future. Hoover Institute National Security Fellow Research Paper, 1 May 1996.

11 MAJOR GENERAL CEDRIC T. WINS Major General (MG) Cedric T. Wins was raised in the Washington DC area. He is a 1985 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, in Lexington, Virginia. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. During his 29 years of service, MG Wins has held command and staff assignments in Field Artillery units in the 7 th Infantry Division, the 2 nd Infantry Division, and the 4 th Infantry Division. Additionally, MG Wins has served in positions of growing responsibility in the Headquarters, Department of the Army and Joint staffs. He assumed the duties of the Director, Capabilities Developments Directorate, Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), on 17 May Prior to his assignment to TRADOC, he served as the Deputy Commander for Police and the Joint Program Executive Officer for the Afghan Public Protection Force Advisory Group, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission-Afghanistan, & OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan. MG Wins holds a Bachelor s Degree in Economics from VMI, a Master of Science Degree in Management with a concentration in Quantitative Analysis from the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida, and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National War College. He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the Operations Research Systems Analysis Military Applications Course. MG Wins is married to the former Cassandra Hurse of Panama City, Florida. The Wins have a daughter, Asia, a recent graduate of the Norfolk State University; and a son, Matthew who is a sophomore at Woodside High School in Newport News, VA.

12 Biography Department of the Army Dr. Thomas P. Russell Director U.S. Army Research Laboratory Adelphi, Maryland As Director of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Dr. Russell is responsible for the Army s premier laboratory for basic and applied research and analysis. ARL conducts research and analysis in weapons and materials, sensors and electron devices, computational and information sciences, human research and engineering, vehicle technology, and survivability and lethality analysis. ARL s Army Research Office executes the Army extramural basic research program in scientific and engineering disciplines. The Laboratory consists of approximately 2,000 military and civilian employees with annual revenue of over $1 billion. From February 2010 March 2013, Dr. Russell was the Director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA. He oversaw the management of the entire basic research investment for the Air Force; leading a staff of 200 scientists, engineers and administrators in Arlington, VA, and foreign technology offices in London, Tokyo and Santiago, Chile. Each year, AFOSR selects, sponsors and manages revolutionary basic research that impacts the future Air Force. Dr. Russell actively managed a $510 million investment portfolio and transitioned the resulting discoveries to other components of the Air Force Research Laboratory, to defense industries and to other federal agencies. The office's annual investment in basic research was distributed among more than 200 academic institutions, 150 businesses and 200 research efforts within the AFRL. Dr. Thomas Russell was selected for the Senior Executive Service in August From August 2006 to February 2010, he served as the Director of the Aerospace and Material Sciences Directorate, AFOSR. He was responsible for the Air Force basic research program in aerospace, chemical and material sciences.

13 CAREER CHRONOLOGY June August 2006, Director, Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Directorate, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, MD. May June 2005, Acting Technical Operations Manager, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, MD. June May 2004, Department Head, Research and Technology Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, MD. September June 2001, Director, Chemistry and Detonics Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, MD October September 2000, Section Head, High Energy Materials Section, Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. January October 1997, research scientist, Chemistry Division, Chemical Dynamics and Diagnostic Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. March January 1994, research scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center, White Oak Laboratory, White Oak, MD. EDUCATION: 1990 Doctor of Philosophy degree in chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, NJ 1986 Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. AWARDS AND HONORS: Navy Superior Civilian Service Award OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS: March June 1998, visiting scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Ceramics Division, Gaithersburg, MD. January June 1997, part-time chemistry faculty at Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD. January June 1997, adjunct professor, Shock Dynamics Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Joint DOD/DOE Munitions Technology Development Program; Joint Insensitive Munitions Program; and Joint Fuse Technology Program, AT&L Technology Advisory Council American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics American Physical Society

14 Dr. Chris Fall is the Assistant Director for Defense Programs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Chris is responsible to the President s Science Advisor for science, technology and innovation matters involving the Department of Defense. Most recently, Chris was Deputy Director of Research for Education and Workforce at the Office of Naval Research. Chris was previously Director of the International Liaison Office for the Office of Naval Research Global, and he began his government service as the ONR Innovation Fellow, a senior policy advisor and interagency liason for innovation strategies and programs. Prior to government service, Chris was a faculty member in the BioEngineering Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Chris earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia, as well as an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at the UC Davis Institute for Theoretical Dynamics and the New York University Center for Neural Sciences. Chris continues to teach and to perform research as an affiliate faculty member in the Georgetown University Department of Computer Science.

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16 Rick Battani Business Development Manager CD-adapco Rick Battani is the Business Development Manager, CD-adapco, a $200 million dollar, modeling, simulation and engineering services company headquartered in Northville, MI. He is responsible for directing the sales and business development activities for the various software tools, programs and services within the defense and automotive communities. Prior to recently joining CD-adapco, he worked in the engineering, training and business development fields for companies such as Altair Engineering, Amphenol Corporation and Ford Motor Company. Rick is a member of the Association of the US Army, National Defense Industry Association and is also a current NDIA STEM committee member and current Advisor on the Michigan chapter NDIA Board. Rick has held seats on the Technology Advisory boards of St. Clair College and Macomb Community College. Rick is also involved with the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences in the Strategic Interest Group for Digital Manufacturing. In his spare time he coaches youth athletics to spend time with his six children (Jacob, Aubrey, Austin, Evan, Chase and Payton.) Rick and his wife Rene currently reside with their children in Almont, MI. CD-adapco is the world's largest independent CFD focused provider of engineering simulation software, support and services. We have over 30 years of experience in delivering industrial strength engineering simulation. The scope of our activities extends well beyond software development to encompass a wide range of CAE engineering services in both CFD and FEA. We have over 8000 users of our software, working at 3000 different companies, spending over $200 million on our software and services. Consistently growing at an organic rate of over 15% per year, CD-adapco employs over 850 talented individuals, working at 30 offices around the globe, involved in dedicated support, software development and engineering services..

17 Francis Frank Wiercinski Vice President, Army Systems and SOF Programs Frank Wiercinski is the Vice President for Army Systems and SOF Programs, in the Washington Operations office of Lockheed Martin Corporation. He is a 1979 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and most recently retired from the US Army at the rank of Lieutenant General after 34 years of service. Mr. Wiercinski was commissioned in the US Army as an Infantry Officer, commanding at every level through Theater Army Command. He conducted operations in three combat theaters to include 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 In addition to a Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military Academy, Mr. Wiercinski is also a graduate of the US Army s Command and General Staff College and the US Army War College.

18 Lieutenant General Kevin W. Mangum Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Lieutenant General (LTG) Kevin W. Mangum graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY in May 1982 where he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Armor. Highlights of LTG Mangum's career include tours with 8th Army, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 2nd Infantry Division and 10th Mountain Division and two Joint tours. He has commanded at every level from platoon to Commanding General, United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker, Alabama. After his initial tour in the 128th Aviation Company (Assault Helicopter) at Camp Page, Korea, he was selected for assignment with Task Force 160. He has since served four tours with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment with duties ranging from section leader, battalion S-3 to command at company, battalion, and regiment levels. LTG Mangum also commanded A Company, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment and 2nd Aviation Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment at Camp Stanley, Korea. LTG Mangum s joint service includes tours at the Joint Electronic Warfare Center, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas and Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg. In May 2008, he was assigned to his first post as a general officer, serving as the senior commander of Fort Drum and division rear commander of the 10th Mountain Division. He served as Deputy Commanding General of 1st Armor Division and United States Division-Center, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq. LTG Mangum commanded the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command upon its provisional activation on March 25, LTG Mangum commanded the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker, Alabama prior to assuming duties as the Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command on 28 March, His numerous deployments include duty in the Republic of Korea, Honduras, Persian Gulf, Turkey, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. LTG Mangum also served as a U.S. Army War College Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from Webster University. His military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge and the Master Army Aviator Badge. Lieutenant General Mangum is married to the former Angel Dawn Kahihikolo from Clarksville, TN. They have a lovely daughter Anela.

19 Brigadier General John W. Charlton Commanding General, Brigade Modernization Command BG John W. Charlton was commissioned as a Distinguished Military Graduate and Infantry officer through Army ROTC at Washington State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in May Entering active duty soon after, he completed the Infantry Officer Basic Course at Fort Benning, Ga., before he went to his first assignment as a platoon leader and later company executive officer in the 7th Infantry Division (Light) at Fort Ord, Calif. He next served as a platoon leader and company executive officer in the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga. After that assignment, he completed the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at Fort Benning before being assigned to the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash., where he served in S3 Operations and later as a company commander. He then served as a Ranger Plans Officer in G3, I Corps, on the same installation. From there, Charlton went to Fort Polk, La., where he served as an observer/controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center. After that assignment, he was the Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, and later Operations Officer, Fifth U.S. Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and United Nations Mission, Haiti. After completing the staff officer course at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, he was transferred to Germany, where he was the Division Plans Officer for the 1st Infantry Division; Battalion S3 for 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry; and the Brigade Executive Officer for 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. Upon returning to the United States, Charlton served as the Chief of Infantry Proponency at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. In his next assignment, he assumed command of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry, in July of 2002 in Kuwait and led Task Force 1-15 Infantry through a six-month Operation Desert Spring deployment, followed immediately by combat operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Charlton continued to serve with the 3rd Infantry Division as the G3 during its conversion to a modular force and a combat deployment to Iraq from June 2004 to June Charlton then attended the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Penn., before moving to his next assignment as Commander, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq. In June 2008, he was appointed Chief, Iraq Division, J-5, on the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C. In March of the following year, he became Assistant Deputy Director and then Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Middle- East) J-5, in the same office a year later. Just prior to assuming his current position, Charlton served as Deputy Commander, Regional Command-East, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, Operation Enduring Freedom, in Afghanistan from January Charlton's awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with four Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (with six Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Combat Infantryman's Badge, Expert Infantryman's Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge and Ranger Tab. In addition to his bachelor's degree, Charlton has earned master's degrees in Information System Management from Webster University, General Studies from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

20 Dr. Bradford Tousley Office Director Tactical Technology Office Dr. Bradford Tousley joined DARPA in January 2013 as the director of the Tactical Technology Office (TTO). TTO transforms the future of warfighting by pursuing highrisk, high payoff tactical technology and development of rapid, mobile and responsive combat capability for advanced weapons, platforms and space systems. Prior to this, he served as director of the Technology Division of Logos Technologies. At Logos Technologies, Dr. Tousley was responsible for technology and business development, and business operations and personnel management, including areas such as unmanned airborne persistent surveillance technology, hyperspectral imaging science, space situational awareness and sensors, UAV collision avoidance, software development, and advanced image processing algorithms. Prior to joining Logos, Dr. Tousley served as a senior scientist and program manager at DARPA from , creating and managing efforts in unmanned systems, tactical missiles, radar systems and advanced EO/IR sensor systems. In 2005, he was awarded the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD)/Advanced Capability Technology Demonstration (ACTD) manager of the year for his management of the Micro Air Vehicle (Ducted Fan) ACTD, which resulted in the deployment of novel air vehicles in support of countering improvised explosive device operations and force protection of U.S. forces in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. From , Dr. Tousley was a program manager in the National Reconnaissance Office, managing new technology efforts for a variety of space-based sensor systems and communication architectures in support of the development of national technical means. Dr. Tousley served as a U.S. Army Armor (Cavalry) and Acquisition officer in command and staff position from He also served as a research scientist and associate professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on the faculty at West Point from Dr. Tousley holds a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy as well as a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester.

21 Ambrose R. (Bruce) Hock Bruce Hock spent eight years on the professional staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee as the senior professional staff member responsible for providing recommendations on the oversight of Army and Marine Corps ground and helicopter programs and acquisition policy. Prior to his second tour on the committee, Bruce spent six years with Northrop Grumman Corporation Government Relations as a corporate director responsible for developing and coordinating corporate strategy and engaging with senior company and government officials in the area of ground programs and missile defense information systems. Bruce spent 27 years in the U.S. Army as a signal corps officer where he served in numerous command and staff positions at the Office of Secretary of Defense and Army Headquarters levels as well as the Defense Communications Agency. Bruce culminated his Army career as the Program Development Division chief in Army Program Analysis and Evaluation. He and his wife Maria Bennett Hock, an artist, reside in Burke, Virginia.

22 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, 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, Va., 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, N.C.; 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.; Principal Director for Operations, Defense Information Systems Agency/Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Arlington, Va. 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. March 2014

23 Jeff Sorenson is a Partner and President of the A.T. Kearney Public Sector & Defense Services, LLC within the Aerospace and Defense practice. Jeff retired as a Lieutenant General with more than 20 years of acquisition experience. He successfully developed, procured and delivered over 30 different military systems with different technologies ranging from battlefield intelligence automation systems to tactical signal intelligence equipment to night vision and tactical missile systems for aviation, vehicle and individual platforms, to large scale enterprise network and tactical communication systems. As the Army s Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G6, he transformed Army network information technology capabilities to enhance business and warfighting command, control and communication capabilities. His consultant-related work has focused primarily on cost reduction and strategic analyses of the Army s industrial base (OEMs, organic base, key vendors) for ground combat weapon and combat support vehicle systems, plus an assessment of business operations at organic facilities to reduce the cost of operations. Jeff has been quoted and interviewed by several magazines, including Defense Systems, Government Computer News, and Federal Computer Week. He was also selected as a 2010 Top 100 Federal Award winner by Federal Computer Week. Jeff earned an M.B.A from Northwestern University, with concentrations in finance, accounting and decision sciences. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy..

24 Mr. Patrick J. O Neill CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Mr. Patrick J. O'Neill was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in March He assumed the role of Acting Chief Technology Officer at the Army Materiel Command on September 29, Previously, he was the Technical Director of the U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. As Technical Director, he was responsible for overseeing the entire Technical Program performed by approximately 325 analysts within AMSAA. Under his leadership, AMSAA conducted analyses across the Materiel Lifecycle to inform critical decisions for current and future Warfighter needs. Mr. O'Neill ensured that high quality analytic products were produced to support senior decision making in five core competency areas: materiel performance and effectiveness analysis, logistics analysis, field data collection, certified performance data development, and the Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness. He was AMSAA's senior technical representative on key technical and programmatic forums within the Army, OSD, and the National Defense community. Mr. O'Neill served as the Acting Director, U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity from November 2012 July As Acting Director, he oversaw a multi-disciplined workforce of over 325 analysts, engineers, mathematicians, and scientists that provide lifecycle materiel/ logistics systems analysis to support the Army Materiel Command and senior decision makers across the Army. In addition, he was responsible for the oversight of the DoD's Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness and for developing/providing joint service-approved methodology, Modeling and Simulation, data and analysis for all service systems. From March 2011 to November 2012, Mr. O Neill served as the Technical Director, U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity. Prior to this appointment, he served in various leadership positions as the Chief, C4ISR, Mobility, and CBRN Analysis Division; Chief, Combat Support Analysis Division; Chief, C4ISR/Mobility Branch; Chief, Acquisition Support Analysis Branch/Reliability and Engineering Branch, Logistics Analysis Division; Chief, Command and Control Section; Chief, Weapon Systems Integration Section, Combat Support Division; Chief, Theater Area Air Defense Section, Air Warfare Division; Chief, Aircraft Systems Evaluation Branch, Air Warfare Division; Chief, Air Defense Evaluation Branch, Air Warfare Division. He served on MSE SSEB at Fort Monmouth. He served as an analyst at HQDA G-4 during Operation Desert Storm. He also served as Chief, Projects Division, at the Joint Program Office for Test and Evaluation, Andrews AFB. Mr. O Neill holds an MS, National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, an MS, Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and a BS, Mathematics and Computer Science (Double Major) from Loyola University. He graduated number one in class, with cumulative 4.0 GPA. He was the first student ever to graduate from Loyola with a 4.0 since institution of numerical grade scoring system circa Mr. O Neill has published numerous AMSAA Technical Reports and presented numerous papers in national and international Operations Research and military forums. October 2014

25 Biography Department of the Army <Insert picture on top of this frame.> Ms. Mary J. Miller Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and Technology) Ms. Miller was selected for the Senior Executive Service in August of 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: 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 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 Apr 2001: Team Leader Nonlinear Optical Processes Team, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, MD Jun 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

26 COLLEGE: 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. AWARDS AND HONORS: 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. CERTIFICATIONS: Certified Level III in Program Management Certified Level III SPRDE, Systems Engineering Certified Level II SPRDE, Program Systems Engineering PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 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, 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 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 (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

27 Brian A. Keller Group Account Manager MG (Retired) Brian Keller joined SAIC now Leidos in January 2010 and today serves as Vice President, Army Strategic Account Executive. He leads Army strategy development and provides business development support, customer account management, strategic capture and proposal development across Leidos for the long-term growth of the enterprise. Before joining Leidos, Brian spent nearly 30 years as a Soldier achieving the rank of Major General before retiring in 2010 while serving as the Director of Military Support at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Brian served in a wide variety of intelligence command and staff assignments at tactical, Army, Special Operations Forces, and Joint commands. He has extensive service in joint, Special Operations, and operational deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. He served as the J2 / Senior Intelligence Officer for the Joint Special Operations Command, United States European Command, and Multi-National Forces-Iraq where he was selected by General Petraeus to lead his combat intelligence staff. Brian was a Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where he graduated with a degree in History. He also received a master s degree in Strategic Studies, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, KS, and a master s degree in Military Studies, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, KS.

28 U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command 3071 Aberdeen Boulevard Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Major General John F. Wharton Commanding General Major General John Wharton serves as Commanding General of the United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. RDECOM ensures the dominance of Army capabilities by empowering, unburdening and protecting the Joint Warfighter through integrated research, development and engineering solutions. MG Wharton leads more than 14,000 researchers, engineers and support personnel. MG Wharton was commissioned a Second Lieutenant following graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 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, NC, and later deployed to Sinai, Egypt, with Task Force 3-502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as part of the Multinational Peace Keeping Force and Observers (MFO). 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, MG Wharton assumed duties as an Inspector General to the United States Army Western Command (WESTCOM) at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Following that tour, he served as Battalion S3 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 United States Army s Personnel Command (PERSCOM), 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 OPERA- TION RESTORE/UPHOLD DEMOCRACY as the Battalion Commander (Forward). Following the deployment, he remained at Fort Drum as Chief, Division Materiel Management Center (DMMC), 10th Mountain Division Support Command from 1995 to For the next two years he served as a Joint Strategy Planner in the Logistics Directorate, J4, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Pentagon, 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, MG 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 G4, followed by Executive Officer to the HQDA Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, G4, Washington, D.C. In 2008, he deployed to Kuwait as Commanding General, AMC-SWA/U.S. Army Central G4/CFLCC C4 for OPERATIONs IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM. He was the U.S. Army Materiel Command Chief of Staff from November 2009 to March MG Wharton s most recent assignment was as Commanding General, United States Army Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal, and as the Senior Commander for United States Army Garrison, Rock Island. 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 at West Point, 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's 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. APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE SEP 2014

29 GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS Mound Road Sterling Heights, MI Biography Contact: Communications Colonel (ret.) Donald P. Kotchman Vice President Tracked Vehicle Systems Don Kotchman graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1979 and was commissioned in the Ordnance Corps. Early in his twenty-seven year military career, Don s assignments included leadership positions in maintenance and supply management in support of combat brigades in the 101 st Airborne Division and the 2d Infantry Division. He also had assignments at Watervliet Arsenal and at the Tank Automotive and Armaments Command. Don served on the staff of the Deputy Commander of the Army Material Command from In 1995 he took over as the Product Manager for the Grizzly breaching system. In 1998 Don was selected to be the Executive Officer for the Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology). In 2000, Don became part of the Stryker Program Management Team in Warren, MI, followed by an assignment as the Project Manager, Abrams Tank Systems. He also served as Project Manager Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Systems from In September, 2004, Don became the Deputy Program Executive Officer for Ground Combat Systems until his retirement in Don was subsequently hired by General Dynamics Land Systems where he has managed Abrams, MRAP and EFV programs. Reassigned as the Senior Director for Technology Programs, Don had responsibility for the Ground Combat Vehicle Program. Don became Vice President of Armor Brigade Combat Team Systems in January 2011 and assumed responsibilities as Vice President, Tracked Vehicle Systems in In addition to his Bachelor of Science Degree from West Point, Don has a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Don is originally from Parma Ohio, is married and has two sons, a daughter and four grandchildren. He currently lives in Fort Gratiot, Michigan. Last Updated: Oct 2014

30 David Johnson, President & CEO David Johnson joined Achates Power in August 2008 as President and CEO. Johnson is leveraging his more than 20 years of industry experience to accelerate development of revolutionary internal combustion engines that provide superior fuel efficiency at lower cost and, ultimately, furthers the company's goal of enabling a more sustainable future. Johnson was previously Vice President of Product Operations for military and export markets at Navistar. As Program Manager for the MaxxPro TM line of Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles, he delivered the vehicles in record time and record quantities for deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan to better protect U.S. soldiers. Prior to Navistar, Johnson worked for General Motors and Ford Motor Company. At GM he was Program Manager and Chief Engineer for multiple clean-diesel engine programs for Opel, Saab and Renault passenger vehicles. At Ford Motor Company Johnson led the development and launch of the SuperDuty, equipped with an allnew diesel engine. Johnson earned a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University

31 The Honorable Heidi Shyu Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics &Technology) and Army Acquisition Executive Ms. Heidi Shyu, a political appointee, was confirmed as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology [ASA(ALT)] on September 21, Prior to this, she was asked to serve as the Principal Deputy, appointed November 8, 2010, and later as the Acting ASA(ALT), starting June 4, As the ASA (ALT), Ms. Shyu serves as the Army Acquisition Executive, the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, and the Army s Senior Research and Development official. She also has principal responsibility for all Department of the Army matters related to logistics. Ms. Shyu leads the execution of the Army s acquisition function and the acquisition management system. Her responsibilities include providing oversight for the life cycle management and sustainment of Army weapons systems and equipment from research and development through test and evaluation, acquisition, logistics, fielding, and disposition. Ms. Shyu also oversees the Elimination of Chemical Weapons Program. In addition, she is responsible for appointing, managing, and evaluating program executive officers and managing the Army Acquisition Corps and the Army Acquisition Workforce. Prior to this position, Ms. Shyu was the Vice President of Technology Strategy for Raytheon Company s Space and Airborne Systems. She also held several senior leadership positions there, including Corporate Vice President of Technology and Research, Vice President and Technical Director of Space and Airborne Systems, Vice President of Unmanned and Reconnaissance Systems, Senior Director of Unmanned Combat Vehicles, Senior Director of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), and Director of JSF Integrated Radar/Electronic Warfare Sensors. As Director of JSF Antenna Technologies at Raytheon, Ms. Shyu was responsible for the development of lightweight, low-cost, Tile Active Electronically Scanned Antenna technologies. She also served as the Laboratory Manager for Electromagnetic Systems. In addition to her extensive experience at Raytheon, Ms. Shyu served as a Project Manager at Litton Industries and was the Principal Engineer for the Joint STARS Self Defense Study at Grumman. She began her career at the Hughes Aircraft Company. Ms. Shyu holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from the University of New Brunswick in Canada, a Master of Science Degree in Mathematics from the University of Toronto, Master of Science Degree in System Science (Electrical Engineering) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the Engineer Degree from UCLA. She is also a graduate of the UCLA Executive Management Course and the University of Chicago Business Leadership Program. A member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board from 2000 to 2010, Ms. Shyu served as the Vice Chairman from 2003 to 2005 and as Chairman from 2005 to 2008.

32 Pete Palmer, BG USA (Ret.) Director, EDGE Innovation Network As director of the EDGE Innovation Network, Pete is responsible for leading the EDGE Innovation Network Enterprise and is a key contributor to new project development within the EDGE. He is also develops long-range strategy objectives to ensure continued growth of the EDGE network. Prior to joining General Dynamics C4 Systems, Pete performed over 32 years of active service as a commissioned officer in the United States Army, retiring in 2009 as a Brigadier General. His experience in the Army includes a wide range of assignments in the Infantry, both stateside and abroad. His Joint and Coalition experiences include four tours in NATO (Germany), SHAPE during Kosovo conflict, Dpty Commander TF Falcon in KOSOVO, Commander the Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) at the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. BCTP is a simulation based virtual training environment focusing on training Brigade, Division and Army Commanders and Staff in Joint and Coalition mission command, C4ISR systems and processes. His most recent Joint and Coalition experience was in as Brigadier General, serving as deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and later as deputy Chief of staff for operations for the Multi-national Force in Operation Iraqi Freedom. As deputy Chief of staff for operations he served under MG Molan, Australian Army. In 2005, Pete was assigned to serve as the Director of Accelerated Capabilities Development for the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) at Fort Monroe, Va. He managed a broad capabilities development portfolio with responsibility for the development and integration of Department of the Army future and current fight capabilities documents as well as Science and Technology capability documents for the Army and Joint and Multi-National forces. Pete was also instrumental in championing the Army s recent push into understanding and improving the relationship between the Soldier and technology. This is one aspect of the Human Dimension (HD) capabilities development initiative that encompasses the moral, physical, and cognitive components of Soldier development and performance. Pete s experience as a thought leader in Human Dimension has kept him at the forefront of technology discovery and allowed him to interact with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), industry and academia. He is applying this experience to move the EDGE Innovation Network to the next level, keeping it at the forefront of understanding the technology gaps warfighters face and developing new ways for the warfighter to assess and manage information. Pete received his bachelors of science in electrical engineering and computer science from the United States Military Academy and a masters of arts in National Securities studies from the University of California San Bernardino. He also has two masters of military arts and science in operation and operational art from the US Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Pete is based in Scottsdale, Ariz.

33 Lieutenant General Robert Brooks Brown Commanding General, US Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, KS Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Deputy Commanding General for Combined Arms, U.S. Training and Doctrine Command LTG Brown was commissioned into the Infantry in May of 1981 after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point. During his time at West Point, he was the captain for the men s basketball team and played under Coach Mike Krzyzewski, learning the essential fundamentals of leadership that led to his successful military career. LTG Brown s education includes a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy; a Master s Degree in Education from the University of Virginia; and a Master s Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies as a Distinguished Graduate of the National Defense University. LTG Brown has served in leadership positions from platoon level to Corps. He was a Platoon Leader and Company Commander in mechanized infantry units at Fort Carson, Colorado; a Battalion Commander of a mechanized infantry battalion at Fort Hood, Texas including a deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina in support of OPERATION JOINT FORGE; a Stryker Brigade Commander at Fort Lewis, Washington including a deployment in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; the Commanding General of the Maneuver Center of Excellence (Infantry and Armor Forces) and Fort Benning, Georgia. Prior to his current position, LTG Brown was the Commanding General of I Corps supporting an adaptive, agile, and technologically superior force regionally focused in the Pacific. In this position, LTG Brown was responsible for over 140,000 personnel and generated a revenue exceeding $6 billion dollars. Throughout his career, Lieutenant General Brown held multiple leadership and key staff positions ranging from platoon leader to appointments at the highest corporate level both in the Pentagon and with NATO. His international experience extends from the continental United States and Caribbean to assignments in Europe and the Pacific region. This also includes two tours of combat in Iraq. Lieutenant General Robert B. Brown currently serves as the commander of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Lieutenant General Brown leads the synchronization of 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 U.S. Army uses to fight and win our Nation s wars. As the Combined Arms Center Commander, Lieutenant General Brown is responsible for over 98,000 personnel and $2.3 billion dollars disbursed annually in the local bi-state region of Kansas and Missouri including the Kansas City metropolitan area. He is married to his high school sweetheart, the former Patti Pope of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. They have three daughters and one granddaughter.

34 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 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 Langley- Eustis, Virginia, Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia and U.S. Division North-Iraq from ; Commander, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division from 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 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 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 As of 30 July 2014 AFCS-PA, HQ, U.S. Army Forces Command 4700 Knox St., Fort Bragg, NC 28310

35 Major General Jonathan A. Maddux Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) Major General Jonathan A. Maddux is the Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). A native of Michigan, Major General Maddux entered the Army as an enlisted Soldier in After a three year enlisted tour with the 82nd Airborne Division, he earned a Bachelor of Science in English, Language and Literature, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Operations Research Analysis from Eastern Michigan University and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. His postgraduate education includes: a Master s degree in Administration from Central Michigan University, a Master s degree in Telecommunications from University of Colorado (Boulder) and a MSST in Strategy from the United States Army War College. His Military education includes the Signal Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Project Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, Army Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. Major General Maddux has held key staff positions at the tactical, operational/joint and strategic levels. His prior assignments include: Assistant to the Principal Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology [ASA(ALT)]; the Deputy Commanding General, Support, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom; Program Executive Officer Ammunition/Commanding General, Picatinny Arsenal; Chief of Staff, Office of the ASA(ALT), Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Director for Army Evaluation Task Force Integration, Directorate for Program Manager for Future Combat Systems (Brigade Combat Team); Project Manager for Future Combat Systems Network Systems Integration; Executive Officer, Aviation and Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Systems Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition); Staff Officer, Aviation and Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Systems Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition); and Commander, Signal Detachment, 75th Ranger Regiment, after a successful company command of B Co, 38th Signal Battalion. Major General Maddux also served as an enlisted Military Police in the 82nd Airborne Division MP Co and 301st POW MP BDE. Major General Maddux s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with four oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with five oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal with two service stars, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with service star, Global War on Terrorism Medal, NATO Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Master Parachutist Badge, Korean and French Parachutist Badges, Air Assault Badge, Department of the Army Staff Identification Badge and the coveted Black & Gold Ranger Tab. Major General Maddux and his wife, Liz, have two children, Kristina and 2nd Lieutenant Jonathan Jr. MG Maddux also has two daughters from a former marriage, Jessica and Rachel.

36 Michael D. Matthews is Professor of Engineering Psychology at the United States Military Academy (at West Point). He served as President of the American Psychological Association s Society for Military Psychology from 2007 to 2008 and is a Templeton Foundation Senior Positive Psychology Fellow. Collectively, his research interests center on Soldier performance in combat and other dangerous contexts. He has authored over 200 scientific papers, is the co-editor of Leadership in Dangerous Situations: A Handbook for Armed Forces, Emergency Services, and First Responders (Naval Institute Press, 2011) and the Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology (Oxford University Press, 2012), co-author of The Millennial Generation and National Defense: Attitudes of Future Military and Civilian Leaders (Palgrave Pivot, 2013), and the author of the recently published Head Strong: How Psychology is Revolutionizing War (Oxford University Press, 2014). Dr. Matthews is currently on sabbatical from West Point, serving as a Fellow with the Chief of Staff of the Army s Strategic Studies Group.

37 Donna Orender Professional Biography Donna Orender, is a highly respected corporate business leader responsible for growth and innovation in several high profile companies. She has been recognized as one of the top 10 Most Powerful Women in Sports and one of Newsweeks100 most Influential people in sports. Donna was recruited by Adam Silver to lead the WNBA in its most vulnerable time. She served 6 years as the President/Commissioner of the league, during which time she solidified its base and led double digit growth in all key business metrics. This included 20% plus growth in sponsorship in the height of the recession, 25% growth in television viewership and triple digit growth in digital. League operations were cash flow positive for the first time in the history of the league. With her focus on revitalizing the brand, its value and relevance, the league experienced 5 years of consecutive attendance growth, after 8 years of decline. The league greatly benefited from an 8-year contract extension with Disney/ABC/ESPN, which for the first time included broadcast rights fees and led negotiations for an unprecedented 6-year Collective Bargaining agreement. In addition, she was able to open new markets, bring in new owners, develop a franchise template for success and execute new revenue producing events and help innovate with ground breaking sales, marketing and digital strategies. Prior to the WNBA, Donna spent 17 years at the PGA TOUR. She developed and led the global production, programming and digital businesses for the TOUR building globally recognized businesses in both revenue and prestige. She led the negotiating team that changed the paradigm for how PGA TOUR golf was both packaged and sold for television, resulting in billions of dollars in growth for the TOUR while overseeing the largest revenue generating department at the company. She took a nascent International television business and grew it 40%, establishing a foothold in all major international markets. Her last position was one of 3 top executives in the Office of the Commissioner. As the Senior Vice President of Strategic Development. She was responsible for developing strategic direction across all business lines including direct oversight of brand management, advertising and digital strategy working closely with the Commissioner. Donna s business career began after playing 3 years in the Women s Professional Basketball League, the WBL, where she earned All-Star status. This experience enabled her to work in network television sports at ABC and later in cable television at SportsChannel before forming her own production company. As the CEO of Orender Unlimited, her current work has included the development of a strategic plan for the golf industry, initiated by the PGA of America, focused on the development of new consumer markets and the accompanying transformational changes necessary to realize success. Donna authored Connecting with Her, a guidebook on the impact of the women s market, and how to understand and access it. The focus on the betterment of women and girls is at the core of the development and launch of a platform called Generation W. Launched in 2011, GENERATION W and GENERATION WOW have become vibrant communities for enhancing and motivating people s lives and creating change and impact in their worlds. Donna s business building expertise led to being elected as a founding board member of the WSL the World Surfing League. The Association relaunched their global business in 2014 and a global rebranding in She is also a board member of Power Ice Inc. the manufacturer of a frozen electrolyte, hydration product, targeting athletes and the health industry. In addition, she serves on the nominating committee for the V Foundation for Cancer Research board, is on the executive committee of Maccabi USA and contributes to the boards of the Monique Burr Foundation for Children, the DeVos Sport Business Management Graduate Program at UCF, UNF Brooks School of Health, Co- Chairs the UJA Sports for Youth Initiative and a founding member of the board of W.O.M.E.N, a mentoring organization for young women capable of reaching the C-suite. She has also been a Global Ambassador for Vital Voices, most recently traveling to India to help mentor young women entrepreneurs. Donna has been a recipient of the March of Dimes Sports Leadership Award and was honored by the UJA-Federation of New York s Entertainment, Media and Communications Division for her dedication to the community. A Hall of Fame athlete at Queens College, her business acumen and experience makes her a sought after speaker on topics such as leadership, teamwork, motivation and gender/diversity issues.

38 GENERAL RAYMOND T. ODIERNO 38 th Chief of Staff UNITED STATES ARMY General Raymond T. Odierno, assumed duty as the 38 th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army on 7 September A native of Rockaway, New Jersey, General Odierno attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1976 with a commission in Field Artillery. During more than 38 years of service, he has commanded units at every echelon, from platoon to theater, with duty in Germany, Albania, Kuwait, Iraq, and the United States. After his first assignment with U.S. Army Europe, General Odierno was assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery at Fort Bragg, N.C., where he commanded two batteries and served as a battalion operations officer. General Odierno returned to U.S. Army Europe serving as a battalion executive officer and division artillery executive officer including deployment for Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. He later commanded 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, 7th Infantry Division, and the Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division. From October 2001 to June 2004, General Odierno commanded the 4th Infantry Division, leading the division during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from April 2003 to March From December 2006 to February 2008, he served as the Commanding General, Multi-National Corps Iraq (III Corps) as the operational commander of the surge of forces. Later, he served as the Commanding General, Multi- National Force - Iraq and subsequently United States Forces - Iraq, from September 2008 until September From October 2010 until August 2011, he was the Commander of United States Joint Forces Command. Other significant assignments include: Arms Control Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Chief of Staff, V Corps; Assistant Division Commander (Support), 1st Armored Division; Deputy Commanding General, Task Force Hawk, Albania; Director of Force Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans; and Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he was the primary military advisor to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. General Odierno holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from West Point and a master s degree in Nuclear Effects Engineering from North Carolina State University. He is a graduate of the Army War College and holds a master s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. He also holds an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from North Carolina State University and an honorary Doctorate of Laws Honoris Causa from the Institute of World Politics. 1

39 General Odierno is married to his high school sweetheart, Linda. They have three children: son Tony and his wife Daniela; daughter Katie and her husband Nick Funk; and son Mike. He and Linda also have four grandsons. His oldest son, Army Captain (Retired) Tony Odierno, is a combat veteran. General Odierno s awards and decorations include four Defense Distinguished Service Medals, two Army Distinguished Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, six Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, four Meritorious Service Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Badge. He has also received the Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal and Orders of Military Merit from Brazil, Columbia, Romania, and Italy. He was also appointed as an Officer in the French National Order of the Legion of Honor. 2

40 SUSAN S. LAWRENCE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON 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 G-6. 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. profile updated February 2014

41 DANIEL P. HUGHES, BRIGADIER GENERAL, U.S. ARMY DANIEL P. HUGHES, MAJOR GENERAL, U.S. ARMY Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications Tactical Brig. Gen. Daniel P. Hughes serves as the U.S. Army Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and During his more than 30-year Army career, MG Daniel P. Hughes has united people, processes Communications-Tactical and technology to deliver superior (PEO C3T). support to U.S. Soldiers. As the Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO BG Hughes guides the PEO C3T workforce of more than 1,600 personnel who execute an annual budget of C3T), MG Hughes guides a workforce of more than 1,700 personnel who acquire, field and support more the than networked $3 billion. mission The command dedicated capabilities PEO C3T that bring team information works by dominance the warfighter s to present side and in training and theater locations future Soldiers. throughout MG Hughes the world. took command They acquire, of PEO sustain C3T on Sept. and 4, support 2013, championing the networked the vision mission command solutions of a robust, that intuitive bring technological tactical communications dominance network to in present support and of the future Army s warfighters. transformation to a leaner, more agile force. On June 25, 2014, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for promotion BG to Hughes Major General. earned The his promotion commission took effect in the on U.S. Sept Army 2, Field Artillery branch through the Reserve Officer Training MG Hughes Corps more program than 21 at years the University of acquisition of experience Texas at includes Arlington extensive in expertise with the Army s network and mission command portfolio. In the early 2000s, he served as the Product His Manager assignments for Fire include Support, serving leading the as Advanced a fire direction Field Artillery officer Tactical with the Data 8th System Infantry Division, U.S. Army Europe, Germany; (AFATDS) an through instructor, two Army at the Digital U.S. Capstone Army Field Exercises, Artillery two School, operational Fort tests Sill, and Okla.; a deployment Commander, to Kuwait, C Battery, Iraq and 1st Battalion, Afghanistan. 17th In Field 2005, Artillery, he assumed III Corps the charter Artillery, for the Fort Joint Sill, Tactical Okla.; Radio Fire System Direction (JTRS) Officer, Ground 75 Domain, th Field where Artillery he was responsible for the development of the Army s next-generation, software-defined radios that deliver the tactical network Brigade, III Corps Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla., and Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield, Saudi Arabia; to the Soldier, including the Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) program. Today, HMS radios are deployed to MILSTAR Afghanistan, Project where Officer, they are U.S. providing Army mobile Element network Air access Force to Activity, dismounted Washington, Soldiers and D.C. enhancing with situational duty at Los awareness Angeles Air Force Base, Ca.; Liaison Officer, Program Manager Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems, later Assistant across the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) formation. Project Manager, Deep Strike Systems, Program Executive Office, Command, Control, and Communications, In 2011, MG Hughes Fort was Sill, assigned Okla.; Patriot as the Director Advanced of System Capability of Systems Requirements/Simulation Integration (SoSI), Assistant Integration Secretary Officer, of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)). He oversaw ASA(ALT) involvement in the Network Integration U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala.; Project Manager, Fire Support, Evaluations (NIEs), the Army s groundbreaking new process to integrate network technologies across the BCT, and Program accelerate Executive and improve Office, the way Command, these technologies Control, are and delivered Communications to Soldiers. In Systems, his role at Fort SoSI, Monmouth, MG Hughes worked N.J.; Deputy with for Ballistic the Army Missile test, training Defense and doctrine Systems, and acquisition Office of the communities, Secretary as of well Defense, as with industry Washington, partners, D.C.; to grow Project the NIE from Manager, concept Joint to reality Tactical and to Radio standardize Systems, the NIE Ground process Domain, for maximum PEO efficiency C3T, Fort and Monmouth, effectiveness. N.J.; In his Deputy role at SoSI, Program MG Executive Hughes also Officer, applied Enterprise lessons learned Information from the System, NIEs to lead Fort the Belvoir, successful Va.; fielding Deputy of the Program Capability Executive Set 13 communications Officer, Integration network, which (Networks), the deployed Washington, Soldiers of D.C.; the 10th Director, Mountain System Division of termed Systems their digital Integration, guardian Aberdeen angel. Proving Ground, Following Md.; his and tenure most at SoSI, recently MG Hughes a dual served assignment a dual assignment Deputy as Deputy Commanding General, Army of the Army s Research, Development and Engineering Command, Commanding Senior Mission General Commander, of Natick Soldier Natick Systems Soldier Center, Systems responsible Center, for Natick, researching, Mass. developing, fielding, and managing food, clothing, shelters, airdrop systems, and Soldier support items. MG Hughes earned his commission in the U.S. Army Field Artillery branch through the Reserve Officer Training Corps The program general at earned the University a master of Texas of business at Arlington administration In the degree early 1990s from he Oklahoma served in Operations City University Desert and Shield a and master Storm of as science the Fire degree Direction in Officer National of the Resource 75th FA Brigade, Strategy XVIII from Airborne the National Corps and Defense VII Corps. University. Following Desert Hughes Storm, is MG Hughes was assigned to the Army Acquisition Corps and served in numerous positions including as a Communications also a graduate of the Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the U.S. Army Command and Systems Engineer on the MILSTAR Satellite Program, Deputy System Engineer on the PATRIOT Missile Project, Assistant General Product Staff Manager College Deep and Strike the for Industrial the Project College Office, Field of the Artillery Armed Tactical Forces. Data Systems, and as Product Director of the Balkan Digitization and Blue Force Tracking, Bosnia-Herzegovina. His MG military Hughes awards earned and a master decorations of business include administration the Defense degree Superior from Oklahoma Service City Medal University Legion and a of master Merit, of Bronze science Star, degree Meritorious in National Service Resource Medal Strategy (with from three the Oak National Leaf Defense Clusters), University. Army He Commendation is also a graduate Medal of the (with Field two Artill Oak ery Leaf Officer Clusters), Basic and Army Advanced Achievement Courses, Medal the U.S. (with Army Oak Command Leaf and Cluster), General the Staff Air College Force and Achievement the Industrial Medal, College of Air the Force Armed Space Forces. and Missile Badge and Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge. His military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious BG Service Hughes Medal is married (with three with Oak two Leaf grown Clusters), children. Army Commendation Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), the Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Space and Missile Badge and Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge. MG Hughes is married with two grown children.

42 KEVIN M. FAHEY Executive Director System of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) Mr. Fahey was selected for the Senior Executive Service in February Effective 1 June 2014, Mr. Fahey assumed his current duties as the Executive Director, System of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology). Mr. Fahey previously served as the Program Executive Officer for Combat Support and Combat Service Support, Program Executive Officer Ground Combat Systems at Warren, MI, as well as the Deputy Program Executive Officer Ammunition, Senior Technical Executive for Close Combat Armament Systems, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. Mr. Fahey also served as the Deputy Project Manager, Crusader and the Chief of the Systems Engineering and International Division for the Crusader Program, the Future Armored Resupply Vehicle (FARV) Program Development Project Officer and Chief of Systems Engineering, the U.S. delegate to the international 155mm Joint Ballistic Working Group and the M119 Development Project Officer. Mr. Fahey, a native of Massachusetts, entered civil service in 1981 following graduation from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research. Upon graduation from college, Mr. Fahey attended the Quality and Reliability intern program at the DARCOM Intern Training Center, Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Fahey has been the recipient of multiple awards and honors; Exceptional Civilian Service Award (2 nd award), Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Superior Civilian Service Award and has been inducted into the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara, Ancient Order of Saint Christopher, Honorable Order of Samuel Sharpe, Distinguished Order of Saint Martin, Bronze Order of the Fleury Medal. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife.

43 Galen B. Jackman Vice President Business Development Army and SOF Programs Raytheon Company 1100 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22209, USA Biography Galen B. Jackman is Vice President Army and Special Operations Forces Programs, U.S. Business Development, for Raytheon Company. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2014 net sales of $23 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning over 90 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 63,000 people worldwide. Jackman serves as Raytheon s Army and SOF lead and the company s internal U.S. Army and SOF subject matter expert. He has served in this position since He is responsible for Raytheon s enterprise business development with the Army and the U.S. Special Operations Command. He leads a local team in Rosslyn focused on Headquarters, Department of the Army and the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. He also leads 11 field offices located with the Army s Centers of Excellence, Acquisition Program Executive Offices, SOCOM, and key operational Army organizations. Major General (Ret) Galen B. Jackman retired from the US Army in 2008 after serving 35 years. General Jackman grew up in western Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1973 as a Distinguished Military Graduate. He was commissioned an Infantry Officer in the Regular Army from the University of Nebraska ROTC Program in His early formative professional years included a variety of infantry officer assignments in the 1 st Battalion (ABN) 508 th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC; and the 1 st Battalion, 21 st Infantry, 25 th Infantry Division in Hawaii. He also served as a squadron Executive Officer and Squadron Commander in 1 st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Delta Force), Fort Bragg, NC.

44 Galen B. Jackman Vice President Business Development Army and SOF Programs Raytheon Company 1100 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22209, USA General Jackman commanded the 1 st Battalion, 14 th Infantry, 25 th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; 2d Brigade, 7 th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, CA; the Ranger Training Brigade, Fort Benning, GA; Joint Task Force Kuwait; and the United States Army Military District of Washington and Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, Washington, DC. He also served as the Director of Combined Arms and Tactics at the United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA; Deputy J3, United States Pacific Command, Hawaii; Chief of Staff and Assistant Division Commander, 10 th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, NY; Chief of Staff, Multi-National Division North, Bosnia: J3, United States Southern Command, Miami, FL; and the Army s Chief of Legislative Liaison to the United States Congress. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Nebraska and a Master of Science in Acquisition and Contract Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Galen and his wife Cathy have two grown sons, David and Patrick. David is a Special Forces Soldier and Patrick is a mechanical engineering college student.

45 James P. Woolsey President, Defense Acquisition University Mr. Woolsey is President of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU), a position he has held since January In that role, he is responsible for delivery of learning products through the DAU regions, the Defense Systems Management College, and the College of Contract Management; curriculum development; online learning programs; learning technology; and library services for a major Department of Defense corporate university. DAU, strategically located within five geographical regions across the country and servicing a global workforce, provides practitioner training, career management, and services to enable the acquisition, technology, and logistics community to make smart business decisions and deliver timely and affordable capabilities to the Warfighter. He previously served as the first Deputy Director for Performance Assessments (PA) in the office of Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analyses (PARCA). In standing up the PA organization, he created the processes and practices that allowed it to perform its statutory responsibility of assessing the progress of all Major Defense Acquisition Programs. The new office also made a substantial contribution to re-invigorating the Defense Acquisition Executive Summary process and provided the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics with unique analyses to give him improved visibility into the status of the MDAP portfolio. Mr. Woolsey was previously an Assistant Director in the Cost Analysis and Research Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses. His responsibilities included management of the division s cost analysis and research, and leadership of a wide range of cost and acquisition studies. His work included a congressionally-directed cost benefit analysis of the F-35 alternate engine, an evaluation of KC-767A lease prices, C-5 re-engineering costs and benefits, F-22 production readiness, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile costs, and space launch alternatives. Mr. Woolsey also served on a Defense Science Board Task Force on long-range strike. Mr. Woolsey s other previous positions include service as a structures engineer for F/A-18 aircraft at Naval Air Systems Command, and work as an engineer for Lockheed Martin airlift programs in Marietta, GA. Mr. Woolsey has a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a master s in business administration from George Mason University and was a Fellow in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI on International Relations.

46 LTG (ret) Jim Pillsbury spent 38 years in the Army, a majority of them as an Army Aviation Logistician/Maintenance Test Pilot. He served three tours in the 101 st Airborne Division (Air Assault) where he commanded from platoon to the Division Support Command. He spent a total of 16 years in Infantry Divisions. His overseas tours included Korea, the Sinai, Germany and Desert Shield/Storm. His General Officer assignments included: commanding the Defense Distribution Center for DLA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics for USAREUR, Commander, Army Aviation and Missile Command, G3 and later Deputy Commanding General for the Army Material Command. He and his wife Becky have retired in Huntsville, Al.

47 Lieutenant General Patricia McQuistion DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL Lieutenant General Patricia E. McQuistion assumed duties as the Deputy Commanding General of the United States Army Materiel Command Aug. 7, She previously served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill. Previously, she was the Commanding General of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command for U.S. Army-Europe and Seventh Army in Kaiserslautern, Germany. She is a 1980 graduate of the University of Akron, Ohio, where she earned a commission in the U.S. Army through the ROTC program. She has served in numerous assignments, starting with the 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and the U.S. Army Western Command at Fort Shafter. She then moved to Germany, where she served as a company commander in the 56th Field Artillery Command (Pershing) and V Corps, Seventh Army. She was next assigned to the U.S. Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Va., as ordnance systems manager, and then moved to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., as a speechwriter for the U.S. Army Chief of Staff. Later assignments took her to the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan.; then to Fort Hood, Texas, where she commanded the Special Troops Battalion in the 13th Corps Support Command. She returned to the Pentagon as a special assistant for personnel and logistics to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff. From June 2000 to June 2001, Lieutenant General McQuistion served in Sinai, Egypt. She returned to the United States to command Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa. Lieutenant General McQuistion was then assigned to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Materiel Command at Fort Belvoir, Va., as executive officer to the deputy commanding general, followed by a third Pentagon assignment as director for strategy and integration within the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army (G-4). In 2006, Lieutenant General McQuistion went to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as ASC deputy commanding general with duty as commanding general of Army Materiel Command-Forward (Southwest Asia), director of operational sustainment, and G-4 for US Army Central Command. She next commanded the Defense Supply Center Columbus, Ohio (now Defense Logistics Agency-Land and Maritime). In August 2009, she was named as commanding general of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Akron, and Master s Degrees in Acquisition Management from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. Her military schooling also includes the Ordnance Officer Basic and Advanced courses, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Lieutenant General McQuistion's awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters; the Bronze Star; the Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters; the Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster; the Air Force Commendation Medal; the Army Achievement Medal; the Army Staff Identification Badge; and the Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in Gold. Lieutenant General McQuistion is married to Colonel (Ret) Leif Johnson. They have three grown children: Leif, Nick, and Laura. Aug. 2012

48 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 He oversees policies and procedures used by 240,000 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.

49 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, O Connell is a native of Clinton, Maryland and a graduate of High Point College, North Carolina. He was commissioned through Army ROTC in 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; 1 st 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 ARMY SUSTAINMENT COMMAND 1 ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, IL