ACQUISITION SPOTLIGHT:
MR. GRANT P. ROUTZOHN Power surge
I MR. GRANT P. ROUTZOHN
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager for Expeditionary Energy and Sustainment Systems, Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support
TITLE: Tactical Power Integration Director
YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 10 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 9
EDUCATION: B.A. in acquisition and contract man- agement, Strayer University
DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III certified in program management
AWARDS: Vietnam Service Metal, Good Con- duct Medal, Achievement Medal for Civilian Service and Commander’s Award for Civilian Service (3)
t’s not unusual when the path to a life’s work is anything but a straight line, but it is a bit unusual when it starts out with a job as an
atomic demolition specialist. Along the meandering path of Grant Routzohn’s unusual acquisition career, however, are two common themes: engineering and management.
In addition to sending teams all over the world—most recently to Niamey, the capital of Niger—to help get appropriate tactical power systems to Army and other service installations, Routzohn, direc- tor of tactical power integration for the project manager for expeditionary energy and sustainment systems (PM E2S2), also works to integrate tactical power systems and command post infrastruc- ture for Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) exercises at Fort Bliss, TX, and White Sands Missile Range, NM. “Tat’s one of the major reasons that [BG, then- COL Brian P.] Cummings brought me to E2S2, because PM E2S2 wasn’t having success down there. We built the Com- mand Post Operational Energy System, and we took that down there at a battal- ion level—and then at a brigade level at a later NIE—and had success. Right now, the Army’s looking at fielding it.”
Routzohn’s last duty station in a nine- year military career that ended in 1981 was at the Atomic Demolition Muni- tions School at Fort Belvoir, VA, where
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he was a teacher, because there weren’t many options for those whose expertise was in hand-emplaced nuclear weapons. His career path outside the Army took him through several years as a contrac- tor, then a DA civilian at PEO Soldier, followed by the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) and eventu- ally PM E2S2.
What do you do, and why is it impor- tant to the Army or the warfighter?
I’m responsible for managing NIE efforts for PM E2S2 and power assessments. Our NIE team takes generators, environ- mental control units, power distribution products and shelters from our product managers (PdMs) within PM E2S2 and applies those products to the capability gaps identified for the NIE. Te team integrates the products into a system to meet the capability gap, puts the systems in the hands of Soldiers at NIE, supports the systems at NIE and then follows up with the PdMs to make the necessary enhancements.
We also conduct power assessments for units stationed in the States and overseas. A unit makes a request for tactical power, and our power assessment team coordi- nates with the unit, conducts a power assessment to determine the right size of tactical power and environmental con- trol units required for their mission, and then works with the unit and PM E2S2’s
Army AL&T Magazine April–June 2015
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