ON THE MOVE
BEZWADA RETIRES AFTER 25 YEARS Hari Bezwada, left, chief information officer (CIO) for the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), concluded his 25-year Army career at a retirement ceremony at Fort Belvoir on Jan. 28. Victor Hernandez, EIS program management director, presented Bezwada with a certificate of retirement.
Bezwada had served as the CIO for PEO EIS since November 2010. He is an Indi- vidual of the Year in Federal Government designee, a DOD Distinguished Civilian and an Army Distinguished Civilian Award winner, as well as a Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader and a two-time Fed 100 winner. Bezwada was known in government information technology (IT) circles for an unwavering commitment to innovation, building relationships between unlikely partners and strong negotiating to get Soldiers the best IT solutions at the best price.
Terry Watson, acting Program Executive Officer for EIS, called Bezwada “the best CIO that the Army has to offer,” and said, “The projects and initiatives Hari champi- oned and accomplished have changed the way the Army and DOD do IT business, and significantly contributed to the excellent reputation of PEO EIS.”
Bezwada was an early supporter of the Army’s network modernization effort, making extensive progress in moving the Army closer to cloud computing and advocating for an increased mobile presence. As part of the mobility effort, he improved PEO EIS’ Wi-Fi capabilities and moved traditional desktop applications to a mobile environment.
Taking over Bezwada’s post is Manish Patel, his former deputy. (Photo by Sam Soleimanifar, PEO EIS)
GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENTS The Chief of Staff, Army announced the following officer assignments:
MG Edward M. Daly, deputy chief of staff, U.S. Army Materiel Com- mand (AMC), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to commanding general (CG), U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
MG Clark W. LeMasters Jr., deputy chief of staff for logistics and operations, AMC, Redstone Arsenal, to CG, U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Michigan.
MG Paul A. Ostrowski, deputy for acquisition and systems manage- ment, Office of the ASA(ALT), Washington, D.C., has been nominated to be deputy CG for support, Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan, pending approval by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
MG Steven A. Shapiro, assistant deputy chief of staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to deputy chief of staff for logistics and operations, AMC, Redstone Arsenal.
MG L. Neil Thurgood to deputy for acquisition and systems manage- ment, Office of the ASA(ALT), Washington, D.C. He most recently served as PEO for Missiles and Space, Redstone Arsenal.
MG Kirk F. Vollmecke, deputy PEO for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors (IEW&S), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to PEO IEW&S.
BG William E. Cole, deputy PEO for Missiles and Space, Redstone Arsenal, to PEO for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, Orlando, Florida.
BG Richard B. Dix, Commander, Defense Logistics Agency – Distribution, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, to CG, Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command/Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island Arsenal.
BG Stephen E. Farmen, CG, Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command/Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island Arsenal, to CG, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal.
BG Paul H. Pardew to director, Forward Operational Contract Sup- port, U.S. Central Command, Camp Phoenix. Pardew previously served as deputy chief of contracting management, U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers, Washington, D.C.
BG Kurt J. Ryan, Commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to CG, Mili- tary Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
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