LOGISTICS


SPOTLIGHT: MR. RICKY DANIELS Leadership and Cousin Lloyd MR. RICKY DANIELS


COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Logistics Information Systems (LIS), Project Manager Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program, Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems


TITLE: Product lead, LIS


DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III in program management and information technology; Level II in engineering


YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 24 (16 on active duty; 8 as a DA civilian)


EDUCATION: B.S. in education, The Citadel


AWARDS: Army Achievement Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters (OLC)), Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (4 OLC), Legion of Merit, Com- mander’s Award for Civilian Service, Superior Civilian Service Award


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aving spent more than 20 years in acquisition, as a civilian and a Soldier, Ricky Daniels is in the position of sustain- ing systems he once worked on developing and fielding. What has he gained from what he calls “a 360-degree


perspective”? “Never lose sight of the requirements. I’ve seen a lot of systems that didn’t make their milestones because their requirements weren’t feasible or reasonable.”


Daniels is now the product lead for Logistics Information Systems (LIS) in Project Manager Army Enterprise Systems Integration Pro- gram, part of the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS).


He joined the Army Acquisition Corps in 1992, transferring from an active-duty post with the Air Defense Artillery (ADA). “I was a system automation officer assigned to Product Manager Maneuver Control Systems, which was doing some exciting things for Soldiers back then. I had the opportunity to work with combat developers, the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity and the Operational Test and Evaluation Agency as a test officer to obtain materiel release and fully field the system. I saw the impact that acquisition had across the entire Army and felt I could serve the Army better by procuring and sustain- ing information systems than through my ADA assignments.”


Retiring from active duty in 2002 at the rank of colonel, Daniels worked in the private sector for five years before returning to the Army eight years ago as a DA civilian. Much of his leadership style was shaped by his 24 years on active duty and the honor code of Te Citadel, which he attended before joining the Army. “One of the most important things I’ve learned over the course of my career is something that I first heard from my cousin Lloyd, whose farm I worked on as a kid. Lloyd always told me, ‘If you’re going to do something, do it right.’ ”


24 Army AL&T Magazine April-June 2016


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