FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
ACQUISITION CAREER MANAGEMENT RONA LD R . R ICH A R DSON
A PROFESSION AND A PRACTICE
Acquisition education and training can transform your life. I know. It did mine.
I
am ecstatic to be joining the team as the new Director of Acquisition Career Manage- ment (DACM). It is my honor, and a high point of my career, to serve in a capacity that allows me to support people, especially those who choose to support the critical mission we have in the Army—to deploy, fight and win the nation’s wars.
I served in uniform for 10 years before transitioning to a civilian position and then to indus- try. I remained in the Army Reserves for another 15 years as an individual mobilization augmentee and a U.S. Military Academy at West Point “Field Force” admissions officer. It felt good to put on the uniform, even if only for a few days each month. I spent five years working in industry. And then on Sept. 11, 2001, I refocused my priorities and returned to government service.
I am an acquisition professional.
I’ve had the incredible opportunity to work for a large number of organizations and programs. My time with the Defense Health Agency was particularly meaningful. As the deputy program manager for the DOD Health Management System Modernization Program, I was able to see firsthand the personal aspect of what we were doing, especially in support of our veterans— seamlessly integrating records with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and providing a comprehensive longitudinal record for every Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine, including our wounded warriors—supporting them from accession through transition.
I spent the past five years of my career, before becoming DACM and the director of the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center, at the Program Executive Office (PEO) for Soldier, where I led acquisition streamlining and acquisition operations in support of the PEO. Troughout my career I have had the privilege to learn about and see the impacts of my work firsthand, but it was in that job at PEO Soldier where I was brought closest to that reality.
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