COLLABORATION & THE INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL BASE
"You must get comfortable being uncomfortable."
engineers, quality assurance, provisioners, deputy product managers and a variety of other special skills from the OEM [Office of Emergency Management] to outside agencies,” she said. Tese interactions connected the dots to how a product is born, grows and develops from a drawing to a complex program. “Tis is the high- est echelon of opportunities—to be able to contribute my military experience and influence milestone decisions during prod- uct development.”
Today, as the U.S. Army G-4 direc- tor of logistics, Dunn is responsible for taking JPEO A&A objectives, mission and vision into the development of plans and execution—the “how, when, who and where”—to accomplish the life cycle and acquisition logistics mission goal for the organization. She serves as the liai- son between Army Futures Command, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, Army Materiel Command Life Cycle Management and other external agencies. “I maintain oversight support- ing seven project management offices to include Headquarters staff,” Dunn said. Tese responsibilities are important to the warfighter, she explained, because they include command aspects of life cycle logistics supportability manage- ment for materiel release (supply chain risk management), transition to sustain- ment, Army Equipping Enterprise System and OP-9 (divesture of project manager- owned stock).
People are usually surprised by the scope of external and internal support that JPEO A&A provides, including both Class VII (major items such as military combat vehicles) and Class V (ammuni- tion). Dunn engages in cross-functional teams, working with DOD and govern- ment agencies such as Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Logistics Command, Combined Arms Support Command, Training and Doctrine Command capability manag- ers, Army Contracting Command, Army Sustainment Command, the deputy assis- tant secretary of the Army for cost and economics, U.S. Army Forces Command, U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Command, Special Operations Command and others for continuous improvements of both classes of supplies.
“I ensure all supportable requirements, to include life cycle sustainment plans, are complete and provide detailed product support strategies from cradle to grave.”
Dunn gained a deep insight of knowl- edge on collaboration across agencies and the impact to the mission during an assignment as Program Manager Towed Artillery Systems (PM TAS) product support manager (PSM) of the M777A2 and M119 howitzers. “M777A2 is a joint program with the U.S. Marine Corps and Army as the lead services,” Dunn said. “Te knowledge of how both services operate through their specific logistics supply channel and capability managers
allows me as the G-4 to provide rapid support to PM TAS-assigned PSMs and product support integrators in delivery of fully mission capable systems and requi- sition of class IX (parts).”
Te greatest satisfaction for Dunn in being a part of the Army Acquisition Workforce is to be able to build relation- ships with other people. She displays her personal values as they relate to the Army values and engages in day-to-day acquisi- tion logistics team building with project managers, product support managers and product support integrators. As director of logistics, she also enjoys executing prob- lem-solving and decision-making skills and being able to demonstrate a matu- rity of knowledge with feedback and recommendation on life cycle logistics tasked-related inquires and requests.
“Te most important lesson I’ve learned on and off the job is to keep faith and never lose hope,” Dunn said. “Hope is my endurance through the uncomfortable and comfortable moments of my life at work and home.” As one of her former senior leaders once said, “You must get comfort- able being uncomfortable.”
Outside of work, Dunn is known for work- ing with community outreach programs and being a collector of books. “Commu- nity work enhances my interaction with a diverse group of people at different levels in life,” she said. “In acquisition, the work- load is performed by a diverse group of people from all different backgrounds with a unified goal for success.”
—HOLLY DECARLO-WHITE
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