example, an engineering degree, Lean Six Sigma training, M.B.A. degree, or a par- ticular past assignment.
A review board conducted by the Acquisi- tion Career Branch slates the applicants into the 10 available positions.
TWI ORIENTATION At the TWI orientation May 17 in Arlington, VA, LTG William N. Phil- lips,
the Principal Military Deputy to
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology and Director of Acquisition Career Man- agement, congratulated and encouraged the incoming TWI officers on their selec- tion and shared his experience as a TWI student in the mid-’80s with the AH-64 Apache production program at McDon- nell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, AZ.
“I approached it with a vengeance that I was going to learn as much as I could about industry and then bring it back to the Army to help me in my job. If you put your heart, soul, and energy into work- ing with the company as much as you can, you’ll get a lot out of it,” Phillips said.
He reminded the officers that whatever job they are doing during their tour of duty, their “mission in life” is delivering better capabilities to Soldiers, “so they can be successful on the field of battle and come home safely to their families and friends.”
ON THE JOB Incumbent TWI student LTC Laura Poston, who stated her one-year tour in January at Microsoft’s Redmond WA, headquarters, had taken all the Defense Acquisition University courses required for Level III certification in program management. But she needed more pro- gram management experience to achieve Level
III certification in information
PREPARING TO TRAIN
Incoming TWI selectees LTC Leonard Newman (left) and MAJ O’Neal Williams take part in the question-and-answer portion of Phillips’ presentation. Newman was chosen to train with Cisco Systems Inc. Williams is training with Computer Sciences Corp.
technology (IT). So she applied for the TWI program.
“I figured there was no better place to learn about IT than at one of the largest corporations in the world,” Poston said.
“As a user of Exchange, Hotmail, Xbox 360, Kinect, and Skype, I figured it could not get any better than gaining the expe- rience at Microsoft.” Poston said she has the opportunity to observe and learn the technical and managerial aspects of an IT industry up close. “Given the number of technical solutions Microsoft already provides to the business world and the pace it keeps to maintain its leadership role in industry, I expect to gain insight to developing high-quality services and products
paced environment.” LTC Kerry Clements
is finishing his TWI tour at Boeing Integrated Defense
Systems in Huntsville, AL. Clements had the unique opportunity to rotate through more than 10 divisions at Boeing. From Field Marketing, Finance, and Contract- ing to Air Defense Program, Program Management, Sensors, and Space Launch Systems, “My job is to rotate to each divi- sion and learn as much as I can on how each division executes its business mode,” he said.
in a highly competitive, fast-
Clements said in May that his most mem- orable experience at Boeing had been in August 2011. “I had a discussion at a con- ference with a representative from Boeing’s Laser Division in Huntington Beach, CA. We talked about Boeing’s work with laser technology; its future defense applica- tions as a defensive or offensive weapon, or even as a deterrent, are limitless,” he said. Clements’ follow-on assignment is with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville.
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