EXCHANGING PERSPECTIVES
PANEL OF EXPERIENCE Three Army officers who have been through the TWI program—COL Jay Ferreira, left, LTC Mark Henderson and LTC Joel Gegato—share their experiences with incoming fellows June 3 at the TWI orientation at Fort Belvoir, VA. Ferreira, who participated in TWI in 2012-13, worked with EADS North America, now Airbus. Henderson’s TWI assignment was with Cisco, and Gegato’s with Intel. The three offered tips to the new class of Acquisition Corps TWI fellows on on how to embrace the TWI experience. (Photo by Catherine DeRan, USAASC)
contractor corporate processes, business decision methodol- ogy, corporate behavior and internal management challenges. Tanks to my TWI experience, I am better equipped to suc- cessfully coordinate with my industry counterparts to manage program risks within cost, schedule and technical parameters to deliver an overmatch defensive capability to the Soldier.” Ford’s TWI assignment was at EADS North America (now Airbus Group) from July 2011 to June 2012.
“My Training with Industry experience at Lockheed Mar- tin gave me unique insight into the care and operations of products assembled and sent forward. While at Lockheed Martin, I witnessed the spectrum of operations from strate- gic to assembly-line procedures where I could see the care and complexities of rapidly fielding equipment,” said MAJ Jerry R. Mize, deputy director of the Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Directorate, 402nd Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) at Camp Arifan, Kuwait. “After arrival to Kuwait, I more fully recognize the impact of partnering with industry and how industry is rolled into program manager operations in warfighter support,” said Mize, whose TWI assignment ran from August 2012 to June 2013.
CONCLUSION TWI continues to see growing interest and excitement about the program, Greene said. “We’ve gotten great feedback from the companies and officers who have participated in it, and we’re looking to grow and possibly include piloting a noncommissioned officer, a contracting officer, at a new company as well as expand- ing potentially two to three slots for officers in the future. We just see this continuing to grow, because we’ve seen great value in it.”
For information on the TWI program and the companies involved, go to
http://asc.army.mil/web/career-development/programs/ aac-training-with-industry. To apply for TWI, contact your assignments officer. For other inquiries about TWI, contact Marti Giella at 703-805-2700 or
marti.a.giella.civ@
mail.mil; or Scott Greene at 703-805-1229 or
Scott.Greene4@
us.army.mil.
MR. ROBERT E. COULTAS is the Army AL&T magazine departments editor and an Access AL&T editor. He is a retired Army broadcaster with more than 40 years of combined experience in public affairs, journalism, broadcasting and advertising. He has won numerous Army Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Awards and is a DOD Tomas Jefferson Award recipient.
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