acquisition strategy, including getting feedback
from industry. Warfighter
FOCUS has high visibility, requiring approval from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. So the pressure is on—and he could not be happier. “I like to take on new challenges,” said Davis, who volunteered for the effort.
TENSIONS IN EGYPT It was the FMS contract for the Egyptian Armed Forces Combat Training Center – Increment 3 program that Davis
considers his most challenging
assignment so far as an Army civilian. “I was brought in shortly after the contract was awarded at a tumultuous time. It was the early stages of the design review, and the customer, the Government of Egypt (GoE), had some reservations about the design. Tere was a lot of uneasiness between the customer, PEO STRI and the contractor.”
Davis flew to Cairo in February 2012 during the Arab Spring, despite a travel alert stemming from the ongoing social unrest. Tere he met with high-level officials, including a general and sev- eral colonels, to alleviate some of their concerns. At the same time, PEO STRI was in the pre-solicitation stages of the CTC-IS acquisition, “so I was juggling that acquisition while working the Egypt FMS contract,” Davis said.
And his New England Patriots were headed for the Super Bowl. Davis, who grew up in Keene, NH, and counts him- self as “a big Pats fan,” got to see the game, but just barely—from his hotel room in Cairo, on his laptop. Te hotel employee at the front desk had no idea what “Super Bowl” was.
Unfortunately for Davis, the New York Giants beat the Patriots, 21-17. But the PEO STRI team settled the contract
FAR AFIELD
Davis’ work on PEO STRI’s FMS contract for the Egyptian Armed Forces Combat Training Center, which he considers his most challenging assignment so far, took him to Cairo in early 2012.
TALENT RECOGNIZED Davis receives PEO STRI’s 2013 Acquisition Person of the Year award from Dr. Jim Blake, then the program executive officer. The award citation noted his support for the CTC-IS program and his work on the FMS case for the Egyptian Armed Forces Combat Training Center. (Photos courtesy of Phil Davis)
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