THE PROFESSIONALS BEHIND PROGRAM SUCCESS
who later became the PEO for Ground Combat Systems and is now retired, made a lasting impression on him. Al was smart, Don said, and showed him how to see the big picture and to know what was critical and what just had to be good enough. He also was patient. If a crisis arose, Al made it a point not to overreact. He told Don to take some time, gather the facts and try to take emotion out of the equation in order to reach a logi- cal conclusion. “Now that I am in a leadership role,” Don said, “I try to impart this to the folks who look to me for mentorship.”
Don believes that JLTV is a successful program because of the introduction of the “knowledge point” process. At key points in the program, the combat and materiel developers, along with other major stakeholders, would get together to assess how the program was progressing. Tis created an atmosphere of coop- eration and gained buy-in if changes were necessary.
Christopher M. “Chris” Brouwer, deputy product director, led the Charlie Team. He is also an AAC member occupying a CAP, with Level III certifications in program management and engineering. With 18 years of acquisition experience, Chris has an undergraduate degree in computer engineering and com- puter science from Kettering University. He joined the JLTV team just as it was preparing to go into the technology develop- ment phase in January 2007.
JLTV TEAM LEADERSHIP Joint Program Office (JPO) JLTV Deputy Product Directors Scott M. Doudna, left, Christopher M. “Chris” Brouwer and Donald J. “Don” Starkey collaborate. They led the Alpha, Charlie and Bravo teams, respectively, in managing the JLTV program’s innovative EMD phase; each team worked with one of the three vendors chosen to develop a competitive prototype. (Photo by John A. Otwell, PEO CS&CSS Strategic Communications)
He said that people are the number one reason that JLTV is a successful program, and JLTV has a great team of people— competent, passionate and focused on the program’s success. For Chris, competition has been the next biggest factor in that continued success. “Competition among our industry partners has enabled the program to do things it otherwise would not have been able to do and will ultimately result in fielding the best possible JLTV to our Soldiers and Marines,” he said.
His great source of pride is having the opportunity to be a part of the JLTV program from the beginning. “I have been able to either directly author or have significant input into almost every aspect of the program to date,” he said. “We have had many important challenges and opportunities along the way, and we have been able to do some rather creative things within the acquisition process.” Of the many lessons learned that Chris has to share, “the biggest would be to not be afraid to be creative and think outside of the box,” he said. “Just because things have been done a certain way for many years doesn’t mean it is the only or best way to accomplish the mission.”
TESTING DOWN UNDER John L. “Woz” Wozniak, a JLTV test manager and deputy product manager, is shown in a 2009 photo in Queensland, Australia, where he was assessing the Australian government’s testing capability. Wozniak said his greatest satisfaction from having a leadership role in the JLTV program was being able to see it from its inception clear through to the start of production. (Photo by Mike Malik, Joint Program Office JLTV)
A JLTV test manager, John L. “Woz” Wozniak, also serves as the deputy product manager. An AAC member in a CAP, he has two Level III DAWIA certifications, in program management and test and evaluation, along with an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and a graduate degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College. Woz has 13 years of civilian acquisition experience following retirement from a 20-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he was a Heavy Vehicle Fleet project officer and a base motor transport officer.
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