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The Defense Acquisition University’s Office of Human Capital Initiatives (HCI) owns and manages the overall PPTE program; the Army DACM Office conducts the program for Army acqui- sition.
HCI is responsible for executing DOD- wide acquisition workforce governance, strategies, policies and talent manage- ment initiatives, supporting the National Defense Strategy and components as they equip a highly qualified workforce of professionals in developing, acquiring and sustaining world-class warfighting capabilities to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Guardians and Marines. Tey do this through creating a high quality, high- performing, agile defense acquisition workforce, empowered to deliver the best possible acquisition outcomes in support of the warfighter. PPTE is one of the programs HCI leverages to meet this mission (For more about HCI programs, see “Building the Bench of Acquisition Talent” on Page 24).
“HCI identifies and recruits the compa- nies that wish to host DOD employees for a professional work experience,” said Faria. “A wide range of companies have participated in the program, includ- ing Accenture, Amazon, Ball Aerospace, Boeing, The Dcode Group, Deloitte, General Atomics, National Defense Indus- trial Association, National Industries for the Blind, Raytheon, SAP NS2, SAP Public Services and Sterling Foods.”
Brian Raftery, project manager for Army Data and Analytics Platforms with the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), selected to work with Amazon Web Services (AWS). “I became aware of PPTE while I was developing my Enhanced Command Preparation Program prior to assum- ing responsibilities as project manager
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The PPTE program offers an opportunity for selected civilian acquisition workforce professionals to spend up to six months with an industry partner performing an acquisition- related assignment. (Graphic by USAASC)
for Army Data and Analytics Platforms. “I became aware of PPTE while I was developing my Enhanced Command Preparation program prior to assum- ing responsibilities as project manager for Army Data and Analytics Platforms. PPTE was the industry exposure compo- nent of a targeted upskilling program and is the civilian equivalent of the mili- tary Training With Industry program, which has been in place for some time. Given the Army’s ongoing migration to cloud services, I chose AWS, as they were the originators of cloud computing and remain both a segment leader and largest provider of cloud services,” said Raftery.
Raftery learned more than just how Amazon develops and provides its web and cloud services. He was most impressed with the emphasis the company places on employee development. “AWS is very efficient in onboarding new employees
resulting in faster productivity. IT [infor- mation technology] resources arrive prior to your start day, and you are able to access all online resources from day one and a formal, individualized onboarding plan is developed for each new employee and is available online with tracking milestones,” he said. “Tey also place a great deal of emphasis on continuous learning and have multiple online resources to help employ- ees upskill, similar in some ways as the Army Acquisition Workforce.”
While Chung was only with NDIA for a short time, she says she found the time spent invaluable. “[Te work] was less program managing and more think tank and research, which was not what I expected. However, it was a pleasant surprise, and I enjoyed the work,” said Chung, who worked with the NDIA’s Emerging Technologies Institute and a research fellow during her time there. “I
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