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President's Message -  August 2008

 For our Membership: 

Today, I have some bad news and good news to tell you about.  First, it is with a heavy heart that I have to report the death of DAUAA Board Member Dr. Christopher Roman on May 26, 2008. Chris spent his childhood as a member of an Air Force family, living abroad and at various AF Bases in the US. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
in 1969 and received his Doctorate in Information and Decision Systems from George Washington University in 1991. He retired from federal service in July 2006 as a Professor of Acquisition Management at the Defense Acquisition University, Ft. Belvoir, VA., yet remained as an Alumni Association board member.  Over the past 10 years, Chris did the detailed planning and organization for the annual Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Acquisition Community Symposiums.  In this effort, he quietly and successfully organized symposiums  that provided significant training and education for the acquisition workforce, while at the same time positively impacting the reputation of DAU.  He never sought personal recognition, but was more interested in being a good team mate.  We are all the better for knowing and working with Chris.  His smile, knowledge, and abilities will be sorely missed.  A classroom is being named in his memory at DAU.
 
On a lighter note, I'm pleased to announce a very successful hot topic forum took place on 18 June attended by 80 acquisition professionals from government and industry.  The Hirsch Center at DAU (Ft. Belvoir) was completely filled.   The presentation - Program/Portfolio
Management: Enabler for Success - was sponsored by the DAU Alumni Association, their corporate associates, and the DAU Acquisition Community Connection.  The presenter was Lt. Col. Fred Gregory, USAF of the Secretary of the AF acquisition staff.  He discussed
how the Air Force (SAF/AQ) is implementing PRIMAVERA PROSIGHT portfolio management
technology to increase visibility, decision making and risk management of its systems acquisition process.  The presentation is available at https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=218757&lang=en-US.   For more complete information on this topic, please contact Lt. Col. Fred Gregory, USAF at FrederickD.Gregory@pentagon.af.mil.

We are also pleased to announce that Mr. Pete Adolph, Chairman of the recent Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force, will present - on 20 August - a briefing on a recent (May 2008) DSB Study on Developmental Test and Evaluation.  The presentation will be held in the Hirsch Center on the DAU Belvoir Campus and is part of our Hot Topic Forum Series.  Mr. Adolph, a former Director, Developmental Test and Evaluation, will discuss actions required to stem the tide of ".. a dramatic increase in the number of systems not meeting suitability requirements" during initial operational test and evaluation. His presentation will address the steps necessary to correct high suitability failure rates by insuring that programs are formulated to execute a viable systems engineering strategy from the beginning, including
a robust RAM program and early program testing, as an integral part of design and development.  Hope to see you there.

That's all for now.  Have a great summer.

Bill Bahnmaier, 
President, DAUAA
 

About Bill Bahnmaier, DAUAA President: Bill Bahnmaier is a retired Marine and a former (retired) instructor at the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). In his last tour of duty as a Marine he was a major system PM – the Marine Corps Assault Amphibian. Since retirement, Bahnmaier works as an official volunteer at DAU and also is a part time consultant and instructor on defense acquisition matters. He and his wife Peggy reside in Alexandria, VA. They have 9 nephews and nieces and 15 great nephews and nieces.