Acquisition Career Field Overview and Opportunities for UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES Acquisition Career Field Overview and Opportunities for Rodger K. Martin, Ph.D. COL, MS Deputy Commander, USAMRIID Consultant for Acquisition Officers 301-619-2772 www.usamriid.army.mil 71-Series Army Laboratory Officers For Official Use Only

Outline AMEDD Acquisitions ASI 8X Career Fields Credentialing and Certification Opportunities Resources & Points of Contact For Official Use Only

What is AMEDD Acquisition?? AMEDD Acquisitions Purchasing Test and Evaluation Facility Engineer Science and Technology Product/Program Manager Information Technology Auditing Life Cycle Logistics What is AMEDD Acquisition?? Business, Cost Estimates and Financial Management Contracting Production, Quality and Manufacturing Property Management System Engineering

AMEDD ACQUISITION WORKFORCE 1993 MOU between AMEDD, DCSPER, and the Director, Acquisition Career Management applicable to military and civilian personnel within the AMEDD serving in positions subject to the provisions of the 1990 Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). AMEDD Acquisition Workforce coded positions that have 50% or more of duties in acquisition life cycle management. 13 Acquisition Career Fields: Auditing; Contracting; Purchasing; Business, Cost Estimating and Financial Management; Facilities Engineering; Industrial/Contract Property Management; Information Technology; Life Cycle Logistics; Production, Quality, and Manufacturing; Program Management; Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering; Science and Technology Manager; Test and Evaluation.

Opportunities A Marketable Post Service Skill Type of AMEDD Career Fields Logistics – 70K Comptrollers – 70C Information Managers – 70D Operations – 70H Multiple Scientific/Research fields Acquisition Functional Areas Program Management Life Cycle Logistics Test and Evaluation Contracting Business, Cost Est and Financial Mngt Industrial/Contract Property Mngt Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering Science and Technology Manager Senior Positions Army Board Select PMs AMEDD Appointed PMs MRMC Deputy and Lab Commanders Army Board Select Contracting Commands Senior DA/OSD Staff Positions A Marketable Post Service Skill

MSC Officers in CSL PM Positions Contracting Command – Kuwait COL Mike Rogers (70K/8X) JPM, Chemical & Biological Medical Systems, JPEO-CBD COL Charles Millard (71B/8X), Summer 2010 JPM, Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program, CBMS, JPEO-CBD LTC Phil Smith (71B/8X) JPM, Medical Identification and Treatment Systems, CBMS, JPEO-CBD LTC Nanette Patton (70D/8X) PM, Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care, PEO-EIS LTC William Geesey (70K/8X) PM, Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program, Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems LTC Dave Thompson (70K/8X) Health Care Acquisition Activity & Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting COL Scott Svabek (70K/8X) For Official Use Only

JPM, JVAP JVAP’s mission is to develop, procure, and deliver FDA licensed biodefense vaccines to protect the Warfighter against biological weapons of mass destruction. LTC Smith (71B/8x) and MAJ Gul (71B/8X) One major focus area for JVAP was to initiate a new advanced development program that will ultimately deliver an Ebola and Marburg vaccine to the Warfighter. For Official Use Only

ASI 8X & DAU Certifications Fulfill Academic Educational Requirements Work in a Military Acquisition Position List (MAPL) job Complete DAU acquisition training for specific Career Field SUBMIT for Certification

When do I Branch Transfer to the Acquisition Corps? Answer: NEVER (unless you formally request a Branch Transfer) ACC officers branch transfer into the AAC; however, AMEDD Acquisition officers will remain in their current Corps and be given the additional skill identifier of 8X Even officers who receive Acquisition Corps Membership, will remain in their respective AMEDD Corps

Informational Resources Web Resources: Defense Acquisition University (http://www.dau.mil/default.aspx) US Army Acquisition Support Center (http://asc.army.mil/default.cfm) POCs: Ms. Chris Houck (USAMRMC DCSPER Office) 301-619-7276/chris.houck@us.army.mil Mr. Ash Ficklin (USAMRMC Acquisition Career Management Specialist) 301-619-7258/ash.ficklin@us.army.mil LTC Eva K. Calero(HRC-Alexandria Acquisition Career Manager) 703-325-2317/eva.calero@us.army.mil COL Keith Martin (Consultant for Acquisition Officers) 301-619-2772/rodger.k.martin@us.army.mil Other: MSC Annual Report