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Navy Acquisition Can Easily Be Fixed

Marv's Smart Future

Long acquisition programs also insure that nobody in the acquisition system is personally responsible for failure because a Program Manager’s (PM) 3-4-year leadership tour only covers a portion of the full requirement-to-IOC (Initial Operational Capability) timeline. Strong Technical Leadership.

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Effective DoD Acquisition Needs Less Noise … Part 2

Marv's Smart Future

Using his automotive executive background he brought modern economic analysis, operations research, game theory, computing, and modern management systems to the Department.

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The Top Tech Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss in 2019

UruIT

You’ll definitely want to take advantage of a half- or full-day workshop, which allows you to dive deeper into the technical knowledge and skills the conference has to offer. In 2018, the Keynote Speaker was Scott Hunter, Director of Program Management on the.NET team at Microsoft. Strata Data Conference.