DCMA celebrates teams with more than 250 years of functional excellence

Photo By Debra Watts | Pictured: Alexander Douglass, engineer; Patrick Kesler, industrial property clearance specialist; Errol Basa, program team supervisor; Andrew McFarland, lead industrial specialist; Teodorico Claudio, industrial specialist; Andrew Kan, contract cost and pricing analyst; Benjamin Chime, administrative contracting officer; Marcos Salazar, industrial property management specialist; Ruel Aguilar, industrial specialist; Perlita Sandejas, auditor for health and human services (not affiliated with DCMA); Nazairus Lao, industrial specialist; Rachel Lieder, contract administrator; and Claudia Leano property administrator. The team of 12 Defense Contract Management Agency multi-functional experts have a combined 260 years of professional experience and play key roles in increasing the resiliency of the defense industrial base. (DCMA graphic by Debbie Watts)  

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

08.21.2026

Story by Luis Delgadillo 

Defense Contract Management Agency

SAN DIEGO–As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial and honors more than 250 years of military heritage, the necessity of a resilient and reliable defense industrial base has never been clearer.

Today’s team of12multi-functional expertshave a combined 260 years of professional experienceandrepresent Defense Contract Management AgencySouthern California’s San Diego office:

• Nazairus Lao, industrial specialist with 37 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Errol Basa, program team supervisor with 37 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Ruel Aguilar, industrial specialist with 36 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Teodorico Claudio, industrial specialist with 36 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Marcos Salazar, industrial property management specialist with 23 years civilian professional experience

• Claudia Leano, property administrator with 23 years of combined military and civilian professional experience

• Benjamin Chime, administrative contracting officer with 21 years of combined military and civilian professional experience

• Patrick Kesler, industrial property clearance specialist with 18 years of combined military and civilian professional experience

• Andrew McFarland, lead industrial specialist with 17 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Rachel Lieder, contract administrator with 8 years of DCMA civilian professional experience

• Alexander Douglass, engineer with 2 years of DCMA civilian professional experience

• Andrew Kan, contract cost and pricing analyst with 2 years of DCMA civilian professional experience

DCMA SoCal’s San Diego office covers all of San Diego County and Baja California, Mexico, facilities. The workload ranges from small facilities to prime Acquisition Category I programs such as the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear used to launch and catch aircraft on the Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers.

• Date Taken: 08.21.2026
• Date Posted: 08.21.2026 13:43
• Story ID: 572979
• Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US
• Hometown: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US