Audio by Business and Enterprise Systems | Air Force Life Cycle Management Center | 07.10.2025
The BES Agile Services Office equips and supports transformation of Capability Delivery Teams to agile software development frameworks through training, tools, coaching, and policy guidance. This conversation with Agile Coach, Mr. Tony Maddin, gives us a look at the new updates to the BES Agile Metrics guide. The Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate delivers information......
Courtesy Audio | Air Force Materiel Command | 01.14.2025
In this episode, we sit down with Sara Leslie and Nate Armstrong, Co-Chairs of the CHANGE organization at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as well as Josh Beitel, one of the advisors to the organization. They share their insights and experiences leading the organization and discuss the benefits and opportunities that CHANGE provides to contracting trainees. The conversation covers a......
Audio by Makayla Cameron | Air Force Life Cycle Management Center | 12.04.2024
The BES Agile Services Office equips and supports transformation of Capability Delivery Teams to agile software development frameworks through training, tools, coaching, and policy guidance. Join us in our conversation with Agile Coaches, Mr. Tony Maddin and Ms. Hanna Gabriel as they share about the support offered by the Agile Services Office. The Business and Enterprise Systems......
Audio by Makayla Cameron | Air Force Life Cycle Management Center | 11.07.2024
Join us for a conversation with the Reliability and Maintainability Information System (REMIS) Team as we sit down with Program Support Manager, Mr. Jonathan Slider and Program Manager, Ms. Karen Chambers to discuss the system that provides organizational and operational information for weapons systems and supporting the Department of the Air Force. The Business and Enterprise Systems......
Courtesy Audio | Air Force Materiel Command | 11.05.2024
In this episode of The Contracting Experience, we are joined by Tony Everidge, Executive Director, Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where he helps lead a team of over 750 acquisition professionals who manage a $55 billion contract portfolio. Tune in as Everidge shares his insights, drawing on his days of playing collegiate and......
Courtesy Audio | Air Force Materiel Command | 08.19.2024
In this episode, we welcome two guests to highlight the benefits and importance of the AbilityOne Program. Marine Corps veteran and outreach coordinator Jason Michaelsen shares his experiences, struggles, and successes through the AbilityOne Program, offering a heartfelt, uplifting, and motivating testimonial. Jason's story, recently applauded at the DoD Procure-to-Pay Symposium, underscores......
Courtesy Audio | Air Force Materiel Command | 07.17.2024
In this episode of The Contracting Experience, we sit down with Tom Wells, a retired member of the Senior Executive Service with over 35 years of Air Force acquisition experience. Wells has held positions such as Director of Contracting, Air Force Materiel Command, and Director, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory. Currently, he serves as Vice President and Senior......
Courtesy Audio | Air Force Materiel Command | 07.01.2024
In this episode, we sit down with Special Agent Chris Graham, Director of Operations, Procurement Fraud Detachment, Air Force Office of Special Investigation, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Special Agent Graham discusses the history and mission of AFOSI, his role in investigating procurement fraud, and the daily life of a Special Agent. He talks about "finding the lie" and "following......
