James Craig

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Acquisition Executive
James Craig's Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States, United States
About James Craig

Accomplished Executive with 15+ years' acquisition and operational contracting experience, seeking to join the team in a business leadership position to promote and facilitate the corporate mission. I bring a passion for taking care of the customers by ensuring timely and accurate mission execution in a vast array of environments. I enjoy stakeholder engagement and improving organizational efficiency. I believe in a lifelong pursuit of learning and adaptation to change, and working as a team, with the focus on providing excellent products and results on time. I also enjoy serving the members of my community.My people-focused leadership has helped achieve operational success with global, strategic effects, as well as contract execution and logistical success across multiple theaters of operation, and also helped to propel the careers of many talented civilians and soldiers in the Defense Acquisition Workforce.

James Craig's Current Company Details

Acquisition Executive
James Craig Work Experience Details
  • Mission And Installation Contracting Command
    Chief Of Staff
    Mission And Installation Contracting Command Sep 2023 - Sep 2024
    Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
    * Lead 4 successful executive level hiring actions for integral leaders of our 170-member military and civilian HQ staff. * Personally oversaw and executed 3 delicate personnel actions that led to higher morale and Increased staff efficiency* Implemented multiple executive staffing decisions that saved $500K in one year by reducing redundancy
  • Us Army
    Brigade Commander / Executive Level Supervisor
    Us Army Aug 2020 - Aug 2023
    Fort Liberty, North Carolina
    * Successfully led 350 military and civilian personnel who directly supported the Army's most elite operational units as they successfully deployed to and completed global operations.* Deployed the brigade to Afghanistan to serve as both the Commander of the 419th CSB and Senior Contracting Official for United States Forces - Afghanistan. Successfully awarded $1B in annual mission and installation level contracting support and over $2B in annual operational contract support to the Warfighter. Regularly briefed the senior leaders on contracting options throughout an exceptionally contentious and complex drawdown. * Operation Allies Welcome (OAW). Hand-picked and emplaced over 12 contract teams who supported over 50,000 Afghan guests for lodging and basic life needs for 6 months, all while under POTUS-level scrutiny. * Deployed a brigade-level element to European Theater of Operations to directly support the elements of the XVIII Airborne Corps in Germany, Poland and Romania. * Increased Military and Civilian Readiness by raising the average military personnel readiness and global deployability to over 83% (from ~70%).* Contract Administration. Facilitated (Unliquidated obligations) ULOs and close-outs - a leadership focus/priority - resulting in 565 being closed with $6.1M being de-obligated.* Improved Retention and Recruitment. Following 2+ years of tireless work on retention and recruitment, my brigade led Army Contracting Command with a 105% fill rate (up from 94% when I began). Additionally, the retention rate of the brigade rose by over 10% during that same timeframe.
  • United States Army Reserve
    Director And Supervisor
    United States Army Reserve Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
    Fort Liberty, North Carolina
    * Expanded the Directorate's Operational Effectiveness by creating 4 new TDA slots at all four USAR Readiness Divisions during a no-growth environment. * Increased USARC Chief of Staff review time by streamlining review time and requirements to reduce turn-around time for senior-level reviews from three (3) weeks down to less than one (1) week.* Overhauled the USAR Lodging in Kind/Sustenance in Kind (LIK/SIK) Program by directly with the US Army Reserve senior leadership, as well as leaders across multiple components and services to engage the office of Defense Price and Costing appropriately regarding required updates.
  • Program Executive Office, Combat Support And Combat Service Support
    Assistant Program Executive Officer, Foreign Military Sales (Fms)
    Program Executive Office, Combat Support And Combat Service Support Aug 2016 - Jul 2019
    Detroit Arsenal, Michigan
    * Created and led a senior staff directorate that did not previously exist within the Program Management Office, giving executive leadership a single POC for all foreign military sales Issues.

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James Craig's current role is Acquisition Executive.

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James Craig attended United States Military Academy At West Point, Air University, University Of Alabama (Huntsville).

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