Thomas Shrum Email & Phone Number

Belle Haven, VA, US

Vienna, Virginia, US

Provides Department of Defense acquisition data management, governance, and policy expertise for the Deputy Director, Enterprise Information, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment). Supports agile development teams to improve information system capabilities for analysis and reporting of Major Defense Acquisition Programs as.

Washington, DC, DC, US

• Analyzed affordability and programmatic risks for 150 Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) and Major Automated Information System (MAIS) programs worth $65B per year to support Defense Acquisition Boards and.
• Conducted annual Program Objective Memorandum (POM) assessments of MDAPs and MAIS programs enable critical President’s Budget funding decisions
• Formulated responses to Congressional and Government Accountability Office inquiries
• Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition program budget expert; approved major program annual reports to Congress
• Advocated the Pentagon’s “Better Buying Power” acquisition policies with the military departments and defense agencies to control costs throughout the program life cycle
• Led 30-person, multi-agency working group to review and modernize Defense Acquisition University training for 7,500 business financial managers and cost estimators per congressional mandate to ensure a competent.

Washington, D.C., US

• Provided planning, programming, budget, and execution (PPBE) assessments, briefings, and analysis from joint perspective as required throughout the fiscal budget cycle
• Led the development of a new force structure pricing model that informed DoD’s strategic choices to identify $487 billion in DoD savings mandated by the 2011 Budget Control Act and the 2013 sequester
• Authored dozens of papers and briefings to prepare the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for defense resource allocation forums and congressional testimony
• Designed and built a pay and compensation pricing tool that informed the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommendations for the most extensive military compensation reforms in a decade
• Produced and delivered Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) assessments, briefings, and analysis to inform and support Joint Chiefs of Staff decisions
• Recognized as the Joint Staff J-8’s 2011 Action Officer of the Year (of 110 military officers from all services)

Randolph AFB, TX, US

• Squadron Commander / Materiel Leader / Deputy PM for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER), a Major Defense Acquisition Program (ACAT-1D) for the DoD.
• Filled critical defense acquisition billet as member of DoD Acquisition Corps.
• Led 100-person government/contractor team in completing a $211 million development and test effort for the JASSM-Extended Range (ER) stealth missile
• Managed cost, schedule, and performance of all activities that led to OSD approval of the JASSM-ER program to enter low-rate initial production
• Led two successful -ER flight tests crucial for Pentagon and congressional support
• Spearheaded preparation & staffing of 40+ statutory/regulatory milestone documents

Randolph AFB, TX, US

• Deputy to the senior program manager for 300-person government/Lockheed Martin team executing $2B cruise missile production program with $150 million annual budget; supervised three officers
• Resolved contentious Lot 7 production contract negotiations between Air Force and Lockheed Martin; slashed $8 million and enabled purchase of 9 additional missiles
• Developed JASSM-ER restructure plan for Nunn-McCurdy certification approval
• Led 20-person government/contractor team as program manager to develop JASSM advanced capabilities

Randolph AFB, TX, US

• Led six-person team of military officers and federal civilians to acquire a beyond-line-of-sight weapon data link, a new electronic safe and arm fuze, and a maritime interdiction capability for the Joint Air-to-Surface.

Capital Territory, PK

• Earned a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from a multidisciplinary program emphasizing leadership and critical thinking applied toward the development and application of air and space power through.
• Winner of the 2006 Dean's Award for Outstanding Research in US and International Security Studies--paper submitted for electronic application in the Air University database.

• Led the Air Force Global Power Director's budget team - assessed programs, budgets, and plans for combat systems funded at $60 billion over the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP).
• Articulated resource requirements and program status of fighters, bombers, propulsion systems, tactical weapons, electronic combat, as well as chem/bio and missile defense programs to the Air Staff, OSD, and Congress.

Randolph AFB, TX, US

• Led the F-35 Program Executive Officer's (PEO) action group, the "nerve center" responsible for all information products (briefings, white papers) to stakeholders (Congress, Industry, academia, the media) on the DoD's.
• Organized ~20 major conferences / meetings between U.S. DoD officials, defense industry corporate leaders, and senior defense officials in eight partner countries.

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, US

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Randolph AFB, TX, US

M.S., Military Operational Art And Science, Military Operational Art And Science

M.S., Cost Analysis

B.S., Environmental Science