Christine Thropp
Michael Conlin, chief technology officer of Definitive Logic, was named among the initial members of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform Task Force of the American Society of Military Comptrollers.
ASMC said Wednesday the executive will chair the task force that is established to boost public awareness of the PPBE reform in the Department of Defense and drive discussions about it.
Government, military and industry leaders made up the PPBE Reform Task Force. The members will draw from their experiences and backgrounds to contribute to the development of fundamental principles and policy actions needed to align PPBE with the current requirement of the industry as well as the executive and legislative branches.
The appointees are:
- Michael Conlin, Definitive Logic
- Charles Cook, Deloitte
- Lasheeco Graham, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Tom Harker, formerly of the U.S. Navy
- Cameron Holt, Holt Consulting Group
- George Kovatch, Kovatch Advisors
- Robert “Mike” Maxwell, formerly of the Army and Science Applications International Corp.
- Jim Palmisano, Oracle
- Michael Parker, Salesforce
- Vance Stewart, Army (retired)
- Pat Tracey, Navy (retired)
- Neville Welch, U.S. Marine Corps (retired)
“The work of the Task Force is critical to improving the resource allocation process in the Department of Defense to meet the needs of government, taxpayers and warfighters.” said Rich Brady, CEO of ASMC and sponsor of the PPBE Reform Task Force.
