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James Lackey

AOE Advisory Board
  • MS, Engineering Management, Florida Tech
  • BS, Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech
BIOGRAPHY

> 2018 - Present:  Vice President, Simulation and Integration Services, Parsons Federal

> Jan 2017 – 2018:  Senior Vice President, Quantum Research International

> Aug 2014 – Jan 2017:  Director (Senior Executive Service) for U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), Redstone Arsenal, AL

> Jan 2013 – August 2014:  Director Engineering Directorate (Senior Executive Service), AMRDEC, Redstone Arsenal, AL

> Jan 2011 – Jan 2013:  Deputy Director for Air Warfare (Senior Executive Service) in Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (OUSD(AT&L)), Washington DC

> Apr 2008 – Jan 2011:  Deputy Assistant Commander for Acquisition, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD

> Jun 2007 – Apr 2008:  Principal Deputy Program Manager for EA-6B and Airborne Electronic Attack, Program Executive Office (Tactical Aircraft), Patuxent River, MD

> Jan 2004 – Jun 2007:  Deputy Program Manager for P-8A, Program Executive Office (Air Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault, and Special Missions Programs), Patuxent River, MD 

> May 2003 – Jan 2004:  Integrated Product Team Leader for E-2D, Program Executive Office (Tactical Aircraft), Patuxent River, MD

> Jun 2002 – May 2003:  Air Warfare Developmental Test Action Officer, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Washington DC

> May 1999 – Jun 2002:  Integrated Product Team Leader for F/A-18 Weapon Systems Integration, Program Executive Office (Tactical Aircraft), Patuxent River, MD

> Nov 1997 – May 1999:  Weapons Integration Systems Engineer, NAVAIR, Patuxent River, MD  

> Sep 1987 – Nov 1997:  Developmental Test and Evaluation Engineer for Strike / Fighter Aircraft, Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD

> Sep 1986 – Sep 1987:  Staff Engineer Level I, VEDA Incorporated, Lexington Park, MD

> Army Superior Civilian Service Award, AMRDEC Executive Director, 2017

> Order of Saint Michael, Army Aviation Association of America, 2017

> Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Naval Air Systems Command Acquisition Management, 2009

> Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, P-8A Program Management, 2007