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Senior leaders helping to develop the AT & L workforce: Secretary of the Air Force visits Program Management Office Course.


Course managers at the Defense Acquisition University are always looking for Looking for

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 top-level guest speakers to provide students with an opportunity to discuss the critical issues and policy implications relevant to their course material. But arranging for top guest speakers is difficult given their heavy commitments and tight schedules.

In a fortuitous turn of events, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne Michael W. Wynne is the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C., U.S.. Biography
Born in Clearwater, Florida and raised in Melbourne, Florida.[1]

Younger brother of 1st Lt.
 recently called DAU DAU - /dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A German acronym for stupidest imaginable user. From the engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall (worst foreseeable accident), especially of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous  President Frank Anderson Frank Anderson may refer to:
  • Frank Anderson (chess player) (1928–1980), Canadian chess master
  • Frank Anderson (UK politician) (1889–1959), Labour Party Member of Parliament for Whitehaven 1935–1959
 Jr. and asked if he could talk with some students in the classroom setting. On April 20, Professor Gary Hagan, course manager for DAU's Program Management Office Course (PMT See photomultiplier tube.  352) at the Fort Belvoir Fort Belvoir is a United States military installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 7,176 at the 2000 census.  campus, was pleased to host Wynne as a distinguished guest practitioner for the latest offering of PMT 352.

Since the inception of PMT 352 over four years ago, Wynne is the highest ranking acquisition official to visit the course, and his visit was a rare opportunity for students to listen to, and interact on a personal level with one of DoD's top key decision makers. A strong supporter of DAU, particularly during his tenure as under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics is the title of a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Undersecretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff assistant and advisor to both the Secretary of Defense , he enjoys talking with students at any opportunity.

Wynne spoke for about two hours to a diverse student body consisting of government civilian, military, and private industry students, and passed on his personal philosophy, his recent experiences undergoing Senate confirmation and his outlook on assuming his new post as secretary of the Air Force.

In a candid question-and-answer session, he engaged the students in an open discussion on pressing acquisition and security issues. Students unhesitatingly asked many probing questions about specific programs; Wynne's answers were succinct, displaying an impressive depth of understanding of the specific details of multiple programs. As an added benefit to the students, he also offered career guidance and perspectives based on his long career as an acquisition practitioner both in government and private industry.

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The classroom component of PMOC PMOC Protestant Men of the Chapel
PMOC Project Management Oversight Committee
PMOC Project Management Office Certification
, PMT 352B, follows PMT 352A, which is the prerequisite distance learning component of PMOC. These courses are designed to train Level II qualified students to be effective PM Level III leaders in a program office by honing analysis, synthesis, and evaluative skills. In addition to distinguished guest practitioners, PMT 352B features scenario-based practical exercises with topical themes, such as interoperability, prototyping, and evolutionary acquisition.

Hagan is a professor and course manager for the Program Management Office Course (PMT 352) at DAU's Fort Belvoir, Va., campus. Faulk is director, DAU Learning Asset Integration, DAU/e-Learning and Technologies Center, also at Fort Belvoir.

Professors Gary Hagan and Bob Faulk
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Title Annotation:Defense Acquisition University; Michael Wynne
Author:Faulk, Bob
Publication:Defense AT & L
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Date:Sep 1, 2006
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