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About Gary Christle
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Gaylord E. (Gary) Christle was instrumental in the founding of the Performance
Management Association (PMA) and encouraging it to expand its focus
to make "earned value" management principles a cornerstone of project
management. In this regard, he was the instigator of PMA’s eventual
affiliation with the Project Management Institute as the PMI College
of Performance Management. He also transformed the annual Cost/Schedule
Control Systems Conference from a small, commercially sponsored event,
to a robust, international event sponsored by practitioner associations
(PMI/CPM, NDIA and SCEA) and focused on Integrated Program Management.
Mr. Christle was the Deputy Director for Acquisition
Management, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology
and Logistics). He was responsible for Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition
policy as embodied in the DoD 5000 series documents. This responsibility
included the role of Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) Executive Secretary
and establishment of Acquisition Program Baselines (APB). He was also
responsible for policies regarding contractor's cost and schedule control
systems [Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)]. In addition, Mr. Christle
was responsible for monitoring the cost, schedule and technical status
of major weapons systems and providing related reports to the Congress,
Office of Management and Budget, and General Accounting Office. This
included administering the Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES)
and Selected Acquisition Report (SAR). He was also a member of the DoD
Cost Analysis Improvement Group.
Prior to his position in Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics, Mr. Christle was a Budget Analyst with the DoD Comptroller,
an Operations Research Analyst with the Cost Analysis Directorate, Comptroller
of the Army, a Management Intern with the Office of the Chief of Staff
of the Army, and a mechanical engineer with Honeywell. As a Lieutenant
in the US Army Corps of Engineers he was a turbine engine test engineer
with the Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center, and served in Viet
Nam as a Platoon Leader and Company Commander with the 23rd Infantry
Division (AMERICAL).
Mr. Christle is a Distinguished Military Graduate of
Northeastern University with a BS in mechanical engineering; he holds
an MBA in finance from The George Washington University. He is a recipient
of the Northeastern University Outstanding Alumni Award in the Field
of Public Service, the General Hans H. Driessnack Distinguished Service
Award, the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal and Bronz Palm,
the Presidential rank designation of Meritorious Executive, the Vice
President’s "Hammer" Award, and the David Packard Excellence in Acquisition
Award.
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