Army PM J-AIT Selects Alexander as New Deputy Product Manager — Press Release

February 19, 2010 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Army PM J-AIT Selects Alexander as New Deputy Product Manager

Newington, VA, February 19, 2010 – The U.S. Army Product Manager for Joint – Automatic Identification Technology (PM J-AIT), a part of the Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) at Fort Belvoir, VA, has selected a new Deputy Product Manager (DPM), Mr. Jim Alexander. This position was effective 17 January 2010. Mr. Alexander is responsible for driving key decisions in regards to future program initiatives by working directly with the U.S. Army G-4 staff and PEO EIS Headquarters offices to ensure adequate funding is available to sustain the program.

“We are thrilled to bring Jim Alexander on board as the new DPM. Jim’s leadership and understanding of AIT will be key to PM J-AIT continuing its critical work in the Army and DoD AIT communities,” stated LTC Ferguson, PM J-AIT.

“I am excited about expanding my involvement in this solid program,” Mr. Alexander said. “PM J-AIT has an excellent reputation in the logistics community and I look forward to continuing just that. We have a lot of challenges now with multiple-vendor contracts for AIT products and services but in the end it is all for the good of the user community.”

Mr. Alexander is a former U.S. Air Force senior non-commissioned officer, offering more than 34 years of supply chain management experience within the Department of Defense (DoD) and private industry. Since his departure from active military duty, he acted as the vice president of a company that specialized in the exportation of propane gas equipment to the Caribbean and Latin America and worked as a program lead for DoD Web-based applications. Prior to his new role as DPM, Mr. Alexander served as PM J-AIT’s Radio Frequency In-Transit Visibility (RF-ITV) Systems Chief. He is currently enrolled in the Naval Postgraduate School where he is completing his Master’s of Science Degree in Program Management.

PM J-AIT is the DoD AIT and RFID leader providing global asset tracking, Web-based RF-ITV services, and complete program life cycle support. PM J-AIT products and services are customer driven, instantly accessible, and capable of being updated. PM J-AIT serves as the Executive Agent for RF-ITV infrastructure to DoD and Coalition Partners in support of expeditionary logistics and the Joint Warfighter. PM J-AIT reports directly to the PEO EIS at Fort Belvoir, VA. For more information about PM J-AIT, please refer to our Web site at www.ait.army.mil.

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Army PM J-AIT Welcomes a New Product Manager — Press Release

June 30, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Army PM J-AIT Welcomes a New Product Manager

Newington, VA, June 30, 2009 – A change of leadership has taken place at the US Army Product Manager for Joint – Automatic Identification Technology (PM J-AIT). Lieutenant Colonel Cary V. Ferguson is the new Product manager for the organization, effective 24 June 2009. In this assignment, Lt. Col. Ferguson is responsible for the acquisition and integration of the Army’s Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) equipment and services.

“It is an exciting opportunity to lead the PM J-AIT team,” said Lt. Col. Ferguson. “PM J-AIT has an outstanding reputation as the DoD’s leading provider of innovative AIT products and services. I look forward to continuing Col. Burden’s legacy of providing state-of-the-art technologies to our Soldiers and their mission.”

Lt. Col. Ferguson joins the PM J-AIT office with 19 years of military experience. His last assignment was as the Assistant Project Manager and the Military Deputy for the Project Manager Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) at Fort Lee, VA. Lt. Col Ferguson received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Science Degree from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the Program Manager Course at the Defense Systems Management College.

PM J-AIT is the DoD AIT and RFID leader providing global asset tracking, Web-based RF-ITV services, and complete program life cycle support. PM J-AIT products and services are customer driven, instantly accessible, and capable of being updated. PM J-AIT serves as the Executive Agent for RF-ITV infrastructure to DoD and Coalition Partners in support of expeditionary logistics and the Joint Warfighter. PM J-AIT reports directly to the Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) at Fort Belvoir, VA. For more information about PM J-AIT, please refer to our Web site at www.eis.army.mil/AIT.

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