Board of Directors
BRTRC benefits from the unique experience and leadership of a select team of experts who make up our board of directors. These individuals provide guidance on the
conduct and management of company affairs. Their duties correspond to BRTRC's corporate mission while upholding our company values and standards of excellence.
Board of Directors:
Michael Stafford
John S. Caldwell, Jr.
Jeanette K. Edmunds
Thomas M. Cole
Mary Fuller
In Memoriam: Claude M. Bolton, Jr
Michael D. Stafford
Michael Stafford has a unique 360-degree perspective with regards to federal contracting, particularly for the Department of Defense, as well as
direct experience with ensuring ethical conduct under a compliance agreement. He has more than 40 years experience with federal contracting, crisis
management, and compliance programs.
He was the senior contracting officer for the Navy's F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighter and Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Programs. As a member of the Senior
Executive Service, he was the Director of Acquisition Regulations for the Navy, reporting directly to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and was
responsible for the successful implementation of the Competition in Contracting Act and the first Procurement Reform Act into the Federal Acquisition
Regulation. At the request of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, he also served as the Director of the Defense Acquisition Regulatory Council.
Stafford then moved to industry where, as Senior Vice President for Ogden Environmental and Energy Services, he was part of the management team
that grew the company from a $12-million to a $250million per year enterprise. When one of Ogden's environmental testing subsidiaries fell under
criminal investigation for testing protocols, Stafford was appointed Chief Executive Officer to restore ethical conduct, and he negotiated an
omnibus settlement that avoided debarment and allowed the company to continue doing work with the federal government. Since then, Stafford has
provided crisis management and compliance consulting for many major defense contractors.
Stafford returned to federal service and concluded his 30-year federal career as the Director for Acquisition Management for the Department of
the Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Currently, Stafford is the Director for Contracts and Pricing for Booz Allen Hamilton,
where he is responsible for compliance with government-approved pricing, estimating, and accounting systems.
He is in the unique position of being able to provide insight and guidance regarding compliance after a criminal investigation. He fully
understands the federal contracting arena and its allowable cost, accounting, and ethical conduct standards. He understands the military
marketplace and the industry techniques necessary to grow a company exponentially.
Stafford graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering and from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute with a Master of Science degree in management.
Read more
John S. Caldwell, Jr.
Lieutenant General (US Army, Retired) John Caldwell, Jr. has extensive executive experience in the defense industry. He served eight years (1995 – 2003)
as a General Officer, with twenty years experience planning and executing military research, development and acquisition (RDA) programs. His latest position
within the Army was Lieutenant General and Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. He is currently
employed as a consultant in various capacities, primarily with The Spectrum Group (January 2008 – present) and Wesley K. Clark Associates (2008 – present).
He was also employed (2004 – 2011) as Executive Adviser to PTC Corporation. Sr. Vice President, Defense Information Technology Solutions, QSS Group, Inc., and
Executive Vice President, Perot Systems Gov Sys (July 2004 – June 2007). He currently serves on several corporate boards of directors (including TASER
International) and multiple corporate advisory boards.
During his Army career, LTG (R) Caldwell, Jr. reengineered the Joint Strategic Planning process for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also
reengineered the oversight of defense acquisition programs for the Secretary of Defense. As project manager for the Abrams Tank System he, led the research,
development, production, quality assurance, procurement and logistical support of the Army's tank program. This was a $600 million R&D, and a $15 billion
procurement program to field the M1A2 Abrams tank (digital architecture) to the U.S. Army; field the M1A2 tank and modernize the Saudi Arabian armored forces
and the Kuwaiti Army; and to co-produce M1A1 Abrams tanks for Egypt. He also developed and directed the program that pioneered the digital transformation of
the Army with a significant role developing the Army’s Future Combat System. Then, as Commanding General, US Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command, he
provided technical and logistics support for more than 70% of the Army's ground forces.
He holds a Bachelor of Science from the US Military Academy, West Point and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of
Technology.
Read more
Jeanette K. Edmunds
Major General (US Army Retired) Jeanette K. Edmunds is the Senior Vice President for Logistics at Cypress International, a consulting organization that
specializes in helping Defense industry companies meet their market objectives. At Cypress she established and leads a logistics practice that has
progressively expanded to address client goals across the spectrum of DoD contracted services. She provides assistance with strategic planning, business
development and opportunity capture to Defense companies of all sizes. Her particular areas of expertise include logistics services such as maintenance,
supply chain management, product support and lifecycle management, as well as a broad range of other contracted professional services.
Prior to joining Cypress she spent 32 years as an officer in the United States Army, serving in a variety of key leadership roles. Her most recent
assignment was as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Logistics, Headquarters, Department of the Army. She was responsible for Army logistics planning,
policy formulation, and program development for an enterprise valued at approximately $500 Billion. She oversaw logistics transformation, development of the
Army’s logistics automation portfolio management program, business process re-engineering and strategy formulation as well as development of logistics force
structure, and issues involving National and Multinational logistics.
MG Edmunds has served as a leader at every level in the Army and the Department of Defense. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Business Administration in Logistics Management from Florida Institute of Technology. She is a graduate of the
Defense Systems Management College Program Managers Course, Defense Acquisition University and the Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She is affiliated
with the Association of the United States Army, The National Defense Industrial Association, and Women in Defense. She previously served as a member of the
President’s Advisory Board for the South Carolina Research Authority’s (SCRA) Advanced Technology Institute and an Advisory Board Member for SCRA’s Institute
for Solutions Generation.
Read more
Thomas M. Cole
Brigadier General (US Army, Retired), Thomas Cole concluded over 31 years of active Army service as the Program Executive Office for Intelligence,
Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO-IEW&S). As PEO IEW&S (2007-2010) he was the senior official responsible for overall direction and programs performance
for intelligence, electronic and cyber warfare, and sensor targeting capabilities with seven direct report Project Managers who managed 93 separate programs.
The valuable contributions of PEO IEW&S were highlighted by the Defense Acquisition Executive with the presentation of the 2010 David Packard Team Award for
Department of Defense acquisition excellence. His promotion to the range of general officer and assignment as PEO culminated 22 years of acquisition experience
and positions of responsibility. He has leveraged these skills and formed a consulting company (Thomas Cole and Associates, LLC) that provides independent,
senior level business strategy development and programmatic advice.
He has a broad range of experience with a depth of expertise and knowledge in how to execute the defense acquisition process. He has senior level leadership
and programmatic skills that span across concept inception, integrated systems development, test and evaluation, logistics, delivered capability and final
disposition of material, all of which make up the total lifecycle of providing complex systems capabilities, He has strong foundation in leadership, ethics,
setting vision and objects, strategic planning, systems engineering, program integration, and developing personnel.
His high level of competency is derived from varied responsibilities, experiences, and assignments throughout his Army career. As the Deputy Program Manager,
Networks for Future Combat System (2005-2007) he directed the network integration of communications and sensor systems employed on manned and unmanned ground
and air platforms to provide a common operation view of the battle space. Assigned to the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) he was the Deputy to the
USSOCOM Acquisition Executive (2004-2005) and led technology development and program management efforts for the command. As Project Manager Warfighter
Information Tactical (2001-2004) he was the organization leader responsible to develop, acquire, and field the Army’s largest communications capability
involving terrestrial and space-based communications architectures with integrated network control. This position included developing and acquiring satellite
communications tactical ground control stations for the Army.
Complementing his programmatic experience, he worked in high level policy as the Deputy for Theater Missile Defense Systems (1999-2001) in the Office of the
Secretary of Defense where he helped direct major defense acquisition programs for theater missile defense. Prior to this assignment he gained his first
experience of being directly accountable for programs costs, schedule, and performance as the Product Manager Firefinder (1995-1998) for target acquisition
radars. Early in his acquisition career he had operational assignments at the U.S. Army Space Command in the Space Plan/Missile Warning Division (1992-1995)
fielding the Joint Tactical Ground Station which was instrumental in providing missile launch warning information to tactical commanders. And at the U.S. Air
Force Space Systems Division as the Chief, Small Satellite Programs (1988-1991) where he led a program responsible for building, launching and providing
on-orbit support of three small communications satellites.
Thomas Cole has successfully led the execution of the Army’s acquisition function and management system. He has vast experience dealing with Congress, all
Services, National Agencies, and industry. He has performed at every level, through a wide range of technology disciplines, and has a comprehensive
understanding of the phrases of acquisition and lifecycle management.
He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy class of 1979. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery and services in various
artillery assignments most notable as a firing battery commander responsible to lead, care for, and train his Soldiers to be successful on the battlefield.
In 1998 he transition to the acquisition career field. Included in his acquisition development was a professional development curriculum that included obtaining
advanced degrees. He earned a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from San Diego State University 91987) and a Master of Science in National
Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (1999). He is also a graduate of the Advanced Program Management Course from the Defense
Acquisition University (1996) and the Army’s Command and General Staff Course (1992).
Read more
Mary Fuller
Mary Fuller & Associates, LLC was founded in 2006 by Colonel Mary Fuller (US Army, Retired). As a Senior Acquisition Executive and Defense Acquisition
Specialist with over 30 years of combined military service and industry experience, Mary provides a unique perspective on establishing or improving
customer relationships, establishing or winning product and program business strategies, preparing unique marketing plans and fostering and developing
leadership for effective teams. Mary specializes in building winning teams for Army/DoD business initiatives and provides a personalized consulting approach.
Mary’s experience includes systems acquisition, information technology, research, development, test and evaluation and other business areas to include
business development and strategic planning.
Mary’s Army career culminated as the Chief of Staff and Senior Executive Assistant to the Army Acquisition Executive/Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Acquisitions, Logistics, and Technology. Other career highlights include being selected as the first Director of the Army Acquisition Support Center and
assignments as Project Manager of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) and as Product Manager for the Army
Small Computer Program (ASCP).
Mary entered the Army in 1977 when she was awarded a Direct Commission. She was initially assigned to the Women’s Army Corps and later branch transferred
to the Signal Corps and was one of the first women to be assigned to the First Armored Division in Ansbach, Germany. Mary did not follow a traditional career
path. Her assignments included Signal Platoon Leader, Meteorological Station Commander, Senior Review Officer for the Chief of Staff of the Army, Brigade
Adjutant and various staff positions in communications, intelligence, and acquisition organizations. Mary became an Army Acquisitions Corps member in 1990.
Mary has demonstrated leadership, management, and organizational skills at all leadership levels. She has extensive military program management experience,
knowledge of the Department of Defense acquisition processes and insight into the workings of the government and military at the lowest and highest levels.
Before entering the military, she had experience in the commercial and educational sector both in operations, teaching, coaching, broadcasting, marketing
and sales.
Mary is a graduate of Miami of Ohio with a Bachelor of Science in Radio, TV, Film and a Master of Arts in Computer Resource Management from Webster
University. She is a graduate of the US Army War College, University of Texas Acquisition Fellowship Program and the Defense Systems Management College
Program Managers Course.
Mary was born in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She is married to LTC Gerald F. Monin, US Army Retired. Mary’s career assignments took her worldwide,
including Germany, Alaska, California, Georgia, Kansas, Texas, Alabama, New Jersey, and Virginia. Mary was a competitive downhill and cross country
skier and was on the Army Ski Team from 1980-1981. She was the 1980 winner of the Women’s Nordic/Alpine event and the 1981 Women’s Nordic Champion.
Read more
In Memoriam: Claude M. Bolton, Jr
The Honorable Claude M. Bolton, Jr. became the Executive-In-Residence for the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) on January 3, 2008. In this position,
Mr. Bolton supported the DAU president, faculty and students with strategic planning, courses development and mentoring. Mr. Bolton’s primary focus was assisting
the DAU president achieve the Congressional direction to recruit, retain, train and educate the DOD acquisition workforce.
Prior to becoming the DAU Executive-In-Residence, Mr. Bolton served as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASAALT).
As the ASA (ALT), Mr. Bolton served as the Army Acquisition Executive (AAE), the Senior Procurement Executive, and the Science Advisor to the Secretary.
Mr. Bolton was also the senior research and development official for the Department of the Army, and had principal responsibility for all Department of the Army
matters related to logistics.
While the ASAALT/AAE, Mr. Bolton led the execution of the Army’s acquisition function and acquisition management system. His responsibilities included
providing oversight for the life cycle management and sustainment of Army weapons systems and equipment, from research and development through test,
evaluation, acquisition, logistics, fielding, and disposition. In addition, Mr. Bolton oversaw the Elimination of Chemical Weapons Program, and had
oversight and executive authority over the Project and Contracting Office charged with Iraq reconstruction. Mr. Bolton was responsible for appointing,
managing, and evaluating program executive officers as well as managing the Army Acquisition Corps and Army Acquisition Workforce.
A veteran of more than thirty years of active military service, Mr. Bolton retired as a Major General in the United States Air Force (USAF) following
a highly decorated career. Some highlights of Mr. Bolton’s USAF service include serving as the Commander, Air Force Security Assistance Center, where he
managed foreign military sales programs with totals exceeding $90 billion that supported more than 80 foreign countries; serving as a test pilot for
the F-4, F-111, and F-16; Program Executive Officer for the Air Force Fighter and Bomber programs; and the first Program Manager for the Advance Tactical
Fighter Technologies program, which evolved into the F-22 System Program Office. An experienced command pilot with more than 2,700 flying hours in more
than 40 different aircraft including Army helicopters; during the Vietnam War he flew 232 combat missions, 40 over North Vietnam. Mr. Bolton served as
commandant of the Defense Systems Management College, as special assistant to the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, and as Inspector
General and director of requirements at Air Force Materiel Command headquarters.
Mr. Bolton received his USAF commission in 1969 through the University of Nebraska’s Air Force ROTC Program, where he was a distinguished graduate.
Mr. Bolton’s education includes a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska; a Master’s degree in management from
Troy State University; and a Master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College. In July 2006, he was awarded a
Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) degree from Cranfield University in England. In May 2007, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, his alma mater.
His numerous military awards include Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster,
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with 16 oak leaf clusters, Vietnam Service Medal with three service stars,
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Read more