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# DLA Aviation Employee Spotlight: Thomas Pollock

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**Name:** Thomas Pollock

**Organization:** DLA Aviation at Ogden,

**Years of Service:** 12 years DLA Service

**What is your job title, and what do you do, specifically?**I am a collaborative demand planner. I collaborate with my Air Force customers to ensure their requirements align to the DLA demand plan and the right parts are acquired for their production operation.

**What do you like most about your job?**Working with fellow supply chain professionals to create supportable weapon system components and further the health of our fleet.

**What kind(s) of training and education helps your work performance in your current role?**The training provided by the DLA Aviation customer focused improvement team and job-specific training provided by DLA business process analysts. is always specific to our mission and always effective.

**As a demand planner, how has your workload been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?** The main thing is lack of integrated product team meetings that expose issues that need to be confronted.

**What have been the challenges?**The synergy lost from day-to-day engagement with fellow demand planners and other IPT members.

**If you could speak directly to the warfighters you support, what would you tell them?****I would tell them to k**eep up the great work and the earlier you tell us about your parts constraints and challenges, the better.

**What advice would you have given yourself 10 years ago?****I would go back and tell myself to**interact with other elements of the supply chain and better understand what they do and how it affects you.

**Where do you see yourself five years from now?****In five years, I would still like to be working within**the DLA supply chain, providing world-class support to the warfighter.

**What is/are your favorite book(s), television show(s) or movie(s)?****My f**avorite book is “Patriot Games” by Tom Clancy. I actually enjoy reading any Tom Clancy novel. My favorite movies are “Braveheart” and “Gladiator.”

**What are some of your passions outside of work?****My passions outside of work are**family, horses, traveling, weight training, skiing and watching college football.

**What is your favorite military aircraft and why?****My favorite military aircraft is t**he Air Force F-35. It truly demonstrates U.S. air superiority to our potential enemies.

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