# Charles D. Ormsby

/ Published March 1, 2021

Charles D. Ormsby is the senior scientific technical manager and chief of the Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies Division at Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

In this position, he leads a team of 70 personnel responsible for defining and executing more than $400 million annually in Air Force Manufacturing Technology research. Additionally, Ormsby leads the Defense Production Act Title III Executive Agent Program Office, managing a portfolio of Department of Defense Title III programs in excess of $2.5 billion. Finally, Ormsby is the Air Force Principal Member of the Department of Defense Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Development Panel, coordinating and partnering with other Services and Defense Agencies to ensure our nation can affordably produce the weapons systems necessary for our defense.

Ormsby was commissioned into the Air Force in May 1992, through the Reserve Officer Training Corps, and entered Active Duty in February 1993. During his more than 25 year Active Duty career, he served in a variety of positions in Intelligence, test, two laboratory directorates, the Air Combat Command Staff, and the Air Staff. Additionally, he served a six month joint deployment to the American Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq where he served as the in country program manager for the $6 billion Iraqi F-16 Foreign Military Sales Program.

Ormsby entered federal civilian service in February 2019 as Chief of the Propulsion, Structures and Manufacturing Enterprise Branch in the Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies Division, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. Immediately prior to his current position, Ormsby was Chief of the Aerospace Vehicles Division, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory.

EDUCATION
      - 1992 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana.
      - 1997 Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
      - 2003 Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
      - 1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
      - 2004 Air Command and Staff College, AFIT Resident PhD Program, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
      - 2009 Air War College, Non-Resident Program.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY
      - February 1993 - May 1996, Analyst, National Air Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
      - May 1996 - December 1997, Master’s Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright- Patterson AFB, Ohio.
      - January 1998 - August 2000, Chief, Simulation Element, 746th Test Squadron, Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
      - August 2000 - October 2003, PhD Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
      - October 2003 - October 2007, Chief, High Power Microwave Application Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland, New Mexico.
      - October 2007 - May 2009, Chief, Directed Energy Requirements Branch, Headquarters Air Combat Command Directorate of Requirements, Langley AFB, Virginia.
      - May 2009 - July 2011, Executive Officer, Headquarters Air Combat Command Directorate of Requirements, Langley AFB, Virginia.
      - August 2011 - November 2012, Deputy Chief Strategic Planning Division, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Science, Technology and Engineering), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
      - November 2012 - December 2013, Chief, Science and Technology Division, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Science, Technology and Engineering), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
      - December 2012 - Present, Military Deputy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Science, Technology and Engineering), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
      - April 2013 – October 2013, F-16 Foreign Military Sales Case Officer, Office of Security Cooperation, Baghdad, Iraq.
      - July 2016 – September 2016, Deputy Director, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
      - September 2016 – September 2018, Acting Director, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
      - February 2019 – October 2020, Chief, Propulsion, Structures and Manufacturing Enterprise Branch, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
      - October 2020 – July 2022, Chief, Aerospace Vehicles Division, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
      - August 2022 – Present, Chief, Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies Division, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
      - Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
      - Defense Meritorious Service Medal
      - Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
      - Air Force Commendation Medal