Project Manager

Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment

Project Manager 

Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment

Our Strength and Purpose Our Strength and Purpose

Project Manager (PM) 

Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment (SPIE)

Program Overview

To

Joint Advanced Planning Brief for Industry

COL Stephen Thomas 

Project Manager

PM Soldier Protection & Individual Equipment

15 November 2017
Agenda

 Organizational Changes

 Focus Areas

 Current Efforts

 Rapid Fielding Initiative
PM SPIE Leadership 

Organization Chart

Senior Enlisted Advisor

MSG Eric Buggeln

Project Manager

Soldier Protection & 

Individual Equipment

COL Stephen Thomas

Fort Belvoir, VA

DASC

Jake Mullenix

Director, Business 

Management

Director, Logistics

Joe Carlson

Director, Technical 

Management

Director, Quality 

Assurance

Dr. James Zheng

Duane Cook

Director, Operations 

& Plans

Gary Pesano

Product Manager

LTC Ginger Whitehead

Deputy Cary Ferguson

Product Manager

Soldier Protective 

Equipment

Product Manager

LTC Jonathan Allen

Deputy Jeff Myhre

Product Manager 

Soldier Clothing and

Individual Equipment

J.R. Nolen

PM SPIE Mission: Equip, Clothe and 

Protect Soldiers to maximize their 

performance needed to Win in a Complex 

World.

PM SPIE OH Total PM SPIE Authorized

Military 12 10

Core 40 52 (FY19)

Matrix 96 N/A

Contractor 160 N/A

Total 308

PM Soldier

Protection and 

Individual 

Equipment 

PEO 

Soldier

Ft Bliss, TX

(FIP)

Ft Hood, TX

(FIP)

Natick, MA

(NSRDEC)

Philadelphia, PA

(LSO)

Ft Lee, VA

(Airdrop NET)

Sierra 

Army

Depot, CA

(TACOM)

Lansing, MI

(Staging)

Yuma, AZ

(Freefall NET)

3

APMs

MAJ Brandon Motte

MAJ John Mosby

MAJ Paul Janker

CPT Alan Chartier

Mr. Francis Hayden

Program Officer

Mr. Benny Shepard

APMs

MAJ John Rider

CPT Daniel Ferenczy

CPT Mark May

CPT Kristopher Hartwell

CPT Brian McNally

Program Officers

Mr. Scott Hulett

Ms. Sequana Robinson

Deputy

Andrew Clements
Focus Areas

 Soldier Readiness 

 Increased Lethality

 Soldier Load – decreased weight

 Soldier Integration

 Divestiture / Life Cycle Management

 S&T Communication and Considerations

 Current and Future Programs of Record

 Continued support of Soldiers deploying to 

global Operations through Rapid Fielding 

Initiative (RFI)

4
Current Efforts

 Soldier Protection System

 Torso & Extremity Protection

 Vital Torso Protection (VTP)

 Integrated Head Protection System

 Next Generation Advanced Bomb Suit

 Individual Water Treatment Device (IWTD)

 Jungle Combat Boot (JCB)

 Improved Hot Weather Combat Uniform (IHWCU)

 Army Maternity Uniform (AMU)

 Flame Resistant Environmental Ensemble (FREE)

 Modular Holster System

 Athletic Footwear

5
Future Programs of Record

 Footwear

‒ Extreme Cold Weather Boot

‒ Cold Weather Boot

 Handwear

‒ Cold Weather Glove 

‒ Extreme Cold Weather Glove

6
7

RDT&E / OPA Funding ($M)*

*BESPOM 1.1 dated 7 August 2017

0

20

40

60

80

OPA

0

20

40

60

RDT&E

RDTE APEs: 

OCIE - 643827S53, 654601S60

Airdrop - 643827ET8, 654601ES9

PPE - 643827VS4, 654601VS5

NGABS - 654808016

OPA APE: 

MA7801000
8

Operation and Maintenance –Army (OMA) 

Funding ($M) *

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)

0

50

100

150

200

Central Fielding& Funding (CFF)

TBD TBD TBD TBD

OCO Army Program Elements (APEs)

121017000 

135197000

CFF APEs: 

115020000 

121017000

*BESPOM 1.1 dated 7 August 2017
Rapid Fielding Initiative

RFI List updated, validated and resourced annually

‒ Latest technology considered for addition to list when FRP 

decision is achieved and contracts in place 

9

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

Soldiers issued RFI 

RFI – Future Years

RFI team plans for 72K deployers each year. Will not be required to 

procure all new equipment. Some equipment is refurbished, high 

stockage levels of some equipment. RFI team will buy to need.
Points of Contact

COL Stephen Thomas

Project Manager, Soldier 

Protection and Individual Equipment

stephen.thomas4.mil@mail.mil

703-704-3322

LTC Jonathan Allen

Product Manager, Soldier

Clothing and Individual Equipment

jonathan.e.allen10.mil@mail.mil

703-805-8514

LTC Ginger Whitehead

Product Manager, Soldier

Protective Equipment

ginger.l.whitehead.mil@mail.mil

703-704-9321

Andy Clements

Deputy Project Manager, Soldier 

Protection and Individual Equipment

andrew.t.clements.civ@mail.mil

703-704-3325

Jeff Myhre

Deputy Product Manager, Soldier 

Clothing and Individual Equipment

jeffery.j.myhre.civ@mail.mil

703-805-8506

Cary Ferguson

Deputy Product Manager, Soldier 

Protective Equipment

cary.v.Ferguson.civ@mail.mil

703-704-0711