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        AguileraRICARDO A. AGUILERARicardo A. Aguilera is the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Managementand Comptroller. Asthe AirForce's comptroller and chieffinancial officer, he serves as the principaladviser to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force on all financialmatters. He is responsible for providing the financial management and analytical services necessary forthe effectiveandefficient use of Air Force resources, toincludenearly700,000 military andcivilianpersonnel and abudget of about $167billion. This includes directing the development of the AirForce program and budget, overseeing the AirForce Cost AnalysisAgency's acquisition and operational cost analysis,providinganalyticalservicesnecessary forthe effective and efficientuseof Air Force resources and conducting AirForce accounting and finance operations.
From 2010 until his current appointment, Mr. Aguilera wasthe director of the Chief Financial Officer Academy at the National Defense University’s College. In this capacity, Mr. Aguilera helped develop curricula and lectures, and he provided administrative support to the CFO Academy.
Earlierin his career, Mr. Aguilera was promoted into the Senior Executive Service, and from 2006 until 2008 he served as the associate director for contingencies and international affairs in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) where he oversaw all funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. From 1998 until 2006 Mr. Aguilera was the deputy chief of the Operations and Personnel Support Branch of the Office of Management and Budget’s National Security Division.**ED****UCATION**
1987 Bachelor of Arts, New York University, N.Y.
1991 Master of Arts, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1996 Graduate, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
2004 Graduate, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.**CAREER CHRONOLOGY**
1. 1991-1993, Presidential Management Intern, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington D.C.
2. 1993-1998, Senior Evaluator, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington D.C.
3. 1998-2006, Deputy Chief of the Operations and Personnel Support Branch, Office of Management and Budget, National Security Division,
Washington D.C.
4. 2006-2008, Associate Director for Contingencies and International Affairs in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), the Pentagon, Washington D.C.
5. 2008-2010, Department of Defense Comptroller Chair, CFO Academy, National Defense University, Washington D.C.**PROFESS****IONALMEMBERSHIPSANDASSOCI****ATIONS**Budget Federal Credit Union (Vice President of the Board of the Directors2001-2005)American Society of Military ComptrollersAssociation of Government Accountants**PROFESS****IONALCERTIFICATIO****NS**Certified Defense Financial Manager(Current as of March 2016)
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