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        TIMOTHY M. APPLEGATETIMOTHY M. APPLEGATETimothy M. Applegate, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director, Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He is responsible for a total acquisition portfolio of more than $20 billion. Mr. Applegate is the ACC Senior Business and Technical Manager of all services acquisitions for major operations and maintenance programs, command advisory and assistance services, and command strategic sourcing. Leadership responsibilities include cradle-to-grave acquisition, program management and operations of weapon systems in support of MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft maintenance, War Reserve Materiel, Combat Air Forces Contracted Air Support, Counter Narcotic & Global Threats, Counterdrug Forward Operating Locations, Nellis Backshop and T-38 Aircraft Maintenance Programs, North Warning System, Precision Measurement and Equipment Laboratories, Aerial Targets and other multi-functional programs.

Mr. Applegate retired as a Colonel in the United States Air Force in June 2013 and has over 36 years of acquisition and contracting expertise. He entered the Air Force in 1987 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and has served in a wide variety of military and civilian positions. Mr. Applegate has commanded a squadron and an expeditionary group, served as a Deputy Maintenance Group Commander and Deputy Director of an acquisition center and Director of a Department of Defense acquisition directorate. He also performed Executive Officer and Military Assistant duties for the Director of Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces Europe and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. and was the Chief, Projects Team, Secretary of the Air Force/Chief of Staff of the Air Force Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. Prior to his current position, Mr. Applegate served as the Director, Contracts Management Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this capacity, he was the Senior Procurement Executive and Head of Contracting Activity representing DARPA in all acquisition issues with the DoD.

Mr. Applegate is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps and is Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Level III certified in Contracting. He is currently a member of the National Contract Management Association's Board of Directors and has served as President of the Dover Delaware Chapter. He earned the prestigious Certified Professional Contract Manager certification in 1995.

**EDUCATION**
1987 Bachelor of Science, Human Factors Engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1995 Master of Arts, Procurement and Acquisition Management, Webster University, Webster Groves, Mo.
2000 Advanced Program Managers Course Graduate, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2008 Senior Acquisition Course Graduate, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2008 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2015 Leadership for a Democratic Society Executive Program, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.
2016 APEX Department of Defense Senior Executive Service Orientation Program, Washington Headquaters Service, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
2019 Continuous Process Improvement for Executives, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
2020 Air Force Senior Leadership Orientation Course, Joint-Base Andrews, Md.
2021 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill
2022 Program for Executives in Logistics and Technology, University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill
2023 Enterprise Perspective Seminar, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. **CAREER CHRONOLOGY**
1. May 1987–March 1997, Operational and Systems Level Contracting assignments
2. March 1997–July 1998, Executive Officer, Director of Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces Europe, Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany
3. July 1998–November 2000, Contracting Staff Officer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Contracting), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
4. November 2000–November 2001, Military Assistant, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
5. November 2001–March 2004, Commander, 436th Contracting Squadron, Dover AFB, Del.
6. March 2004–January 2006, Deputy Commander, 89th Maintenance Group, Andrews AFB, Md.
7. January 2006–July 2007, Chief, Projects Team, Secretary of the Air Force/Chief of Staff of the Air Force Executive Action Group, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
8. August 2007–June 2008, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
9. June 2008–June 2010, Deputy Director, Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
10. June 2010–May 2013, Director of Contracting, Headquarters Air Force District of Washington, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
11. July 2013–April 2015, Deputy and Acting Director, Acquisition Directorate, Washington Headquarters Services, Washington, D.C.
12. April 2015–March 2018, Director, Contracts Management Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va.
13. April 2018–present, Director, Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Headquarters ACC, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.**OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS**
1995 Certified Professional Contract Manager, National Contract Management Association
1998 Contracting, Level III, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va.

**PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS**
1987–present, Member U.S. Air Force Academy Association of Graduates 
1995 Certified Professional Contract Manager, National Contract Management Association 
1998 Contracting, Level III, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va. 
2018–2021, Member, Board of Directors, National Contract Management Association 
2021–2022 Member, Board of Advisors, NCMA 
2023–present, Member, Board of Directors, NCMA 
(Current as of August 2023)
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