OUR TEAM
Gary J. Gray – Founder, Chairman, President and CEO
Over 40-year career in government and industry: DoD Systems Acquisition and Engineering and Corporate Development
Last 10 years: Government Contractor Consultant, Program Director, Corporate Development
Extensive experience taking Major Systems through the Defense Acquisition Process and into the field
Certified Level III Acquisition Professional for Program Management
Spiros Pallas, PhD – CTO and Advisory Board Member
Over 40-year career in government and industry: DoD and DHS Systems Acquisition and Engineering experience
Last 10 years: Systems Engineering Consulting to DoD and DHS
Former Director, Defense Systems, Director Air Warfare, Science Advisor, Chief Engineer (now Systems Engineer)
Extensive experience taking Major Systems through the Defense Acquisition Process and into the field
Certified Level III Acquisition Professional for Program Management and Systems Engineering
Joe Pona – Principal and Advisory Board Member
Over 40 years of experience in aerospace design supporting space, military & commercial product lines
Last 10 years Senior Technical Manager over multiple global and domestic aerospace engineering design teams
Former engineering liaison to B-1B, B-2 and B-52 business development teams
Former research and development project manager for missiles and military aircraft flight controls
Extensive experience designing, developing, integrating, and testing solutions for defense and space systems
Lean Six Sigma black belt
George Schleh – Principal
Over 30-year career in government and industry supporting DoD, DHS and DoJ clients
Experienced in requirements development, modeling and simulation, ISR acquisition program analysis, export control, criminal intelligence analysis, proposal development and training
Retired USAF officer and former special education teacher
William A. Riski – Senior Associate
Over 40-year career in government and industry in DoD and international acquisition program offices as a systems engineer, test engineer, and program manager
20 year career as regular officer in the United States Air Force performing both acquisition and operational duties
Extensive experience with systems engineering policy and guidance for the Defense Acquisition System and capability requirements per the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
Extensive experience as systems engineer with designing, developing, integrating, and testing solutions for national security capabilities and major defense acquisition programs, including communications, avionics and IT subsystems for fixed wing aircraft, space systems, and C4ISR systems, both U.S. and NATO
SOLUTIONS
ASA is a recognized, valued, preferred provider of professional support to get game changing effective capabilities into the field and in the hands of the user as efficiently as possible.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT
We provide objective, comprehensive Professional, Engineering, Technical, Scientific and Program Management Services.
ACQUISITION SYSTEM ASSOCIATES
Gary Gray, President and CEO
By appointment only
1775 Tysons Blvd.
5th Floor
Tysons, Virginia 22102
703-966-3786
gary.gray@acqsys.com