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Ross R. Guckert served as the Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) from May 2020 to Jan 2024 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
As the Program Executive Officer, Ross was responsible for managing more than 37 program offices and 71 acquisition programs across the Army and the Department of Defense. This included systems for the enterprise network, defensive cyber, logistics, medical, finance, personnel & pay, data & analytics, training and procurement systems for all 10 combatant commands, managing an annual budget of $4.3 billion and a workforce in excess of 3000 professionals. Prior to his appointment, Ross served as the Deputy Program Executive Officer for PEO Soldier from September 2018 to May 2020. In that role, he supported the Program Executive Officer in leading the development, integration, testing, acquisition, fielding, sustainment and modernization of more than 150 diverse programs of record. This portfolio delivered state-of-the-art Soldier kit, including Nett Warrior, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, the Next Generation Squad Weapon, the Army Green Service Uniform, personal protection equipment, organizational clothing and individual equipment, Soldier power, individual and crew-served weapons, remote weapon stations, and Soldier-borne sensor and lasers. Appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2017, Ross has over 34 years of government experience in acquisition and systems engineering. Before assuming his position with PEO Soldier, he was the Deputy Program Executive Officer at PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support in Warren, Michigan from January 2017 to August 2018. Before that, he was Acting Deputy Program Executive Officer at PEO Aviation in Huntsville, Alabama from January through December 2016. From December 2012 to January 2016, he served as Assistant Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) at the Pentagon. Additional previous assignments include serving as the Acting Deputy Program Executive Officer for Soldier at PEO Soldier, and the Director of the System of Systems Engineering and Integration Office at ASA(ALT). Ross holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from The George Washington University, and a Master’s Degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. He is Level III certified in Program Management; Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering; and Science and Technology Management. |