Colonel Chris Coombs, USAF (Ret), is the president of Dayton Aerospace. He is a seasoned senior executive with over 30 years of leadership and acquisition management experience in the Department of Defense (DOD) and Allied services in procurement, regulations, policies, procedures, logistics, supply chain management (SCM), vendor management, supplier relationship management, quality assurance, forecasting and analysis, strategic planning, and team management. He is an adept strategic planner for the design and development of both hardware and software in the delivery of weapons, combat manned and unmanned aircraft, computer communications, and space systems and is known for his keen ability as a transformational servant leader to groom a workforce to execute with agility and quickly adapt to chaos from dynamic requirements, while meeting multiple customer needs. Colonel Coombs possesses solid knowledge and mastery of defending budgets within the DOD and on Capitol Hill, while implementing cost-effective procurements and source selections and routinely collaborates with senior executives in tailoring acquisition processes to meet rapid acquisition requirements.