Expertise
Acquisition Strategy, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Project Management, Financial Management, Capture Management, Systems Engineering
Profile
Mr. Larry Roan is a senior leader with over 35 years of acquisition experience in military, civilian, and support contractor roles. He is experienced across all phases of the acquisition life cycle from laboratory development through procurement and sustainment and is an accomplished strategic planner with Pentagon-level experience supporting and defending budgets and requirements, program management, systems engineering policy development, technology transition planning, and program director experience in leading procurement and modernization programs. Larry has recognized expertise in program management process oversight, development, and instruction as the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) senior functional for program management and program management instructor for Defense Acquisition University (DAU).
Significant Career Accomplishments
Responsible for supporting AFRL strategic development planning and experimentation efforts in the AFRL Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation (SDPE) organization; led a team that drafted SDPE systems engineering policy, supported SDPE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project oversight, and provided technology conference planning.
Senior functional for program management for the AFRL enterprise; provided acquisition consultation to senior leaders and program managers at AFRL in starting, managing, and transitioning technology maturation programs.
Authored AFRL program management policy, supported independent reviews, and provided program management, systems engineering, and acquisition training to AFRL program managers.
Responsible for all development, production, deployment, and sustainment the $400M annual joint USAF/Navy Joint Primary Aircraft Training Systems (JPATS) program; oversaw preparations for an acquisition strategy panel decision and won approval for a $1B follow on aircraft buy.
Managed $200M annual R&D budget for C-17 modernization; oversaw infra-red countermeasure retrofit—first 12 aircraft delivered on/ahead of schedule and orchestrated combined On-Board Inert Gas Generation/Extended Range retrofit and won Pentagon support for funding changes that allowed simultaneous modification throughout the depot cycle.
Key Positions
Program Management Support, MTSI
Senior Acquisition Manager, AFRL/EN & AFRL/XP
Professor of Acquisition Management, DAU
Commander, JPATS
Chief, C-17 Airlifter Program
Chief of DC Operations, Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Military Deputy, OUSD/AT&L
Chief, F-117 Stealth Fighter, Modernization Division
Education
MS, National Security Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
MBA, General Business, University of Georgia
BA, History, University of Georgia
