Expertise
Acquisition, Sustainment & Support, Computer Software and Technical Data Rights, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and ITAR Controls, Capture Strategy, Proposal Development & Review
Profile
Mr. Tony Perfilio has over 40 years of experience as an attorney and legal services manager for the US Air Force (USAF). He is a proven acquisition professional with an engineering background and specialized expertise in government and private sector acquisition and sustainment strategy; proposal development and review; contract and subcontract support; rights in technical data; dispute resolution; foreign military sales (FMS); and International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) control. In addition to consulting, Mr. Perfilio currently serves as general counsel for Dayton Aerospace, as well as a private practitioner at Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P., of Cincinnati and Dayton, OH.
Significant Career Accomplishments
Nationally recognized author of the Foreign Military Sales Handbook (West Publishing) and instructor on FMS, ITAR and related subjects.
Oversaw USAF worldwide contract dispute resolution and professional legal services to USAF aeronautical acquisition programs, including the aircraft program executive officer (PEO) portfolio; legal support to Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) technology programs; Air Force Security Assistance Center (AFSAC) FMS cases, and Materiel Systems Group information technology (IT) programs.
Principal AFMC legal advisor on outsourcing, depot manufacturing authority, and public/private competitions; chief architect for legal support to depot maintenance privatization public-private competition program.
Led major Command-level senior multi-disciplinary teams in formulating and staffing legislative initiatives/proposals to affect needed acquisition reforms; overhauled contractor performance assessment reports (CPARs) to ensure fairness and confidentiality; co-authored first acquisition strategy regulation.
Key Positions
Of Counsel, Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, LLP
Director, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Law Office
Principal Deputy, Staff Judge Advocate, AFMC
Command Counsel, Air Force Systems Command (AFSC)
Principal Assistant, Staff Judge Advocate, AFSC
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Pittsburgh
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Utah State University
Contemporary Executive Development Program, George Washington University
Executive Excellence Program, Federal Executive Institute
Executive Leadership in a Changing Policy Environment, Brookings Institute
Air War College
Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
