Mr. Jamie L. Adams is the Deputy Director, Air Force Office of Small Business Programs, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for directing, managing, and measuring the execution of Small Business Programs throughout the Department of the Air Force. He provides advice to senior leaders on all matters related to small business and oversees 152 small business specialists at 96 installations worldwide. Mr. Adams serves as the Air Force’s principal advocate for small business through policy development, legislative proposals, industry outreach, strategic messaging, and small business initiatives.
In addition, he reviews acquisition strategies for small business policy compliance and adequacy of the programs’ small business goals. He promotes a strong partnership with our nation’s small businesses and is responsible for identifying new opportunities to increase the Air Force’s $8B in annual obligations to small businesses in order to broaden the industrial base, inspire innovation, and improve Air Force’s access to new technologies.
Mr. Adams, a native of South Carolina, entered Air Force active duty in 1973 and began his Air Force career in contracting. He held a variety of base and staff level contracting positions to include commanding two contracting squadrons and serving as the Chief of Staff, Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) where he directed six diverse staff functions supporting ten thousand DCMA personnel worldwide. He retired from the Air Force at the rank of Colonel after 30 years of honorable service. Upon retirement, Mr. Adams worked briefly for industry as a program analyst where he conducted multiple human capital strategic planning initiatives for the Air Force. He returned to federal government service in May 2009 as a Procurement Analyst with the 311th Human Systems Wing. In December 2013, he was selected to be Chief, Installations and Sourcing Division, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting), Assistant Secretary (Acquisition), where he managed all aspects of non-weapon system installation contracting support including a $10B annual operational contracting spend, strategic sourcing and category management initiatives, and the Air Force’s $1B Government-wide Purchase Card Program. He assumed his current position as the Deputy Director, Air Force Office of Small Business Programs, in July 2016.
EDUCATION
1973 Bachelor of Science, The Citadel, Charleston, SC
1982 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1985 Master of Business Administration, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
1991 Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1996 Air War College (Correspondence), Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2005 Program for Executives in Logistics and Technology, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC
(Current as of December 2016)