Scott A. Kiser, a
member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Air Force Small
Business Programs, located in the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He is responsible for policy, advocacy,
execution, and advice pertaining to Small Business Programs and personnel
throughout the Department.
Mr. Kiser, a
Manhattan, Kansas native, was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force in 1985 and
served 27 years on active duty status. He
garnered extensive experience in international, major weapons system,
operational, and logistical contracting.
Throughout his career he held other key positions to include senior contracting
official as Chief of Contracting, Headquarters Air Combat Command; Director of
Contracting, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center; the Alternate Principal
Assistant Responsible for Contracting and Chief, Contracts Policy,
Headquarters, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command; the Director of
Contracting, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass; and
most recently as Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting) for Headquarters
U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He aided the Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Contracting) in leading an 8,000 military and civilian contracting
organization responsible for annually executing $70B for acquisition of major
weapon systems, logistics, special access program, operational supplies and
services, and resourcing worldwide contingency operations. He served as the Air Force Head of the Contracting
Authority and provided policy, guidance, and oversight of Air Force Acquisition
and Contracting Operations. Mr. Kiser
retired from active duty as a colonel in August 2012 and entered Senior
Executive Service in June 2014.
EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of
Business Administration, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
1983 Master of
Business Administration, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
1988 Squadron
Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1997 Air Command
and Staff College, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2000 Advanced
Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir,
Va.
2001 Air War
College, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany
2015 Air Force
Senior Leader Orientation Course, Washington, D.C.
2015 APEX: Senior
Executive Joint Orientation Program, Washington D.C.
2016 AFSO21:
Leading for Results, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tenn.
2017 Leadership
Decision-Making Program, Executive Education Program, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2018 National and
International Security Leadership Seminar, Washington, D.C.
2019 Enterprise
Perspective Seminar, Washington, D.C.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
July
1985 – May 1987, Financial Operations Superintendent, and Operations Officer,
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Division, 554th Operational Support Wing,
Nellis AFB, Nev.
May
1987 – June 1988, Chief, MWR Division, 51st Tactical Fighter Wing, Suwon Air
Base, Republic of Korea
July
1988 – June 1990, Chief, Air Force Athletics, Headquarters (HQ) Air Force
Military Personnel Center, MWR Division, Randolph AFB, Texas
June
1990 – July 1992, Squadron Commander and Executive Officer to the Commander, HQ
U.S. Air Force MWR and Services Agency, Randolph AFB, Texas
August
1992 – June 1993, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Education with
Industry Program, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio
July
1993 – May 1996, Western Test Range Contracting Negotiator, Contracting
Officer; and later Commander, Construction Flight, 30th Contracting Squadron,
30th Space Wing, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
June
1996 – August 1997, F-15 Airframe Contracts Manager, and Chief, F-15 Systems
and Support Equipment Branch, F-15 Systems Program Office, Aeronautical Systems
Center (ASC), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
August
1997 – December 1997, Chief, Regional Contracting Office-Sarajevo, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Stabilization Forces, Operation Joint
Guard, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 1998 – January 2000, Chief,
Contracting Military Resources Branch, ASC/PK Staff, and later Chief, Advanced
Reconnaissance Development Programs, Reconnaissance Systems Program Office,
ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
January – April 2000, Advanced Program
Managers Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
July 2000 – July 2002, Commander, 52nd
Contracting Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
July 2002 – January 2004, Deputy Chief,
Contracting Division, HQ U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany
January 2004 – June 2004, Chief, Security and
Justice Contracts, Coalition Provisional Authority, Department of State,
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Baghdad, Iraq
July 2004 – January 2006, Commander, 1st
Contracting Squadron, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va.
January 2006 – June 2006, Director of
Contracting, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan and
Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, Kabul,
Afghanistan
June 2006 – July 2007, Commander, 1st
Contracting Squadron, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va.
July 2007 – December 2007, Deputy Director of
Contracting, Contracting Directorate, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
(OC-ALC), Tinker AFB, Okla.
December 2007 – August 2010, Director of
Contracting, Contracting Directorate, OC-ALC, Tinker AFB, Okla.
August 2010 – June 2012, Chief, Contracting
Division, Directorate of Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters Air
Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
July 2012 – June 2014, Alternate Principal
Assistant Responsible for Contracting and Chief of Contract Policy,
Headquarters U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Va.
June 2014 – July 2017, Director of
Contracting, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
July 2017 – September 2019, Associate Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Contracting), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
September 2019 – Present, Director, Air Force
Small Business Programs, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
August
1997 – December 1997, Chief, Regional Contracting Office-Sarajevo, NATO Stabilization
Forces, Operation Joint Guard, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
January
2004 – June 2004, Chief, Security and Justice Contracts, Coalition Provisional Authority,
Department of State, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Baghdad, Iraq
January
2006 – June 2006, Director of Contracting, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Combined
Forces Command-Afghanistan and Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan,
Operation Enduring Freedom, Kabul, Afghanistan
July
2012 – June 2014, Alternate Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting and
Chief of Contract Policy, Headquarters U.S. Army Intelligence and Security
Command, Fort Belvoir, Va.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Defense
Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious
Service Medal with eight oak leaf clusters
Air Force
Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force
Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal
Afghanistan
Campaign Medal
Iraq Campaign
Medal
Global World on
Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Korean Defense
Service Medal
Armed Forces
Service Medal
Air Force
Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border
Air Force
Marksmanship Ribbon with Device
NATO Medal
Best Unit in Tactical
Air Command Award, 1986
Best Unit in Pacific
Air Forces Award, 1988
Best Unit in United
States Air Forces in Europe Award, 2001
Best Unit in Air
Combat Command Award, 2006
Air Force
Contracting Officer of the Year (Specialized) Award, 1995
Aeronautical
Systems Center Outstanding Staff Officer Award, 1997
USAFE Secretary
of the Air Force Professionalism in Contracting Award, 2002
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS,
AND ASSOCIATIONS
Contract
Management, Level III, Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP),
1997
Program
Management, Level II, APDP, 1995
Lean
Six Sigma Center Green Belt Professional Certification, University of Oklahoma,
Norman Okla., 2008
Human
Capital Strategist Certification, Executive Board of the Human Capital
Institute, 2010
National
Contract Management Association National Board of Advisors, 2014-2015
Executive-in-Residence
Program, Inaugural Member, Univ. of Kentucky Gatton College of Business &
Economics, 2019