PROGRAM
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, ENTERPRISE INFOMRAITON SYSTEMS (PEO EIS) History The Program Executive Office was established in 1987 as Program
Executive Office, Standard Army Management Information Systems (PEO
STAMIS) to help implement the Goldwater-Nichols Act. The Army
Reorganization on October 26, 2001 resulted in the change to Program
Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS).
PEO EIS’ program management responsibility grew significantly
over the years, from just 13 systems and products to more than 120
today.
Mission
The Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)
provides joint service and Army war fighters with information dominance
by developing, acquiring, integrating, deploying and sustaining
network-centric knowledge-based information technology and business
management systems, communications and infrastructure solutions through
leveraged commercial and enterprise capabilities that support the total
Army, every day and anywhere!
Vision
PEO EIS is the world-class leader in the acquisition and implementation
of integrated enterprise communication, information technology and
business solutions for America’s war fighting and peace
keeping forces.
Description
PEO EIS provides infrastructure and information management systems to
the Army, enabling it to achieve victory through total information
dominance. PEO EIS develops, acquires and deploys tactical
and management information technology systems and products.
PEO EIS is well-known as a systems acquisition, development and
integration center of excellence. Under the management of
four deputy program executive officers, five directorates and many
project/product managers, PEO EIS develops and fields a wide range of
products and services that support the Army. PEO EIS is
dedicated to supporting the war fighter and contributes to the global
war on terror and the war in Iraq. Through its diverse
programs, PEO EIS touches every Soldier, every day. PEO EIS
continually finds ways to serve the Army and the Department of Defense
(DoD).
Mr. Gary Winkler, Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information
Systems (PEO EIS), reports to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA [ALT]), Mr. Dean G. Popps
(Acting).
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY Mission
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and
Technology ASA(ALT) serves, when delegated, as the Army Acquisition
Executive, the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the
Secretary, and as the senior research and development official for the
Department of the Army. The ASA(ALT) also has the principal
responsibility for all Departments of the Army matters related to
logistics. Among the responsibilities of the ASA(ALT) are:
Executing the acquisition function and
the acquisition management system of the Department of the Army.
Advising the Secretary on all matters
relating to acquisition and logistics management.
Overseeing the logistics management
function including readiness, supply, services, maintenance,
transportation, and related automated logistics systems management.
Reviewing the security assistance
portions of the Army International Affairs Plan to ensure that they are
logistically sound and supportable and compatible with the
Army’s Research, Development, Acquisition, and Industrial
Base Programs.
Appointing, managing, and evaluating
program executive officers and direct-reporting program managers.
Managing the Army Acquisition Corps and
the Army Acquisition Workforce.
Representing the DA on the Defense
Acquisition Board, the Nuclear Weapons Council Standing Committee, and
the Conventional Systems Committee.
Chairing the Army Systems Acquisition
Review Council.
Exercising the procurement and
contracting functions, including exercising the authorities of the
agency head for contracting, procurement, and acquisition matters
pursuant to laws and regulations, the delegation of contracting
authority; and the designation of contracting activities.
Providing the Army policy representative
to the Defense Acquisition Regulatory Council.
Executing the research and development
function, including scientific and technical information, domestic
transfer, advanced concepts and assessments, basic and applied
research, and non-system specific advanced development.
Directing the Army Science Board.
Administering and overseeing research,
development, test, evaluation, and acquisition programs, to include in
coordination with the DUSA(IA), the execution of data/information
exchange programs, cooperative research and development memoranda of
understanding, and participating in international forums concerning the
aforementioned subjects.
Ensuring the production readiness of
weapon systems.
Integrating Manpower and Personnel
Integration and integrated logistics support into the materiel
acquisition process.
Applying the Defense Standardization and
Specification Program.
Overseeing the Army Industrial Base and
Industrial Preparedness Programs managing the Department of the Army
Competition Advocate Program.
Supporting Department of the Army
acquisition of space and strategic programs.
Overseeing the Chemical Demilitarization
Program and supervising the Program Manager for Chemical
Demilitarization.
Program
Executive Officer, Enterprise Information Systems: Mr. Gary Winkler Mr.
Gary L. Winkler
became the PEO EIS at Ft. Belvoir, VA, in October
2007. Mr. Winkler is responsible for the program management
of the Department of Defense and Army business and combat service
support systems, as well as related Army communication and computer
infrastructure. These systems support logistics, medical,
finance, personnel, training and procurement operations. The PEO EIS
organization consists of approximately 1400 military, civilian and
contractor staff around the world.
Prior to becoming PEO EIS, Mr. Winkler was Principal Director for
Governance, Acquisition, and Chief Knowledge Office for the Army
CIO/G-6. He entered the Senior Executive Service upon
becoming Principal Director in 2003. In that capacity he was
responsible for the development of Army Information Management (IM),
Information Technology (IT), and Knowledge Management (KM) policies and
governance processes in concert with the Office of the Secretary of
Defense (OSD), Joint Staff, Services, Combatant Commands, Components
and Agencies.
Mr. Winkler began his Federal career with the PEO Command and Control
Systems: Joint Tactical Fusion Program Management Office (PMO) in 1989
and was promoted to Division Chief of the PEO’s Intelligence
Fusion PMO in 1992. He was selected as Deputy Program
Executive Officer for the Air Force PEO for Joint Logistics, at the
Pentagon in 1995 and became an Acquisition Specialist with
Headquarters, Department of the Army, ASA(ALT), Acquisition Career
Management Office in 1996.
Mr. Winkler’s association with PEO EIS began in 1997 when he
was selected as Product Manager, Distance Learning System for the PEO
Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMIS).
Following that position, he served as the PEO EIS Project Manager for
Transportation Information Systems (PM TIS) from 2001 to 2003.
Mr. Winkler received a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical
Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, VA, in 1983. He has a Master
of Business Administration (MBA) from William and Mary in Williamsburg,
VA, and a Master of Science from the National Defense
University. Mr. Winkler is Defense Acquisition Workforce
Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III certified in Program Management;
Information Technology; Test and Evaluation (T&E);
and Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering.
He received the 2007 Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished
Executive, Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 2006, the
Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 2003 and Superior Civilian
Service Awards in 1996 and 2000. He also received the
Commander’s Award for Civilian Service in 1995.
Deputy
Program Executive Officer: Mr. G.
Taylor Chasteen Mr.
Taylor Chasteen
became DPEO at PEO EIS at Ft. Belvoir, VA, in
October 2007. Mr. Chasteen retired from the U.S. Army as a
Colonel in September 2007. Upon retirement, he entered the
Senior Executive Service as a Highly Qualified Expert. Prior
to coming to PEO EIS, he was an assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary
of the Army on matters related to automated business mission systems.
A native of Auburn, KY, Mr. Chasteen was commissioned as a U.S. Army
Field Artillery Officer in 1981. His tactical assignments
culminated as a Company Commander of the 426th Supply and
Transportation Battalion supporting the 101st Airborne (Air Assault)
Division.
After accession into the Acquisition Corps, Mr. Chasteen served in a
series of acquisition assignments beginning with the Production Base
Modernization Activity at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, followed by duty as an
Assistant Project Manager for the Tank Main Armaments Systems
Program. He moved to the National Capital Region in 1996 to
become a Division Chief at the Software Development Center –
Washington followed by a position with the Army’s Operational
Testing Command as chief evaluator for the Army’s first
combat support battlefield information system. In 1999 Mr.
Chasteen became Product Manager for the Army’s retail
transactional logistics systems at Fort Lee, VA, reporting to
the PEO STAMIS. After attending the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces, he was assigned to manage the defense cooperative
relationship with the Republic of Korea as a member of the U.S. Country
Team. Mr. Chasteen returned to the PEO EIS in 2005 becoming
the Project Director of Army Knowledge Online (AKO).
A graduate of Western Kentucky University, he holds a Master of
Business Administration (MBA) degree from Babson College and a Master
of Science (MS) in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense
University. His military education includes the Material
Acquisition Management Course, Command and General Staff College,
Advanced Program Manager’s Course, Quartermaster Advanced
Course, and the Field Artillery Basic Course. He is Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III certified in Program Management and Computers and
Communications.
Deputy
Program Executive Officer: Mr. Lee
Harvey Mr.
Harvey was appointed
DPEO in January 2004. Prior to
becoming a DPEO at EIS, Mr. Harvey served as the Program Director for
Army University Access Online – eArmyU, reporting to the
Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (G1) and the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. He
was directly responsible for all aspects of program management for the
$450 million program. Mr. Harvey previously served as the Director of
Acquisition Management for the Army’s Communications
Electronics Command Acquisition Center-Washington. In that capacity he
was responsible for awarding $500 million in new contracts each year
and managed approximately $2 billion in existing contracts. Mr. Harvey
served in the Army from 1975-1981. He is a graduate of the Industry
Advisory Council’s IT Partners Program.
Deputy
Program Executive Officer: Ms.
Catherine Doolos Ms.
Doolos has more than
20 years of progressively responsible program
management experience involving all facets of the acquisition process.
Previous assignments include program analyst support with the Project
Manager Strategic & Theater Command & Control Systems
and Assistant Program Manager, Special Programs Support Activity,
Special Operations Command, Fort Belvoir.
Ms. Doolos then served as an Acquisition Proponency Officer with the
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and
Technology), Pentagon, Arlington, VA. Following her studies
at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ms. Doolos was selected
as a 2000 board-certified Product Manager for the Defense Message
System-Army (DMS-A), PEO EIS, Fort Monmouth, NJ. In 2004, she
established the Product Lifecycle Management Plus Program office at PEO
EIS in Fort Belvoir and transitioned it to a board-certified Product
Manager. In 2005, she was selected as Deputy Program
Executive Officer, PEO EIS.
Ms. Doolos’ education includes a Masters in Business
Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from
Troy State University. She completed post-masters work in
Information Technology/Management Information Systems at George
Washington University. In 2000, she achieved a Masters of
National Resource Strategies from the National Defense University
Industrial College of Armed Forces. Ms. Doolos is an
inaugural member of the Army Acquisition Competitive Development Group
and graduate of the Defense Leadership and Management
Program. Other leadership education includes the Advanced
Program Management Course, DoD Executive Leadership Development Program
and Army Management Staff College. She is Army Acquisition
Corps certified in Program Management; Business, Cost Estimating and
Financial Management; and Information Resource Management.
Deputy
Program Executive Officer: Colonel James S. (Steve) Bristow Colonel
Bristow was born
in Sumter, South Carolina and is a graduate of
Francis Marion College in Florence, South Carolina. He was commissioned
through ROTC as an Army Signal Corps Officer. He earned a Master of
Business Administration from Western International University in
Phoenix, Arizona. His military education includes the Signal
Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the US Army Command and General
Staff College and the Advanced Program Manager’s Course. He
is a 2004 graduate of the US Army War College.
Colonel Bristow served in a variety of command and staff
positions. He was a Battalion Signal Officer for 3/68 Armor,
4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. In Schwabish
Gemund, Germany he was a Company Commander in the 38th Signal
Battalion, 56th Field Artillery Brigade, (Pershing). At Fort
Bragg, North Carolina, he was an Assistant Operations Officer in the
4th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Group (Airborne) and Company
Commander of the 90th Strategic Dissemination Company, 4th PSYOP Group
(Airborne). While at Fort Bragg he served in Operation Desert
Shield/Desert Storm.
His Acquisition Corps assignments include duties as a Signals Test
Officer with the Electronic Proving Grounds (EPG) at Fort Huachuca,
Arizona. He served as a Systems Acquisition Manager and Chief
of Materiel Branch, US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina. While assigned to the Army Test and
Evaluation Command (ATEC) in Alexandria, Virginia he performed duties
as Chief of the Command and Control (C2) Division and as a Senior Test
and Evaluation Officer for the C3 Evaluations Directorate.
Colonel Bristow served as an Armaments Cooperation Country Desk Officer
for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army - Defense Exports and
Cooperation (DASA-DEC), Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(AL&T)).
He was responsible for US Army Armaments Cooperation activities with
Canada and ten European countries. As a Product Manager,
Colonel Bristow served on the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program as PM
for the FCS Advanced Collaborative Environment (ACE). Prior to
his assignment as DPEO, he served as Project Manager for Enterprise
Infostructure (PM EI) and as Project Manager for DOD Biometrics.
Colonel Bristow’s military
awards include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, five awards of
the Meritorious Service Medal, three awards of the Army Commendation
Medal, three awards of the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense
Service Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal with 3 Bronze Stars,
the Saudi Arabia - Kuwait Liberation Medal, and the Kuwait National
Defense Medal. He has also earned the Senior Parachutist Badge and the
Army Staff Identification Badge.
PEO EIS
Industry Days 2008 Armed
Forces Communications-Electronics Association – Fort
Belvoir Chapter and the United States Army Program Executive Office
Enterprise Information Systems present Industry Days 2008.
The
6th Annual AFCEA-Belvoir/PEO EIS Industry Day will be held April 16-18,
2008. This year's event will be held at the Gaylord Hotel
in the Harbor Place Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Visit www.fbcinc.com/peoeis
for more information and to register.
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Mr.
Gary L. Winkler
became the PEO EIS at Ft. Belvoir, VA, in October
2007. Mr. Winkler is responsible for the program management
of the Department of Defense and Army business and combat service
support systems, as well as related Army communication and computer
infrastructure. These systems support logistics, medical,
finance, personnel, training and procurement operations. The PEO EIS
organization consists of approximately 1400 military, civilian and
contractor staff around the world. 
Mr.
Taylor Chasteen
became DPEO at PEO EIS at Ft. Belvoir, VA, in
October 2007. Mr. Chasteen retired from the U.S. Army as a
Colonel in September 2007. Upon retirement, he entered the
Senior Executive Service as a Highly Qualified Expert. Prior
to coming to PEO EIS, he was an assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary
of the Army on matters related to automated business mission systems.
Mr.
Harvey was appointed
DPEO in January 2004. Prior to
becoming a DPEO at EIS, Mr. Harvey served as the Program Director for
Army University Access Online – eArmyU, reporting to the
Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (G1) and the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. He
was directly responsible for all aspects of program management for the
$450 million program. Mr. Harvey previously served as the Director of
Acquisition Management for the Army’s Communications
Electronics Command Acquisition Center-Washington. In that capacity he
was responsible for awarding $500 million in new contracts each year
and managed approximately $2 billion in existing contracts. Mr. Harvey
served in the Army from 1975-1981. He is a graduate of the Industry
Advisory Council’s IT Partners Program.
Ms.
Doolos has more than
20 years of progressively responsible program
management experience involving all facets of the acquisition process.
Previous assignments include program analyst support with the Project
Manager Strategic & Theater Command & Control Systems
and Assistant Program Manager, Special Programs Support Activity,
Special Operations Command, Fort Belvoir. 
Colonel
Bristow was born
in Sumter, South Carolina and is a graduate of
Francis Marion College in Florence, South Carolina. He was commissioned
through ROTC as an Army Signal Corps Officer. He earned a Master of
Business Administration from Western International University in
Phoenix, Arizona. His military education includes the Signal
Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the US Army Command and General
Staff College and the Advanced Program Manager’s Course. He
is a 2004 graduate of the US Army War College.
The
6th Annual AFCEA-Belvoir/PEO EIS Industry Day will be held April 16-18,
2008. This year's event will be held at the Gaylord Hotel
in the Harbor Place Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland. 
