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SPEAKER: Colonel Walter A. Bustelo
Colonel Walter Bustelo is the Deputy Program
Executive Officer and Deputy Director of the
Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate.
In this position, he is responsible for acquiring,
operating, and sustaining operational support
information technology systems for the Air Force
and the Department of Defense. Colonel Bustelo
oversees over 140 programs, a workforce of more
than 2,500 military, civil service, and contractor
support personnel, and an annual budget exceeding
one billion dollars.
Prior to his current duties, Colonel Bustelo was
the Senior Materiel Leader for the Financial
Systems Division and Program Manager for the $3.3B
Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management
System (DEAMS) responsible for delivering an
upgraded financial management system to enable
timely, accurate and reliable decision making in
support of worldwide Department of the Air Force
operations.
Colonel Bustelo was also the F-16 Director of
Foreign Military Sales where he led a 230-member
team and was responsible for a $27B FMS portfolio
producing, developing, and sustaining more than
1,950 F-16 aircraft from 26 partner nations.
He was the Materiel Leader for the Americas,
Southeast Asia and Pacific Branch, Air Force
Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In this
position, he provided security assistance for
countries within NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM and PACOM.
Colonel Bustelo was responsible for developing,
negotiating, and executing international
agreements through Foreign Military Sales to
include acquisition and sustainment for nearly 950
cases for 30 countries valued at $35B.
PRE-LUNCHEON CHECK-IN / NETWORKING: 11:30AM-
11:45AM
LUNCHEON TIME: 11:45AM-1:00PM |
