The chapter wrapped up the month with several events. The year-end networking event for the U.S. Defense Department, industry and academia was held at Wandering Griffin in Beavercreek, Ohio. It was a chance to renew and expand business relationships. The last Young AFCEAn Power Breakfast at Segue Technologies featured Richard T. Aldridge, a member of the Senior Executive Service and the program executive officer for Business and Enterprise Systems and director of the Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate, Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, Alabama. The BES portfolio is comprised of more than 150 programs, 2,100 military, civil service and contractor support personnel located at four bases throughout the United States, with total funding of $1.025 billion. The organization acquires, operates and sustains operational support information technology systems for the Air Force and the Defense Department. The 2019 annual sponsors were: Segue Technologies, The MITRE Corporation, FTI, JJR Solutions, Credence, TACG, LinTech, Entegrity, Rinestahl, Evanhoe and Associates, CDO Technologies, JYG Innovations, DCS, IST, ICS, Gartner and Cloud Lake Technology. |
