2017 MILCOM

Kenyata L. Wesley
Executive Director
Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground


Mr. Kenyata L. Wesley, Sr. is the Executive Director of the Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, a major contracting center of the U.S. Army Contracting Command. Mr. Wesley manages and leads a geographically dispersed contracting center responsible for enabling Army readiness by supporting Army-wide research and development efforts and mission critical contracting for program executive offices, institutional Army customers, and the warfighter. ACC-APG executes more than 32,000 contracting actions annually, valued at more than $11.4 billion. Additionally he serves as the Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting for both the Research, Development and Engineering Command and the Communications-Electronics Command, and like ACC, both are major subordinate commands of the Army Materiel Command. Mr. Wesley previously served as Special Advisor to the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy and the Director of Defense Cost and Pricing within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics. Highlights of this position include development of the Guide for Commercial Item Determinations and Pricing, establishment of the Ability One Congressional Panel and Executive Secretary, and the contribution of innovative solutions for contracting officer decision making. He has held several key assignments within Department of Defense contracting and small business. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in September 2014.

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