NCR PDI 2020

Alan Shaffer
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment



The Honorable Alan R. Shaffer was Senate confirmed in January 2019, and is responsible to the Under Secretary of Defense for all matters pertaining to acquisition; contract administration; logistics and material readiness; installations and environment; operational energy; chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons; the acquisition workforce; and the defense industrial base. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Shaffer served as the Director, NATO Collaboration Support Office in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. In this role, he was responsible for coordinating and synchronizing the Science and Technology (S&T) collaboration between NATO member and partner Nations, comprising a network of about 5,000 scientists. Previous to his role at NATO, Mr. Shaffer served as the Principal Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E)) from 2007-2015 and also served twice as the Acting ASD(R&E) from 2007-2009 and 2012-2015. In 2009, Mr. Shaffer was appointed as the first Director, Operational Energy, Plans and Programs (Acting). He has also served as the Executive Director for several senior DoD Task Forces. Before entering the federal government, Mr. Shaffer served a 24-year United States Air Force career in command, weather, intelligence and acquisition oversight with assignments in Utah, California, Ohio, Honduras, Germany, Virginia and Nebraska. Mr. Shaffer earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mathematics from the University of Vermont in 1976, a B.S. in Meteorology from the University of Utah, a Master of Science (M.S.) in Meteorology from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a M. S. in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He was awarded the Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award in 2004, the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award, and the Distinguished Executive Presidential Rank Award in 2007 and 2015.

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