COLONEL ROBERT E. MITCHELL

U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C E

As the Director of Contracting and Deputy Director for Air Force Materiel Command's Enterprise Sourcing Group, Colonel Mitchell is responsible for an organization with a predicted end strength of 429 people and a total contract portfolio of more than $25.3 billion. He also directs enterprise-wide installation strategic sourcing for Air Force bases in the continental US. ESG executes existing and future contracting workload managed by its four aligning organizations, Defense Technical Information Center, Air Force Medical Service, Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and Air Force Civil Engineering Service Agency. The ESG supports the Air Force mission with six active Commodity Councils, covering $4.7 billion in strategic sourcing spend.

Colonel Robert E. Mitchell was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1983 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Texas. He began his career as an administrative officer at Tinker Air Force Base serving in the 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing. After seven years and three bases serving as an executive officer and squadron section commander, he cross-trained into the contracting career field where he served in Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) and Air Education and Training Command (AETC) in positions at the base and headquarters level. He has served as a Deputy Group Commander for three different groups, as the Deputy Director for Procurement for the Defense Information Systems Agency, as Chief, Resource Management Division, Directorate of Contracting, HQ AFMC and is currently the Deputy Director, Enterprise Sourcing Group, headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

EDUCATION:
1983 Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1987 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala
1994 Distinguished Graduate, Master of Arts in Procurement/Acq Mgmt, Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.
1998 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence), Maxwell AFB, Ala
2002 Air War College (Correspondence), Maxwell AFB, Ala
2006 Master of Science in National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. November 1983 - August 1986, Squadron Section Commander, 552nd Component Repair Squadron and Executive Support Officer, 8th Tactical Deployment Control Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla.
2. September 1986 - July 1988, Executive Officer, 960th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron, Keflavik Naval Air Station, Iceland.
3. October 1988 - July 1991, Squadron Section Commander, 33rd Aircraft Generation Squadron and 33rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
4. August 1991 - June 1992, AFIT Student, Education with Industry (Contract Management), Martin Marietta Electronics Company, Orlando, Fla.
5. August 1992 - June 1994, Contract Specialist, C-5 Systems Acquisition Branch, Directorate of Contracting, Kelly AFB, Texas.
6. June 1994 - October 1995, Deputy Division Chief and Chief, Commodities Branch, Operational Contracting Division, Kelly AFB, Texas.
7. November 1995 - November 1997, Chief, Operational Contracting Division, Rome Laboratory, Rome, N.Y.
8. December 1997 - May 2000, Acquisition Contracting Staff Officer, Operational Contracting Division, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Paterson AFB, Ohio.
9. June 2000 -August 2002, 82d Logistics Group Deputy Commander and 82d Contracting Squadron Commander, 82d Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas.
10. September 2002 - July 2003, 982d Training Group Deputy Commander, 82d Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas.
11. July 2003 - July 2005, 71st Mission Support Group Deputy Commander, 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, Okla.
12. August 2005 - June 2006, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ft. McNair, Washington D.C.
13. July 2006 - May 2008, Deputy Director for Procurement, Defense Information Systems Agency, Falls Church, Virginia.
14. June 2008 - December 2008, Acting Director for Procurement, Defense Information Systems Agency, Falls Church, Virginia.
15. December 2008 - June 2009, Deputy Director for Procurement, Defense Information Systems Agency, Falls Church, Virginia.
16. July 2009 - to July 2011, Chief, Resource Management Division, Directorate of Contracting, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
17. August 2011 - present, Deputy Director, Enterprise Sourcing Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Defense Superior Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
AETC Field Grade Contracting Officer of the Year, 2001
AFMC Staff Officer of the Year, 1999
AFMC Operational Contracting Officer of the Year, 1995
Eglin AFB Information Manager of the Year, 1990
28th Air Division Administrative Officer of the Year, 1987

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant July 25, 1983
First Lieutenant July 25, 1985
Captain January 1 1988
Major January 1, 1996
Lieutenant Colonel June 1, 2000
Colonel April 1, 2006

(Current as of Aug 2011)