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Rear Admiral James B. Greene, Jr. USN (Ret.) — Acquisition Chair, Naval
Postgraduate School. RADM Greene develops, implements and oversees the Acquisition
Research Program in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy. He interfaces with
the DoD, industry and government leaders in acquisition, supervises student MBA projects
and conducts guest lectures and seminars. Before serving at NPS, RADM Greene was an
independent consultant focusing on Defense Industry business development strategy and
execution (for both the public and private sectors), minimizing lifecycle costs through
technology applications, alternative financing arrangements for capital-asset procurement,
and “red-teaming” corporate proposals for major government procurements.
RADM Greene served as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics)
in the Pentagon from 1991-1995. As Assistant Deputy, he provided oversight, direction and
budget development for worldwide US Navy logistics operations. He facilitated depot
maintenance, supply-chain management, base/station management, environmental
programs and logistic advice and support to the Chief of Naval Operations. Some of his
focuses during this time were leading Navy-wide efforts to digitize all technical data (and,
therefore, reduce cycle time) and to develop and implement strategy for procurement of
eleven Sealift ships for the rapid deployment forces. He also served as the Senior Military
Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) from 1987-1990 where he advised
and counseled the Under Secretary in directing the DoD procurement process.
From 1984-1987, RADM Greene was the Project Manager for the Aegis project. This
was the DoD’s largest acquisition project with an annual budget in excess of $5 Billion/year.
The project provided oversight and management of research, development, design,
production, fleet introduction and full lifecycle support of the entire fleet of Aegis cruisers,
destroyers and weapons systems through more than 2500 industry contracts. From 1980-
1984, RADM Greene served as Director, Committee Liaison, Office of Legislative Affairs
followed by a tour as the Executive Assistant, to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Shipbuilding and Logistics). From 1964-1980, RADM Greene served as a Surface Warfare
Officer in various duties, culminating in Command-at-Sea. His assignments included
numerous wartime deployments to Vietnam as well as the Indian Ocean and the Persian
Gulf.
RADM Greene received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Brown University in
1964; he earned an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Business Administration from
the Naval Postgraduate School in 1973.
Keith F. Snider — Associate Professor of Public Administration and Management in
the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School in
Monterey, California, where he teaches courses related to defense acquisition management.
He also serves as Principal Investigator for the NPS Acquisition Research Program and as
Academic Associate for resident NPS acquisition curricula.
Professor Snider has a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Affairs from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, a Master of Science degree in Operations
Research from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the
United States Military Academy at West Point. He served as a field artillery officer in the
U.S. Army for twenty years, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is a former
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