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Lyndon S. Anderson
Group Leader, Distinguished Sustainment Engineer
University of Dayton Research Institute: Sustainment Technologies Transition
Profile
Portfolio/Program/Project Manager: 16 years’ experience supporting multi-million dollar programs and projects for AF sustainment. Currently serves as Senior Portfolio Manager as leader of the Sustainment Projects Management Group in the Sustainment Technologies Transition Division. Oversees three Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity contracts comprising 10 active task orders and 97 projects to transition mature technologies into the Air Force sustainment enterprise. Responsible for managing all cost, schedule, performance, quality, change and risk mitigation activities for projects and technologies supporting automation and robotics, Additive Manufacturing, and cold spray repair.
Cost Analyses: Led the Air Force’s first weapon-system level Cost Benefit Analysis for the C-17 weapon system, and then for the KC-10 and Global Hawk weapon systems. At UDRI, established a cost analysis capability focused on baseline process mapping/analysis, rapid cost estimating using parametric data, trade studies, trend analysis/forecasting, life cycle analysis/costing, sensitivity analysis, and risk analysis and mitigation costing.
Sustainment: 37 years actively supporting Air Force weapon system sustainment for intercontinental ballistic missiles (Minuteman III) and a large number of bombers, tankers, fighters and intelligence/surveillance/ reconnaissance aircraft.
Reliability and Maintainability: Broad and deep understanding of sustainment issues, and of reliability, availability and maintainability issues managing large fleets of missiles and aircraft as the senior maintenance officer in the Air Force.
Integrated Product Support: As a support contractor, served in multiple integrated product support activities including the development of training courses; verification and validation of technology; oversight of operator, system, and maintenance manuals; development of process orders, data collection checklist and detailed test plans, and establishment and execution of inventory management systems.
Education
- Master of Science, Logistics Management, Distinguished Graduate, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 1990
- Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology, University High Honors, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, F. E. Warren AFB, WY, 1983
- Associate of Applied Science, Forest Management, Honors Graduate, Haywood Technical College, Clyde, NC, 1979
Honors
- Lance P. Sijan United States Air Force Leadership Award winner, Senior Officer Category, Air Education and Training Command; AF runner-up
- Bronze Star – Awarded for exceptionally meritorious achievement during combat
- Defense Superior Service Medal – awarded only by the Secretary of Defense for superior meritorious service in a position of significant responsibility
Affiliations
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, Certificate #1648990, Mar 2010
- Certified Professional Logistician (CPL), International Society of Logistics Engineers, Jun 1994
- Advanced Professional designation in Logistics, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1990
- National Defense Fellow, Institute for Defense Analyses, Washington, DC, 2001
- Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, Squadron
Publications
- Air University Press – “Framework of the DOD Logistics System: Educating Leaders on Logistics”
- Air Force Journal of Logistics - "Leading an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) Rotation -- A Group Commander's Perspective"
- Institute for Defense Analyses - "Comparative Costs of Air Force Military and Civilians in Selected Science and Engineering Specialties"
- Air University Press – Thesis: “Improving Logistics Realism in Command Post Exercises Involving the KC-135A/E/R Aircraft Using a Historical Aircraft Maintenance Database Model”
- Air University Press – "How the Current View of the Air and Space Environment Influences Development of Military Space Forces"