Deric Walker

Job Responsibilities 

I am responsible for planning, coordinating and evaluating logistics actions where I provide corporate-wide strategic direction for the Logistics Department and manage all logistics related policies and procedures (including transportation and storage of hazardous materials), logistics planning and deployable operations and all international logistics needs required to support aerospace and defense technology requirements specified in federal contracts, private sector missions and other designated programs. These duties include identifying the specific requirements for capital, manpower, material, facilities, and services needed to support programs and correlating those requirements with program plans to assure that the supply chain network delivers the right capability to the right place and at the right time to sustain operational mission objectives.

Career History 

I have devoted more than 28 years to professional management roles across federal, military and interagency environments, leading large, geographically dispersed teams while managing complex logistics, operational readiness and organizational transformation initiatives. My career reflects sustained engagement as a manager and business leader, with direct accountability for personnel, resources, policy execution and performance outcomes.

Education 

Executive Leadership Certificate; Cornell University, 2022

Certified Business Continuity Professional, Disaster Recovery Institute, 2022

Certified Manager® (CM); Institute of Certified Professional Managers, 2016

Master of Arts (MA) in Organizational & Supply Chain Management; University of Arizona Global Campus, 2014

Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Human Resource Management; Community College of the Air Force, 2012

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Science; University of Arizona Global Campus, 2011

Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Transportation; Community College of the Air Force, 2003

Associated of Arts (AA) in General Studies; Pierce College, 2008

Personal Hobbies 

Reading/listening to books, watching/attending professional and college sporting events, working out and staying in shape and raising my children and spending time with my family