Lieutenant General Charles E. Croom, Jr., USAF, Director of DISA (center),

visited the KeyLogic booth at the DISA Customer Partnership Conference in May.

Pictured with Lt. Gen. Croom are KeyLogic Executive Director Glenn Copen (left),

Vice President George Spencer (back) and President and CEO Jon Hammock (right).

DISA Conferences Discuss Critical Issues, Build Relationships 

This spring, as part of their Mentor-Protégé partnership with Northrop Grumman and their long-standing relationship with DISA, KeyLogic attended two Partnership Conferences geared at bringing the agency, its contractors and its customers together to discuss the critical issues facing our nation and to further the relationships among the groups.

The first, the Mentor-Protégé (MP) Conference, was held in March in Temecula, CA with the theme “Building Strategic Partnerships for National Defense.”  This year’s conference set a record with more than 550 participants, with attendees including DoD Directors of Services, Military Services and other Defense Agency Program Managers, as well as large (Mentors) and small (Protégés) defense contractors.  Highlights included a Keynote Address from The Honorable Dr. James I. Finley, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, the prestigious Nunn-Perry awards (presented to Mentor-Protégé teams), and more than 50 speakers discussing topics such as government regulatory changes, innovative partnering, and the importance of technology to small business growth and warfighter requirements.

The Customer Partnership Conference and Technology Exposition, held in early May at the Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN and sponsored by the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association (AFCEA), surrounded the theme “Connected at the Speed of Innovation.”  The annual event offers information sessions that provide a forum for questions, concerns and problem resolution, with this year’s topics including operational superiority, innovative technologies and initiatives, spectrum issues, planning and management, and net-centricity.  The Plenary Session included a briefing from Lieutenant General Charles E. Croom, Jr. (pictured above) that focused on information sharing, operational effectiveness and meeting DISA’s important mission – delivering capabilities to our nation’s warfighters.

KeyLogic is proud to support to DISA’s mission and our nation’s defense and is excited to further develop our relationships with both the agency and Northrop Grumman as a participant in the DoD Mentor-Protégé program.

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