N. Ross Thompson III

Served for 36 years in the United States Army, retiring as a Lieutenant General. Final assignment was serving as the Principal Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), the Army’s senior acquisition officer.
Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer from 2010-2015 of an integrated facilities management company with over $700 million in annual revenue and 7,100 employees across the U.S. and in 10 international locations.
Senior Acquisition Executive in-residence on the faculty at the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) since November 2015.
Commissioner from 2016-2019 on statutory panel charged with making recommendations on actionable changes to regulatory and statutory language to improve the Department of Defense acquisition process.
Currently serves on the Boards of Directors/Advisors for four companies focused on defense and commercial research, development, and prototyping.