Al shaffer osd biography of mahatma

Mr. Alan R. Shaffer assumed his current position as Director, Washington Operations for MIT Lincoln Laboratory in April Previously, he served as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S) from January to January 20, Senate confirmed in January , he was responsible to the Under Secretary of Defense (A&S) for all matters pertaining to acquisition; contract administration; logistics and materiel readiness; installations and environment; operational energy; chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons; the acquisition workforce; and the defense industrial base.

During this period, he concurrently served as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense.

From to , Mr. Shaffer served as the Director, NATO Collaboration Support Office in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

In this role, he was responsible for coordinating and synchronizing the Science and Technology (S&T) collaboration between NATO member and partner Nat