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Cowan & Associates In
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November 10, 2011 Cowan & Associates, Inc. (C&A), an Arlington, Virginia-based Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), specializing in IT and management consulting to the federal government and academia hired a new Associate Director today, David Brumfield. Dave will be supporting KPMG LLC, under a recently awarded subcontract to support the Navy’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Management and Comptroller (FMO), under its Financial Improvement Program (FIP). Prior to joining C&A, Dave served a distinguished thirty-year career in the US Navy Supply Corps. Operational logistics assignments included three sea tours. He last served afloat as the Officer-in-Charge in USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS 3), Supply Officer in USS HAYLER (DD-997), and Assistant Supply Officer in USS PREBLE (DDG-46). Ashore, Dave had tours as a Contracting Specialist for the H-60 Helicopter and Deputy Business Financial Manager for F/A-18 Aircraft, both at Naval Air Systems Command. He served as Director of Contracts for Fixed Wing Spares, and Weapons System Team Lead for the H-60 Helicopter, both at Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP), Philadelphia where he flawlessly managed 65 civilians in the execution of over $1B in contracts awards over 2 years. He was the Afloat Systems Team Leader at the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) where he led the charge to take Relational Supply (RSupply) ashore while bridging legacy systems to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Dave served as Executive Officer (XO) at the Navy Supply Corps School NSCS), Athens, GA where he won the 5-star Zumwalt Award for excellence in Base Quarters (BQ) Operations. He served as the Director of Logistics at the Military Sealift Command (MSC) responsible for MSC logistics worldwide with an average of 115 ships operating daily. And his final tour was at the Chief of Naval Operations Staff (OPNAV N42) where he served as Combat Logistics Force Branch Head. He initiated requirements for the $10B T-AOE(X) Program, the Navy’s next generation Oiler. Dave received his BS in Business Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), a MS in Acquisition from Naval Postgraduate School and attended the Executive Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University. Dave is a DAWIA Level III in Acquisition and a member of the Acquisition Professional Community (APC). |