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Dave Brumfield, Associate Director

Dave Brumfield is a motivational leader and team builder with thirty years of progressive leadership and management experience in DoD. He is an experienced logistics professional with proficiency in the areas of inventory control, supply chain, financial management, and program management and acquisition strategy.

During his thirty year career in the US Navy, Dave served in a variety of challenging supply chain, financial, program management, and administrative leadership positions.  Operational logistics assignments included three sea tours. He last served afloat as the Officer-in-Charg
e in USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS 3), where he managed the battle group logistics operations for four aircraft carriers and two amphibious assault groups in the days and months following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (Operation Enduring Freedom). Dave’s leadership resulted in NIAGARA FALLS selection for the 2001 Seventh Fleet Logistics Excellence Award. Dave’s other sea duty assignments included 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. On F/A-18 he was accountable for budgeting and executing in excess of $22B (across five years). 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. 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 where he led the charge to take Relational Supply (RSupply) ashore while bridging legacy systems to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). He served as Executive Officer at the Navy Supply Corps School, 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-AO (X) program, the Navy’s next generation oiler.

Dave received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), and his Masters of Science in Management (Acquisition) from the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, CA. He is a graduate of the Executive Education Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Dave is DAWIA Level III Certified for Acquisition Management, and a member of DoD’s Acquisition Professional Corps (APC).