Wade Bessell

Wade Bessell currently serves as the LCS Sustainment Subcontract Manager at Lockheed Martin, where responsibilities include leading sourcing for complex suppliers on major defense programs and collaborating across multiple departments to enhance supplier performance and manage contractual deliverables. Prior roles at Lockheed Martin include Senior Subcontract Administrator and Subcontract Administrator II, focusing on sourcing tasks and facilitating significant subcontract efforts. Wade has also gained experience as a Contracts Administrator at Group W, managing a portfolio of DoD contracts and subcontracts, and as a Sourcing Operations Intern at Leidos, where analytical skills were developed. Educational background includes an MBA and a Graduate Certificate in Finance from WSU Carson College of Business, along with a BBA in Logistics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.