Ken Fancher

Ken has spent the last 21 years in acquisition related assignments. He is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the development of Acquisition Strategies for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP), and has helped multiple clients manage the integration of highly complex training system components. Ken has been heavily involved in providing Technical and Program Management Support and is experienced in all phases of government acquisition activities that include planning, organizing, staffing, leading team efforts, and managing the integration of multiple highly complex training system components. He has been responsible for planning and leading teams composed of diverse engineering management disciplines through a variety of complex tasks in support of developing transformational weapon system concepts. Ken retired from the USMC in 2005 after having served in NAVAIR and OPNAV as a Level 3 certified acquisition professional. As a Marine Lieutenant Colonel, Ken was responsible for the cost, schedule, and delivery of V-22 USMC and USAF Special Operations Command high fidelity training products valued more than $700 million. He led a program team with over 150 industry and government acquisition personnel and delivered over 30 products with an average cost performance index (CPI) of 1.12 (12% under budget) and schedule performance index (SPI) of .99. He developed the USMC’s Training Transformation initiative that removed unnecessary training from the V-22 aircraft and increased training from less than 10% in the ground based training environment to greater than 68%. This allowed $1.6 billion in aircraft assets to be delivered to the operational fleet and accelerated the operational squadron deployment for this new production aircraft. Ken is a highly qualified Program Manager that understands the complexity associated with the integration of multiple systems, and how numerous functional disciplines must work together to deliver quality products to the warfighter. Ken has been heavily involved in continuing to provide Technical and Program Management Support for multiple Naval Acquisition programs over the last 12 years.