Overview
Tom Fischer serves as senior advisor to the executive director. He is a former 35-year U.S. Air Force employee and member of the Senior Executive Service.
In his previous position as director of Engineering and Technical Management and chief engineer for the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, he led a 15,000-person national engineering organization, responsible for talent acquisition, development and management of more than 80 percent of the Air Force’s engineering and technical workforce. He also led the Command for transformation to digital engineering to provide rapid capability maturation, delivery and readiness. He was recognized for exceptional executive leadership and presented the Presidential Rank Award.
Fischer has a long list of educational accolades including B.S. mechanical engineering, Valparaiso University; M.S. mechanical engineering, University of Dayton; M.B.A. Wright State University; and M.S. National Resource Strategy, Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.