Introduction
Mr. James W. Cluck is the Acquisition Executive and Director, Special Operations Research, Development, and Acquisition Center for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, with responsibility for all Special Operations Forces research, development, acquisition, procurement, and logistics programs; as well as management of the SOF Acquisition Workforce Enterprise.
Mr. Cluck has over 39 years combined military and civilian Federal service including over 27 years experience in Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition. He has served as the Chief Information Officer and Director, Special Operations Networks and Communications Center; Director of Management, Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center; Deputy Program Executive Officer, Intelligence and Information Systems; Program Manager, Intelligence Systems; and Program Manager, C4I Automation Systems. Throughout these assignments, he consolidated diverse intelligence, command and control, and information programs through common migration and technical management techniques. Mr. Cluck received the USCINCSOC Quality Award in 1997 and the David Packard Award in 1996 for acquisition excellence.
Mr. Cluck graduated from The Citadel in 1976. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Systems Management in 1984 from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Mr. Cluck is a Level III-qualified acquisition professional within the DoD Acquisition Corps.