Col. Scott A. Rothermel serves as the Senior Materiel Leader, Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance Reconnaissance (C2ISR) Division at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, in support of the Department of the Air Force Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management (DAF PEO C3BM). Col. Rothermel’s C2ISR Division provides worldwide logistics life cycle support across the spectrum of the C2ISR capabilities-based enterprise; including supply, distribution, materiel management, acquisition, system engineering, maintenance, financial planning, budgeting, security, flight test, contracting functions, and execution of modernization efforts. 

Col. Rothermel supports C3BM in the development of a diverse portfolio of products and programs to assist with C3BM’s integrated DAF BATTLE NETWORK; including the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System, the Global Command and Control System-AF, the Extended Tether Program, and other C2ISR programs. 
 
The DAF BATTLE NETWORK is the integrated system-of-systems connecting sensor, effector, and logistics systems providing better situational awareness, faster operational decisions, and decisive direction to the force. 

Col. Rothermel earned his commission in 1996 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at South Dakota State University. Col. Rothermel's previous assignments include Senior Military Assistant for the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; Vice Commander of a data masked organization; the Senior Materiel Leader of the Fighters and Bombers Special Programs Division; Deputy for the Command, Control, Communication, and Information Infrastructure Division; Test Squadron Commander at a data masked organization; and Joint Systems Program Director at the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from South Dakota State University, Brooking, South Dakota, and a master’s degree in computer science from the Air Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.  

He was an Air Force Fellow at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and at the Idaho National Laboratory. He holds Level III Acquisition Professional Development Program certification in Program Management, and Test and Evaluation. 
 

EDUCATION 

1996 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota 

1997 Master of Science, Computer Science, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio 

2001 USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, California 

2002 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 

2007 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, via distanced learning 

2012 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, via distanced learning 
 

ASSIGNMENTS 

1. June 1996 - December 1997, Graduate Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 

2. December 1997 - December 2000, Flight Test Engineer, Joint STARS Test Force, Melbourne, Florida 

3. December 2000 - December 2001, Student, Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, California 

4. December 2001 - November 2004, Flight Commander, Sensors and Defensive Systems, 46th Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Florida 

5. November 2004 - July 2007, Flight Commander and Ops Officer Engineering, Department of the Air Force, (data masked) 

6. July 2007 - June 2008, Air Force IDE Fellow, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia 

7. June 2008 - July 2012, Chief Strategic Space Systems, Joint System Program Manager, and Joint System Program Director, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. 

8. July 2012 - June 2013, Air Force SDE Fellow, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho 

9. June 2013 - July 2015, Test Squadron Commander, Department of the Air Force, (data masked) 

10. July 2015 - June 2016, Deputy, Command, Control, Communication and Information Infrastructure Division, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts 

11. June 2016 - May 2019, Senior Materiel Leader, Fighters and Bombers Special Programs, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 

12. May 2019 – June 2021, Vice Commander, (data masked) 

13. June 2021 – June 2022, Senior Military Assistant to the Assistance Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Department of the Air Force, Pentagon, Virginia 

14. June 2022 – Present, Senior Materiel Leader, C2ISR Division, Robins AFB, Georgia 
 

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS 

Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster 

Defense Meritorious Service Medal 

Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters 

Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters 

Joint Service Commendation Medal 

Air and Space Commendation Medal 

Air and Space Achievement Medal