MARJANA D. ZUPCSAN

Marjana D. Zupcsan a member of the Senior Executive Service, Director of Financial Management and Comptroller for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Ms. Zupcsan is responsible for training and equipping 1,650 financial personnel, as well as advice and oversight regarding funds management worth $304B across some 77 locations. She assists in policy formulation, interpretation, and implementation, providing executive supervision with regard to budget execution and centralized cost estimating management; influencing over 3,000 programs/projects valued in excess of $1T.   

Ms. Zupcsan began her career with the Air Force in 1989 upon acceptance into the acquisition financial management trainee program.  She has served in a variety of financial management and acquisition assignments at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio to include multiple program offices, the Acquisition Cost Division, Acquisition Financial Analysis Division, and Air Force Material Command Financial Management. She held CFO positions in the Global Hawk, Propulsion, Simulators and KC-46 Divisions before serving as the Organizational Senior Functional for the Tanker Directorate and ISR and SOF Directorate.
 
EDUCATION

1989 B.S.B.A, Finance, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1993 M.B.A., Financial Administration, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1997 Professional Military Comptroller’s School
2008 Air War College, by correspondence
 
CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1.  July 1989 - July 2002, various assignments
2. July 2002 – October 2004, Financial Analyst, Financial Management Branch, HQ AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. October 2004 – January 2006, Deputy Chief, Financial Management, Global Hawk, 303d Aeronautical Systems Group, 303 Aeronautical Systems Wing, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. January 2006 – November 2007, Chief, Financial Management, Global Hawk, 303d Aeronautical Systems Group, 303 Aeronautical Systems Wing, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5.  November 2007 – January 2009, Chief, Financial Management, Propulsion, 577 Aeronautical Systems Group, 77th Aeronautical Systems Wing, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
6. January 2009 – February 2012, Chief, Financial Management, Simulator Division, Agile Combat Support Directorate, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. February 2012 – June 2012, Chief, Program Control and Financial Management, KC-46 Directorate, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
8. June 2012 – August 2016, Chief, Financial Management, Tanker Directorate, AFLCMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. August 2016 – December 2021, Chief, Financial Management, ISR and SOF Directorate, AFLCMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
10. December 2021 – Present, Director, Financial Management & Comptroller, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
 
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
 
Acquisition Professional Development (APDP) Business Financial Mgmt - Level III
Acquisition Professional Development (APDP) Cost Estimating - Level II
Acquisition Professional Development (APDP) in Program Management - Level I
 
AWARDS AND HONORS

1996 - Exemplary Civilian Service Award
2009 - Exemplary Civilian Service Award
2010 - Aeronautical Systems Center Division Chief Deputy of the Year
2011 - ASMC Comptroller/Deputy Comptroller of the Year
2016 - Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2016 - Air Force Life Cycle Management Center FM Leadership Award
 
(Current as of January 2021)