Tracy Whittlesey Ms. Tracy Whittlesey is the Department of the Air Force Deputy Porfolio Acquisition Executive for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management (DAF PAE C3BM), Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. DAF PAE C3BM integrates the C3BM materiel enterprise within the department, aligning technical architecture and acquisition authorities to streamline the delivery of decision advantage capabilities via the DAF BATTLE NETWORK. 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. It integrates roughly 50 programs of record across the department, ensuring resilient decision and information advantage needed by the Air Force, Space Force, Joint, and Coalition forces to win against the pacing challenge. It is the DAF’s contribution to Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control. Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Whittlesey held multiple senior leadership roles for the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (DAF RCO) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. Her tenure as the DAF RCO Chief of Staff culminated with her selection in her role as the Senior Materiel Leader for the DAF RCO Tempo Group. In 2016, Ms. Whittlesey began a staff tour within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), serving as the Acquisition Advisor to the Net Assessment Director, where she developed and implemented acquisition strategies, led day-to-day operations, and served as the primary liaison to three and four-star offices across the Department. In 1996, Ms. Whittlesey began her career in the private sector supporting the OSD Joint Robotics Program and Physical Security Equipment Programs. After six years in the private sector, she was selected to lead the Joint Vertical Aircraft Task Force, chartered to define a joint, integrated, and effective path forward for all Department of Defense (DOD) vertical lift acquisition programs. In 2006, Ms. Whittlesey joined the Federal Service as a Resource Manager for the Office of the Financial Executive, Defense Intelligence Agency. In 2008, Ms. Whittlesey joined the United States Special Operations Command where she held positions as a Systems Acquisition Manager, Program Manager and Deputy Program Manager in four Program Executive Offices. Ms. Whittlesey holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama. She also holds master’s degrees in management from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, and national resource strategy from the National Defense University Eisenhower School, Washington, D.C.