Colonel William T. Collins Jr. is the Senior Materiel Leader, High Altitude Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Division, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. In this role, he leads a 337-member team of military, civilian and contractor personnel in the development, production, modernization and sustainment activities for the $12B RQ-4 and U-2 Portfolios. These critical ISR platforms provide high-altitude, global, day or night ISR capability to support joint combatant forces in worldwide peacetime, contingency and wartime operations. 

Prior to his current position, Col Collins was the Deputy Director for Acquisition Career Management, where he was responsible for advising the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) on senior leader and acquisition workforce matters as well as supporting the acquisition workforce through policy and related actions regarding assignments, training and professional development.