Acquisition Topics: CADE for the Contracting Community

Jack supports the Training and Outreach Team by providing subject matter expertise in Cost and Software Data Report (CSDR) Policy, which he gained through years spent supporting the Defense Cost and Resource Center (DCARC) within OSD CAPE. He also continues to support the DCARC in CSDR planning and validation. 

Jack holds a B.S in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Six Sigma. 

Zach supports the Training and Outreach Team by developing example FlexFiles for the Functional Academic version of CADE, otherwise known as FAÇADE. 

He has previously worked to provide financial analyses to federal clients, and also has five years of experience as a math teacher.

Torri is a Marine Veteran with over 13 years of service within the DoD ranging from combat operations (Iraq), theater security cooperation (Latin America and Europe), project management, corporate training, and business management consulting. He leads cost analysis training, financial analysis for spectrum management and strategic relationships efforts for Technomics’ DoD clients.

Torri received the 2020 ICEAA Educator of the Year Award and is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He holds a dual B.S. in Quantitative Economics and Political Science from the U.S Naval Academy.

Peter Braxton CADE DAU Lead

Peter serves on the Training and Outreach Team for the Cost Assessment Data Enterprise (CADE), and work with Defense Acquisition University (DAU) to develop and review curricula.

Peter served as the inaugural VP for Professional Development of ICEAA, and has taught extensively at government, corporate, and society training events throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. He has been recognized by ICEAA for Service to Society (2013) and Education (2007, 2019).

Ryan supports the Training and Outreach Team by managing event registration and data collection in the Learning Management System (LMS). He also contributes in the development of learning requirements, and learning content, for the DAU Back-to-Basics initiative. 

He has two additional years of classroom teaching experience and holds a B.A. in Economics and Sociology from Franklin & Marshall College. 

Wayne Cleary CADE Training Support

Wayne is a Marine Veteran with over 8 years of active service as a Logistics Officer. He provides support to the Department of Defense as a member of the Training and Outreach Team.. 

Wayne graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with dual B.S. in Computer Science and Information Technology.