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Date: November 21, 2024
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern / 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific
CLPs: 2.0
Who Should Attend: Program Managers, Contracting Officers, Small Business Professionals, other acquisition professionals, and industry.
Ms. Candace Wright, is the SBIR/STTR Program Lead within the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Ms. Wright has served over twelve years within MDA as an acquisition professional, managing cost, schedule, and performance, within several major weapon system program offices and also served as the Executive Officer to the MDA Executive Director in which she supported Agency Senior Leaders with day-to-day mission planning and execution. Ms. Wright holds a Master of Business Administration from Auburn University and is DAWIA Certified in Program Management.
Mr. Carkhuff is responsible for leading the life cycle activities of assigned Small Business Professional (SBP) learning assets. He also serves as a professor for all instructor-led SBP courses. He was the first DoD acquisition professional to earn the new DoD Small Business Professional Credential in May 2021.
He is a retired naval officer and former SH-60B helicopter pilot with over 2500 flight hours. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy (BS, Physical Science), the Naval War College (MA, National Security and Strategic Studies), the Naval Postgraduate School (MS, Contract Management) and Liberty University (EdS, Educational Leadership). He is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps.
