Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that Mark Krzysko has been assigned as deputy director, Enterprise Information and Office of the Secretary of Defense Studies, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics).
Krzysko previously served as assistant deputy under secretary of defense for strategic sourcing and acquisition processes, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics).
Bio:
Mr. Mark E. Krzysko serves as the Deputy Director, Enterprise Information and Office of the Secretary of Defense Studies. In this senior leadership position, he oversees Federally Funded Research and Development Centers and directs data governance, technical transformation and shared services efforts to make timely, authoritative acquisition information available to support oversight of the Department of Defense’s major programs, a portfolio totaling more than $1.6 trillion of investment funds over the lifecycle of the programs.
Preceding his current position, Mr. Krzysko served as ADUSD for Business Transformation, providing strategic guidance for re-engineering the Department’s business system investment decision-making processes. He also served as ADUSD for Strategic Sourcing & Acquisition Processes and as Director of the Supply Chain Systems Transformation Directorate, championing and facilitating innovative uses of information technologies to improve and streamline the supply chain process for the Department of Defense.
As the focal point for supply chain systems, he was responsible for transformation, implementation and oversight of enterprise capabilities for the acquisition, logistics and procurement communities. In addition, Mr. Krzysko served as advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Business Transformation on supply chain matters and as the functional process proponent to the Department’s Business Transformation efforts, resulting in the establishment of the Business Transformation Agency. In March of 2002, Mr. Krzysko joined the Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy office as Deputy Director of e-Business. As the focal point for the Acquisition Domain, he was responsible for oversight and transformation of the acquisition community into a strategic business enterprise. This included driving the adoption of e-business practices across the Department, leading the move to modernize processes and systems, and managing the investment review process and portfolio of business systems.
Mr. Krzysko served as the Division Director of Electronic Commerce Solutions for the Naval Air Systems Command from June 2000 to March 2002. From April 1991 until March 2000, Mr. Krzysko served in various senior-level acquisition positions at the Naval Air Systems Command, including Contracting Officer of F/A-18 Foreign Military Sales, F/A-18 Developmental Programs, and the F-14.
In addition, he served as Program Manager of Partnering, the Acquisition Business Process Re-engineering Effort, and as Acquisition Program Manager for the Program Executive Office for Tactical Aircraft. Mr. Krzysko began his career in the private sector in various executive and managerial positions including Assistant Managing Director for Lord & Taylor Department Stores and Operations Administrator for Woodward & Lothrop Department Stores. Mr. Krzysko holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the University of Maryland, University College, College Park, Maryland, and a Master of General Administration, Financial Management from the same institution.