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SPEAKER BIOS
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES R. KLUGH, U.S.A. (RET.)
SUMMARY: Twenty-five years of experience operating and supporting basic
research, engineering development, testing, and supporting strategic weapons
systems. Experience includes documented success in managerial and in senior
executive leadership positions. Managed large, complex organizations with
total budget in excess of $4.5 billion annually. Comprehensive experience
in front-end analysis, management planning, and quality control of large,
diverse organizations. Designed and implemented a strategic Department
of Defense Logistics system that relied on 16 megacenters' telecommunication
capability to modernize support to military training and combat operations.
Using both primary and backup telecommunication systems, uninterrupted
logistics support was provided to military commanders at all levels. This
was done concurrently with benchmarking "best of breed" automation
and telecommunication systems found in industry and government engineering
and reengineering systems and processes to optimize capabilities and to
achieve interface and integration with other functional areas, e.g., procurement
and finance. Extensive experience in research, engineering, development,
prototyping, modeling and technical and managerial problem solving. Served
over eight years in environmental compliance management. Conducted environmental
studies, on-site surveys, requirements analysis, impact assessments, public
discussions and determined clean-up alternatives. Extensive experience
in formal presentations to executive level government officials. Inducted
in the South Carolina State University Hall of Fame and also the U.S.
Army Chemical Corps Hall of Fame.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: Presently serving as President of Executive Security
and Engineering Technologies, Inc. (ESET). Under his leadership, ESET
is achieving success across the spectrum of information technology, distance
learning, telelogistics and telecommunications. He continues to lead the
company in refining today's technology to provide solutions to today's
challenges and working with customers to develop products and services
for their future needs. The superior network reliability and transmission
quality delivered by ESET greatly improves the customers' capability to
achieve the full benefit of modern telecommunications.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: Served as the Department of Defense, Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense (Logistics), a position of appointment by the President
of the United States. This is the senior logistics policy and management
position in the Department of Defense. In this regard, oversaw programs
consisting of $144B annually and over 100,000 personnel. In this position,
had frequent contact with cabinet rank personnel as well as members of
both Houses of Congress, senior civilians/general officers of all Military
Services, and senior executives/CEOs of major defense firms, presidents
and senior faculty members of colleges and universities and all categories
of small businesses.
Served over 30 years in the military achieving the rank of Major General.
Most of the experience during this time was in research and development,
professional development, managerial and leadership positions, ranging
from management of small activities to nuclear effects engineering.
Managed the U.S. Army's Chemical, Research, Engineering and Development
Laboratories which is one of a kind in the world and the most technical
in the Department of Defense. Responsible for chemical and biological
defense systems and chemical retaliatory programs. While managing the
laboratory, this facility went from the ranking of 18 out of 22 laboratories
to being ranked the number one laboratory within a two-year period. During
this tenure, the laboratories also received certification and accreditation.
Human Resource Manager. Responsible for staff supervision, direction and
policy formulation for personnel management, training, and education,
career management and development, and law enforcement and security for
10,000 military and 110,000 civilian personnel. Supervised service schools
totaling 60,000 students and over 500 faculty and support personnel.
Managed the coordination, accessions, distribution and professional development
of 110,000 U.S. Army military officers and warrant officers. In this regard
was responsible for implementing personnel policies and procedures necessary
to meet Army requirements. This crossed the entire spectrum and included
all functions of personnel management.
Managed Army Logistics Management College. This included development of
curricula and establishing capabilities to provide education to DoD and
all Military Departments' logistics and research/development engineering
candidates. This included allocation of resources, both budget and manpower
that resulted in the school being ranked the best institution in DoD.
School load consisted of 33,000 civilians of all grades from basic entry,
white/blue collar to executives of the highest level of both military
and civilian personnel.
Served as Vice President for Research at Automation Research Systems,
Ltd., (ARS), a high information technology firm. Primary responsibility
was to manage and direct research, engineering and environmental programs.
Position involved coordination of ARS activities with the private sectors.
Also, performed extensive work in the modification of ARS's policies and
procedures to develop capabilities to pursue business opportunities with
colleges and universities.
EDUCATION: Degrees:M. S., Major: Public Administration, Shippensburg State
CollegeB. S., Major: Chemistry, South Carolina State University
Additional Training:Automation Management and Decision Theory, Florida
Institute of TechnologyGraduate, Army War CollegeGraduate, Nuclear Effects
EngineeringGraduate, Logistics Executive DevelopmentGraduate, Command
& General Staff College
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