Michele R. Foster was appointed as the Associate Executive Director of the Technology Acquisition Center in December 2013. In this role, she is the Head of Contracting Activity and responsible for providing business and contracting solutions for a variety of major information technology programs. She leads a multi-disciplined organization of acquisition professionals in
Austin, TX and Eatontown, NJ. Ms. Foster began her federal career as an Army Materiel Command Intern Contract Specialist stationed at the US Army’s Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) located at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. After graduating from the intern program, she continued her federal service career with CECOM, serving as a journeyman contract specialist, procurement analyst, contracting officer and later, group chief responsible for acquiring major weapon systems, services and supplies in support of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Community. She was responsible for the award and management of such contracts as the Strategic Services Sourcing, Common Hardware Software, Rapid Response, and Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Programs during her tenure.