Jerry Francis is a Senior Training Fellow at LifeAnswers,
Inc, specializing in training in the areas of contract management
and administration, program management, pricing and costing,
and, proposal preparation and development. Mr. Francis has over
thirty years of government contracting experience in both the
government and corporate environments.
During his twenty years of Government service he was responsible
for the contracting of major systems and programs such as the
Cruise Missile and YC-17 Aircraft, as well as having assignments
at various military installations as the resident Contracting
Officer, Small Business Representative, and Competition Advocate.
He entered the corporate environment as Manager of Government
Contracts for BBN Communications, subsequently established his
own business, and returned to a corporate position as Contracts
Manager for Sherikon, Inc. and subsequently served as Director
of Contracts and New Business Development for Vega Precision
Laboratories.
In addition to providing advisory and assistance services, he
is certified instructor for all of the GSA contracting courses
and for Resolution Trust Corporation. He also instructs for
the George Mason University Entrepreneurship Center and since
1989 has been a speaker for the National Contract Management
Association annual National Education Seminar. He is also a
regular instructor for a number of NCMA Public Seminars for
course material that he developed in subjects such as Cost and
Price Analysis, Types of Contracts, Simplified Acquisition Procedures,
Cost Accounting Standards, Cost Principles and Indirect Cost
Rates.
Mr. Francis graduated from the University of Akron, Akron Ohio
with a BS in Industrial Management. He obtained a Masters Degree
in Logistics Management from Central Michigan University and
an MA in Behavioral Science from Catholic University. He has
completed a number of DOD courses in Contracts and Procurement
such as Basic Procurement, Defense Advanced Procurement (Distinguished
Graduate), Business Law, and others. Mr. Francis was selected
by the Air Force to attend the Education with Industry Program.
He is a member of the National Contract Management Association
and of the Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis where he
is a former Certified Cost Analyst. He was also a member of
the New York City Procurement Policy Board.
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