Alvin F. Burse, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Program Executive Officer and Director, Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, Alabama. The Business and Enterprise Systems portfolio is comprised of 125 programs, 2,200 military, civil service and contractor support personnel located at three bases throughout the United States with a total annual budget of $1 billion and provides enterprise contract vehicles valued at $32B. The organization acquires, modernizes, operates, and sustains operational business information technology systems for the Air Force and the Department of Defense.
Mr. Burse enlisted in the Air Force in 1982 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in July 1992. He is a graduate of the Air Force Officer Training School (OTS). His experience spans a wide variety of operations, test, engineering, staff, and acquisition functions at the strategic/national, operational, and tactical unit levels. He served as an Operations Director, Communication Engineer, Program Manager, Operations Officer, PEO Space Staff Director, Program Element Monitor, Division Chief, Commander, Materiel Leader and twice as a Senior Materiel Leader before entering civil service in 2021. He retired as an Air Force Colonel in October 2020.
Prior to his current position, Alvin F. Burse was the Civilian Deputy Director, Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, Alabama.
Before entering civil service, Mr. Burse was the Senior Materiel Leader, Enterprise Logistics Systems Division, Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, AL. He led 580 personnel, managed & executed a $300M+ annual budget, and directed acquisition and sustainment support of 106 maintenance, supply & transportation IT systems & applications. He also oversaw log IT systems acquisition and modernization, managed two BCAT I & eighteen BCAT III programs, and directed FIAR compliance with DoD & GAO systems.
He’s a graduate of the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship Program, where he was assigned to CACI Corporate HQ in Arlington, VA. Annually, one or two officers are selected from each Service to receive their senior service college credit with Corporate America, where they are exposed to businesses reshaping organizational structures and methods of operations to provide innovative and competitive advantages.
EDUCATION
1987 Associate of Arts, Missile Maintenance Technology, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Ala.
1988 Associate of Arts, Quality Assurance, Melbourne, Fla.
1991 Bachelor of Science, Engineering Technology, Orlando, Fla.
1994 Master of Science, Systems Management, WSMR, N.M.
1996 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Master of Science, Operational Art, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
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2008 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2012 Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship Program (SDE), Fairfax, Va.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. May 1983 – December 1986; Titan II Missile Maintenance Technician (Enlisted), Little Rock AFB, Ark.
2. December 1986 – April 1992; Program Manager, Titan IV Spacecraft Ops (Enlisted), Cape Canaveral AS, Fla.
3. April 1992 – July 1992; Officer Trainee, Officer Training School, 3718th BMTS Lackland AFB, Texas
4. August 1992 – July 1996; Senior Operations Director & Chief, Communications Systems Engineering (OD), White Sands, N.M.
5. July 1996 – March 1999; Spacecraft Project Engineer/Operations Officer, Secretary Air Force/SL (NRO), Cape Canaveral AS, Fla.
6. March 1999 – March 2003; Program Manager, Counter Communication System, Space Superiority Systems, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
7. March 2003 – June 2004; Staff Director, Space Superiority Systems & Space Based Radar, AF Program Executive Officer/SPACE, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
8. June 2004 – June 2005; ACSC Student, Maxwell AFB (AETC), Ala.
9. June 2005 – July 2007; Program Element Monitor, Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) & Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS), Assistant SecAF (Acquisition), Space Directorate, Pentagon, Va.
10. July 2007 – July 2008; Division Chief, Programs, Budget and Logistics, MNSTC-I/CAFTT(Deployed), Coalition Air Force Transition Team (CAFTT), Baghdad, Iraq
11. July 2008 – June 2009; Deputy Division Chief, Command & Control and Combat Support, Assistant SecAF (Acquisition), Pentagon, Va.
12. June 2009 – May 2010; Commander, 578 ACSS, 330 Aerospace Sustainment Wing, Robins AFB (AFMC), Ga.
13. June 2010 – July 2011; Materiel Leader/Chief, AF DCGS/SP Branch, C2ISR Division, Aerospace Sustainment Directorate (ASD), Robins AFB, Ga.
14. July 2011 – June 2012; SECDEF Corporate Fellow, CACI Corporate HQ Arlington, Va.
15. June 2012 – June 2013; Chief, Space Force Enhancement Division, Assistant SecAF (Acquisition), Space Directorate, Pentagon (HAF), Va.
16. June 2013 – June 2016; Senior Materiel Leader, EELV Gen & Ops Division, SMC/LR, LAAFB (AFSPC), Calif.
17. June 2016 – September 2020; Senior Materiel Leader/Director, Enterprise Logistics Systems Division, Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Ala.
18. January 2021 – June 2021; Lead Associate, Program Manager, Booz Allen Hamilton, Dayton, Ohio
19. June 2021 – May 2023; Chief of Staff, Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Ala.
20. May 2023 – July 2023; Civilian Deputy Director, Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Ala.
21. July 2023 – Present; Program Executive Officer, Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Ala.
AWARDS
AFCEA Leadership Award
SAF/AQ Leadership Award
Space Missile Center AFA Management Award
NRO Director’s Award
DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Acquisition Professional Development Program: Advanced; Program Management, Practitioner; Information Technology
Member: Acquisition Corps and Space Professional Corps
(CURRENT AS OF APR 2024)