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Will Roper

Will Roper
Official portrait, 2019
13th Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
In office
February 1, 2018 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byWilliam A. LaPlante, Jr.
Succeeded byAndrew P. Hunter
Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office
In office
August 2012 – February 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byChris Shank[1]
Personal details
Born
William B. Roper Jr.
EducationGeorgia Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
Oxford University (PhD)
WebsiteAir Force biography

William B. Roper Jr. is an American physicist and foreign policy strategist who served as the 13th Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, overseeing procurement for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force from 2018 to 2021. Before taking office he served elsewhere within the Department of Defense as founder and director of the Strategic Capabilities Office, and prior as Ballistic Missile Defense System Architect at the Missile Defense Agency. He was also a member of the 2018 National Defense Strategy steering group. He is currently the CEO at Istari, as well as serving as senior advisor at McKinsey and Co., and teaching at Georgia Tech.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Chris Shank > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Biography". www.defense.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. ^ "Defense Innovation Board membership includes Thornberry, Roper, Gordon | InsideDefense.com". insidedefense.com. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  3. ^ Knight, Will. "Eric Schmidt Is Building the Perfect AI War-Fighting Machine". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-05-12.