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Ronald L. Orr
Director
Ronald L. Orr has been
CEO of RLO Associates Inc since 2005. He provides consulting services to
several major systems integration and IT firms, as well as educational
institutions. Utilizing his personal background and expertise, he provides
advice on business development, change management, enterprise resource
planning, supply chain management and related commercial and government
disciplines. He also teaches leadership and mentors current government
executives. His a Corporate Director of Robbins-Gioia and a Trustee of the
Fairfax County Uniformed Retirement System.
Ronald L. Orr, a member of the Senior Executive Service, was
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations,
Environment and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
from 2002 to 2005. In this role, he provided guidance, direction and executive
oversight to the Assistant Secretary for overall supervision of installations,
environment, safety and occupational health and logistics. The department’s
responsibilities included military construction, base closure and realignment.
Upon his retirement in 2005, the Air Force honored
him by establishing the Ronald L Orr Award to be given on an annual basis to
recognize an Air Force senior civil servant who best exemplifies Mr. Orr’s
dedication to improving business practices and reducing costs.
Mr. Orr began his Air Force civil service career as a logistics management
specialist at San Antonio Air
Logistics Center, Texas,
in 1973. In 1975 he transferred to Air Force Logistics Command headquarters at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio,
where he served as a maintenance specialist. In 1980 he transferred to the
Sacramento ALC at McClellan AFB, Calif.,
and, two years later, became Chief of Production for the Industrial Products
and Electrical Components Division. He was promoted to Division Chief in 1982
and led 1,500 people performing depot maintenance and manufacturing functions.
Later, serving as a plans and programs deputy director, he was responsible for
corporate long-range planning and development of space systems support plans.
In 1989, Mr. Orr was reassigned as Deputy Chief of the Space Systems Management
Division where he provided program management and logistics support to Air Force
Space Command systems and the Atmospheric Early Warning System. In 1990, he
became Associate Director of the Space Command, Control and Communications
Directorate.
Mr. Orr entered the Senior Executive Service in 1990 as Director of the Ogden
Air Logistics Centers Technology and Industrial Support Directorate. He
supported two fighter wings and the Air Logistics Center
while directing more than 3,000 people tasked with providing supply,
transportation, software engineering and depot maintenance support. Mr. Orr transferred
to the Pentagon in 1993 to serve as Associate Director of Maintenance, and as
Director of Logistics Plans, Programs and Integration at Air Force
headquarters. Prior to assuming his Secretariat position, he was Assistant
Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics from 1997to 2002.
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