Mr. Andrew S. Haeuptle
DIRECTOR, WARFIGHTER REQUIREMENTS
Mr. Andrew S. Haeuptle is the Director of the Warfighter Requirements Directorate. In this role, he works across the Department of Defense (DoD), Service Components and Combatant Commands to evaluate DoD business enterprise processes and associated systems affecting contracting, logistics, fund distribution and financial management, and align them to the theater commanders' needs.
Previous to this assignment he served as the Deputy Director for the Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations in Iraq (TFBSO), Office of the Secretary of Defense. TFBSO worked in close cooperation with the Department of State, other Interagency Departments, the Government of Iraq, and the Commanding General, Multi National Force Iraq, and his subordinate commanders. The mission of TFBSO was to improve DoD business processes and systems, and facilitate economic revitalization throughout Iraq.
Mr. Haeuptle is a retired Marine Corps Colonel, who spent the majority of his career in operational and deployed units. He served as the Executive Officer for an operational logistics organization supporting 16,000 Marines and their associated equipment. He also commanded a 1,200-person organization and managed a $10 million budget providing maintenance support to the largest warfighting organization in the Marine Corps.
Mr. Haeuptle has more than ten years of senior leadership experience within the executive branch. His career has included many high-profile positions within the Marine Corps, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council. In his position as the Director for Defense Policy and Support for Military Operations for the National Security Council, Mr. Haeuptle analyzed current military operations, provided policy recommendations and coordinated with U.S. government agencies to implement approved defense policy.
Mr. Haeuptle holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the Ohio State University; a master's degree in National Resource Planning from the National Defense University; and a master's degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University.