Last fall at the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference, PEO EIS Program Executive Officer Ross Guckert said one of the key pillars in his acquisition organization’s Agile journey was the transformation of how software testing is conducted.

As deputy project manager for Enterprise Services at PEO EIS, Sergio Alvarez helps lead the project office responsible for acquiring, fielding and performing lifecycle sustainment of enterprise-level services supporting many of the Army chief information officer’s largest enterprise initiatives.

“GovExec” Events Director George Jackson interviewed PEO EIS program executive officer Ross Guckert at the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference on Oct. 10.

As acting product lead for Headquarters Army Environmental System (HQAES) at PEO EIS, Mike Underwood leads a multidisciplinary team of civilian and contractor personnel who are responsible for sustaining the HQAES system, which is used by the Army Environmental Program to provide environmental quality, restoration and performance assessment capabilities.

U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems is working closely with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering and Software on the initial version of its Unified Data Reference Architecture, which aims to establish the Army’s enterprise mesh services.

It’s hard to believe we are already headed into fall and a new fiscal year. I am amazed by all that PEO EIS and the Army have accomplished this summer, with still more on the horizon for a busy fall season.

Kelly Rutherford started off calendar year 2023 with a new role as product lead for a brand-new product office within PEO EIS’s Defense Integrated Business Systems portfolio — Foreign Military Sales – Army Case Execution System (FMS-ACES).