The U.S. Army DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center has promoted Brad Welch, most recently digital transformation program director, as chief information officer.
Welch announced his appointment as CIO in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday.
He recently served as a senior service college fellow at the Defense Acquisition University.
According to his LinkedIn profile, the newly appointed CIO first joined the Army DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center in 2000 as a deputy project manager.
As a deputy project manager, he oversaw the development and deployment of the launcher and command and control system for the country’s first hypersonic capability. He also served as a multimission launcher deputy program director and tech chief between 2017 and 2019.
The University of Kentucky electrical and electronics engineering graduate started his career as a design engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division in Indiana.
What Is the Army DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center?
The Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center plays a key role in providing research, development, engineering technology and support services for the branch’s aviation and missile platforms.
The Redstone Arsenal, Alabama-based center has approximately 11,000 government and contract employees focused on rapidly transitioning technologies, finding creative platforms and providing synergistic expertise to clients and other stakeholders.
