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Robert F. Hale
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As
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Robert F. Hale is the principal
advisor to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates on all budgetary and fiscal
matters, including the development and execution of the Defense Department’s
annual budget of more than $600 billion. As Chief Financial Officer, Mr.
Hale also oversees the Department’s financial policy, financial management
systems, and business modernization efforts. At the
time of his nomination by President Barack Obama in January 2009, Robert Hale was Executive Director
of the American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC), the professional
association of Defense financial managers. For three-and-a-half years,
he led the society's certification program (the Certified Defense Financial
Manager program), as well as training programs, a professional journal, and
other activities, including ASMC's National
Professional Development Institute, an annual conference which attracts more
than 3,500 participants. From
1994 to 2001, Mr. Hale served in the Pentagon as the Assistant Secretary of
the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller), where he was
responsible for annual budgets of more than $70 billion, efforts to
streamline Air Force financial management, and compliance with the Chief
Financial Officers Act. For
the 12 years prior to his Air Force service, Mr. Hale headed the National
Security Division at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), developing
quantitative analyses of major defense budget issues and testifying
frequently before Congressional committees. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hale was a senior fellow and
head of the acquisition and grants management group at LMI, a consulting firm
specializing in service to the Federal government. He also spent three
years as an active duty officer in the U.S. Navy and served as a staff
analyst and study director at the Center for Naval Analyses. Mr. Hale graduated with honors from Stanford University
with a B.S. in mathematics and statistics. He also holds a Master’s degree in
operations research from Stanford and an MBA from the George Washington
University. He is a Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM), a fellow of
the National Academy of Public Administration, and a past member of the
Defense Business Board. |
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