Ryan Simms
Senior Program Manager, Unmanned Systems Professional, DoD Rapid Acquisition
- Role
- Senior Pm, Offensive Unmanned Systems (Uxs) at Patriot Strategies, Llc
- Location
- Arlington, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Senior Pm, Offensive Unmanned Systems (Uxs)
Jan 2026 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Advises and supports the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S) Platform and Weapon Portfolio Management (PWPM) directorate, UxS Office. Provides strategic oversight across DoW\'s unmanned systems portfolios in all warfighting domains, directly impacting operational capabilities and interagency collaboration- Tracks emerging UxS-related technologies to identify and promotes alternative rapid development, acquisition, and implementation pathways for ground, surface, and underwater unmanned platforms- Sponsors legislative and policy actions to optimize the effectiveness, efficiency, and timeliness of fielded UxS capabilities DoW-wide- Advises key stakeholders on promoting a commercial ecosystem that incentivizes rapid, iterative development of UxS technologies that scale to wartime production capacity- Additional duties include coordinating and chairing meetings, authoring project plans, white papers, briefings, and any other staff action that garners timely and effective results for the warfighter.
Education
National Defense University
Graduate, Joint Combined Warfighting School
United States Air Force Academy
Bachelor of Science (BS), Behavioral Sciences
1997 — 2001
USAF Air War College
Master of Science - MS, Military Strategic Studies, General
2020 — 2021
American Military University
Master's degree, Military Studies, Airpower Doctrine
2008 — 2010
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- Bash
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- Air Force
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- Project Planning
- Leadership
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- Intelligence
- Military Operations
- Emacs Lisp
- Coffeescript
- Public Speaking
- Defense
- Web Development
- Backbone.js
- Organizational Development
- Css3
- Tdd
- Ruby on Rails
- Python
- Military
- User Experience
- Lisp
- Shoulda
- Dod
- National Security
- Microsoft Office
- Html5
- Linux
- Exercises
- Jquery
- Open Source
- Rspec
- Social Media
- Javascript
- Html 5
- Critical Thinking
- Tactics
- Xhtml
- Mongodb
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