Team Hill awards in science, engineering and technical fields

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HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah --  Mr. Jay W. Fiebig, Engineering and Technical Management, Air Force Sustainment Center director, hosted the 13th Annual Team Hill Science, Technology, and Technical Management Awards Ceremony recently at the Hill Aerospace Museum. The ceremony recognized winners of Science, Technology, Engineering, Technical Management, and other science related awards across the mission partners here at Hill Air Force Base.

"We have an amazing crop of scientists, engineers, and support staff that work incredibly hard every day alongside their other Team Hill teammates to get the mission done," said Col Scott R. Nowlin, Engineering & Technical Management, Ogden Air Logistics deputy director.

The individual award winners are:

Team Hill Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Program Offices
Junior Civilian S&E: Jake Warner, F-22 SPO
Senior Civilian S&Es:
Timothy Perkins, Aerospace Dominance Enabler SPO
Dot Homa, F-16 SPO
Chief Engineer: Lynn Silver, Aerospace Dominance Enabler SPO
Technical Management: Robert McGill, F-22 SPO
Career Achievement: Dennis Vickery, A-10 SPO
Support: Deborah Church, Aerospace Dominance Enabler SPO
Mentor Award: Bart Wood, F-16 SPO

Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center ICBM Systems Directorate
Junior Military S&E: Captain Christopher Benson
Junior Civilian S&E: Dr Matt Goodro 
Mid-Career Military S&E: Major Alan Louie
Mid-Career Civilian S&E: Sal Sotomayor
Senior Military S&E: Lieutenant Colonel Jason Bartolomei
Senior Civilian S&E: Elliott Burrell
Chief Engineer: Roy Ramey 
Technical Management: Frank Adams
Career Achievement: Jerry Brigance 
Engineering Technician: Stephen Christensen
Support: Tina Flinders
General James Ferguson Engineering Award nominee: Pete Miller
General Lester L. Lyles Award nominee: Lieutenant Jeff LaFrance
Captain Roland R. Obenland Engineering Memorial Award nominee: Captain Jared Evans 

Air Force Sustainment Center's Ogden Air Logistics Depot 
Junior Civilian S&E:
Steven Berkley, Commodities Maintenance Group
Kaitlin Meline, Maintenance Support Group
Eric Johnson, Software Maintenance Group 
Mid-Career Civilian S&E: James Stoddard, Software Maintenance
Senior Civilian S&E: Amin Khan, Software Maintenance
Technical Management: Jim Olsen, Software Maintenance
Career Achievement: Rick Fitzgerald, Software Maintenance
Engineering Technician:
Alan Clark, Commodities Maintenance
Casey Terry, Software Maintenance 
Support: Tharen Blue, Software Maintenance 
Gen James Ferguson Engineering Award nominee: Michael McMichael, Software Maintenance
General Lester L. Lyles Award nominee: Kasey Thompsen, Software Maintenance

AFSC's 748th Supply Chain Management Group
Junior Military S&E: Lieutenant Roger Anderson
Junior Civilian S&E: Megan Jensen
Mid-Career Civilian S&E: Tyrell G. Philpott
Senior Civilian S&E: Benjamin Harris
Technical Management: Jared Butterfield
Career Achievement: Ron Montgomery
Captain Roland R. Obenland Engineering Memorial Award nominee: Lt Luke Dorlac
Gen James Ferguson Engineering Award nominee: Andrew Clark

The Team Winners are:

Science and Engineering Teams:
Technical Management team:
The F-16 SPO's Systems Engineering Team
The ICBM Systems Directorate Technical Management team:
Aircraft and Missile Requirements -- Programmed Depot Maintenance Team
Air Force Sustainment Center:
Software Maintenance Group Modular Control Equipment Team
748th Supply Chain Management Group:
Avionics Supply Chain Management

Outstanding Science Teams: 
AFSC - Software Maintenance Group
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Telemetry Integrated Processing System (ITIPS) Team
748 Supply Chain Management Group
417 Supply Chain Management Squadron Surface Technology Team
General Bernard P. Randolph Engineering Team Award Nominees:
ICBM Systems Directorate Hardness Evaluation Team
Air Force Sustainment Center Software Maintenance Group
CMMI Operational Excellence Team assisted the Software Maintenance Group
Missile Maintenance Group
ECM Team
748th Supply Chain Management Group
B-1B Wheel and Brake System Improvement Team

Science, Engineering, and Technical Management Support Award
Air Force Sustainment Center Contracting Directorate Landing Gear Team

Other awards associated with SETM and their winners are:
Team Hill STEM Volunteers of the Year: 
Capt Peter Saunders, 75 Air Base Wing Weather Office
Rick Haws, Software Maintenance Group. 

DoD Value Engineering Achievement Award:
A-10 System Program Office Aircraft Structural Integrity Program Team

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers George F. McClure national Citation of Honor
Dan Christenson, Director of Engineering for the 748th Supply Chain Management Group

2015 Air Combat Command UTTR Civilian of the Year:
Frank Marks, Engineering Flight Chief for the Utah Test and Training Range

Air Force Sustainment Center Engineering Directorate Civilian Employee of the Year:
Craig Bodily

2015 Defense Acquisition Workforce Achievement and Development Award:
AFSC/EN Workforce Development