Keynote: Thomas Forbush
Director, CACO/DACO Division, Cost & Pricing Regional Command
Virtual January 2021 Procurement Division Meeting
Mr. Thomas J. Forbush is the Director, Corporate/Divisional Administrative Contracting Officer (CACO/DACO) Division, Cost & Pricing Command, DCMA. He is responsible for providing contract management oversight and support to all DCMA Corporate and Divisional Administrative Contracting Officers that oversee the largest defense contractors. His responsibilities include consistent and effective implementation of policy and the application of sound business judgment on large dollar precedent setting issues, primarily related to contractor business system, incurred cost, forward pricing rates, and Cost Accounting Standards matters.
Before assuming this position he held various positions within the Raytheon CACO/DACO network including Cost Monitor at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Price/Cost Analyst at Raytheon Corporate, Divisional ACO of IDS, and Corporate ACO before being appointed to his current position in August 2017.
He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Business Administration from Salem State University. Tom is DAWIA Level III certified in Contracting, DAWIA Level I in Program Management, and a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps. Prior to working at DCMA, Tom worked at a public accounting firm and served active duty in the United States Marine Corps.
Keynote: Thomas Forbush
Director, CACO/DACO Division, Cost & Pricing Regional Command
Virtual January 2021 Procurement Division Meeting
Mr. Thomas J. Forbush is the Director, Corporate/Divisional Administrative Contracting Officer (CACO/DACO) Division, Cost & Pricing Command, DCMA. He is responsible for providing contract management oversight and support to all DCMA Corporate and Divisional Administrative Contracting Officers that oversee the largest defense contractors. His responsibilities include consistent and effective implementation of policy and the application of sound business judgment on large dollar precedent setting issues, primarily related to contractor business system, incurred cost, forward pricing rates, and Cost Accounting Standards matters.
Before assuming this position he held various positions within the Raytheon CACO/DACO network including Cost Monitor at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Price/Cost Analyst at Raytheon Corporate, Divisional ACO of IDS, and Corporate ACO before being appointed to his current position in August 2017.
He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Business Administration from Salem State University. Tom is DAWIA Level III certified in Contracting, DAWIA Level I in Program Management, and a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps. Prior to working at DCMA, Tom worked at a public accounting firm and served active duty in the United States Marine Corps.