Currently Mr. Pelino is serving as the Acting Project Manager. In April 2019 Mr. Pelino began serving as the Deputy Project Manager Close Combat Systems within the US Army Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition. The office develops, fields and sustains a diverse portfolio of armament systems that support the joint warfighter. The portfolio encompasses 45% of the Army’s munition systems and includes armaments such as: advanced terrain shaping obstacles; legacy mine systems; mine clearing and detection systems; grenades; shoulder fired munitions; demolitions; pyrotechnics to include aviation countermeasures; and a variety of lethal and non-lethal protective systems. With his 35 plus years of acquisition experience, Mr. Pelino manages a skilled, diverse workforce of over 130 civilians, military and support contractors dedicated to providing the joint warfighter with overmatch capability.

Mr. Pelino served as the Director of Technology within the Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center from February 2011 through April 2019.  In this role he was responsible for the strategic direction of the Armaments Center’s science and technology investment across 80% of the Army’s lethality systems.  He managed an average annual budget of over $200M and was responsible for the successful transition of technologies to three Program Executive Offices within the Army.

From July 2002 through February 2011, Mr. Pelino was the Deputy Product Manager, Office of the Product Manager Intelligent Munitions System, US Army Program Executive Office Ammunition.  As Deputy Product Manager on the XM1100 Scorpion program, an Acquisition Category I, Office of the Secretary of Defense special interest program, he managed all efforts during the technology development and engineering and manufacturing development phases of the acquisition life cycle. 

From November 1997 through July 2002, Mr. Pelino was the Project Officer, Office of the Project Manager Close Combat Systems, PEO Ammunition.  Mr. Pelino managed non-lethal weapons and munitions programs within the Army’s lead program management office for all non-lethal capabilities.  During this time he was responsible for achieving Type Classification on three programs. 

He was hired into the US Army Armaments Research, Development and Engineering Center in 1988 and from then through 1997 he served as a maintenance and quality engineer working development programs.