Professional Bio 

Richard J. Anzelone (Rick) is the Manager of Business Administration and Contracts at DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. (DRS SSI), a strategic business unit of DRS Technologies.  Rick leads the Contracts Department, consisting of two contracts managers, six contracts administrators and an adminstrative secretary.  Their contracts with the US Government and other defense contractors provide supplies and services to support our national defense around the globe.    

Mr. Anzelone formerly served as Manager of Contracts and Purchasing for Engineered Air Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Engineered Support Systems, Inc., before it was acquired by DRS in January  2006.  In that role, he administered the Chemical Biological Protective Shelter contract, valued at over $100 million, and led the contracts and purchasing departments through many sole source and competitive proposals. The company was awarded several competitive contracts, including the Minuteman Environmental Control System, fuel and water distribution systems, chemical decontamination systems, and military heaters.

A retired Army officer, Mr. Anzelone spent the first 10 years of his military career as an infantry officer in various command and staff assignments, including platoon leader, executive officer, and company commander.  He moved into the Army Acquisition Corps for the second half of his career, serving in several Army Materiel Command assignments as contracting officer, branch chief, and deputy director of acquisitions.  In 1999, he deployed to Kosovo and established the Joint Contracting Command at Camp Bondsteel.  As the first chief of this contracting activity, he successfully built the contracting office from an austere tent to a fully functioning contracting team supporting over 8,000 military personnel.

Mr. Anzelone is a native of Pittsburgh, PA where he earned his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from LaRoche College.  He received his Masters Degree in Procurement and Acquisition Management from Webster University in St. Louis, MO.  Rick enjoys teaching and coaching others in the field of contract management.  He developed a course for Saint Louis University titled ‘’Principles of Contract Management’’ and has taught it since 2003.  Students enrolled in the Contract Management course learn from practicing professionals, while they earn a post-bachelor’s certificate endorsed by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA).

Rick is an active member of the NCMA St Louis Gateway chapter, and the Institute for Supply Management - St. Louis chapter.  In May 2008 he presented the NCMA National Education Seminar titled “Solicitations, Proposals, and Source Selection.”  He also made presentations for the St. Louis chapters of the Project Management Institute and the Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis.  Rick’s certifications include Certified Purchasing Manager, Certified Federal Contracts Manager, Certified Commercial Contracts Manager, and Certified Professional Contracts Manager.  He is also Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act - certified Level III in Contracting.  NCMA awarded Rick the NCMA Fellow designation in June 2009 for his “significant contributions to the field of contracting and to the NCMA.”

Rick currently resides in Illinois.   He is the owner-operator of the mobile disc jockey company “Cyclone Sound” and enjoys home improvement projects, music and sports.