Harry Humphry Mellon | |
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 Harry Mellon at the Gordian Group's 20th Anniversary dinner. | |
| Born | September 26, 1946 San Mateo, California |
| Service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1965–1986 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Awards | See Medals and Decorations below |
| Other work | Created Job Order Contracting;[1] Senior Vice President, CRSS, Inc.; Founder/CEO/Chairman of The Gordian Group, Inc. |
Harry Humphry Mellon (born September 26, 1946) is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Army, American businessman, inventor of Job Order Contracting, entrepreneur, and founder and Chairman of The Gordian Group, Inc.
In 1982, Mellon conceived the idea of Job Order Contracting. He was working as the Chief Engineer at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium. In 1985, Mellon implemented the Job Order Contracting concept for the U.S. Army, which was called the "Mellon Plan" at the time. Following implementation at the U.S. Army, Mellon moved the idea into the U.S. Air Force and Navy. In 1990, Mellon started The Gordian Group for the sole purpose of providing the services, software, data and documents that would make facility and infrastructure owners successful at Job Order Contracting.