Will Roper | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2019 | |
13th Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) | |
In office February 1, 2018 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | William A. LaPlante, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Andrew P. Hunter |
Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office | |
In office August 2012 – February 2018 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Chris Shank[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | William B. Roper Jr. |
Education | Georgia Institute of Technology (BS, MS) Oxford University (PhD) |
Website | Air Force biography |
William B. Roper Jr. is an American physicist and foreign policy strategist who served as the 13th Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, overseeing procurement for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force from 2018 to 2021. Before taking office he served elsewhere within the Department of Defense as founder and director of the Strategic Capabilities Office, and prior as Ballistic Missile Defense System Architect at the Missile Defense Agency. He was also a member of the 2018 National Defense Strategy steering group. He is currently the CEO at Istari, as well as serving as senior advisor at McKinsey and Co., and teaching at Georgia Tech.[2][3]