About the Author

Charles D. Solloway, Jr., CPCM, has more than 40 years of acquisition experience in the government and private sector. As a civilian employee of the U.S. Army, he held positions as buyer, contract specialist, contract negotiator, procurement analyst, contracting officer, director of contracting, and principal assistant responsible for contracting. Solloway twice received the U.S. Army’s highest civilian award, the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, for innovations in contracting.

A Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) and a Fellow of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA), Solloway serves on the NCMA Special Topic Committee on Contract Management Education.

As an educator he has authored a number of textbooks on acquisition topics and has taught thousands of acquisition professionals from both the public and private sectors.