SAN DIEGO–As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial and honors more than 250 years of military heritage, the necessity of a resilient and reliable defense industrial base has never been clearer.

Today’s team of12multi-functional expertshave a combined 260 years of professional experienceandrepresent Defense Contract Management AgencySouthern California’s San Diego office:

• Nazairus Lao, industrial specialist with 37 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Errol Basa, program team supervisor with 37 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Ruel Aguilar, industrial specialist with 36 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Teodorico Claudio, industrial specialist with 36 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Marcos Salazar, industrial property management specialist with 23 years civilian professional experience

• Claudia Leano, property administrator with 23 years of combined military and civilian professional experience

• Benjamin Chime, administrative contracting officer with 21 years of combined military and civilian professional experience

• Patrick Kesler, industrial property clearance specialist with 18 years of combined military and civilian professional experience

• Andrew McFarland, lead industrial specialist with 17 years combined military and civilian professional experience

• Rachel Lieder, contract administrator with 8 years of DCMA civilian professional experience

• Alexander Douglass, engineer with 2 years of DCMA civilian professional experience

• Andrew Kan, contract cost and pricing analyst with 2 years of DCMA civilian professional experience

DCMA SoCal’s San Diego office covers all of San Diego County and Baja California, Mexico, facilities. The workload ranges from small facilities to prime Acquisition Category I programs such as the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear used to launch and catch aircraft on the Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers.