Lt. Col. (Ret) Edward T. Clayson, USA, is the Deputy Joint Project Manager for the Chemical Biological Medical Systems Joint Project Management Office, he assists the Joint Project Manager in the daily management of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) organization responsible for the centralized research, development, acquisition management, and joint service integration for all medical CBRN Defense Systems.

He is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps and has earned certifications in Program Management (Level III); Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering (Level III); Information Technology (Level III), Program Systems Engineer (Level II); and Test and Evaluation (Level II) career field areas.

Dr. Clayson served as an Army officer in numerous medical research assignments in the U.S. and abroad.  He has authored or co-authored 40 articles published in scientific journals or textbooks and has been an invited speaker at several national and international meetings.

Dr. Clayson’s acquisition assignments included serving as a Product Manager or Acting Product Manager in four Product Management Offices (PMO), as well as serving as the Deputy Project Manager in two PMOs.  Dr. Clayson retired from active duty in January 2009, and was selected as the Deputy Joint Project Manager for the Chemical Biological Medical Systems Joint Project Management Office in September, 2009.