Tas Ingram, Director, is committed to helping his clients ensure secure U.S. supply chains and a healthy industrial base. Tas brings expertise in working with the defense industrial base and DoD acquisition processes.
Prior to joining SMI, he served as contract support in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. In this capacity, he held the role of IBAS program sector lead for Critical Minerals & Materials and Kinetic Weapons. His duties encompassed the strategic development of acquisition methodologies tailored to meet DoD mission imperatives, fostering collaborative relationships with industry stakeholders to discern critical industrial base capacities and deficiencies, and liaising with DoD stakeholders to fortify support for the Warfighter.
Tas holds a B.A. in International & Area Studies and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Oklahoma.