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William F. Stefan
Financial Management, Director
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
NRO APPROVED FOR RELEASE
16 March 2015
Mr. Bill Stefan is currently serving on a rotational
assignment at the National Reconnaissance
Office (NRO) as the Deputy Director of the
Business Enterprise Service Center, renamed the
Corporate Applications Office at NRO COMMS.
Born in San Diego, California, he graduated from
the United States Military Academy in 1976. Mr.
Stefan also obtained a Master of Science in
Business Administration from Boston University.
He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant
(CPA) in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Certified
Information Technology Professional (CITP), a
Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM),
and a Certified Government Financial Manager
(CGFM).
Mr. Stefan has over 40 years of public and
private sector experience in positions of
increasing financial management, operations,
logistics, and leadership responsibility.
Mr. Stefan has twelve years of Senior Executive
Service within the Intelligence Community,
including assignments as the Associate Director
of National Intelligence for Financial
Management, DIA Deputy Enterprise Manager,
Director of DIA Business Solutions, Director DIA
Resource Management Office, Deputy Director
of the Military Intelligence Staff, and DIA lead for
the Iraq Threat Finance Cell.
He also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as
a principal consultant and later as a senior managing
director. While a principal consultant, he managed
projects for the Philadelphia Shipyard Development
Corporation; Defense Travel System implementation
at Aberdeen Proving Ground and the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and
Comptroller; and, Plant, Property, and Equipment
(PP&E) remediation at the Department of the Air
Force. As a Senior Managing Director, he managed
PwC support to the Intelligence Community.
Mr. Stefan retired from the U.S. Army in 1998, after
22 years of commissioned service. His military career
included increasingly responsible assignments in
armored and cavalry units, at every level from
platoon to corps. He served during the Gulf War as
Division Operations Officer in the First Cavalry
Division and later was the Administrator of the
Army's Training Program Evaluation Group on the
Army Staff. His final active duty assignment was as
the Deputy Director of Resources and Programs (J-8)
for the U. S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).
Mr. Stefan's intelligence awards include two National
Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citations, Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director's Award, DIA
Combat Support Medal, DIA Civilian Expeditionary
Medal, and the Secretary of Defense Global War on
Terrorism Medal. His military awards include the
Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, two Defense
Meritorious Service Medals, four Army Meritorious
Service Medals, Army Commendation Medal, and
two Army Achievement Medals.