Dr. Eileen A. Bjorkman, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Executive Director, Air Force Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. She serves as principal deputy to the AFTC Commander on all matters under the cognizance of the Commander. She has extensive authority for broad management, policy development, decision-making and effective program execution of the AFTC’s developmental test and evaluation mission. Her role as an Executive Director involves long and short-range planning, policy development, the determination of program and center goals, including those involving scientific and technical matters, and the overall management of the AFTC enterprise.
Dr. Bjorkman was commissioned through Officer Training School in 1980 and served nearly 30 years in the Air Force, retiring as a colonel. During her military career, she served as a Flight Test Engineer, Instructor and Test Squadron Commander. She was a Senior Non-rated Aircrew Member and flew more than 700 hours as a Flight Test Engineer in more than 25 different aircraft, primarily the F-4 Phantom II, F-16 Fighting Falcon, C-130 Hercules and C-141 Starlifter. She also held multiple staff and director positions involving modeling, simulation, analysis and joint testing, retiring from active duty as the Chief of the Modeling and Simulation Policy Division, Warfighter Systems Integration and Deployment. Dr. Bjorkman was appointed as a Senior Leader Executive in January 2010, and entered the Senior Executive Service in 2015.
EDUCATION
1979 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle
1982 Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1984 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1986 Flight Test Engineers Course, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
1986 Master of Science, Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
1993 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1997 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
1998 Advanced Program Managers Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2000 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2012 Doctor of Philosophy, Systems Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
CIVILIAN CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. January 2010–January 2011, Senior Advisor, Warfighter Systems Integration and Deployment, Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
2. January 2011–September 2013, Technical Advisor, Air Force Flight Test Center, then-Air Force Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
3. September 2013–January 2015, Private sector, Everett, Wash.
4. January 2015–February 2017, Deputy Director of Operations, Directorate of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. February 2017–July 2018, Deputy Director of Programs, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans, Programs and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
6. July 2018–October 2019, Deputy Director of Test and Evaluation, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
7. October 2019–present, Executive Director, Air Force Test Center, Edwards AFB, Calif.
MILITARY CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. August 1980–April 1982, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
2. April 1982–June 1984, Flight Test Engineer, 6585th Test Group, Holloman AFB, N.M.
3. June 1984–June 1985, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. June 1985–June 1986, Student, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
5. June 1986–-July 1987, Chief L. ANTIRN Engineer, F-16 Combined Test Force, Edwards AFB, Calif.
6. July 1987–August 1989, Chief, Data Processing Branch, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
7. August 1989–August 1991, C-17 Flight Test Manager, C-17 System Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
8. August 1991–August 1992, Liaison officer, C-17 System Program Office/Combined Test Force, Edwards AFB, Calif.
9. August 1992–June 1993, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. June 1993–November 1995, Tactical Fighter Analyst, Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
11. November 1995–August 1996, Commander, 846th Test Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M.
12. August 1996–June 1998, Commander, 746th Test Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M.
13. June 1998–August 1999, Chief, Commander's Action Group, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
14. August 1999–June 2000, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
15. June 2000–May 2002, Associate Director, Transformation Initiatives, Defense Modeling and Simulation Office, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
16. May 2002–October 2003, Deputy Director, Resource Analyses Directorate, Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
17. October 2000–November 2004, Director, Simulation and Analysis Facility, Advanced Computational Analysis Directorate, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
18. November 2004–July 2005, Deputy Director, Capabilities Integration Directorate, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
19. July 2005–July 2008, Joint Test Director, Joint Test and Evaluation Methodology Joint Test and Evaluation Project, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Suffolk, Va.
20. July 2008–December 2009, Chief, Modeling and Simulation Policy Division, Warfighter Systems Integration and Deployment, Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
MAJOR CIVILIAN AWARDS
2011–2013 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2015–2017 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award
MAJOR MILITARY AWARDS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
2008 Military Tester of the Year, National Defense Industrial Association, Office of the Secretary of Defense
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
International Test and Evaluation Association
Society of Flight Test Engineers
(Current as of February 2020)