Mr. William (Bill) Huntzinger (c) of Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, KY is awarded the Department of Defense 2016 Value Engineering Award from Kristen Baldwin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering, in the Pentagon Auditori...
Mr. William (Bill) Huntzinger (c) of Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, KY is awarded the Department of Defense 2016 Value Engineering Award from Kristen Baldwin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering, in the Pentagon Auditori...
RICHMOND, Ky. -- William (Bill) Huntzinger, the Program Manager for Continuous Process Improvement at Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD), received the Department of Defense (DoD) 2016 Value Engineering (VE) Award during a recent ceremony at the Pentagon.
Value Engineering is a federal law that requires each agency to establish and maintain cost-effective VE procedures and processes that help ensure effective and efficient expenditure of taxpayer monies.�
The DoD recognized Mr. Huntzinger for his exemplary efforts resulting in a total cost savings and avoidance of $6.1 million for the Richmond, KY-based installation. Through his efforts, Mr. Huntzinger provided more capability to the Warfighters through cost savings and/or avoidances, quality improvements and efficiencies to the Department of Defense.
Mr. Huntzinger, a retired Marine and Desert Storm veteran, is the first representative of the Army's Joint Munitions Command -- BGAD's higher headquarters -- to receive the DoD VE award in 13 years. He is a 4-year employee of BGAD.
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