Mr. Granger retired in 2016 as a Colonel from the US Army after more than 27 years of active-duty service, culminating with Brigade Command. The highlight of his service was deploying 600 of America’s sons and daughters to Iraq and returning them all home safely to their families. In his last assignment, Mr. Granger served as the Chief of Staff of the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command located in Huntsville, Alabama. Prior to DESE, Mr. Granger served as the Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for Dynetics’ Weapons Technology and Manufacturing organization where he managed a sales portfolio of products valued at more than $750M. Before Dynetics, Mr. Granger served as an Executive Director for the Boeing Company focused on Homeland Missile Defenses and managed an annual portfolio valued at greater than $1 billion per year. During that timeframe, he captured the Redesigned Kill Vehicle program along with an extension to the Development and Sustainment Contract. Dewey Granger holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Computer Information Systems from Northwestern Louisiana, a Master of Arts in Strategy and Policy from the US Naval War College, and a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies from the US Army School for Advanced Military Studies (SAMS).