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Executive Director
Ms. Nicole D. Osaghae
Nicole D. Osaghae assumed CECOM ILSC Executive Director responsibilities in August 2023. She is a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) who oversees funding in excess of $1.2B. Located in 25 states and 7 countries, approximately 2000 ILSC employees provide integrated global logistics sustainment and acquisition support activities to enable globally dominant land force capabilities. Ms. Osaghae previously served as ILSC Deputy Director since April 2018, with a term as Acting Executive Director from September 2022 to January 2023. As the Acting CECOM ILSC Executive Director, Ms. Osaghae led 9 directorates that form the ILSC in core competencies of supply chain management, maintenance support planning, life cycle & logistics support, production & industrial base management, field training & technical assistance forward, repair, security assistance to partner nations, and communications security (COMSEC) logistics.
Deputy Executive Director
Mr. Abel Salgado
Mr. Abel Salgado serves as Deputy Executive Director of the Integrated Logistics Support Center in the Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) providing strategic leadership for a 2,000-employee workforce located in 25 states and 7 countries, operating on a $1.2B budget to deliver combat power through logistics and sustainment solutions. He oversees staff elements and six directorates, integrated to enable Warfighter dominance at the point of need. Mr. Salgado previously served as Associate Director, Logistics and Technical Support Directorate leading 250 employees executing a myriad of logistics functions in the areas of industrial base support, configuration management, technical publications, maintenance, and provisioning support. Prior to this assignment, he served as Chief, Materiel Management Division, overseeing contingency, supply, and stock readiness support. Mr. Salgado joined the CECOM team in 2009 as the Command Traffic Manager, directing CECOM global transportation support activities.
MILDEP
COL Cory Armstead
Colonel Cory D. Armstead enlisted into the Alabama National Guard in 1994 as a Utilities Equipment Repairer. Upon completing initial active duty training, he attended Marion Military Institute. After commissioning in December 1997, he served in the Alabama National Guard as a Ground Support Equipment Platoon Leader and Detachment Commander for the 778th Maintenance Company, 731st Maintenance Battalion. Colonel Armstead received his undergraduate degree in 2001 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He entered active duty as a Chemical Officer and later transitioned to the Ordnance Corps.