Steven T. Cox is the Senior Financial Advisor, Directorate of Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In this position, he leads the command’s financial systems modernization, end-to-end business process integration, and financial improvement and audit remediation initiatives.
Mr. Cox entered federal civil service in 1992 as an Auditor at Hill AFB, Utah. He held various positions with the Air Force Audit Agency before moving to Wright-Patterson AFB in 1998. Since moving to Ohio, he has held a variety of financial management, acquisition and logistics leadership positions. Prior to his current position, he was the Technical Advisor, Financial Operations Division, Financial Management, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB.
EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Finance (dual major), Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio
1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2001 Master of Business Administration, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
2014 National Defense University, Chief Financial Officer Leadership Certificate Program, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., by correspondence
2017 University of Dayton, Emerging Leader Program, Dayton, Ohio
2018 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. September 1992–September 1996, Auditor, Air Force Audit Agency, Hill Audit Office, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
2. September 1996–October 1998, Auditor, AFAA Ramstein Audit Office, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
3. October 1998–October 1999, Auditor Manager, AFAA Supply Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. October 1999–December 2002, The Greentree Group, Program Manager, Beavercreek, Ohio
5. December 2002–June 2006, STG Inc., Program Manager, Riverside, Ohio
6. June 2006–August 2010, MBC, Senior Consultant, Beavercreek, Ohio
7. August 2010–August 2012, Deputy Chief, Logistics Transformation Office, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
8. August 2012–May 2017, Financial Management Specialist, Air Force Installation Contracting Agency, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. May 2017–July 2022, Tech Advisor, Financial Management Operations Division, Directorate of Financial Management and Comptroller, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
10. July 2022–present, Senior Financial Advisor, Directorate of Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Special Acts and Services Award, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Scaled Agile Framework Product Owner/Product Manager, 2019
DoD Financial Management Certification Level III, 2017
Acquisition Professional Development Program - Level III FM; Level I Program Manager, 2014
Certified Defense Financial Manager - Acquisition, 2012
Certified Supply Chain Professional, 2010
DoD Certified Logistics Auditor, 1998
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
American Society of Military Comptrollers
Association for Supply Chain Management
(Current as of February 2025)