Dr. David B. Marzo, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Washington, D.C. Dr. Marzo is responsible for supporting the direction of all Air Force cost and economic analysis programs.

Dr. Marzo retired from active-duty Air Force in January 2009 after more than 20 years of service. In his military career, he initially served as an acquisition program manager and then transitioned into the Acquisition Financial Management Career Field in 1996. His financial management assignments included serving as a Cost Analyst at the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency; the Senior Military Economist for the Air Force Cost and Economics Division; the Comptroller at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; and the Aircraft Procurement Appropriation Manager for Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Budget, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.

Upon retirement from the military, Dr. Marzo served as a Senior Operations Research Analyst for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, where he was the Department’s lead Cost Analyst for many major acquisition programs including the F-35 Lightning II, KC-46A Pegasus, and Air Force One. Prior to Dr. Marzo’s placement in the SES, he served as the Assistant Chief of Staff (G-8) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, where he led the management and execution of the installation’s operating budget exceeding $200 million annually.

EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1997 Master of Science, Cost Analysis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio
2002 Doctoral Degree, Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. 1989–1993, Acquisition Program Manager, Human Systems Center, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas
2. 1993–1994, Student, Education with Industry, Westinghouse, Inc., Linthicum, Md.
3. 1994–1996, Acquisition Program Manager, Training Systems, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. 1996–1997, Graduate Student, Cost Analysis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. 1997–1999, Weapon System Cost Analyst, Air Force Cost Analysis Agency, Arlington, Va.
6. 1999–2002, Doctoral Student, Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
7. 2002–2005, Senior Military Economist, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Cost and Economics, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
8. 2005–2007, Comptroller Squadron Commander, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
8. 2007–2009, Aircraft Procurement Appropriation Manager, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Budget, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
9. 2009–2018, Senior Operations Research Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
10. 2018–2021, Assistant Chief of Staff (G-8), Marine Corps Base Quantico, Quantico, Va.
11. Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Washington, D.C.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Department of Defense Financial Management/Comptroller, Level III

(Current as of June 2022)