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Mr. Reboulet started his civil service career as a Coop student, from the University of Cincinnati working the Iranian Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program in the International Logistics Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Upon graduation, he accepted a position in the Egyptian PEACE Pharaoh AF FMS program working an F-4 aircraft sale. From the Egyptian program, Mr. Reboulet became the PEACE Sentinel, E-3 AWACS and Tanker program manager until 1987.

Mr. Reboulet has been assigned to the Air Force Material Command as the AF AIT Program Manager for the past 17 years. AIT has emerged as a collection of data collection techniques that include linear bar codes, two-dimensional bar codes, smart cards, radio frequency identification, radio frequency data communications, optical memory cards, voice recognition, contact memory buttons, satellite tracking and biometrics identification. Mr. Reboulet oversees the implementation of AIT throughout the AF and sits on several AF, DoD, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Standards Organizations (ISO) committees. His participation in ANSI MH10 Unit Loads and Transport Packages has resulted in the adoption of a commercial ANSI compliant Military Shipping Label as well as a proposed modification to MILSTD 129 to add two-dimensional bar codes. Through his involvement with the Electronic Industry Alliance (EIA) Product Marking Bar Code Committee, the AF and DoD are testing a commercial standard product identification that will have far reaching implications for maintenance and supply functions. Starting inJanuary 1997, Mr. Reboulet represented the AF on the DoD AIT Task Force. The Task Force took a strategic view at the implementation of AIT throughout the DoD. Mr. Reboulet is spearheading the DoD effort for a common syntax and data structure, base on ANSI MH10 standards for all high capacity AIT media. Mr. Reboulet represented the DoD during negotiations with the Air Transport Association (ATA) to move them to adopt ISO encoding for their two-dimensional bar codes. Mr. Reboulet was invited to be a member of the ISO 15418 Data Identifier maintenance committee.

Mr. Reboulet was selected to the ADC 100 in 1998, which recognizes pioneers in the automated data collection industry. Mr. Rebouletwas recognized as a top 100 federal executive in 2001 by Federal Computer Weekly. Mr. Reboulet has been a featured speaker at over 50 DoD National/International AIT conference and seminars including SCAN TECH, SCAT Card Tech/Secure Tech, Society of Logistics Engineers, DoD Depot Maintenance Conference, AF Armament Conference Society of Automotive Engineers and NATO Asset Tracking Seminar.

Mr. Reboulet received his BBA Marketing - University of Cincinnati in 1982 and an M.S., Logistics Management - Air Force Institute of Technology, 1993. Thesis: Advanced Technology Case Study.

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