Deven J. Lowman

Mr. Deven J. Lowman is the Acting Director for Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) and Missile Defense, supporting the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Strategic, Space, and Intelligence Portfolio Management (SSIPM) within the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSW(A&S)). With more than 29 years of experience in engineering, program management, and oversight, Mr. Lowman leads technical and programmatic assessments, providing guidance and recommendations to leadership on the $20 billion annual space, C4, and missile defense acquisition portfolios.

Most recently, Mr. Lowman served as the Deputy Director for Missile Defense within the OUSD(A&S) C4 and Missile Defense Directorate, where he led integrated acquisition portfolio management for the Missile Defense System and supporting program elements, including the Air and Cruise Missile Defense of the Homeland and the Defense of Guam acquisition initiatives. He also supported the Defense Acquisition Executive in overseeing several program elements managed by the Missile Defense Agency. Additionally, he led missile defense program budget reviews within OUSD(A&S), assessing Service budget submissions, analyzing alignment with strategic objectives, evaluating impacts on other efforts, and advocating positions that best balanced near- and long-term investment needs. In this role, he played a key part in executing capability portfolio management policy for the Deputy Secretary, advancing the integration of requirements, technology, budgets, and acquisition in the context of mission effects across multiple disciplines, such as systems engineering, test and evaluation, modeling and simulation, and software development.

Before joining OSD, Mr. Lowman amassed extensive command and leadership experience in Joint, interagency, and multinational programs during his 25-year Air Force career. His previous assignments included roles at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency in Washington, D.C.; the Defense Contract Management Agency in Redondo Beach, California; the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in El Segundo, California; the National Security Agency's Regional Operations Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia; and the Air Force Office of Space Acquisition in Washington, D.C. He co-authored the Secretary’s 2022 Missile Defense Review and has served on numerous boards, led independent reviews, and provided briefings to multiple Service and Defense Science and Defense Policy boards.

Mr. Lowman holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, and a Master of Business Administration from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a member of the Acquisition Professional Community, holds DAWIA Level 3 certification in Program Management, and has received numerous recognitions for outstanding service.