Col. Craig Clarkson

Program Manager Overmatch Rapid Capabilities Cell PAE Mission Systems

USMC

Colonel Clarkson is from Cape Cod, MA and was commissioned in December
1998. His operational assignments include: Platoon commander, Air
Contingency MAGTF Platoon Commander, Engineer Detachment
Commander, Company Executive Officer, Company Commander, United
Nations Military Observer, Battalion Operations Officer, Battalion Executive
Officer, Marine Logistics Group Current Operations Officer, Defense Support
to Civil Authorities Detachment Commander, and Squadron Commander. In
these roles he deployed globally in support of multiple operations and
combat operations.
Colonel Clarkson’s other assignments include: Project Officer, Engineer Systems, Marine Corps
Systems Command; Combat Engineer Instruction Company Commander, Marine Corps Engineer
School; Explosive Obstacles and Hazards Branch Head, Marine Corps Engineer Center of Excellence;
Counter Narcotics Program Engineer, United States Southern Command; Program Manager, Marine
Corps Cyberspace Operations, Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command; Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency Service Chief Fellow; Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Tactical Systems
Support Activity; and Major Program Manager, Project Overmatch, Portfolio Acquisition Executive
Mission Systems.
Colonel Clarkson’s military occupational specialties include: Acquisition Officer; Combat Engineer
Officer; Joint Specialty Officer; Planning, Programming and Budgeting Officer; Winter Mountain
Leader; Aviation Ground Support Weapons and Tactics Instructor; Foreign Security Force Advisor; and
Operational Advisor. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, Florida Institute of Technology,
Marine Corps University, and National Defense University’s Eisenhower School. He holds a bachelor’s
degree in psychology and master’s degrees in logistics and supply chain management, military studies,
and national resource strategy.
Colonel Clarkson is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
(LSSBB), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant, ITIL4 Foundations Practitioner, DAWIA
Program Manager Advanced/Level III, and Contracting Officer Representative. Additionally, he holds
professional certificates in: Project Management from Florida Institute of Technology; Advanced
Logistics and Technology from the Keenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; Artificial Intelligence Business Strategies from the Haas School of Business, University of
California at Berkeley; and Blockchain Technologies and Applications from the Sloan School of
Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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