Frank Tricomi was the Chief Operating Officer for Conley and Associates, Inc., and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of a multi-divisional product support company with business units and offices located throughout the U.S. and the Middle East. Before that, he created, launched, and was President of ESSIbuy.com, Inc., a supply-chain subsidiary of a publicly held corporation, Engineered Support Systems, Inc. (ESSI).
Before starting ESSIbuy, he was the Director of Program Management at Engineered Air Systems, another ESSI subsidiary.
Immediately after retirement from the military, he held the position of Executive Director of the Wisconsin Procurement Institute, a non-profit corporation that assisted Wisconsin companies in capturing government business.
Before an extensive career in industry, his military service extended more than 27 years. After receiving a commission in the U.S. Army, he served in Vietnam as an infantry platoon leader and subsequently commanded troops at the company and Battalion levels, culminating in selection as commander of the Army’s only Watercraft Battalion. Before retirement from the U.S. Army, he held several executive positions, including Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement), the Commander of the Defense Contract Management Area Operations, headquartered in St. Louis, and Director of the Procurement Center and Contracting at the Army’s Aviation and Troop Command.
He was a member of and served as the President of the Board of Directors for the St. Louis Lighthouse for the Blind Industries and was the Executive Director of the St. Louis Federal Executive Board Small Disadvantage Business Opportunity Council. Adjunct Professor in the Lindenwood University School of Business MBA Program and advised in St. Louis University’s Entrepreneurship Program. He is currently a member of the Florida Tech School of Business Advisory Board and was on Florida Tech's weVENTURE Women’s Business Center consulting team. He received a BA in Political Science from John Carroll University, an MS in Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology, and an MA in National Security Planning and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. He also participated in the Harvard University Negotiation Project and is a graduate of Defense Acquisition University’s Program Management School. He was selected as a Distinguished Member of the Transportation Corps, was awarded the St. Louis Federal Executive Board Leadership Award, and was chosen as a 1994 Federal Executive of the Year.
John Carroll University - B.A. in Political Science
Florida Institute of Technology - M.S. in Logistics Management
U.S. Naval War College - M.A. in National Security Planning and Strategic Studies
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