Rich Zimmerman directs JRZ Acquisition Training & Consulting, which provides on-site instruction in a wide variety of acquisition-related topics.  Mr. Zimmerman’s experience with federal procurement began during his Army service.  Rich is a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and served in various capacities as an infantry officer.  He spent the last 10 of his 25 years in a succession of contracting positions to include contracting officer, procurement and contracts inspector for the Department of the Army Inspector General, executive officer to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement, and director of installation contracting in Secretary of the Army for Research Development and Acquisition.  During this time, Rich also earned a Master’s degree in Business from Central Michigan University.  

Upon leaving the Army, Rich immediately went to work as an acquisition trainer and training developer for BRTRC, a small business in Fairfax, VA.  He developed courseware that explained the shifts in federal procurement resulting from mid-90s watershed procurement legislation such as the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and the Clinger-Cohen Act, especially in the areas of performance-based acquisition, best-value procurement, and business writing/proposal development.
 Rich also supports the International Defense Acquisition Resource Management Program of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, as an adjunct faculty member.  He specializes in Procurement and Contracting techniques and Transparency in Defense Acquisition.  Rich has led or participated in many international Mobile Education Teams and Naval Postgraduate School resident instruction courses.  He is a contributing author in the area of Competition Issues.