Mr. Bagby is currently assigned as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics. He is responsible for Army policy and technical direction of all cost and economic activities. He delivers the Army’s independent cost estimates for weapons & information systems; manages the development of Army cost positions on all systems reviewed by the Army Cost Review Board; and directs cost analyses dealing with force structure, personnel - military, civilian, and contract labor, base operations, and weapons & information systems operation and support. Mr. Bagby supports the Army’s Programming and Budgeting processes with cost and economic analysis. He also directs the Army’s cost management and performance management activities for internal and external reporting. He manages the Army wide cost research program to deliver cost tools, databases, and models throughout the Army.

Mr. Bagby has served the Army’s Financial Management Community for 30 years, primarily in budgeting and cost analysis fields. He served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1969. He began his civilian career in budgeting at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and has held budgeting positions at installation, major command, and headquarters levels.

He has served as Chief of the Procurement Division, Army Budget Office, in the Pentagon. In addition, he also functioned as the Chief of Budget Execution in the Army’s Budget Office. Mr. Bagby has served as the President of the American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) - Washington Chapter. He currently serves as a Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis (SCEA) Director.

Mr. Bagby earned both his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and his Masters Degree in Business Administration from Youngstown State University. He is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and has attended the Professional Resource Management Course at Syracuse University and the Military Comptrollers School at Maxwell AFB. The American Society of Military Comptrollers recognized Mr. Bagby’s contributions with its research award for his work in Managerial Costing for Base Operations. He has also received the Army’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Financial Management Initiatives Award, and twice has received the Army’s Resource Management Annual Award.