Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Information Management
Brian S. Jacobs is Chief Technology Strategist and Innovator and leads Portfolio Management and Enterprise Architecture for the Army Financial Management Enterprise. Prior to his current position, Mr. Jacobs was Chief of the Cost and Performance Management Division for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics (DASA-CE). In that role, Mr. Jacobs provided oversight for the Army Cost Management End-to-End business process and was responsible for Army-wide cost management policy. Mr. Jacobs joined the Army as a civilian in Aug 2005. He brings a unique set of skills and experiences to the Army's Financial Management Enterprise-most notably his computer science background and private industry experience. Throughout industry, Mr. Jacobs was constantly recognized for his outstanding customer service focus and unique ability to break down barriers fostering collaborative work to achieve great solutions. Mr. Jacobs is self-motivated, energetic, and a strong leader. He architected and built the Army "Bot Squad" which provides the operational capability for the design, configuration and use of software robots to reduce repeatable and manual human work and strengthen financial management operations Army-wide. Mr. Jacobs earned a Master of Science in Cost Estimation and Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School in March 2014 and earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Towson University in December 2001. Mr. Jacobs also completed graduate courses in computer science from Johns Hopkins University.