Lieutenant Colonel Kristen A. Cepak is the Materiel Leader for the Enterprise Services Branch within the Cyber and Networks Program Executive Office at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where she directs a 140-person team managing a $900M portfolio to deliver outcome-driven, foundational IT services across the Department of the Air Force. A graduate of Boston University, she began her distinguished career as an operational combat pilot, flying over 1,300 combat hours in the U-28 across seven deployments before transitioning to the acquisitions career field in 2015. Since then, she has held pivotal leadership roles across multiple program offices and major command headquarters, establishing a reputation for driving high-impact technology transitions and rapid capability delivery. In her current role, she successfully spearheads major enterprise-wide modernizations—including the $6B EITaaS Wave One portfolio, global secure collaboration tools, and pioneering DoD artificial intelligence platforms—consistently bridging the gap between cutting-edge commercial technology and tactical warfighter needs.