Gordon Coburn

John Gordon Coburn (born October 9, 1941)> is Chairman and CEO of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), a global company, which he joined in November 2001 and grew from 61 million dollars to 1.3 billion dollars. Prior to joining VT Systems, he served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC). He assumed the duties of Commanding General on May 14, 1999 and retired from the Army in 2001. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Army, Pentagon. AMC is one of the largest commands in the Army with over 60,000 employees, and activities in 42 states and more than 24 foreign countries.

Military Career

Coburn is a distinguished military graduate of Eastern Michigan University, where he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in education, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the infantry. He served in various logistics assignments throughout his career, to include Deputy Commanding General, AMC, Alexandria, VA, and Commanding General, U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. He was also the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany, from 1991 to 1992. Prior to that, he served as the Deputy Commanding General, 22nd Theater Army Support Command, Saudi Arabia from April 1991 to July 1991, and as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Procurement, U.S. Army Materiel Command from 1989 to 1991.

Other major command assignments include Commander of Materiel Readiness Support Activity, Lexington, KY, from 1987 to 1989; Commander, Division Support Command, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas, from 1984 to 1986; Commander, 124th Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas, from 1980 to 1982; Commander, Defense Contract Administration Services Management Area, Defence Logistics Agency, South Bend, IN, from 1978 to 1980; and Plant/Depot Commander, Taiwan Materiel Agency, AMC, Taiwan, from 1972 to 1973.

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