You're invited to attend the Dayton-Wright Chapter of AFCEA luncheon with Col. Ian Slazinik, Director, AFIT Digital Innovation and Integration Center of Excellence (DIICE) on Thursday, August 21, 2025 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at Wright State University Student Union in the Endeavour Room in Dayton, OH.
Speaker: Colonel Ian Slazinik, PhD
Colonel Ian M. Slazinik is the Director of AFIT’s Digital Innovation and Integration Center of Excellence (DIICE) and an Assistant Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
DIICE directly supports Air Force Materiel Command’s (AFMC) Digital Materiel Management (DMM) goals to accelerate integrated capability delivery across the materiel lifecycle and functional disciplines. The DIICE team develops model-based digital solutions that enhance weapon system acquisition and sustainment across the AFMC enterprise in support of the warfighter.
Colonel Slazinik also serves as Director of the Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques Center of Excellence (STAT COE) and the Homeland Security Community of Best Practices (HS COBP). STAT COE advances the use of scientific test and analysis techniques to improve test and evaluation decision-making, while HS COBP promotes collaboration and best practices to strengthen homeland security efforts.
Through these leadership roles, Colonel Slazinik advances AFIT’s mission to provide defense-focused education, research, and innovative solutions supporting the Air Force and Department of Defense.
Col. Slazinik graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2003 with a degree in Political Science. Serving as a KC-135 Instructor Pilot at both Fairchild AFB and Kadena AB, he deployed 7 times in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM and was selected for Air Mobility Command’s premier leadership development program, PHOENIX Mobility. An accomplished air refueling planner and certified Contingency Response Element Commander, Col Slazinik has vast experience leading multifunctional teams in contingency response, command and control, and air refueling operations. He is also a senior pilot, having logged over 2900 hours.
Col. Slazinik has served in a variety of positions at the Squadron, Group, Wing, and Combatant Command. He served as an Aircraft Strike Planner at USSTRATCOM J5 before commanding the 351st Air Refueling Squadron at RAF Mildenhall. In this position, he oversaw over 120 personnel performing over 2000 missions and led the most heavily tasked unit in USAFE with the most Priority 1 missions in the entire USAF. Upon graduating from his Ph.D. program with a concentration in supply chain management, Col Slazinik led the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Division of AFIT’s Operational Sciences Department in Graduate School of Engineering and Management.
Education
Ph.D. Information Systems (2023)
Concentration: Supply Chain Management
Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
Master of Science (2016)
Concentration: Logistics
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio, USA
Master of Business Administration (2009)
Concentration: Leadership
Webster University
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Bachelor of Science (2003)
Concentration: Political Science
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado, USA
Awards
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
ASAM 2016 Distinguished Graduate & Ronald Fogleman Award (top overall graduate)
MILITARY DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal, 1 oak leaf cluster
Air Medal, 7th oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Award, 2nd oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award, 7th oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal, 1 service star
Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal, 1 oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Overseas Ribbon Long 1 oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border, 3 oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Longevity Service, 4th oak leaf cluster
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Pistol)
Air and Space Training Ribbon
Publications
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Slazinik, I.M., Hazen, B. (2017). “Global Command and Control for the Future Operating Concept: Implications for Structural Design and Information Flow”. Air and Space Power Journal, V 53 pp. 161-174.
PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Slazinik, I.M. (2021) “An Organizational Information Processing Theory Prospective on Supply Chain Control Towers and Managerial Decision-Making.” Proceedings of the CSCMP Doctoral Symposium: Atlanta GA
PRE-LUNCHEON CHECK-IN / NETWORKING: 11:30AM-11:45AM
LUNCHEON TIME: 11:45AM-1:00PM
RSVP REQUIRED: 7 days prior to the luncheon. Pre-registration is required.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Reservations will be billed unless cancelled 7 days prior to the luncheon by contacting rachel.maki@macalogic.com.
PARKING: Please park in Visitor Lot #2 or if full, park in Lot #1. In the unlikely event that you receive a parking ticket while attending a luncheon, please report to Rachel Maki for assistance.
Thank you to Dayton-Wright AFCEA annual sponsors:
