Background
Bowen, James Thomas was born on May 4, 1948 in Mason City, Iowa, United States. Son of Stanley Thomas and Marilyn Louise (Ott) Bowen.
Bowen, James Thomas was born on May 4, 1948 in Mason City, Iowa, United States. Son of Stanley Thomas and Marilyn Louise (Ott) Bowen.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Iowa, 1969. Master of Science, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1974.
Commissioned 2nd lieutenant United States Air Force, 1969, advance through grades to colonel, 1991. Student pilot 3575th Pilot Training Wing, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1969-1970. Co-pilot 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, Clark Air Force Base, Phillipines, 1971.
Pilot 6594th Test Group, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, 1971-1975. Acquisition program manager Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 1976-1982. Chief, standoff surveillance and attack systems Headquarters United States Air Force, Research and Development and Acquistion, Pentagon, Virginia, 1984-1987.
Chief, acquistion plans and programs branch Air Force Inspection and Safety Center, Norton Air Force Base, California, 1988-1990. Director projects joint tactical autonomous weapons Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 1990-1991, director development and integration F-16, 1991-1994. F-16 management director Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 1994-1995.
Custom system program manager Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technology Companies, Santa Rosa, California, 1996-2001. Site manager Agilent Technologies, Rohnert Park, 2001—2002, senior program manager, 2002—2005. Owner On Target Program Management Solutions Consulting Company, since 2006.
Teaching faculty City University Seattle, since 2007. With United States Air Force, 1969—1995.
Regular ceremonies enable people to open themselves to God more fully. They help people to hear God's offer and challenge ever more deeply, and to allow God to prompt and enable them to respond.
When peaceful alternatives have failed, the force of arms may regretfully be preferable to unchecked aggression, tyranny and genocide.
It is human responsibility to innovate, sponsor, and evaluate new forms of community living that will encourage development of the fullest potential in individuals.
Member Sonoma County Republican Party Central Committee, 1998—2002. Board directors Blood Bank the Redwoods, 2001—2005. Trea., 2004—2005; Member Military Officers Association American, Air Force Association, Defense Systems Management College Alumni Association, Project Management Institute.
Married Joyce Anne Kermabon, September 10, 1977. 1 child, Steven James.