General William Scott Wallace, USA (Ret.)
General Wallace is a visionary senior executive, leader, and organizational manager with a 39-year record of military excellence and achievement. As commander of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command from 2005 to 2008, he led more than 50,000 soldiers and civilian employees at 33 Army schools. He was the architect of the Army's reorganization in the continuation of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and developed the organizational, technical, and warfighting requirements for the Future Combat Systems and other Army modernization efforts.
Prior to this, General Wallace was Commanding General of the Army Combined Arms Center from 2003 to 2005, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, where he was responsible for the development of new and emerging Army and Joint doctrine, providing the intellectual foundation for military leadership in the 21st century.
As commander of the 5th U.S. Corps from 2001 to 2003 (during the opening campaign of Operation Iraqi Freedom), General Wallace led 140,000 soldiers from Kuwait to Baghdad and subsequently directed the occupation of Western and Northern Iraq. He served as commander of the Joint Warfighting Center from 1999 to 2001, commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division – the Army's first "digitized" division that incorporated new C4ISR technologies – from 1997 to 1999, and commanding general of the National Training Center from 1995 to 1997. General Wallace is a 1969 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.