About > People > Cary Jones

Mr. Jones has more than 40 years experience in facilities and installation management, environmental remediation, and direct operational supervision of maintenance and modernization. He worked at senior levels for the Army, the Coast Guard and has over 5 years in the private sector assisting clients find innovative solutions to managing the public infrastructure cost-effectively.

Mr. Jones served as Chief of the Environmental Restoration Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  The environmental program grew to $1.5 billion, including installation restoration, former defense sites, Superfund support to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and work for Department of Energy in its huge cleanup challenge.  Mr. Jones succeeded in simplifying processes, improving customer service and instituting better communications with local and state governments and the EPA.

As Deputy to the Assistant Chief of Engineers, Mr. Jones made good use of his extensive knowledge of worldwide Army needs in facilities, real estate, and environmental programs, actively defending projects before the Department of Defense and Congressional staffs, particularly as they related to base closure (BRAC) discussions. He was a strong advocate of joint use of facilities and disposal of excess real estate.

In various positions at Army installation and command headquarters levels, Mr. Jones was a leader and innovator in integrating environmental programs into Army operations.   He also was a pioneer in adopting Job Order Contracting (JOC) and other forms of ID/IQ contracting into the acquisition process for the other military departments.

In a Senior Executive Service position as the Deputy to the Engineer for U.S. Army Europe for six years, Mr. Jones supervised engineering, housing, real estate, environmental, and contracting for facilities throughout the NATO area of operations.  He was instrumental in many high-level negotiations with foreign governments pertaining to environmental effects of military operations, and exchanges of real estate.  He was the spokesman for the installation engineers all over Europe in budget discussions to ensure adequate funding for their needs.

Mr. Jones served as the Chief of Construction and Engineering for the U.S. Coast Guard, managing the whole gamut of repair, maintenance, alteration, and real estate needs.  He made significant improvements to processes for allocating scarce resources to support the mission.