Mr. Scott Bewley
Deputy Director of Business Operations & Acting Principal Deputy Director, NavalX
A retired Navy Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) of 20 years, Mr. Bewley served in USS BARRY (DDG 52), USS JOHN S MCCAIN (DDG 56) and USS ANTIETAM (CG 54) where he served as Executive Officer. He also served on Destroyer Squadron 21 embarked in USS JOHN C STENNIS (CVN 74).
Mr. Bewley is a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School Combat Systems department with a Masters in Applied Physics. He entered the acquisition community in 2006 as a SWO Acquisition Professional into PEO IWS, subsequently serving in IWS 5 leading advanced ASW program development, and then IWS 10 as the Warfare System lead for CVN 78 overseeing the procurement, integration and installation of NAVAIR, NAVWAR and NAVSEA warfighting systems into the first of class new construction aircraft carrier.
After retiring from active duty in 2011, Mr. Bewley transitioned to government civilian service, serving in PEO IWS 10 as the Combat System Chief Engineer for all Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Ships followed by a tour in IWS 1 as the Strategic Planner for the AEGIS Combat System and the Future Integrated Combat System.
In January 2019, Mr. Bewley went on detail as a direct report to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition (ASN (RDA)) leading the standup of the Naval Digital Integration Support Cell (DISC), a new acquisition program office supporting OPNAV with the objective to achieve digital transformation and integration across the naval enterprise in support of the Fleet’s Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) vision and CNO Design. Taking over as the acting principle program manager upon formal stand up of the DISC program office on 01 Oct 2019, he subsequently assumed the principle deputy program manager position upon arrival of the selected Navy active military O-6 program manager in February 2020.
Most recently, Mr. Bewley became the Chief of Staff (CoS) and Business Director for NavalX in October 2022.