Lisa Gibbons

Lisa Gibbons serves as a Contract Specialist with the 763d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions that sustain airpower readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for advanced technology, training systems, and logistics support services critical to pilot proficiency, communications resilience, and enterprise sustainment. Her portfolio spans complex procurements requiring technical expertise in avionics, software development, and engineering services, ensuring alignment with Air Force modernization priorities and compliance with federal acquisition regulations. Gibbons collaborates with a diverse ecosystem of vendors, including engineering firms, custom software developers, and electronic component manufacturers, to deliver scalable, secure, and interoperable solutions. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with both large primes and small businesses capable of rapid prototyping and agile delivery. Her working relationships emphasize performance-based contracting, technical evaluation rigor, and post-award oversight to ensure operational outcomes meet warfighter requirements. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong commitment to socioeconomic diversity, with nearly 43% of her awards designated for small businesses—28.6% under Total Small Business Set-Asides and 14.3% specifically reserved for HUBZone firms. She actively leverages FAR 19.5 set-asides to foster innovation and expand vendor participation, ensuring small businesses have meaningful access to high-impact defense contracts while maintaining competitive rigor. Gibbons specializes in NAICS categories centered on custom computer programming, engineering services, and electronic component manufacturing, with a consistent focus on software-defined systems, mission-critical IT infrastructure, and commercial-off-the-shelf technology integration. Her technical domain expertise lies in procurement of digital training platforms, communications hardware, and enterprise IT services that enhance operational agility and sustain readiness across combat and training environments.