Leadership

Mr. Doña is co-founder of Acuity Consulting, Inc. He is one of two managing partners that provide strategic leadership of overall company operations to achieve profitability and long-term growth. His duties include corporate management and business development, recruiting key personnel, and developing overall company budgets and policies.

Mr. Doña has over 20 years of diversified strategic management, operational, accounting, financial, and acquisition experience in government and private industry. He has held various positions in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Doña has extensive experience leading diverse, cross-functional teams, accomplishing team building, and preparing numerous deliverables with compressed schedules.

Mr. Doña received a Bachelors of Science in International Affairs from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Masters of Business Administration degree with concentrations in Finance and Global Information Technology from American University.

Mr. Spencer has 20 + years of diversified public and private sector strategic management, operational, accounting, financial, and acquisition experience. His experience includes leading diverse cross-functional teams, accomplishing team building, and preparing numerous deliverables with compressed schedules. He is currently the partner-in-charge for all financial statement and financial system audits, audit readiness efforts, and internal control reviews. As partner-in-charge, he has final authority and responsibility for all work performed and reports issued on these engagements.

Mr. Spencer received an Associate of Arts degree in the Liberal Arts from Sierra College; a Bachelors of Science degree in Accountancy from California State University-Sacramento; and a Masters of Science degree in Management from Troy State University. In addition, he is a graduate of the Professional Military Comptroller School. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member in good standing of the American Institute of CPAs, the Ohio, Virginia, and California Society of CPAs, American Society of Military Comptrollers, Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Association of Government Accountants.

Mr. Barajas has over 28 years of experience meeting the needs of clients in the public sector. During his career, he has been in-charge of many federal financial statement audits performed under the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) guidelines. In 1985, he was a member of the team who performed the first cabinet level financial statement audit - U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). In those pre-Chief Financial Officers' (CFO) Act days, he worked extensively with DOL to help them devise an audit-readiness strategy. In conjunction with his early CFO Act activities, he consulted with GAO's advisory teams who were performing audit work of the Air Force's property line items.

Mr. Barajas now devotes much of this professional time working with the Department of Defense agencies. He has extensive "hands on" experience working with Defense agencies, such as DFAS, DoDIG, DARPA and DLA.

Mr. Barajas has a Masters degree in Executive Leadership from the University of San Diego and completed his undergraduate work in accounting at the business school at San Diego State University. He is a member in good standing of the American Institute of CPAs, California Society of CPAs, American Society of Military Comptrollers, and the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting.

Ms. Thomas serves as the Director of Operations with over 22 years experience in the acquisition, financial management and auditing fields. As a former Air Force officer, she supported the Maverick Missile, SRAM II Missile, F-15 Fighter and C-17 Cargo System Program Offices as a budget and cost analyst. She also served as an audit manager and later as the Comptroller for the Air Force Audit Agency where she performed operational audits of major weapon systems. In 2001, Ms. Thomas was a primary member of the team who researched, evaluated, and implemented the eArmyU Education Program which ranks among the most innovative and accessible distance-learning programs developed. As a senior consultant, she has provided DoD support services to varied service departments, agencies, field activities and programs.

Ms. Thomas holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Texas Lutheran University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Information Systems from the University of Texas in San Antonio. She is a long-standing member of ASMC and is a Certified Defense Financial Manager - Acquisition (CDFM-A).

Mr. Flores has over 18 years of experience in financial management, serving the needs of DoD clients. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations and overall strategic direction of the Management and Technology (M&T) Support Services Division. Mr. Flores has been with Acuity since 2002.

Mr. Short serves as the Director of Business Development. He is leading Acuity's efforts to cultivate client relationships, develop strategic alliances with industry partners, and expand their business services in audit and assurance, acquisition and program management, and financial management support.

Mr. Short comes to Acuity with nearly 30 years of federal financial management experience. He most recently served as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and spent eight years as a key member of the Senior Executive Service (SES). Prior to that, Mr. Short served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He also worked as the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Operations / Technology), and as a Senior Policy Analyst for Government-wide Accounting, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He was formerly the principal adviser to the Assistant Secretary and the Air Force senior staff on issues regarding the amended Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and related financial management reforms. In addition, he was responsible at the executive level for assuring Air Force compliance with financial management mandates leading to the effective and efficient use of Air Force resources.

Mr. Short has a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Strayer University in Washington, DC. He maintains certifications as a Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) and Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM). He is an expert in every aspect of federal financial management and generally accepted accounting principles and standards. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Greater Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Black Accountants, the Association of Government Accountants, and the American Society of Military Comptrollers.