Bradley Niese

Bradley J. Niese serves as NASA's Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, and Assistant Administrator for the Office of Procurement. In this capacity, he provides senior executive leadership and strategic oversight of the agency’s procurement functions, policy, and initiatives, spanning an acquisition workforce of over 4,000 professionals.

Mr. Niese brings a record of progressively senior acquisition leadership within NASA. Most recently, he served as the Director of Procurement at Johnson Space Center where he led a procurement workforce of 140 personnel and managed an acquisition portfolio of $4.6 billion. Prior to that, Mr. Niese held roles as Deputy Director and Associate Director of Procurement, deepening his foundation in acquisition governance and operation execution.

Early in his career, Mr. Niese served four years as manager of Johnson Space Center’s International Space Station and Commercial Low Earth Orbit Programs Procurement Office, followed by nearly two and a half years leading Johnson's Source Selection and Analysis Office. His professional experience has extended beyond NASA having served as the president of the Space City Houston Chapter of the National Contract Management Association.

Mr. Niese holds a Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) at the Professional level. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) which provides strategic direction to the FAI as it fulfills its mission to foster a high-performing, qualified civilian acquisition workforce. He is a graduate of Harvard’s Senior Executive Fellows Program and holds a Bachelor of Science in finance and management information systems from Ohio University, along with an Executive MBA from the United States Naval Postgraduate School. Outside of his professional responsibilities, he is happily married to his wife, Bridget, and together, they stay busy raising their four sons.