Mr. Nick Kioutas is an Army Acquisition workforce member assuming leadership as the Project Lead for Enterprise Transformation and Integration (PL ETI) - the Army’s newest office under the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). Mr. Kioutas recently retired from the Army in May 2024 after 30 years of service as a Colonel in the Acquisition Corps.

As an Army officer, Colonel (COL) Nick Kioutas served as is the Project Manager for Synthetic Environment at PEO STRI from May 2022 through October 2023. He previously served as Project Manager Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PM PNT) within PEO Intelligence Electronic Warfare & Sensors (PEO IEW&S). COL Kioutas began his Army career in the Aviation branch, flying CH-47 Chinook helicopters, and commanding units in South Korea and Fort Liberty, North Carolina. After Company Command, and the Combined Logistics Captain’s Career Course, he transitioned to the Acquisition Corps and began his first acquisition assignment as a Combat Developer at the Army Cyber Center in Fort Eisenhower, Georgia.

COL Kioutas’ acquisition career spanned a broad range of activities to include requirements development, science and technology development, resource management, contract management, program management, testing, fielding, sustainment, and operational command. Other highlights include assignments as the Deputy Commander for Task Force Observe Detect Identify Neutralize (TF ODIN) in Iraq, the Product Manager Joint Robotics, the Product Manager Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, the Product Manager Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Modernization, Product Director Counter – UAS, Product Director Space and High Altitude Office, Assistant Product Manager Gray Eagle, and Assistant Product Manager Autonomous Navigation System.