ADIESA Focus Group
Smart Collaboration: Engaging with Defence
Racheal Kuczma
First Assistant Secretary Commercial
Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group
We are pleased to announce that Racheal Kuczma will be facilitating a focus group session for ADIESA members on 3 July, providing an opportunity to share insights and experiences on engaging effectively with Defence.
The session will centre on the theme Smart Collaboration – Partnering with Defence and will explore key topics including, but not limited to:
- Procurement and ASDEFCON reform – What should industry know to help accelerate contracting and delivery?
- Defence feedback priorities – How can industry support Defence’s goals regarding tendering, risk thresholds, and contracting templates?
- Building sovereign capability – Strategies to strengthen Australian industry capacity and enable continuous capability delivery.
- SME engagement – Exploring direct engagement with Defence/CASG and collaborative approaches with Primes.
This session is a valuable opportunity to contribute to a constructive dialogue aimed at improving collaboration and outcomes across the Defence-industry partnership.
Registration
Current financial ADIESA members are invited to nominate one person to attend the focus group. Please note numbers are strictly limited and registrations will be accepted on a first-in basis. Please coordinate company representative attendance through your organisation's bundle coordinator / point of contact.
Security
Northrop Grumman require participant details 48 hours in advance to register them with their Security team. Please ensure you complete all the details on the registration form.
Contact
To check your membership point of contact or for any other inquiries please email us on admin@adiesa.org.au
Dress
Business Attire
Racheal Kuczma is First Assistant Secretary Commercial, leading Commercial Division in the provision of advice and services across the Defence enterprise.
Racheal joined Defence as part of the 2004 graduate program and through her rotations discovered her passion for contracting. Since her completion of the graduate program, Racheal has undertaken a variety of commercial roles supporting acquisition programs in the Aerospace and Maritime domains, including MRH 90, P8-A Poseidon, C-27J Spartan and the Attack Class Submarine.
After 17 years in Defence, Racheal joined Northrop Grumman leading the Australian business in contracts and supply chain role that provided her valuable insight into understanding how US primes work.
In September 2024, Racheal was appointed to her current position, returning to Defence with a wealth of commercial, government and industry experience. Racheal is now driving an ambitious program of initiatives to uplift commercial policy, processes, resources and tools across the enterprise to support the Defence mission.
