Wayland Coker

Wayland Coker is president and founder of Coker Logistics Solutions, Inc. (CLS), a logistics consulting firm based in Reston, Virginia.

Mr. Coker is a native of Dallas, Texas and a 1995 graduate of The George Washington University, Washington, DC, where he earned an MBA in Logistics, Operations,and Material Management. Mr. Coker served 20 years in the U.S. Navy as a Supply Corps Officer, retiring in 1999.

Recognized as one of the top logistics wargaming authorities within the Department of Defense (DoD), Mr. Coker conceived, designed, and now leads the Focused Logistics Warfighting (FLOW) process, DoD’spremiere joint and coalition logistics capability assessment tool for the Focused Logistics Campaign Plan.

CLS currently supports the Director for Logistics, Joint Staff providing program management of the FLOW process. CLS also provides FLOW technical expertise to theNavy, Army, Defense Logistics Agency, and Joint Forces Command. In addition, CLS now provides technical expertise and support for FLOW participation by the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia in the assessment of multinational logistics.

Most recently, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, DefenceLogistics Organisation(DLO) has asked CLS to lead its new logistics wargame, called “LOGWAR.”

Mr. Coker has extensive experience and exposure at top echelons within the Department of Defense. He has advised senior Defense Department officials on joint and coalition logistics issues, as well as the Unified Commands, Joint Staff, Secretariats, Service Chiefs, foreign military officials, plus decision makers of the National Research Council and Defense Science Boards.

Mr. Coker is also president of the Coker Charitable Foundation, Inc. a non-profit organization dedicated to third world relief efforts, education for the underprivileged, and youth sports programs within the U.S.

Mr. Coker and his wife Karen, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, have three children and live in Ashburn, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC.