William Adams is an established researcher and financial management expert with over 20 years of progressive experience in defense resource administration and organizational transformation. Currently a Researcher at the Florida Institute of Technology , he applies his deep expertise in complex Public Financial Management (PFM) to theorize and model new approaches for government efficiency. Mr. Adams' career in defense leadership, which included serving as a Director of Resource Management and a NATO Staff Officer , involved the strategic management of financial portfolios, including budgets up to $200M and contracts valued up to $400M. These experiences form the empirical basis for the Strategic Fungibility framework, which he originated to model how leaders can proactively realign authorized funds and consolidate contracts to enhance organizational resource resilience. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and is certified as a Project Management Professional.