Mr. Battle has been the Associate Director of the VA Medical Center in Orlando, Florida since August 2006.  Prior to Orlando, he served as the Associate Director of the VA Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio.

He is a 1981 graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in Civil Engineering.  He joined the Veterans Administration in 1983 as a General Engineer at the VA Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia.  He transferred to the VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana as the Assistant Chief, Engineer Service in March 1985 and was appointed Chief, Engineer Service in March 1988.

He is a graduate of the 2003 Leadership VA class, 2002 class of the Executive Career Field Training Program and the Healthcare Leadership Institute.  In 1997, he received the VA Federal Engineer of the Year Award presented by the National Society of Professional Engineers.  In that same year, he also received the VA Chief Engineer of the Year Award.  He has been a preceptor for Trainees and Technical Career Field Interns and mentored Leadership Development Candidates at the network level.

Mr. Battle has previously served on several national committees and task forces such as Chair of the Chief Engineer Advisory Board, the Violence in the Workplace Task Analysis Group, Technical Career Field development group, Facility Management Mission reviews, and Capital Asset Management reviews.

He has been a long time member of the American Society of Healthcare Engineers, Indiana Society of Healthcare Engineers, and served on the Executive Steering Committee for the Midwest Healthcare Engineering Conference and Trade Show.  Mr. Battle is a current member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Leadership VA Alumni Association.