No, you did not. The only one blindly ranting is you.
I pose the same question to you that I have to _Jim:
Kindly present the technical degree that Mr. Dittemore has.
Boy you're persistent. Since no one else bothered to answer your question I'll try. First, call NASA/JSC and they'll send you Ron Dittemore's Bio.
I'm not exact with this but here's a stab on his background. Ron is not a hardware guy. Ron spent many years in Mission Operations, and achieved Flight Director status for Space Shuttle missions. Sometime after the Challenger accident, NASA was "encouraged" to utilize Astronaut types in it's Management (hardware/manufacturing) side of the house. Today, you will notice that most managers you see did not grow up on the hardware side of the house but come from backgrounds as Astronauts and Flight Directors.
In the early/mid '90's Dittemore was selected to be Deputy Orbiter Project Manager... then became Orbiter Project Manager after the last Orbiter was delivered (Challenger replacement), and in the last couple of years he has been the Space Shuttle Program Manager.
Also, a good manager IMO, is one who knows WHO to trust, knows the RIGHT questions to ask, listens to his experts. IMO, it has very little to do with his particular educational piece of paper, even though I'm sure he's an engineer, either aerospace or mechanical. I've sat in many meetings with Dittemore and give him high marks for his abilities as a problem solver. I hope this helps, and perhaps NTWK can add to my meager knowledge, if he so desires.