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33578
Posted:
August 04, 2010

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Jacob R. Hill

**** ********** ********* ~ Riverview, Florida 33578-3100

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Information Technology Manager

Top performing manager with over 30 years of leadership success in

demanding Naval and Joint military high-technology organizations. Project

management and communications systems engineering expertise with exemplary

track record of matrix-managing high-performance, cross-functional teams

that collaborate as a focused unit to achieve aggressive business and

technology mission goals in accordance with ITIL standards. Proficiency in

communications system architecture requirements definition, resource

allocation, budget development/contract negotiations, daily

operations/scheduling, team building, and staff development. Active TS/SCI

Clearance last updated on January 2009 by DoD.

Professional Summary

USCENTCOM CCJ6-CP, Plans & Exercise Branch

(March 2008 - current)

Led all aspects of USCENTCOM Command and Control, Communications and

Computer Systems (C4) Planning, including deliberate, tactical, strategic,

crisis action, contingency, humanitarian assistance, and exercises for U.S.

Central Command's (USCENTCOM'S) 27 nation area of responsibility (AOR), as

well as supporting C4 Interoperability requirements for 75 allied and

Coalition partners supporting wartime mission, and counter-piracy

operations. Reviewed, validated and coordinated communications and IT

requirements in the USCENTCOM AOR through Request for Forces (RFF), Joint

Manning Documents (JMD), Joint Urgent Operational Needs Statement

(JUONS)/Urgent Needs Statement (UNS)/Mission Needs Statement

(MNS)/Coalition Operational Needs Statement (CONS), and directed allocation

of in-theater assets through the component FRAGO process. Developed and

updated Operations Plans (OPLANS), Contingency Plans (CONPLANS), and

Operations Orders (OPORDs).

Lead Pakistan Plans Officer

(Oct 2008 - present)

Program Manager for 15 months on a 15.6 million dollar C4ISR

communications architecture upgrade at the Office of Defense Representative

to Pakistan (ODRP) located at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Coordinated, engineered and implemented communications satellite bandwidth

increases, network reconfigurations, technical control facility upgrades

and improvements, along with adding new technologies to increase mission

support and interface with the Pakistan military and U.S. and Coalition

forces in Afghanistan in accordance with ITIL standards. Project was

briefed weekly to 3 flag officers and numerous battle field commanders.

Afghanistan Joint Coordination Center

(September 2008 - July 2009)

Designed, engineered, and implemented C4I architecture using successful

ITIL standards, procured tactical communications equipment valued at over

13 million dollars, and employed communication teams that support special

operations missions with Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

(ISR) Full Motion Video (FMV) along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.

Results allowed a solid and reliable FMV capability enabling great success

for Pakistani military forces to engage and destroy violent extremist

organizations in northern Pakistan and save U.S. and Coalition forces

lives.

AFRICOM stand-up and transfer of USCENTCOM C4I to USAFRICOM (Oct

2006 - Oct 2008)

USCENTCOM J6, Lead Program Manager. Project was directed by the Secretary

of Defense's 14 June 2007 Implementation Guidance for the Establishment of

U.S. Africa Command. Led project oversight by publishing guidance

checklist documents, establishing clear communications via weekly video

teleconferences and creating a project tracking webpage portal. These

processes were found to be very valuable for establishing project timelines

and ultimately resulted in the project being completed 3 months early with

a savings of over 4.5 million taxpayer's dollars. Project was routinely

briefed to the President of the United States, Secretary of Defense, Joint

Chiefs of Staff, and the USCENTCOM Commander.

Key transition items included:

Establishment of a Theater Network Center with DISA Europe for all NETOPS

reporting

Commercial Satellite Communications

Terrestrial Leased Circuit Communications

Base band Communications

Activation and certification of a new technical control facility on Camp

Lemonier to support AFRICOM

Data/IP Networks transition

COMSEC

Spectrum Management Support

Information Systems Operations and Content Staging - REL DMZ, CIDNE,

AMHS, BIOMETRICS, COP, CENTRIXS, GCTF, GCCS

Memorandum of Agreements for contractor support of communication systems.

Awarded a Joint Commendation Medal by Commander, USCENTCOM for my efforts.

USCENTCOM Theater Information Assurance Branch

(October 2006 - March 2008)

. CENTCOM Deputy Theater Information Assurance

Manager who executed development/enforcement of crucial security

policies designed by the United States Department of Defense

(DoD) Joint Task Force Global Networks Operations (JTF-GNO) and

USCENTCOM to uphold the information security of over 450,000

troops and civilians deployed to the USCENTCOM AOR covering 27

countries.

I had the responsibility for managing the CENTCOM Theater Information

Assurance program and provide daily reporting and briefs to the USCENTCOM

and JTF-GNO J6 Directors. Maintained daily supervision over 17 cyber

intelligence professionals who respond, investigate and report enterprise

computer incidents. Conduct enterprise vulnerability testing and

configuration management review of systems. Perform configuration

compliance validation to system(s) design, implementation and operations.

Conduct surveillance scanning for unauthorized wireless networks. Monitor

and review firewall and audit logs. Interface with Sidewinder firewalls,

Securify SecurVantage policy monitor, Retina Security Scanner, DISA Gold

Disk, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (CSMARS),

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), Proventia IDS, McAfee ePolicy

Orchestrator and Host Intrusion Prevention System (EPO HIPS), McAfee Policy

Auditor/Remediation Manager (Hercules), Netstumbler, Ministumbler and Linux

based Snort IDS. Update Vulnerability Management System (VMS).

Perform analysis on cyber events to identify entities of interest; their

methods, motives, and capabilities.

? Produce threat profiles for hacker/actor prioritization.

? Determine malicious activity; and recognize emergent patterns and

linkages to visualize cyber attacks through the use of various network

management and security tools and systems.

? Produce Daily Intelligence Summary for USCENTCOM commands.

? Provide intelligence to assist with development of IDS signatures.

? Perform open source and classified research for proactive defense.

? Review firewall, DNS, security logs for forensic investigations.

? Review log collector and ADT scanner data to identify malicious files.

Naval Special Warfare Unit Three (Bahrain)

(October 2004 - October 2006)

Served as the CENTCOM Theater Naval Special Warfare SOJ6 C4I Director

managing all capacity of Naval Special Warfare C4I for the command, theater

and multiple forward deployed SOF units executing combat operations in Iraq

and Afghanistan. Designed and implemented NSW C4I architecture in

accordance with ITIL standards, developed Concept of Operations (CONOPS)

and communications plans along with procurement of over 8 million dollars

of MPF 11 and MPF 2 special technology funding to procure special

operations C4I technologies used by special operations forces engaged in

combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Attained 100% accountability of

special operations C4I equipment during 2004 - 2006 valued over 11 million

dollars.

Commander, Naval Forces Central Command (Bahrain)

(October 2002 - October 2004)

Fleet and NAVCENT Theater Electronics Material Officer. Overall

responsibility for the management and maintenance of over 15 million

dollars of electronic C4I equipment at the headquarters command and the

Tactical Operations Center which provided the NAVCENT Commander his theater

situational awareness during peace-time and war-time operations. Major

accomplishments included role as the NAVCENT Lead Program Manager that

stood up the new NAVCENT headquarters building and the cutover of all

operational C4I systems in accordance with ITIL standards. Project was

completed 2 months ahead of schedule with all systems operational.

Special Operations Command, Pacific

(February 2000- October 2002)

Planned and executed Joint SOF C4I for 25 Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

exercises, real world contingencies and operations. Planned, implemented

and executed C4I and C4ISR as the J6 Director during OEF-Phillipines in

accordance with ITIL standards. Reported directly to the Commander Joint

Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) Commander and Commander, Special

Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) on all C4I issues.

Successfully planned, coordinated and executed C4I real world mission

support for 8 SOF Pacific Situational Assessment Teams (PSAT), the 2000

Sydney Olympics and the U.S. Navy EP3 crew and aircraft recovery from

Tinian Island, China . Missions frequently interfaced with theater

Commander, JCS and the White House Situation Room and National Command

Center (NCC). Performed all Special Operations C4I mission requirements as

the Deputy Communications Director for JTF-510 and JTF-519

(Oct 2001 - Oct 2004).

112th Signal Detachment (SOCPAC) Officer in Charge

(February 2000 - October 2002)

Led a 25 member special operations communication team that provided real

world mission and exercise support to SOCPAC and USPACOM (JTF-510 and JTF-

519). Attained 100% accountability of 15 million dollars of C4I equipment

and managed an annual operating budget of 4.5 million dollars.

Other jobs held:

Naval Communications and Telecommunication Station, Diego Garcia (British

Indian Ocean Territory) (October 1998 - October 1999)

N2 Base Communications Officer (Department Head). Managed an annual

budget of 14.3 million dollars for the island-wide telephone exchange for

the island of Diego Garcia. Monitored and reported contract issues and

service status directly to the Base Commander on a 16.5 million dollar BGS

contract. Managed 18 military and 16 civilian contractor personnel.

Commander, Pacific Fleet Staff - Fleet Engineering Branch. Engineering

team member that had responsibility for all 3rd and 7th Fleet C4ISR

engineering issues. Primary job was research of and acquisition and

testing of new maritime technologies.

Destroyer Squadron Thirty One - Communications Officer. Led the 6 ship

squadron on all communications issues and inspections. Senior Enlisted

Advisor to the Commodore.

Naval Oceanographic Processing Facility, Ford Island - Technical Control

Chief and COMSEC Custodian.

USS Cochrane, USS Missouri, USS Benjamin Stoddert - Fleet Radioman

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Hawaii Pacific University, 1987

Business Management

Excelsior College

Management of Information Systems

BS, In Progress

CERTIFICATIONS

CISSP, PMP and ITIL V3, in progress

Total Quality Management and numerous other management, leadership, and

assessment courses

MEMBER

AFCEA

MOAA

VFWF

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Share-

Point, Outlook) Falcon View, Google-Earth, C2PC, VISIO, TIGR, ISRIS, BFT,

and ARC View applications.

Expert proficiency on:

Special Operations communication systems including:

SCAMPI, SDN Light, SDN Medium, SDN Heavy, SC2IP, GBS, CENTRIXS, JWICS,

DRSN, STE, STU-III, VOSIP, VOIP, GCCS, VTC, VSAT, TACSAT, HF, INMARSAT,

NETTED IRIDIUM, LMR, COP, COMSEC, GLOBAL HAWK, HUNTER, PREDATOR, JOPES and

other SOF mission planning software tools.

Strategic and Tactical C4I Operational Planning .

C4I and C4ISR Systems and Network Engineering.

C4I Architecture Development and Implementation.

Coalition C4I Interoperability.

Over 30 years military experience in naval shipboard, shore and special

operations tactical communications during real world contingencies,

exercises, and combat operations. I have completed combat tours with

special operations as the Communications Director in Afghanistan, Iraq and

the Philippines and also with the U.S. Navy during Operation Desert Shield

and Desert Storm. I have successfully completed several major Combatant

Commander (COCOM) C4I Headquarters transitions and two major facilities

upgrade projects that supported combat and the special operations

community.

I have 19 years experience as an enlisted Navy communicator reaching the

rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer and 11 years as a commissioned Officer

in the Chief Warrant Officer and Limited Duty Officer ranks. My retirement

grade is Lieutenant Commander (04) and my Designator is 6420/Communications

Technology Manager.

I am available for work on 01 September 2010.



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