Susie Hartzog
Department Head
Communications and Networks
NDIA Luncheon
10 January 2018
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Topics
▼ About me
▼ SSC Pacific realignment
▼ Communications and Networks Department update
▼ Thoughts for Industry
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About Me
▼ Grew up in Santa Monica, CA
▼ Education:
BS, EE from UCSD
Architecture-based Enterprise Systems Engineering (AESE) Masters from UCSD in Aug 2018
▼ Married with one daughter (age 16)
My husband (David) works in PMW 146 on MUOS
My daughter is on the girls varsity golf team
▼ I recently received my 25 years service award pin
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More About Me
▼ I love to travel
46 countries and counting
▼ When I’m not working or traveling
Walking/hiking on weekends
Cooking and eating! (and wine…)
Reading – Historical Fiction
▼ National Charity League
▼ My pet Harley is a California Desert Tortoise
25 years old
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SSC Pacific
Realignment Update
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SSC Pacific: Organization (as of 1 Oct 17)
CAPT Kurt Rothenhaus, CO Ms Carmela Keeney, ED
XO – CAPT Andrew Gainer
Technical Director Lee Zimmerman
CAPT Mel Yokoyama CO
Mr. Bill Bonwit ED
Finance Tom Modica
Legal Eric Flores
Contracting Sharon Pritchard
Corporate Ops Jack Cabana
C2 / Enterprise Engineering Vacant*
ISR Lynn Collins*
* SSTM: Senior Scientific and Technical Manager
Guam Japan
Program & Project Mgmt
Joe Adan
Cyber / S&T Dr. Stephen
Russell
Pacific C4ISR CDR Remil Capili
Alan Umeda
Communications / Networks Susie Hartzog*
Logistics & Fleet Support
Mavis Machniak
Battlespace Awareness (BA) Bryan Tollefson
Decision Superiority (DS)
Vacant
Integrated Cyber Operations (ICO)
Mari Garcia-
Reynante
Transport and Computing
Infrastructure (TCI) James Reed
Production, Installation, & In-
Service Support (PII) Jamie Schlosser
Business and Force Support
(BFS) Linda Kusumoto
Discovery and Invention (D&I)
Dr. Dimitris Tsintikidis
Business Portfolios
Executive Portfolio Manager Tom Tiernan
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SSC Pacific
Communications and Networks Department
Update
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Department Assistant Marsha Powell
Deputy Department Head
Vince Squitieri Code 55
Networks Michael Winslow
Code 551
Deputy for Operations Linda Russell Code 55001
Business and Financial Manager
Noelle Koutsis Code 55R00
Lead Systems Engineer Stephan Lapic
Code 55005
Technical Staff Ron Broersma, SSTM
Code 55006
Organizational Improvement Jesse Foster Code 55008
Staff BFM Sandra Timms
Code 55R00
IT Lead and ISSO Shawn Poma Code 55001
Department Head Susie Hartzog, SSTM
Code 55/523
ST for Wireless Communications Dr. Roy Axford
TCI Portfolio Manager Jim Reed
ST for Tactical & Enterprise Networks
Dr. Albert Legaspi
Communications Phillip Juarez
Code 552
Enterprise Communications and Networks
Clark Hendrickson Code 553
Positioning, Navigation and Timing
Ken Simonsen Code 523
Communications and Networks Department
Leadership Team
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What’s Important for our Communications
and Networks Department
▼ Excellence in project execution
Cost, schedule, performance
Rigorous systems Engineering/SoS Engineering
Modern development techniques (DevOps, Agile)
Proactive contracting
▼ Growth to ensure we meet future customer needs
Technology/Capability
Skills development
▼ Rapid Prototyping – demonstrate ability to “Go Fast”
▼ Maintain partnerships with other Government, Industry, Academia
▼ Focus on facilities and tools to help our workforce perform their mission
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Some Key Efforts for the Communications
and Networks Department for FY18
▼ GPS / GPNTS
Antijam Steerable Parasitic Array (GASPAR) / Advanced Scalable Assured PNT (ASAP) / Non-GPS aided Positioning, Navigation and Timing
▼ CANES
OB2 – PDR, DevOps implementation / Cloud risk reduction / Other Customer solutions / Mobility
▼ CyberTASE (Test Analysis and Simulation Environment) IOC
▼ ADNS
Feature Set 2 (FS2) development / Triton, Stingray, and Advanced Hawkeye integration / JALN-M first flight integration
▼ Prep for MUOS MOT&E-2B
▼ NGEN / ONE-Net
Win 10 OS upgrade / NGEN recompete
▼ Undersea Communications including wireless power transfer
▼ OSD RPP efforts
Compact LPI/LPD/AJ Aperture for Directional Networking
4G LTE Comms
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Communications and Networks Department
Strategic Planning Efforts
▼ Divisions are all doing excellent work on their own Strategic Planning
efforts
▼ Departmental efforts are focused on the following objectives:
Project Execution Excellence − Above all else ensure our projects are tracking to plan
Technological Growth including rapid prototyping
Optimizing human capital and workforce shaping
Fostering Innovation
▼ “Just Do Its”
Reducing Administrative Burden
Rewards/incentives/recognition
Training
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Thoughts for Industry
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Thoughts for Industry
▼ Communications and Networks Department Technology/Capability Growth Areas
Agile Networks (i.e., Software Defined Networking (SDN), network virtualization, and network learning); cyber resilient networks (network segmentation and containerization); cloud, mobility, geo-fencing capabilities adoption/integration; future wireless networking technologies (i.e. LiFi); quantum computing, including quantum cryptos; networks, communications and GPS/PNT within contested environments; future protected waveforms; mm wave communications; satellite quantum key distribution; test automation; and photonics communication links
……. just to name a few
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Thoughts for Industry (Cont’d)
▼ “Speed to Capability” experimentation opportunities
Numerous opportunities for prototyping exercises (ANTX’s, OSD Rapid Prototyping, etc.)
Compile to Combat in 24 Hours (C2C24)
DevOps and Software Development Factory
Cloud and Cyber
▼ PEO C4I (and other PMOs), ONR, DARPA, OSD, DASN RDTE opportunities still exist
Partner with Customers whenever possible – Meet their needs, avoid “Valley of Death”
▼ NISE
Amount increased in FY18 from 1% to 2%
▼ Service Contracts Remains a key need for us (MACs, Single Awards contracts) for added capacity and
skill sets
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Thank you for your time today
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