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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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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