This page contains a Flash digital edition of a book.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)


Robert W. Milford Deputy Chief Information Security Officer


NJVC, LLC


Kevin L. Jackson Director, Cloud Computing Services


Jackson has extensive public and


private IT experience, and last Febru- ary joined NJVC. It provides IT sup- port for the National Geospatial-Intelli- gence Agency (NGA), and IT solutions for the Department of Defense. His responsibilities include being


an NGA mission watch officer. An ac- knowledged expert on cloud comput- ing, his team focuses on the unique se- curity requirements of the intelligence and defense communities. They want to fortify this data repository, which is often connected to entities with older data center architecture. Known as “GovCloud” on Twitter, Jackson is a specialist on information technol- ogy solutions for government operations, author of the popular blog “Cloud Musings” and editor of Government Cloud Computing on Ulitzer. In the private sector, he was vice president at Dataline, LLC, and a senior executive at IBM and JPMorgan Chase. Jackson retired from the U.S. Navy, where he served as a aircraft carrier pilot specializ- ing in Airborne Logistics and Airborne Command and Control. He also worked with the U.S. Naval Space Technology Program and the National Reconnaissance Office.


When the 27-year military veteran, who retired as a colonel, joined the NGA in 2005, he brought it a wealth of experi- ence. His job is to protect the agency’s corporate networks and systems, and to assure the delivery of “trusted GEO- INT—geospatial intelligence” to United States combat support mission customers and partners globally.


Prior to his current position, he retired from the Joint Staff, Pentagon. He had served as the chief of Com- mand Systems Operations Division and the CIO for the Operations Directorate. His division was the office of primary responsibility for the Global Command and Control System and for all informa- tion technology support matters pertain- ing to the Directorate. He led the Joint Chief community in the development of performance requirements for the joint command and control capability within the Net-Centric Enterprise Services, which supports information sharing by connecting people and systems. Milford says his “proudest profes- sional achievement is that of having served my country in the military for so long, and that I’m now able to continue to serve her as a civilian member of the Department of Defense and intelligence community.”


76 USBE&IT I WINTER 2010 Northrop Grumman


Mike Lefebvre Cyber Security Strategist


Mike Lefebvre’s interest in comput- ing was inspired by his father. At only five years old, he learned DOS commands and overall computing abilities; at age 10, he taught himself HTML and developed web- pages as a hobby. While in high school, he participated in a four-year computer science curriculum, which involved programming in C++, networking, data structures and operating systems. This lead to a computer science certificate upon graduation. When Mike’s dad suddenly passed


away, his passion for computers diminished and he instead earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Virginia. However, after graduation, he decided to pursue his interest in computing once again and began a master’s program in computer science at Georgetown University.


Mike began his career with Northrop


Grumman in January, 2010 as a cyber security strategist working in Cyber Security and Systems Integration, where he develops internal cyber strategy, supports IRADs (inde- pendent research and development) business plans and more. He is also a curriculum developer and adjunct instructor for Northrop Grumman’s Cyber Academy, launched earlier this year with the aim to increase the level of both foundational and specialized knowledge in cyber security and cyber warfare.


www.blackengineer.com


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92