SHARON SMOOT
Executive Director, Logistics, Maintenance and Industrial Operations
Naval Sea Systems Command
Sharon Smoot began her career with the Department of the Navy in 1986. She was selected for her current position in April 2010. She entered the Senior Execu- tive Service (SES) in September 2006 as the assistant deputy commander, Industrial Operations, where she served until 2010. Other positions she has held include finance and industrial manager, Fleet Maintenance Directorate of Fleet Forces Command, 2005 to 2006; nuclear business and strategic planning officer, Norfolk Na- val Shipyard, 2001 to 2005; and electrical engineer, Control Engineering Division of the Nuclear Engineering and Planning De- partment, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 1986 to 2001. She holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering management from Old Dominion University and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech.
EILEEN ROBERSON
Director, Total Force Management, U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command
Eileen Roberson was selected as military sealift command director, total force man- agement, in January 2012. She joined the command as the direc- tor, Naval Fleet Auxil- iary Force and Special Mis- sion Ships in
March 2010. As senior adviser on policy, budgeting and strategic planning she man- aged a $2 billion budget and oversaw the operations of 67 ships. Prior she served as assistant for administration to the Under Secretary of the Navy, 2007 to 2010; as- sociate administrator at the Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 2003 to 2007; deputy program executive Office for Information Technology, 2001 to 2003; Department of Navy Acquisi- tion Reform Executive, 1998 to 2001; and deputy program manager, Aircraft Carrier Program, 1996 to 1998. Roberson was a U.S. Navy reserve officer for 23 years be- fore retiring as captain in 2006. She holds a master’s degree in management informa- tion systems from Bowie State University and a bachelor’s degree in engineering, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy .
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ARTHUR SCOTT JR.
Assistant Auditor General for Research, Development, Acquisition and Logistics Audits
Arthur Scott was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in November 2010. He has more than 23 years of federal service in the Department of the Navy and United States Postal Service. He has served in his current position in the Postal Naval Audit Service since 2010. Previous positions he has held include audit director for the Research, Development, Acquisition and Logis- tics, audit director for the Naval Audit Service, February 2004 to 2010; evalua- tor, United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, 2001; program executive auditor, for Program Executive Officer for Air Anti-submarine, Assault and Special Mission Programs Office and Naval Air Systems Command (NA- VAIR), 1996 to 2000. Scott served as a senior auditor in the Naval Audit Service between 1987 and 1996. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of South Carolina State Col- lege at Orangeburg, S.C.
RONDY WAYE
Director, Human Resources (HR) Policy and Programs
Office of Civilian Human Resources
Rondy Waye provides leadership in the development, implementation and assessment of civilian human resources policies on behalf of the Deputy Assis- tant Secretary of the Navy, Civilian Hu- man Resources (HR). He leads civilian and contractor personnel in developing HR policies and programs that support the Department of the Navy mission at the Department, Command and Activity levels, affecting a workforce of 200,000 civilian employees. Waye was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in No- vember 2011. Prior to his appointment, he was director of the Human Resource Service Center-East, Portsmouth, Va. He holds a master’s degree in public administration and a bachelor's in busi- ness administration from Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Ga.
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
JESSE MCCURDY Deputy Assistant Commander for Research and Engineering
Jesse McCurdy is Naval Air Systems Command’s civilian chief engineer, tech-
nical authority and spokesperson for re- search and engineering and fleet support. He manages a budget of over $2.1 billion and 10,000 people including, civilian, military and contractors located in eight geographic regions. In 1976, he began his career with the federal government at the Naval Air Systems Command as a guid- ance and control engineer for air to air missiles. Later, he joined the Joint Cruise Missiles Project Office (now the Toma- hawk Program) as a project engineer for electrical systems. Later, he was selected to head the Electrical Systems Branch and became engineering director within the Joint Cruise Missiles Project Office. In 1989, he selected into the Senior Ex- ecutive Service and was appointed an as- sociate director of the Weapons Systems Engineering Division. He later became a deputy director of the Systems Engineer- ing Department and director of the Test and Evaluation Engineering Department in January 2001. He held this position until November 2005, when he was selected to fill his current position. He earned a bachelor's in electrical engineer- ing at Howard University. He completed the Executive Development Program at George Washington University, and the Leadership 2000 Program at the Univer- sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Brooking Institute. He also completed the Navy Executive Business Course at the University of California, Berkeley.
RONALD SMILEY
Director, Electronic Warfare Combat Systems
Ronald Smiley graduated from How- ard University in 1970 with bachelor's degree in electrical engineer- ing. Six years later, he earned a master's in business administra- tion from Pepper dine
Univer-
sity. He also holds a master's degree in management (1985) and doctoral degree in management (1992) from Clarendon Graduate University. From April 1988 to July 1989, he served as director of the Weapons Program Office and director, Advanced Technology Analysis Center, Pacific Missile Test Center. By December
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