Chris Howard

  

Biography:

Security Clearance: Top Secret Clearance

Military Experience: 9.4 years

Work Experience:

I have dedicated the past 26 years into the develoment and refinement of technical skills balanced with the art of leadership and management. My experience spans from the lowest componet level of circuit cards to the overseeing multimillon dollar programs and projects. I have strenghts in identifying stakeholders, communicating with customers, peers, subordinates to cordinate projects, securing resourses and delivery results. Additionally, I have served as a program manager advising organizational leadership at multiple levels on the status of projects, personnel and compliance with directives and policies. In numerous cases established the baseline for policy, procedures and developed written guidance in accordance with U.S. codes. My career objectives are simply to find a new challenges, grow my strengths, develop strong teams and make a positive impact in an organization.


Military Service:

  • Rank: Command Chief Master Sergeant

    Branch/Position: Air Force

    Period: December 2021 - May 2022

    Occupation: 3D193 - RF Transmission Systems Superintendent

    Security Clearance: Top Secret Clearance

    Duties Description:
    Supervises and inspects the duties performed by subordinate personnel; determines requirements, assigns duties, and coordinates activities of subordinate units; establishes policies and procedures for facilities/unit/station management; briefs commander and staff on maintenance posture of units organization; directs and monitors unit training; anticipates and requests additional equipment and personnel to meet mission demands; provides liaison between staff elements, operations, and maintenance personnel.

    Training courses:

    • U.S. Air Force First Sergeant
  • Rank: Chief Master Sergeant

    Branch/Position: Air Force

    Period: June 2019 - December 2021

    Occupation: 1B491 - Cyberspace Superintendent -

    Security Clearance: Top Secret Clearance

    Duties Description:
    Performs duties to develop, sustain, and enhance network capabilities to defend national interests from attack and to create effects in cyberspace to achieve national objectives. They will enable net-centric command and control (C2) systems to synchronize cross-domain attack operations and de-conflict friendly use of cyberspace. Conduct network attack, network defense, and network exploitation using on-net tools, techniques and procedures to achieve COCOM and national requirements. They will partner with Joint and coalition services to defend net-centric operations. They will detect, deny, disrupt, deceive, and mitigate adversarial access to sovereign national networks and systems. The duties performed by Cyberspace Defense Operations include: operating network and computer-based detection and deception systems; performing technical analysis of networks and systems in support of national level agencies to determine effective defensive maneuvers in case of attack.
  • Rank: Chief Master Sergeant

    Branch/Position: Air Force

    Period: December 2018 - May 2019

    Occupation: 1B491 - Cyberspace Superintendent -

    Security Clearance: Top Secret Clearance

    Duties Description:
    Performs duties to develop, sustain, and enhance network capabilities to defend national interests from attack and to create effects in cyberspace to achieve national objectives. They will enable net-centric command and control (C2) systems to synchronize cross-domain attack operations and de-conflict friendly use of cyberspace. Conduct network attack, network defense, and network exploitation using on-net tools, techniques and procedures to achieve COCOM and national requirements. They will partner with Joint and coalition services to defend net-centric operations. They will detect, deny, disrupt, deceive, and mitigate adversarial access to sovereign national networks and systems. The duties performed by Cyberspace Defense Operations include: operating network and computer-based detection and deception systems; performing technical analysis of networks and systems in support of national level agencies to determine effective defensive maneuvers in case of attack.

    Training courses:

    • U.S. Air Force First Sergeant
  • Rank: Senior Master Sergeant

    Branch/Position: Air Force

    Period: January 2013 - December 2018

    Occupation: 3D193 - RF Transmission Systems Superintendent

    Security Clearance: Top Secret Clearance

    Duties Description:
    Deploys, sustains, troubleshoots and repairs standard radio frequency wireless, line-of-sight, beyond line-of-sight, wideband, and ground-based satellite and encryption transmission devices in a fixed and deployed environment. Included are multiple waveform systems operating across the spectrum, keying and signal devices; telemetry, and instrumentation systems. Establishes and maintains circuits, configures and manages system and network connectivity.

    Training courses:

    • U.S. Air Force First Sergeant

Education:

  • Western Governors University

    Bachelor's Degree – Business Administration, Human Resources

    Period: December 2020 - October 2021

  • Community College of the Air Force

    Associate's Degree – Human Resources

    Period: August 2007 - December 2010

  • Community College of the Air Force

    Associate's Degree – Electronic Systems Technology

    Period: June 2005 - August 2007

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