Chris Wright: Task Area 4 and 5: Commercial SATCOM and International Partner Support

CITIZENSHIP/CLEARANCE LEVEL: U.S. CITIZEN, TS, SCI ELIGIBLE

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS (EC A1, A2, A3, PWS 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 2.1.1, 2.1.2)

Specific Personnel Requirements A1. All contractor personnel identified to provide SATCOM support on this contract shall possess and/or demonstrate recent (within the last 3-5 years) and/or relevant experience, knowledge, and training in the specific supported SATCOM area/band (e.g., Wideband SATCOM, Narrowband SATCOM, Protected SATCOM, Commercial SATCOM, EMI).

The contractor shall provide approximately 6 FTEs with a minimum of 12 years’ experience supporting SATCOM area/band operations at the Combatant Commands, subordinate joint commands, and service commands. The contractor shall provide approximately 6 FTEs for expansion with a minimum of 12 years’ experience supporting SATCOM operations at the Combatant Commands, subordinate joint commands, and service commands. (PWS 2.1.1)● Mr. Wright has over 12 years’ experience supporting Commercial SATCOM in the following positions: 1st

SPACE BRIGADE, USASMDC and USARSTRATCOM. He also has both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree.● His experience includes operations, anomaly resolution, recovery, reconfiguration, maintenance, terminal

installation and upgrade, and International Partner (IP) SATCOM analysis and oversight.o 2013-2014: Earth Terminal Complex Arifjan Kuwaito 2010-2013: Communications Operations and Defense Satellite Operations, Schriever AFBo 2006-2010: Communication SATCOM/Space Operations, CONUS and OCONUSo 1998-2006: Transmissions Systems Operator, CONUS and OCONUS (Korea, Iraq, Germany)

● SATCOM systems experience include Inmarsat, iridium, Commercial C and Ku Band, Military X Band SATCOM terminals, RHN and DoD Gateways, DSCS, WGS, Wideband, Ku, C, X and Ka bands.

A2. All contractor personnel identified to provide SATCOM support on this contract shall have training in SATCOM to demonstrate proficiency in SATCOM principles, technical analysis, and problem solving. (PWS 2.1.2)● 18+ Career Army Communications Warrant Officer with extensive military training in communications to

include, Army Cyberspace Operations Planners Course (ASI-N9) and the Space Fundamentals Course (ASI-3Y). Demonstrated proficiency in technical analysis and problem solving; delivered timely operations and technical analysis, delivering operational impacts, and recommendations to Space Missile Defense Command G6 for the IT support and oversight of over $2.5 billion of commercial satellite communications to supplement DoD satellite capabilities at 5 separate Wideband Satellite Operations Centers utilizing (DSCS and WGS).

● MA, Political Science, Canterbury University, 2012● Signal Warrant Officer Advanced Course, 2006● BA, History/Canterbury University, 2006A3 Security: Each contractor personnel shall possess the following at the time of task order award:A3.1 Individuals performing work on this task order must be United States citizens. (PWS 2.3) A3.2 Contractor personnel shall possess a Top Secret security clearance at time of task order award, and must be eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information. (TS/SCI) (PWS 2.3.1).● Mr. Wright is a U.S. Citizen, holds a Top Secret security clearance and is eligible for Sensitive Compartmented

Information (SCI) TS, SCI Eligible1.5.4.1 Technical Analysis: Provide technical analysis to support contingency and non- contingency DOD-leased Commercial SATCOM operations and planning, management, and control activities. Provide support for planning and managing requirements for users and payload requirements, encompassing legacy to future systems and requirements. Provide support for the development of new operational management, planning, and control systems tools. Support trend analysis activities and operational deficiency assessments in support of Commercial SATCOM operations and management. Review all Commercial SATCOM priorities and provide a weekly priority monitoring list to military monitoring and geographic location resources in order to protect highest priority SATCOM networks. Provide EMI support to mitigate, resolve, and recover from Commercial SATCOM interference, and support EMI resolution and coordination activities. (CDRL A003)

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● Facilitated the procurement and operation of Commercial off-the-shelf deployable communications suites enhancing command and control (C2) capabilities to utilize SATCOM resources (Inmarsat, iridium, Commercial C and Ku Band, and Military X Band SATCOM terminals)

● Monitors and assesses leased SATCOM and commercial resources available to meet DoD mission requirements.

● Maintains situational awareness of outages and assists users in identifying commercial SATCOM resources available to mitigate loss of bandwidth

● Works closely with EMI manager to identify interference affecting DoD-leased SATCOM and coordinates commercial resources to assist in EMI resolution.

● Provides recommendations to update plans and policies to account for future changes in network implementation which are aligned to current operational decisions; addresses shortfalls in available MILSATCOM systems that require augmentation by commercial SATCOM Systems.

1.5.4.2 Constellation Monitoring: Support Commercial SATCOM constellation health and welfare monitoring activities. Provide support to mitigate, resolve, and recover from satellite anomalies. Provide technical input in support of constellation reconfiguration activities. Provide support to maintain contingency plans to optimize the Commercial SATCOM constellation.● Monitored constellation of Commercial SATCOM resources for health and welfare including the 97 Satellite

links on a 24/7 watch. This encompassed numerous federal agencies and international partners from (2013-2014).

● Directed and managed support to mitigate, resolve, and recover from satellite anomalies. Provide technical input in support of constellation reconfiguration activities for DSCS/WGS. Supported and managed a 20-person deployable team for trend analysis activities and operational deficiency assessments in support of Wideband SATCOM operations and management.

● Supervised the deployment and integration of the organizations entire communications infrastructure consisting of 3,200 users various classified networks.

1.5.4.3 Documentation Analysis and Review: Provide support for the revision of plans, policies, and documentation to account for future changes in Commercial SATCOM and commercial satellite payload requirements in support of operational decisions. Provide support for periodic review of instructions for current applicability and accuracy as changes occur to the space segment, control segment, and terminal segment. (CDRL A003)● Reviewed USSTRATCOM MILSATCOM current and future requirements. Worked with Joint Staff and

DISA to identify optimum implementation of requirements on available and future system resources.● Authored and coordinated USSTRATCOM contingency plans for devolution of Milstar and UHF resources to

non-Milstar EHF and UHF constellations.● Provided USSTRATCOM operational SATCOM support. This included support for requirements input into

future MILSATCOM system development to include EHF Polar and MUOS.1.5.4.4 CCMD and Other SATCOM Users Support: Provide support for coordination activities with CCMDs and other SATCOM users to assess availability of Commercial SATCOM requirements to support current and future operations, OPLANs, CONPLANs, and optimization of SATCOM resources for priority missions. (CDRL A003)● Facilitated the procurement, deployment and operation of Commercial off-the-shelf deployable communica-

tions suites enhancing command and control (C2) capabilities to utilize SATCOM resources (Inmarsat, iridium, Commercial C and Ku Band, and Military X Band SATCOM terminals).

● Monitors leased SATCOM and commercial resources available to meet DoD mission requirements● Maintains situational awareness of outages and assists users in identifying commercial SATCOM resources

available to mitigate loss of bandwidth● Coordinates with EMI manager to identify interference affecting DoD-leased SATCOM and coordinates

commercial resources to assist in EMI resolution● Provides recommendations to update plans and policies to account for future changes in network

implementation which are aligned to current operational decisions; addresses shortfalls in available MILSATCOM systems that require augmentation by commercial SATCOM Systems.

● USARSTRATCOM/USASMDC (OPERATIONS OFFICER, Peterson AFB, CO, 06/2010- 06/2013): ● Officer in Charge supported Commercial and Military Site Communications for 53rd Signal Battalion in direct

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support of USNORTHCOM and USSTRATCOM/USASMDC (2010-2013).● Directed and supervised the operations team responsible for IT support of 9 Defense Satellite Communications

Systems and 3 Wideband Global Satellite spacecraft worth $2.5billon dollars. ● Established IT support for 6 geographically-dispersed satellite control companies, four CONUS and two

OCONUS. Effectively worked with multiple military and civilian organizations/agencies

● 160TH SIGNAL BRIGADE (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, Arifjan, Kuwait 06/2013-06/2014):● Earth Terminal Complex Supervisor managing 94 personal and 29 contractors in support of USCENTCOM

theater combat operations Jun 2013-June 2014 utilizing Wideband, Ku, C, X and Ka band operations.● Approving authority ACAS/JIST systems which allowed command users and International Partners to submit

Satellite Acquisition Requests (SAR), Gateway Access Requests (GAR) and Authorized Service Requests (ASR) to access Commercial, Strategic and Tactical satellite links.

● Managed the troubleshooting, monitoring and integration of over 97 Satellite links 24/7 encompassing numerous federal agencies and international partners from (2013-2014).

● Supported and managed a 20-person deployable team for trend analysis activities and operational deficiency assessments in support of Wideband SATCOM operations and management.

1.5.4.5 Documentation Processing: Provide support to produce orders that provide oversight and direction to the Commercial SATCOM COI. Provide support to post, edit, and maintain appropriate content on the JFCC SPACE SATCOM website in support of the Commercial SATCOM mission. Provide Commercial SATCOM subject matter expertise and document TTPs. (CDRL A003)● Mr. Wright’s career has involved producing SATCOM documentation for leaders, commanders and general

audience for subject areas including oversight and direction to the IP SATCOM COI. For example, he produced documentation providing direction to the IP SATCOM COI subordinate organizations when working with the CENTNCOM RHN and DOD Gateways ensuring accuracy and timeliness of Satellite Access Requests (SAR) and Gateway Access Requests (GAR). He produced documentation outlining oversight of the IP SATCOM COI in the Middle East Theater while coordinating the setup of the US Army’s Regional Hub Node providing Commercial Ku band and Military Ka Band operational SATCOM support for Joint forces.

1.5.5.1 Technical Analysis: Provide technical analysis to support International Partner agreements, contingency and non-contingency operations, and planning, management, and control activities. Provide support for planning and managing requirements for users and payloads, encompassing legacy to future systems and requirements. Support trend analysis activities and operational deficiency assessments in support of operations and management. Provide EMI support to mitigate, resolve, and recover from IP SATCOM interference, and support EMI resolution and coordination activities. Maintain situational awareness and provide subject matter expertise for all International Partner SATCOM agreements and IP resources available to support US missions in the event of a crisis or contingency.Mr. Wright has over 4 years’ experience providing Technical Analysis supporting International Partner Agreements, contingency and non-contingency operations, and planning, management, and control activities in the following:● Coordinated the installation, EMI analysis, and interference resolution of the US Army’s Regional Hub Node

providing Commercial Ku band and Military Ka Band operational SATCOM support for Joint forces deployed in the Middle East Theater.

● Managed the troubleshooting, monitoring and integration of over 97 Satellite links 24/7 encompassing numerous federal agencies and international partners.

1.5.5.2 Resource Monitoring: Provide support to monitor Memorandums of Understanding, Memorandums of Agreement, and Communications Agreements with IPs and foreign nations to ensure proper resource allocation and support are provided. Provide support to track and report IP usage of US resources and US usage of IP resources. Provide support for constellation health and welfare monitoring activities. Provide support to mitigate, resolve, and recover from satellite anomalies. Provide technical input in support of constellation reconfiguration activities. Provide support to maintain contingency plans to optimize the US DOD SATCOM constellations in support of IP SATCOM requirements and agreements.● Developed and managed the SOP and Memorandum of Agreements for all five (5) step side RHN’s to

streamline how all Earth Terminals conduct business with the command users and International Partners, including UK, France, Germany, Poland and Romania. Monitored constellation health and anomaly analysis and recovery.

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1.5.5.3 Documentation Analysis and Review: Provide support for the revision of plans, policies, and documentation to account for future changes in IP SATCOM requirements in support of operational decisions. Provide support for periodic review of instructions for current applicability and accuracy as changes occur to the space segment, control segment, and terminal segment as applicable to IP SATCOM requirements. (CDRL A003)● As, Earth Terminal Complex Supervisor, Mr. Wright provided support for the plans, revisions and policy

documentation to account for future changes in IP SATCOM requirements. Specifically provided review of instructions, accuracy and speed of over 97 Satellite links 24/7 encompassing numerous federal agencies and international partners.

● 94 personal and 29 contractors in support of USCENTCOM theater combat operations Jun 2013-June 2014 utilizing Wideband, Ku, C, X and Ka band operations.

● Managed the troubleshooting, monitoring and integration and created the SOP/MOA for all 5 step side RHN’s to streamline how all Earth Terminals conduct business with the command users and International Partners, including UK, France, Germany, Poland and Romania

1.5.5.4 IP Users Support: Provide support for coordination activities with IP users to assess availability of SATCOM requirements to support current and future operations and optimization of SATCOM resources for priority missions.160TH SIGNAL BRIGADE (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, Arifjan, Kuwait 06/2013-06/2014):● As the approving authority on ACAS/JIST systems Mr. Wright utilized the requests by International Partners

for Satellite Acquisition Requests (SAR), Gateway Access Requests (GAR) and Authorized Service Requests (ASR) to assess the availability of SATCOM requirements and resources to support current and future operations for high priority missions.

● Managed the availability of over 97 Satellite links 24/7 encompassing numerous federal agencies and international partners to ensure availability for priority missions.

1.5.5.5 Documentation Processing: Provide support to produce documentation that provides oversight and direction to the IP SATCOM COI. Provide support to post, edit, and maintain appropriate content on the JFCC SPACE classified and unclassified SATCOM websites and/or portals in support of the IP SATCOM agreements. Provide IP SATCOM subject matter expertise and document TTPs. (CDRL A003)Mr. Wright’s career has involved producing SATCOM documentation for leaders, commanders and general audience for subject areas including oversight and direction to the IP SATCOM COI:160TH SIGNAL BRIGADE (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, Arifjan, Kuwait 06/2013-06/2014):● Approving authority on ACAS/JIST systems which allowed command users and International Partners to

submit Satellite Acquisition Requests (SAR), Gateway Access Requests (GAR) and Authorized Service Requests (ASR) to access Commercial, Strategic and Tactical satellite links.

● Managed the troubleshooting, monitoring and integration of over 97 Satellite links 24/7 encompassing numerous federal agencies and international partners

● Supported and managed a 20-person deployable team for trend analysis activities and operational deficiency assessments in support of SATCOM operations and management.

● Produced SATCOM documentation for leaders, commanders and general audience for subject areas including oversight and direction to the IP SATCOM COI. For example, he produced documentation providing direction to the IP SATCOM COI subordinate organizations when working with the CENTNCOM RHN and DOD Gateways.

CHRONOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE

United States Army: North Carolina, Iraq, Colorado Springs, KuwaitSATCOM/Space Operations (9/2006 to Present) – Available 48 hours’ notice• Directed and managed support to mitigate, resolve, and recover from satellite anomalies. Provide technical

input in support of constellation reconfiguration activities for DSCS/WGS.• Supported and managed a 20-person deployable team for trend analysis activities and operational defi-

ciency assessments in support of Wideband SATCOM operations and management.• Supervised the Engineering, Installation, deployment and integration of the organizations entire communi-

cations infrastructure consisting of 3,200 users various classified networks. • Developed and implemented organizations policies and procedures for information assurance (IA), Com-

puter Network Operations (CNO) and Computer Network Defense (CND) operations.

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• Managed the only forward deployed Earth Terminal Complex responsible for 47 bases, camps and area support groups providing (C5) for 11 countries in support of daily combat operations.

• Deputy Director responsible for all communications and operations support for military and civilian orga-nizations; maintained relationship between executive management and operations

• Directed and supervised the operations team responsible for IT support of 9 Defense Satellite Communica-tions Systems and 3 Wideband Global Satellite spacecraft worth $2.5billon dollars.

• Established IT support for 6 geographically-dispersed satellite control companies, four CONUS and two OCONUS. Effectively worked with multiple military and civilian organizations/agencies

• Go-to communications officer for strategic and tactical planning; network and planning lead • Managed diverse worldwide network; fiber, SATCOM and RF data link integration; CISCO LAN.

United States Army: Missouri, Georgia, Korea, Iraq, Germany, TexasMultichannel Transmissions Systems Operator Maintainer, Small Group Leader (05/1998 to 08/2006)• Led/Supervised 17 personnel performing all communications and IT operations and support operations for

over 10,000 customers on a successful one-year combat rotation (2003-2004)• Lead planner for communications (telephones, computers and networks) infrastructure to support 285-per-

son organization. • Selected to serve as the supervisor for the mobile training team in Germany. Graduated over 300 future

leaders while saving the organization $30,000 in travel expenses.• Installed, operated and maintained a robust Multiple Subscriber Equipment communications network in

support of Operations Iraqi Freedom One. Supported 12,000 customers.EDUCATION• MA, Political Science, Canterbury University, 2012• Signal Warrant Officer Advanced Course, 2006• BA, History/Canterbury University, 2006TECHNICAL SKILLS/TRAINING• Army Cyber Operations Planner Course and certification• Space Operations course and certification

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