LCDR Ken Romo

LCDR Ken Romo

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  • FN Aug 91
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  • LT Sep 01
  • LCDR Aug 06
Commissioning Source:  ROTC, Aug 1997

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Bio 

Over 15 years of experience in project management in the cyber security and engineering fields at all levels of leadership. Over 14 years managing personnel, building, and leading teams. Project manager for two $3 million nuclear maintenance projects, a $1 million submarine waterspace planning system, a $1 million TLAM mid-air retargeting system, and four navy-wide policy updates.

Military Experiences

Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
Deputy Department Head
Deputy Director for Facilities. 30 personnel and a $1 million budget. Manages all IT, VTC, Telephony and building facilities requirements for 1,000 personnel, 2,000 IT assets, and a 225k sqft complex. Primary advisor to the commander for future requirements and budgets. Uses Lean 6 Sigma tools to analyze and improve business processes. Key stakeholder to the NAVIDFOR standup in determining how many billets can be brought into the command, available assets and seating locations. Wrote a scripted tool to track seating, telephone and computer assets. Directs planning, design, and implementation of network physical, security and policy changes
Jan 2011 - Jan 2014
Division Head
IP/IT Manpower and Personnel Branch Head. 5 personnel. Managed the billets and manning of all cyber personnel in the Navy. Developed life cycle cost analysis to forecast manning levels and budget requirements needed to maintain baseline levels. Project manager for the complete revision of the cyber qualification directives and requirements.
Jan 2011 - Jan 2014
COMNAVCYBERFOR
Program Manager
As Navy-wide Cyber Security Workforce Program Manager (collateral duty) led 4 personnel with a $2 million budget. Created plans and policy for the certification and training of over 16,000 personnel in the Navy’s cyber fields. Tracked credentialing statistics for the Navy to project certification and training budgets for following years. Project manager for the analysis of ship and shore installation DoD 8570 compliance and implemented measures to improve which resulted in a 36% improvement in the first year. Key stakeholder in the development of the Information Assurance Awareness training program. Procured and managed two government contracted programs totaling $1million. Provided expertise in information systems security principles and methods to verify compliance with regulations.
Jul 2008 - Jan 2011
COMSUBLANT
Deputy Department Head
Senior Watch Officer. Lead a team of 16 personnel that tracked all submarine operations in the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica. Created the first set of formal routine and casualty operating procedures for the GIS. Project manager for the submarine waterspace planning improvement resulting in a reduction of processing time from 5 days to 2 days and 32% fewer reworks for errors. Project manager for the GIS upgrade (GCCS 4.0), directed its installation and oversaw the system checkout, acceptance and accreditation. Analyzed over 20 instances of waterspace processing errors, identified root causes, created plan of action and milestones to correct (POAM), and improved training and qualification processes to minimize recurrence of the events.

Deployments

(1 year, 2 months)
Mar 2008 - Jun 2008
SOUTHCOM
Battle Watch Captain, Deputy Submarine Operations Officer
Oct 2006 - Jul 2007
Persian/Arabian Gulf
Battle Watch Captain, Deputy Submarine Operations Officer

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

Aug 2004 - Feb 2005

Sep 1998 - Apr 1999

Feb 1998 - Aug 1998

Sep 1997 - Feb 1998

Foreign Language Skills

1990

Spanish (3/4)

Additional Specialization(s)
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher
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