Christopher Casey Email & Phone Number

Redondo Beach, California, United States

• Spearheading CIO strategic and operational activities to support the Space Systems sector, focusing on service delivery, infrastructure solutions, and project execution.
• Serving as the CIO ambassador to business leadership, advocating for and representing business unit and functional requirements within the CIO PMO.
• Leading the coordination of CIO initiatives, from testing and acceptance to user training and ongoing support, ensuring high customer satisfaction and service level achievements.
• Developing empowered relationships across functional sector groups to drive simplification and innovation, aligning with business objectives and needs.
• Identifying and addressing technical and service delivery challenges, enhancing system-wide efficiency and performance.
• Responsible for developing and managing CIO budgets, project plans, and initiatives, ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategic goals.

Redondo Beach, California, United States

• Led 6 teams across 5 locations, supporting 130 employees, 3 sectors, and 8 business divisions, specializing in Windows/Linux system administration, network engineering, and desktop support.
• Pioneered digital transformation initiatives, enabling enterprise-level IT model and supporting high-performance computing for advanced R&D projects.
• Established and maintained robust relationships with military bases through the SkillBridge program, significantly contributing to veteran hiring efforts.
• Demonstrated exceptional leadership in aligning IT operations with organizational goals, resulting in improved processes, enhanced service delivery, and increased customer satisfaction.

Los Angeles, CA

• Led 170 personnel at six sites, supported over 31,000 customers in eight states; promoted innovation, compliance, and recognition; resulted in a 99.99% systems availability for 75 intelligence programs
• Prioritized and managed a $2 million operations and maintenance budget enabling execution of 253 communication requirements in support of the intelligence community’s strategic vision
• Managed satellite communications operations at two overseas sites, administered security, logistics and maintenance personnel; enabled the on-orbit activation of five Department of Defense satellites
• Led organizational development, re-aligned six geographically separated units in less than two months, eliminated 12 redundant positions, standardized maintenance across four time zones; lowered trouble ticket.
• Created a culture of high performance and employee recognition resulting in the team winning the prestigious Air Force Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award, the Air Force Space Command General Grant Award, the Director.

Cape Canaveral, FL

• Managed 34 military and contractor workforce; directed support for over 1,000 users at 43 customer locations across five States; oversaw critical IT operations for 20 Department of Defense and five classified.
• National Reconnaissance Office contract transition lead for Southeastern United States, authored 121 technical instructions and evaluations leading to the successful handover for $900 million IT contract
• Developed workload, schedule, and training for a 28-person maintenance team; successfully implemented the installation of a state-of the-art mission critical launch communications network worth $11 million
• Managed security compliance and contract deliverables; developed preventative maintenance schedule in compliance with Department of Defense policies; awarded rare “best practice” rating during enterprise audits with.

Oklahoma City, OK

• Provided network communications to United States Central and European Commands in deployed locations; managed installation and operation of routers, switches, phones, and computer systems worth $21 million – Awarded.
• Managed Land Mobile Radio network encompassing the entire country of Bosnia and Herzegovina; installed four additional nodes - increased secure voice and data access by 35%
• Established command/control IT in support of Hurricane Katrina relief; enabled the rescue of 4,800 victims
• Completed one year deployment to Afghanistan; Managed satellite and tactical convoy communications - Awarded Air Force Combat Action Medal and Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year 2007

Anchorage, AK

• Technical lead for Alaska O&M contracts at 21 radar sites and three air fields
• Quality Assurance Evaluator; monitored contract performance; submitted award fee information, ensured fair and accurate dispersal of $3 million in award fees
• Lead radio systems expert for the largest O&M contract in the Air Force Pacific Theater of Operations; enabled $365 million contract to be awarded, aided the first Russian Bear intercept in 10 years
• Managed Air Force participation for the Alaska Land Mobile Radio System
• Engineered statewide radio frequency survey; paved way for homeland defense plan for ground to air communications for the entire state of Alaska
• Deployed to Vietnam in support of POW/MIA recovery efforts; managed helicopter landing zone communications and satellite operations, aided in the recovery and repatriation of American remains

Naples, Italy

Enid Air Force Base, OK

Lakenheath, UK

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Information Technology Management

Associate Of Applied Science, Electronic Systems Technology