Robert Gardner Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia

Provide support to DHS components on the analysis of complex operational systems.

Washington, D.C.

2017 to 2019 - Supported the development and analysis of requirements for DHS' Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office, which was created by merging DNDO with DHS' Office of Health Affairs (OHA).2007 to 2017 - Supported DHS' Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's (DNDO's) efforts to develop a Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA).2004 to 2007 - Supported the development of an operational architecture for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) for DOD's Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO).

-- Commanding Officer of Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity, Detachment 708, located in Mayport, FL.-- Executive Officer of Submarine Squadron 10, Detachment 208, located at the Trident Submarine Base in Kings Bay, GA-- Submarine Advisory Team Leader: Provided ASW Training for deploying Carrier Battle Groups-- Trident Duty Officer for Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic located in Norfolk, VA-- Training Officer for the Military Sealift Command Headquarters, Southwest Asia, Detachment 108

Crystal City, Va

Worked on a team that developed an operational architecture for the Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO) at the Pentagon. Switched from SAIC to Schafer Corporation as the result of a recompete of the JIAMDO support contract in the Fall of 2004.Managed a team of Systems Engineers supporting the Biological Combat Assessment System (BCAS) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) program for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).

Alexandria, Va

Worked on a team developing an Enterprise Architecture for the Naval Sea Systems Command, and as the Project Manager for a team providing IV&V Services to the CIO at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Chantilly, Va

1999-2000 Worked on a tiger team that developed an architecture to improve the interoperability of combat systems on submarines, surface ships and naval aircraft deploying with Carrier Battle Groups.1994-1999 Project Manager overseeing 12 senior engineers providing expert systems engineering services to the Technical Director for Submarine Combat Systems at the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, DC on programmatic and technical issues related to the acquisition, interoperability and life cycle support of tactical submarine combat systems.1984-1994 Systems Engineering Manager for ASC's Training and Simulation Division. Led a team that developed requirements for and assisted in the design, integration and testing of the hardware and software components for several complex combat system simulators which were used to train Navy submarine crews.

Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, Long Island, Ny

Shift Technical Advisor GE Station Nuclear Engineering Course

Nuclear-Trained Submariner

Baton Rouge, La

Supported an experimental physicist and his staff of faculty researchers and graduate students who built a state of the art superconducting Gravitational Radiation Detector (GRD) using an 11,000 pound cylinder of niobium-coated aluminum contained inside a 10 foot diameter cryogenic dewar. The aluminum cylinder was cooled down using liquid nitrogen and liquid helium until the niobium became superconducting, and then electromagnetically levitated above a cradle of niobium coils to mechanically isolate it from external noise sources. This detector operated successfully for 30 years along with two other identical detectors that were built at Stanford and in Rome, Italy. See photos of the GRD experiment here: https://rgardner.backpackit.com/pub/1116628

Bs, Physics

Certifications, Chief Information Officer And Information Assurance

Mba, Management And Finance