Robert Nowakowski Email & Phone Number

United States

Pensacola, Florida, Us

Assigned as Deputy Commander of Naval Education and Training Command (NETC). It is the Navy's largest shore command, responsible for recruitment, accession level training and force development ranging from recruiting to "boot camp" to initial technical training and individual leadership development. NETC encompasses over 250 school houses, 4,800 individual courses and a workforce of over 50,000 military, civilian and contractors who manage an average daily student capacity of 30,000.

San Pedro, California, Us

The Pacific Battleship Center was designated in January 2019 as the National Museum of the Surface Navy in a private public affiliation with the United States Navy.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Advisory Board Member for Defense, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee

San Diego, Ca, Us

Fleet Week San Diego was created by community and business leaders who understood the great depth of public support for our Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen. This group sought to provide a means for San Diego to express its support in a way that would establish San Diego as a patriotic, pro-military city. They shared a vision to recognize the contributions made by the sea services to the many communities of the greater San Diego region.In 1997, after extensive planning and team building, Fleet Week San Diego was born. Nurtured by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, the annual series of events grew quickly into a recognized feature of the region’s annual calendar. By 2001, Fleet Week San Diego had outgrown its home in the Chamber and was incorporated as The San Diego Fleet Week Foundation, a California Public Benefit Corporation and non-profit under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code.As a Public Benefit Corporation, the San Diego Fleet Week Foundation donates proceeds in excess of operating expenses from Fleet Week San Diego to charities that provide critical support to military families. At Fleet Week San Diego, it is our mission to honor and celebrate the men and women of the military through public events that entertain and alliances that support and thank these heroes.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Apr 2010 - Present: Senior Staff Engineer in the QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) Quality Systems department responsible for driving competitive excellence in the business unit, using quality as a key strategic differentiator. The majority of my responsibilities involve conducting process-based assessments and facilitating improvement initiatives in an effort to mitigate quality risk. I also lead large, cross-functional corrective and preventive action projects and lessons-learned sessions.Nov 2005 - Mar 2010: Project Manager/Engineer in the Program Management department responsible for managing QCT's Phase Gate and Product Development Process and all Program Management process improvement initiatives.Nov 2002 - Oct 2005: Project Manager/Engineer in the Quality Systems department responsible for managing QCT's Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and Lessons Learned processes. Responsible for facilitating and managing several business unit-wide process improvement initiatives. Mar 1998 - Oct 2002: Quality Engineer/Manager supporting the Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) Manufacturing Operations in the Qualcomm Wireless Business Systems (QWBS) business unit. Responsible for the overall quality of all outgoing CCA products shipped to customers (internal/external) to include New Product Introduction (NPI) efforts. Quality Engineer/Manager supporting the Process Development Engineering (PDE) department in QCT.

San Diego, Ca, Us

QUALCOMM Military Veterans (QVETS) is a worldwide community of Qualcomm employees who have served or are serving in any branch of the military, or are supportive of service members. QVETS members foster a seamless transition from military life to civilian careers and provide opportunities for continued professional growth, leadership, and community outreach while encouraging each other to carry the pride and confidence established in the military.

Assigned as Vice Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. FIFTH Fleet. Responsible for approximately 2.5 million square miles of area including the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, North Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea. The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s mission is to conduct maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts, and strengthen partner nations' maritime capabilities in order to promote security and stability in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

San Diego, California, Us

Assigned as Task Force Littoral Combat Ship (TF LCS) Lead under Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Task Force LCS works with experts from Naval Surface Forces, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Surface Division (N96), the Program Executive Office, Naval Sea Systems Command Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) LCS Strike Team, and the Regional Maintenance Center (RMC) to analyze, develop and rapidly implement improvements to the LCS platform reliability, sustainability, lethality and operational employment.

Millington, Tennessee, Us

Assigned as Deputy Commander, Navy Recruiting Command (NRC). Our mission is to recruit the highest quality candidates from America’s diverse talent pool to man the United States Navy for mission success and establish the foundation for Sailors to thrive in a life-changing experience. This year, we face an accession mission not seen in over a decade. This mission is more than just numbers; its purpose is to grow the people and the talent for the Navy the Nation needs. Our team is made up of 6,500 members between military, civilian and contractors. We have 17 Recruiting Districts, 10 Talent Acquisition Groups, and 5 Reserve Detachments, which serve about 1,315 recruiting stations across the United States and Europe.

Pensacola, Florida, Us

Assigned as Deputy Commander of Naval Education and Training Command (NETC). It is the Navy's largest shore command, responsible for recruitment, accession level training and force development ranging from recruiting to "boot camp" to initial technical training and individual leadership development. NETC encompasses over 250 school houses, 4,800 individual courses and a workforce of over 50,000 military, civilian and contractors who manage an average daily student capacity of 30,000.

Assigned as Acting Global Mine Warfare Commander (MIWC) The command’s mission is to increase the lethality and tactical proficiency of the Surface Force across the Mine Warfare (MIW) domain, and achieve that through four lines of operation; advanced tactical training, doctrine and tactical guidance development, operational support to Combatant and Fleet Commanders, and capability assessments, experimentation, and future requirements.

Assigned as Deputy Commander, Navy Region Southwest Reserve Component Command (NAVREG SW RCC), representing over 10,500 Sailors in 500+ units assigned to 19 Navy Operational Support Centers (NOSC) in eight states/territories (Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah).

Assigned as Commanding Officer to Navy Reserve Commander Naval Surface Force (CNSF), U.S. Pacific Fleet Type Commander Headquarters (NR CNSP TYCOM HQ) located in San Diego, CA. As Commanding Officer, responsible for leading 120+ maritime professionals to provide contributory support to facilitate afloat culture workshops and augment staff and waterfront assets. As Chief of Staff for the NR CNSF Enterprise, responsible for leading 78 units consisting of 3600+ maritime professionals to execute the vision and strategic goals of both Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command and Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. As Chief of Staff for the Surface Warfare Reserve Enterprise (SWRE) Executive Committee (EXCOM), responsible for leading a 130+ member team to provide maximum value in our national defense as it aligns to our Surface Force and Navy Reserve Strategies.

Assigned as Commanding Officer to Navy Reserve Commander Navy Region Southwest Regional Operations Center (NR CNRSW ROC) located in San Diego, CA. Unit of 55 maritime professional provide contributory support to CNRSW Office of Emergency Management. Specifically, we augment the manning of the ROC to "ASSIST," "ADVISE," and "FACILITATE" civilian and Department of Defense (DoD) representatives during natural and/or man-made disasters requiring emergency response. Additionally, we "OPERATE," "MANAGE," and "MAINTAIN" the Region Mobile Command Unit (MCU) ensuring operational deployment reliability from which centralized emergency response command and control disciplines are performed in the event of an emergency and/or disaster. Also, responsible for the man, train and equipment readiness for 345 master-at-arms professionals in 13 Navy Security Force (NSF) units providing force protection to 10 installations throughout 6 states in the region.

Assigned as Commanding Officer to Navy Reserve Commander U.S. Third Fleet Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander Detachment Phoenix (NR C3F JFMCC DET PHOENIX) located in Phoenix, AZ. Unit of 35 joint, maritime professionals are ready and fully integrated to support the Joint/Combined Task Force Commander's Maritime Component Commander, and augment Commander, U.S. Third Fleet elements' underway and expeditionary staffs ashore.

Assigned as Director of Training (CJ-7) Combined Joint Forces - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) responsible for supervising senior Officer/Enlisted members to manage and coordinate exercises, training, after action reporting, and lessons learned processes to advance mission readiness for over 1750 staff and assigned maneuver units members in support of the East Africa Campaign Plan (EACP) and Horn of Africa Campaign Plan (HOACP).

Assigned as Deputy Branch Chief Engagements Department (CJ-5) responsible for supervising senior Officer/Enlisted persons to manage over 120 Humanitarian Assistance (HA), Civil Affairs (CA) and Military-to-Military (Mil-2-Mil) Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) engagements in support of twenty (20) areas of operation/interest as Supported Commander to the Eastern African Campaign Plan (EACP) and Horn of Africa Campaign Plan (HOACP).

Norfolk, Va, Us

Assigned as Commanding Officer to Navy Reserve Littoral Combat Ship Seaframe Detachment 103 (NR LCS SF DET 103) located in San Diego, CA. Unit of 34 members reports to Commodore LCS Squadron One (LCSRON ONE) in San Diego, CA and is responsible for supporting / augmenting operational requirements of commissioned LCS Class ships and staff roles/responsibilities at LCSRON ONE. Ranked #1 of 66 units assigned to Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) San Diego, CA.

Norfolk, Va, Us

Assigned as Operations Officer Navy Reserve Military Sealift Command Central Command Headquarters (NR MSCCENT HQ) which provides support to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces with integrated air and sea logistics for personnel movement and Fleet replenishment of vital material.

Norfolk, Va, Us

Assigned to United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF) Navy Reserve Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS) Detachment Foxtrot unit (NR NCAGS DET F) in San Diego, CA as the Executive Officer. Leader and mentor as a key member of the USFF Maritime Information Training (MIT) team working closely with partners in the commercial maritime industry (CMI) to increase education and visibility of the NCAGS mission and improve global maritime security efforts.

Norfolk, Va, Us

Assigned to United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF) Navy Reserve Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS) Detachment Delta unit (NR NCAGS DET D) in Bremerton, WA as the Operations Officer. Leader and mentor responsible for driving the USFF Maritime Information Training (MIT) team's curriculum development efforts throughout the commercial maritime industry (CMI) in order to increase education and visibility of the NCAGS mission to all potential stakeholders.

Assigned as Training Officer, NR Military Sealift Command (MSC) Pacific, San Diego, CA. Instrumental towards the organization’s transformation to an Expeditionary Port Unit (EPU) model which allowed increased global support in the coordination of pier side operations of MSC controlled ships. In 2004, the unit was renamed NR MSC Expeditionary Port Unit, Detachment 114. LCDR Nowakowski was assigned as Executive Officer NR MSC EPU 114 in October 2004 and Chief Staff Officer in January 2007 (both CDR billets). During these assignments, successfully led the unit to its first ever participation as an EPU in exercises Cobra Gold/Fast Cobra (2005/2007), Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (2006/2007) and Ulchi Focus Lens (2006). Completed the Advanced Officer Leadership Course (AOLC) and numerous mission-oriented courses.

Norfolk, Va, Us

Assigned as Training Officer to NR Naval Coordination and Protection of Shipping (NCAPS), Pacific, Detachment C. As Training Officer, his efforts led to the unit’s first-ever test of the afloat Shipping Control Team concept in the Pacific, successfully integrating the USS Ingraham (FFG-61) and other Sea Combat Commander assets to protect shipping during JTFEX 01-2. After being promoted to Lieutenant Commander in mid-2002, he held both Training and Operations Officer positions in the unit. During RIMPAC 2002, he established a leadership role at Commander Combined Task Force (CCTF) by organizing and leading the NCAPS Coordination Center and various Shipping Control Teams to support CCTF RIMPAC and Commander, Multi-National Forces with the merchant shipping WHITE picture in the Hawaiian OPAREA. During his assignment, he completed courses in Expeditionary Warfare Staff Planning and Amphibious Operations.

Washington, Dc, Us

Auxiliaries/Electrical Officer, 1st Lieutenant and Assistant Operations Officer onboard USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) in San Diego, CA from June 1992 - March 1996. Participated in two (2) Persian Gulf tours of duty in support of military operations overseas. Course Manager and certified Master Training Specialist (MTS) at Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Training Center (Pacific) in San Diego, CA from April 1996 - March 1998. Instructed several battle group and task group ASW courses for both U.S. and foreign service members to ensure mission readiness in the fleet. Member of the command's Total Quality Leadership (TQL) committee to drive process improvement throughout the command.

Certificate, Advanced Jpme, Joint Professional Military Education (Phase Ii)

World Class Customer Service Course

Defense Community Counter-Intelligence Course (Dcci)

Maritime Security Intelligence Operations (Msio), Maritime Studies

Command Leadership Course (Clc), Naval Leadership And Ethics Center (Nlec), Newport, Ri, Military Science, Leadership And Operational Art

Certificate, Emergency Management

Defense Support Of Civil Authority (Dsca) Phase I/Ii, Coronado, Ca

Navy Senior Leadership Seminar (Nsls), Monterey, Ca

Executive Level Operational Level Of War Course (Eloc), Newport, Ri

Certificate, Joint Maritime Tactics

Certificate, National Security Studies

Stanford Certified Project Manager (Scpm)

Certificate, Jpme, Joint Professional Military Education (Phase I)

M.B.A., Operations

M.S., Design Engineering

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Naval Science, Mechanical Engineering

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