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SSC Pacific’s Josh CaplanReceives “Rising Star” AwardYoung computer specialiststands out among his peersSPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic Commanding OfficerCapt. Bruce Urbon speaks to the assembledcrowd at the MRAP ceremony. Urbon was also thecommanding officer of SSC Charleston before itsdisestablishment.to help warfighters be successful onthe battlefield. SSC Atlantic overseesthe integration and installation workafter the vehicles are accepted from themanufacturers.The MRAP team also performs interoperabilitytesting and hands the vehiclesover to USTRANSCOM, which orchestratestransportation of the vehicles fromSouth Carolina to the Middle East.The MRAP integration program wentfrom inception to full rate productionin a little over a year. What started outas just a few vehicle deliveries frommanufacturers to SSC Atlantic’s integrationfacility grew to more than 1,200 insubsequent months.Initially integrating about five vehiclesa day, the team ramped up to full rateproduction of 50 vehicles per day byearly December 2007.Since then the team has sustainedthat rate, and completed as many as 69MRAPs in a single day.By early May this year, they had integratedmore than 7,000 MRAP vehicles.The 10,000th MRAP was integrated at thefacility Aug. 1, 2008.For more information, visit http://enterprise.spawar.navy.mil.Josh Caplan, an employee in the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific’sinformation technology engineering branch is a recipient of Government ComputerNews 2008 Rising Star Award.The award recognizes young people in the government information technologycommunity who have made a difference in their fields within the past 18 months. Theaward’s goal is to highlight individuals with potential to contribute to the governmentfor years to come, making them true rising stars.Caplan is a Navy civilian computer scientist with strong technical skills in the fields ofinformation assurance and IT. He was hired in August 2007 through SSC Pacific’s NewProfessional program, a two-year career development program designed to providecontinuing leadership and technical training to new employees, while offering an advancedpromotion opportunity.Although he has only been at SSC Pacific for one year, Caplan has already completedall required training and fulfilled all elements of the program. He is currently projectmanager for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program focused on technologytransition.Caplan assumed multiple leadership roles and participated in center-wide initiatives,which have made him stand out among his peers. He was elected to the NewProfessional steering committee, the primary liaison between new professionals andsenior management, after only two months on the job. He has been actively involvedin center-wide process improvement endeavors, and is a member of a Lean Six Sigmateam focused on improving SSC Pacific’s hiring process.Caplan is also engaged in community outreach efforts designed to inform the publicabout work conducted by SSC Pacific, and he participates in recruiting efforts.Caplan has positively contributed to the federal IT community by attending crosssectorcollaborative events to develop new business with government and industrypartners. He helped organize the inaugural Defense Systems IA Seminar in San Diego,and he supports the American Council for Technology's Industry Advisory Council,which seeks to develop public-private cooperation in IT endeavors with the goal ofimproving the government’s ability to serve the nation.Caplan also serves as the SSC Pacific agency official for the Federal Cyber Service:Scholarship for Service program which is designed to increase and strengthen thecadre of federal IA professionals that protect the government’s critical information infrastructure.Caplan was a SFS recipient himself.“I am honored to have been selected for this award, and I am excited to representSSC Pacific,” Caplan said.24 CHIPS www.chips.navy.mil Dedicated to Sharing Information - Technology - Experience
SPAWAR Systems Center New OrleansJoins SSC AtlanticSPAWAR celebrates merger of the systems centersBy Maria L. TollesonThe realignment of the Space and Naval Warfare SystemsCenter New Orleans involves more than just a namechange. It means increased economic development,high-tech jobs, and a more stable future for the Navy’s informationtechnology hub on the south shore of New Orleans’ LakePonchartrain.SSC New Orleans, the anchor tenant at the University ofNew Orleans Research and Technology Park, merged with SSCCharleston and SSC Norfolk to become SPAWAR Systems CenterAtlantic.In a ceremony held at the facility Sept. 29, the outgoing commandingofficer Capt. Mark Krause disestablished the New Orleansorganization before an audience of employees, media andinvited guests.Krause addressed the New Orleans workforce during his portionof the SSC Atlantic commissioning ceremony video teleconference.He spoke about the opportunities that the merger withSSC Charleston and Norfolk will have for the New Orleans-basedorganization and about the skills and talents that the workforcebrings to the table. Krause will serve as the SSC Atlantic Chief ofStaff until his retirement in the spring of 2009.The commanding officer of SSC Atlantic, Capt. Bruce Urbon,will reside at the headquarters based in Charleston, S.C. The NewOrleans office will be led by Jackie Goff, the SSC Atlantic deputytechnical director serving as the liaison between the New Orleansoffice and the SSC Atlantic headquarters.With the merger, the New Orleans office will collaborate withSSC Atlantic to work on technology-based projects for the U.S.Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, Department of HomelandSecurity and the Department of Veterans Affairs.With the continued success of SSC Atlantic guaranteed, thenumber of jobs is expected to increase in the New Orleans office,currently at 435 employees.The New Orleans staff will collaborate with personnel fromNorfolk and Charleston on the VA’s high profile Chapter 33 projectto accommodate increased educational benefits under thenewly signed GI Bill.The VA work performed in New Orleans “will be a great improvementto our veterans’ education benefits and medicalservices. We are joining forces with our local universities and industrypartners to identify the talent levels we will need to supportour high-tech expansion,” said Lt. Chris Galliano, the NewOrleans director of corporate operations.The main pillar of New Orleans' success is in the cutting edgeshared services virtual computer hosting environment whichhas seen major growth since its post-Katrina rebuild.The New Orleans office is also a government lead in data integrationand service oriented architecture and boasts the largestquality of life customer support center help desk in the Navyserving more than 538,000 active and Reserve members on payand personnel issues, and other quality of life programs.The Navy Band plays at the SSC Atlantic commissioning ceremony in NewOrleans.Capt. Mark Krause addresses the New Orleans workforce during his portion ofthe SSC Atlantic commissioning ceremony. Krause will serve as the SSC AtlanticChief of Staff until his retirement in the spring of 2009.Ms. Jackie Goff, deputy technical director for SSC Atlantic, and SPAWAR ViceCommander Rear Adm. Charles "Grunt" Smith share a laugh at the New Orleansreception to celebrate the stand up of SSC Atlantic Sept. 29, 2008.CHIPS October – December 2008 25
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