NPS vita for William D. (Will) Rodriguez

William D. (Will) Rodriguez: Director of Outreach, West Coast; and Deputy Director, Meyer Institute; Rear Admiral, USN, Retired
Mail Code: 01
Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering &
Department of Systems Engineering
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 619-556-3286
Email: wdrodrig (at) nps.edu

EDUCATION:: MS - Naval Postgraduate School, 1984
Systems Technology (Joint C3)
BA - The Citadel, 1977
Mathematics & Computer Science

NPS EXPERIENCE:

Director of Outreach, West Coast starting 01 October 2008
Guest Speaker (SGL-for Superintendent's Guest Lecturer) to the Engineering Duty Officers at NPS, 1999-2006
Conducted curriculum Reviews for the Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculums while serving as Curriculum Sponsor
Student, 1982-84

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Electronics Material Officer, Electronic Warfare Officer and Combat Information Center Officer and Surface Warfare Officer, USS Thomas C. Hart (FF 1092);
Operations Officer, ASW Officer and ASUW Officer, Tactical Destroyer Squadron 32 Staff;
Combat Systems Officer, FFG 7 New Construction Ship Superintendent/Test and Trials Manager, and CG 47 PSA Ship Superintendent, Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Long Beach, CA;
Electronics Material Officer & Combat Systems Maintenance Officer, USS Midway (CV 41), Yokosuka, Japan;
Test and Evaluation Manager and Systems Engineer for the MILSTAR Joint Terminal Program Office (SPAWAR 32M), Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWARSYSCOM);
Aircraft Carrier Service Life Extension Program Manager and Deputy Assistant Program Manager for In Service Carriers, Aircraft Carrier Program Office (PMS312), Naval Sea Systems Command;
Officer In Charge of the Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center, In-Service, East Coast Division, Norfolk Detachment (NISE East Det Norfolk, formerly NAVELEX Portsmouth), St. Juliens Creek Annex, Portsmouth, VA;
Group Director, Integrated Information Systems Engineering Group (SEA03J), Engineering Directorate (SEA03), Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC;
Program Manager for the Naval Electronic Combat Surveillance Systems and Maritime Cryptologic Systems, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (PMW 163);
Program Manager for the Navy Command and Control Systems, including the Global Command and Control Systems Maritime, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command/PEO C4I & Space (PMW 157);
Chief Engineer for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR 05);
Acting Commander for SPAWARSYSCOM;
Acting Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Services (PEO EIS)

TEACHING INTERESTS:

Command and Control Acquisition Issues
Knowledge-Based Systems

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Knowledge-Based Systems

AWARDS:

Flag Rank in March 2004
Legion of Merit with two Gold Stars
Meritorious Service Medal with three Gold Stars
Navy Commendation Medal with one Gold Star
Meritorious Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal

BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:

Director-At-Large, Defense and Space Consortium (San Diego DEFCOMM)
Director-At-Large, Science & Technology Working Group, San Diego Foundation
National President, Association of Naval Services Officers (ANSO)
Member, American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE)
Member, National Naval Officers Association (NNOA)
Member, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
Member, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
Member, Military Order Of World Wars (MOWW)
Member, Association of Eagle Scouts
Member, Citadel Alumni Association
Member, San Diego Military Advisory Council
Member, National Defense Industrial Association

KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:

Keywords: C4ISR Acquisition, C4ISR Systems, C4ISR Systems Engineering, Command and Control, Cryptologic Systems, Cyber Security, FORCEnet, Global Command and Control Systems, Knowledge-Based Systems, Multi-Level Security Systems