James Knoll

Experience

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  US Navy

  May 1993 - Aug 2016

  Engineering Duty Officer
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  National Reconnaissance Office

  Aug 2004 - Feb 2007

  Ground System Acquisition Manager

  Managed acquisition and maintenance of the Command and Control Ground Systems for a Low Earth Orbit Satellite program. Maintained operational systems while incorporating changes to support future launches.

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  OPNAV N6

  Feb 2007 - Dec 2008

  Communication Requirements Officer

  Managed 1/3 of the Navy IT budget, establishing an investment roadmap and ensuring requirements and budgets aligned to the roadmap. Over 100 Communications Programs valued at $2.3B/year.

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  Joint Counter Radio Controlled IED Electronic Warfare Composite Squadron (JCCS) -1

  Jan 2009 - Nov 2009

  Regional Maintenance Officer

  Oversaw regional operations for installation and maintenance of counter IED systems successfully installing over 5,000 systems in less than 9 months.

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  Marine Corps Systems Command

  Jan 2010 - Aug 2010

  SPAWAR Liaison to Marine Corps System Command

  Ensured Navy and Marine Corps equities were balanced across multiple DoN Major IT Acquisition Programs

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  PEO EIS, PMW 205

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2012

  Deputy Program Manager for Operational Networks

  Directed day to day Acquisition and Engineering activities for the world’s largest IT Network (Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI)). $1.68B/year contract. 800k users. 400k seats.

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  SPAWAR

  Jan 2013 - Aug 2016

  Officer in Charge

  Managed a DoD profit-loss business unit performing Information Technology Engineering, Installation, and Maintenance services for DoD in the Asia-Pacific region. $120M in Gross Annual Sales. 450 employees. Over 350 ongoing projects. Executed worldwide projects with offices in Hawaii, Guam and Japan.

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  FGS, LLC

  Sept 2016 - Jan 2021

  VP / Director, Security & Engineering Services
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  SMX

  Jan 2021 - now

  Lead Program Manager