Chairman of the Board: Executive Vice President: Terry McKearney, The Ranger Group President: Secretary: Alyx Schmidt, Epsilon Jason Minter, McLaughlin Research Corporation Immediate Past President: Treasurer: Doug Ray, COLSA Corporation Lisa Carman, T3W Officers NDIA LUNCHEON ANNOUNCEMENTS Wednesday 8 June 2016 TODAY’S SPEAKER Captain John J. Adametz, CEC, USN Commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Captain John Adametz assumed Command of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, and duties as Regional Engineer (N4), Navy Region Southwest, August 2015. Recent previous tours include Commander, Naval Construction Group TWO, Gulfport, Mississippi, Operations Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, VA, and Expeditionary Readiness Branch Head, Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Captain Adametz is qualified as a Seabee Combat Warfare Officer, Surface Warfare Officer, and Fleet Marine Force Officer. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a graduate of The Executive Program at the University of Virginia, a member of the Navy Acquisition Professional Community, Project Management Professional, Certified Facility Manager, Certified Energy Manager, member of the Society of American Military Engineers, and Naval Postgraduate School Executive Master of Business Administration candidate. His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and various unit awards. NDIA Small Business Committee Meeting 1:15 pm TODAY at Sheraton Mission Valley. The meeting is open to everyone. *Please provide updates or corrections to Jason Minter at [email protected]President’s Message Terry McKearney Executive Vice President NDIA San Diego I know it’s the time of graduations and summer vacations, but there is still plenty going on among the defense industries here in San Diego thanks to the leadership of our NDIA chapter. Today’s luncheon speaker is CAPT John J. Adametz, CEC, USN, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest. Look for his biography in this newsletter. July is shaping up to be a busy month as well. On July 12 th we will have our next SPAWAR SSC/NDIA Executive Forum. These provide attendees a great opportunity to hear from and meet SSC leadership in an informal and informative venue. July will also feature our next Stone Brewery “Business After Hours” event on July 13th. This event, which takes the place of our regular luncheon, will feature a presentation by the Naval Special Warfare Command. If you haven’t registered for our annual Gold Coast event, August 23-24 at the Convention Center, now’s the time to ensure you don’t miss out on what has become the premier small business event for Navy contractors. In addition to a stellar line up of government – Navy and SBA – speakers, this year’s Gold Coast will feature matchmaking, the Twice a Citizen Awards, exhibits and workshops. Gold Coast is the place to be for both large and small business leaders; don’t miss out! Finally, you’ll note that I am the “guest contributor” to this issue of our newsletter, standing in for President Alyx Schmidt. Alyx is on maternity leave awaiting the birth of her son. Our best wishes and heartiest congratulations to Alyx and her husband Ryan as their young family grows!
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Chairman of the Board: Executive Vice President: Terry McKearney, The Ranger Group President: Secretary: Alyx Schmidt, Epsilon Jason Minter, McLaughlin Research Corporation Immediate Past President: Treasurer: Doug Ray, COLSA Corporation Lisa Carman, T3W
Officers
Alyx Schmidt
NDIA LUNCHEON ANNOUNCEMENTS Wednesday 8 June 2016
TODAY’S SPEAKER
Captain John J. Adametz, CEC, USN
Commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest
Captain John Adametz assumed Command of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, and duties as Regional Engineer (N4), Navy Region Southwest, August 2015. Recent previous tours include Commander, Naval Construction Group TWO, Gulfport, Mississippi, Operations Officer, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, VA, and Expeditionary Readiness Branch Head, Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.
Captain Adametz is qualified as a Seabee Combat Warfare Officer, Surface
Warfare Officer, and Fleet Marine Force Officer. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a graduate of The
Executive Program at the University of Virginia, a member of the Navy Acquisition Professional Community, Project Management Professional,
Certified Facility Manager, Certified Energy Manager, member of the Society of American Military Engineers, and Naval Postgraduate School Executive
Master of Business Administration candidate. His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Joint Service
Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and various unit awards.
NDIA Small Business Committee Meeting 1:15 pm TODAY at Sheraton Mission Valley. The meeting is open to everyone.
*Please provide updates or corrections to Jason Minter at [email protected]
President’s Message
Terry McKearney Executive Vice President NDIA San Diego
I know it’s the time of graduations and summer vacations, but there is still plenty going on among the defense industries here in San Diego thanks to the leadership of our NDIA chapter. Today’s luncheon speaker is CAPT John J. Adametz, CEC, USN, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest. Look for his biography in this newsletter. July is shaping up to be a busy month as well. On July 12th we will have our next SPAWAR SSC/NDIA Executive Forum. These provide attendees a great opportunity to hear from and meet SSC leadership in an informal and informative venue. July will also feature our next Stone Brewery “Business After Hours” event on July 13th. This event, which takes the place of our regular luncheon, will feature a presentation by the Naval Special Warfare Command. If you haven’t registered for our annual Gold Coast event, August 23-24 at the Convention Center, now’s the time to ensure you don’t miss out on what has become the premier small business event for Navy contractors. In addition to a stellar line up of government – Navy and SBA – speakers, this year’s Gold Coast will feature matchmaking, the Twice a Citizen Awards, exhibits and workshops. Gold Coast is the place to be for both large and small business leaders; don’t miss out! Finally, you’ll note that I am the “guest contributor” to this issue of our newsletter, standing in for President Alyx Schmidt. Alyx is on maternity leave awaiting the birth of her son. Our best wishes and heartiest congratulations to Alyx and her husband Ryan as their young family grows!
NDIA Liaisons
Jeff Hailey, Kinetx Aerospace Lillian Maestas, Knowledge Made Solutions, Inc. Kurt Worden, NOVA Power Solutions Dave Aberizk, Integrated Consultants Inc. Jon Berg-Johnsen, Lockheed Martin Kim Sant, ESN, Inc. Steve Keller, Knowledge Made Solutions, Inc. Robin Reschke, Kratos Defense Ken Garber, PM tec, Inc. Jim Lasswell, INDUS Technology, Inc. Frank Muller, American Systems Corporation Jay Cavalieri, ESN, Inc. Eric Lester, Booz|Allen|Hamilton Joe Bulger, Boarhog LLC
Board of Directors
AFCEA, Jesse Hamilton NRSW, April Langwell DAU, Robert Lopez SSC-Pacific, Mary Gmitruk SPAWAR HQ, Gregory Geisen WID, Kelsey Kellas
Navy Gold Coast Conference 2106: Program Announcement – SeaPort-E Workshop finalized
• Ms. Cindy Shaver (SES, NAVSEA 02) will focus her program on "The future of SeaPort-e", to include: • Background on SeaPort-e - what it is, how the Navy got here and how the Navy intends to conduct business thru
the expiration of the MACs (this will also include our lessons learned for MAC holders competing for Task Orders under SeaPort-e);
• Discuss the Navy's approach to its analysis of strategies for procurement of services • Provide feedback from the RFI to both SeaPort-e MAC holders/team members and government users (that
RFI/govt. survey was released this week); • Solicit feedback and answer question on the way ahead
Speaker Announcement – Senior Leadership confirmed for this year’s event • General Craig McKinley, USAF (Ret), Vice President, National Defense Industrial Council • Emily Harman, Director, Department of the Navy, Office of Small Business Programs • Mr. Thomas Hicks, Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (DUSN) (M), DoN Innovation, Vision and Naval
Innovation Advisory Council Brig. General Frank Kelley (Ret), Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN), Unmanned Systems
• Elliot Branch, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Procurement) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition
NDIA San Diego Fall Defense and Industry Forum 25-26 October 2016 (Formerly Fall C4I Conference): Save the Date - Sheraton Mission Valley.
• Join Platinum Sponsor, Booz Allen Hamilton; Gold Sponsors, CACI and Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Silver Sponsor, Indus; and Small Business Sponsors, Middle Canyon, NOVA Power Solutions, MRC, Sonalysts and Tri Star in supporting PEO C4I, SPAWAR and SSC PACIFIC’s presentation of their FY17 program and budget plans.
• The agenda and speaker program is shaping up for another great event featuring updates from SPAWAR leadership, PEO C4I Program Managers, SSC Pacific Leadership and Portfolio Managers, and the Lasswell Fleet Support Awards Luncheon. Breakfast, Lunches, and Networking reception are included. Registration is open at www.ndia-sd.org with early bird pricing. This event has sold out the last 3 years, so reserve your seat soon.
• Sponsorship opportunities are selling quickly. Contact Kurt Worden, [email protected] or visit www.ndia-sd.org for links to Sponsorship.
NDIA-SD presents Sword Awards to ROTC Top Graduates: The Spring 2016 Commissioning Ceremonies for the San Diego Naval, Army, and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Units were held on 15 April, 13 May and 14 May respectively and five ROTC Top Graduate selectees from the Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Air Force were presented Sword Awards by the NDIA San Diego Chapter. CAPT Mark Johnson, USN, Commanding Officer, San Diego NROTC Unit, presented swords to the Navy and Marine Corps Top Graduate selectees during the commissioning ceremony held at Valley Field, University of San Diego Campus. Coronado City Councilman and NDIA San Diego Chairman Emeritus Michael Woiwode presented a sabre and swords to the Army and Air Force Top Graduate selectees during each of the commissioning ceremonies held aboard the USS Midway Museum. The Naval ROTC Top Graduates were Midshipman Stephanie Beaulieu and Staff Sergeant Derrick Von Lewis II. The Army ROTC Top Graduate was 2LT Mark August, and the Air Force Top Graduates were Cadet Edgar Villaruel, and Cadet Stephen Downs. Congratulations to all the awardees and over 60 newly commissioned officers!
STEM: NDIA will have the San Diego School Robotic Teams back again at Gold Coast on Wednesday August 24th - stop by and see the creative technology and talk to the students. NDIA is also sponsoring Junior Achievement tours at Gold Coast. Groups of five students will stop by several exhibitor booths to learn about our members products, services and industry. The student are ready to enter the workforce and will make great interns. If you would like the students to stop by your exhibit booth please contact Kimberly Sant at 703-677-6787 or [email protected]
Chapter Calendar by George Klein, Click Here www.ndia-sd.org and Scroll to the bottom and click the NDIA San Diego 2016 Calendar link.
