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Mr. Kevin C. Cooley, SES
Executive Director & Command Information Officer,
Fleet Cyber Command / 10th Fleet

Mr. Cooley serves as the Executive Director & Command Information Officer (ED/CIO) for U.S. Fleet Cyber Command. My Cooley assumed these duties in September, 2010. In this capacity, Mr. Cooley reports directly to the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/10th Fleet Commander and he serves as the senior civilian and senior information management and information technology official for the Command.

From September, 2009 through August 2010, Mr. Cooley served as the Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer (ADCMO) for the Department of the Navy. In this capacity as the ADCMO, Mr. Cooley supported the Department of the Navy Deputy Chief Management Officer in his execution of business operations and transformation oversight responsibilities.

From December 2006 through August 2009, Mr. Cooley served as the Director, Information Technology Governance & Information Management (OPNAV N61). The Information Technology & Information Resource Management Directorate supported the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communication Networks (N6) and the Deputy Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (Navy). In this capacity, Mr. Cooley had overall information technology architecture and governance responsibility for the Navy’s information technology infrastructure. Additionally, Mr. Cooley exercised oversight of information technology programming, budgeting and fiscal execution.

through November 2006 in the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in a variety of senior executive leadership positions, including Chief Information Officer. In this capacity, Mr. Cooley exercised oversight over all information technology employed at NOAA. Notably, during his first four years with NOAA, Mr. Cooley served as the Chief Information Officer and Director of Central Operations for the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). In this capacity, Mr Cooley exercised overall management and oversight for NCEP information technology; including mission critical weather model guidance delivery enabled by high performance computing environments, wide area networks, and forecaster application development. Mr. Cooley entered Government service as a member of the Senior Executive Service in March, 2002.