Mr. John Garing
Chief Information Officer
Director for Strategic Planning and Information
John J. Garing is DISA’s Chief Information Officer and Director for Strategic Planning and Information. He is responsible for supporting the DISA Director in decision making, strategy development and communicating that strategy both internally and externally. Mr. Garing ensures that DISA’s program execution is aligned with Department of Defense (DOD) strategy in planning, engineering, acquiring, fielding and supporting global-net-centric solutions, operating the Global Information Grid, information assurance and management of DISA information technology resources. As a support service unit, SPI supports DISA missions with cost-effective information tools and capabilities, and provides leadership and support in a wide range of Agency and DOD information management initiatives.
Prior to assuming this position, he was the Director of the Computing Systems Directorate, and was responsible for information processing and information technology services provided by DISA's Defense Enterprise Computing Centers (DECC) and DECC detachments, which provide combat support processing for the Department of Defense in a global, interoperable, and assured environment. He also served as Chief, Combat Support, Deputy Director Operations, and was responsible for developing and managing the business aspects of the information processing and information technology services provided by the DECCs and DECC detachments. He was also responsible for electronic commerce operations and for the Joint Staff Support Center, and has introduced innovative business practices to segregate and improve cost management, invoicing, and customer relations, and established a business management center to develop new business and improve customer management.
He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and a master's degree from Pacific Lutheran University. He is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Army’s Command and General Staff College.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force in 1965, and his career encompassed tactical, base level, and strategic communications planning, operations, and maintenance. He commanded two communications squadrons, served for four years with the White House Communications Agency, served in the International Military Staff of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and served as both a division chief and director at Headquarters Air Force. Colonel Garing retired from the Air Force in 1989.
The following eight years, he spent in business supporting both government and commercial clients. He was responsible for programs providing systems integration, telecommunications, software development and re-engineering, network implementation, imaging, records management, and integrated logistics support. He progressed rapidly in executive and technical responsibility for multi-million dollar programs, and held the position of vice president for three different companies.
| February 2010 |
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Admiral John C. Harvey, Jr
Commander, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command Briefing |
| January 2010 |
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Rear Admiral Wendi B. Carpenter
Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command, Norfolk |
| December 2009 |
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William Sympson
ACOS N6 C4ISR Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Briefing |
| November 2009 |
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CAPT Christopher Alexander
United States Coast Guard Chief of C4IT and Security for the US Coast Guard Commander, Atlantic Area Briefing |
| October 2009 |
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Robert Whitkop
Executive Director, Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN), Dept of the Navy |
| September 2009 |
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Captain David Beyrodt
Assistant Chief of Staff, Undersea Warfare Division Operational Test and Evaluation Force |
| August 2009 |
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Dana Dickens
President and CEO Hampton Roads Partnership |
| July 2009 |
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Dennis M. Bushnell
Chief Scientist NASA Langley Research Center |
| June 2009 |
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Rear Admiral Margaret Klein
Operations Officer Naval Network Warfare Command |
| May 2009 |
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General Martin E. Dempsey
Commanding General United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Fort Monroe, VA |
| April 2009 |
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Mr. Terry Halvorsen Deputy Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command |
| March 2009 |
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Mr. Eric Markland Deputy DirectorNext Generation Enterprise Network Fleet Implementation and Transition Team Briefing |
| February 2009 |
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Captain Patrick J. Bohan Program Manager for the Virtual Integrated Support to the Information Operations eNvironment (VisIOn) Briefing |
| January 2009 |
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Mr. John Garing Chief Information Officer, DISA Briefing |
| December 2008 |
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Ms. Monica Shephard Deputy Director, JCD&E Briefing |
| November 2008 |
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Rear Admiral (USN Ret) Andrew M. Singer Briefing |
| October 2008 |
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Mr. Francis A. “Skip” Hiser, III Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Global Force Management & Joint Operations U.S. Fleet Forces Command Briefing |
| September 2008 |
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Brig. Gen. Richard A. Shook Vice Director, Joint Capability Development, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, VA Briefing |
| August 2008 |
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Mr. Rob Carey Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer & DON IM and IT Workforce Community Leader Briefing |
| July 2008 |
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Mr. Dave Wennergren Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management and Technology |
| June 2008 |
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Admiral James G Stavridis, USN Commander U.S. Southern Command |
| May 2008 |
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Congressman Randy Forbes |
| April 2008 |
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Mr. Greg Knapp (SES) JFCOM Deputy J7 |
| March 2008 |
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Vice Admiral (retired) James (Jim) D. McArthur, Jr. Former Commander Naval Network Warfare Command Vice President of the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation |
| February 2008 |
| Mr. Joseph Murphy Deputy Chief of Staff Capabilities and Resource Integration (N8) U.S. Fleet Forces Command |
| January 2008 |
| Rear Admiral David O. Anderson Vice Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command |
| December 2007 |
| CAPT Frank Morneau Commander, EOD Group Two |
| November 2007 |
| Mr. Mark Honecker Chief of Staff/Executive Director U.S. Fleet Forces Command |
| October 2007 |
| Captain Robert Nutting, USCG Chief, C4IT and Security Division Coast Guard Atlantic Area |
| September 2007 |
| RADM Edward H. Deets, III Vice Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command |
| August 2007 |
| Mr. William M. Paggi Head, Contracts and Logistics Department SPAWAR Systems Center, Charleston |
| July 2007 |
| Dr. Russel Richards U.S. Joint Forces Command Manager, Office of Research & Technology Applications Opportunities for Partnering with USJFCOM |
| June 2007 |
| May 2007 |
| Captain Lawrence Slade USN Director, Communications & Information Systems U. S. Second Fleet |
| April 2007 |
| Mr. Terry Halvorson Deputy Commander Network Warfare Command |
| March 2007 |
| Mr. Don General Executive Director/ Chief Information Officer Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) |
| February 2007 |
| CAPT Janice Hamby, USN Director of Global Operations Navy Network Warfare Command |
| January 2007 |
| Dr. Charles E. Harris Director of the Research and Technology Directorate at NASA Langley Research Center. |
| December 2006 |
| Captain Mary Anderson USN Commanding Officer Naval Computer and Telecommunications Master Station, Atlantic |
| November 2006 |
| Mr. Joe Camacho U.S. Joint Forces Command Program Manager for |
| October 2006 |
| Monica Shephard Director, Innovations Division U.S. Joint Forces Command |
| September 2006 |
| Mike McGinnis, Ph.D. Executive Director Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center |
| August 2006 |
| LTG John A. Dubia, USA (Ret.) Executive Vice President, AFCEA International |
| July 2006 |
| Mr. Robert E. Lindberg President and Executive Director National Institute of Aerospace |
| April 2006 |
| Rear Admiral Clifford I. Pearson Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Maintenance and Logistics Command, Atlantic |
| March 2006 |
| Mark Honneker Deputy Commander Naval Network Warfare Command |
| February 2006 |
| Randy Forbes Congressman Virginia 4th District |
| December 2005 |
| Mr. Dave Wennergren DON CIO |
| November 2005 |
| Colonel Bradford Gentry Commander DISA USJFCOM Field Office |
| October 2005 |
| Mr. Tony Cerri U.S. Joint Forces Command (J-9) Experimentation Engineering Lead |
| September 2005 |
| Ray Miller Virginia Regional Vice President for AFCEA. |
| August 2005 |
| COL Terrry T. Kono, USAF, Joint Futures Command |
| July 2005 |
| Mark Lumer, Director of Contracting, Army Space and Missile Defense Command - Pentagon |
| June 2005 |
| Roy D. Bridges, Jr., Center Director, NASA Langley Research Center |
| May 2005 |
| Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff Deputy Commander U.S. Fleet Forces Command |