Mr. Dave Wennergren
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Information Management and Technology
& DoD Deputy Chief Information Officer
Mr. David M. Wennergren serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management and Technology / Deputy Chief Information Officer, providing top-level advocacy in creating a unified information management and technology vision for the Department and ensuring the delivery of the capabilities required to achieve the Department’s transformation to net centric operations. In addition to his duties as Deputy CIO, Mr. Wennergren is the Vice Chair of the U.S. Government’s Federal CIO Council. He also serves as the Chair of the Department of Defense Identity Protection and Management Senior Coordinating Group, which provides senior oversight and coordination of biometric, smart card, and PKI initiatives across the Department of Defense.
Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Wennergren served for four years as the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO), where he was responsible for the development and use of information management / information technology (IM/IT) and creation of a unified IM/IT vision for the Navy – Marine Corps team. During that time he was also the Department of the Navy’s Critical Infrastructure Assurance Officer. Prior to becoming the DON CIO, he served for four years as the DON Deputy CIO for Enterprise Integration and Security. Prior to that assignment, he was the Head, Plans and Policy Branch within the Shore Installation Management Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), where he was responsible for shore installation strategic planning and policies, as well as the Navy's shore restructuring efforts, regionalization, installation claimant consolidation, privatization, interservice support and interagency partnering efforts. Mr. Wennergren served as the Economic Support Team Leader on the Department of the Navy's Base Structure Analysis Team (BSAT) during the Navy's Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process for BRAC-93 and BRAC-95, responsible for developing and defending all DON return on investment, economic impact and community infrastructure impact analyses. Other past assignments included Commercial Activities Program planning and review in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), participating in the Navy’s BRAC-91 process, and working as a management analyst at both the Naval Industrial Resources Support Activity and the Naval Air Technical Services Facility in Philadelphia.
Mr. Wennergren received his B.A. in Communications/Public Relations from Mansfield State University. He was a recipient of a Secretary of the Navy Civilian Fellowship in Financial Management, culminating in a master’s degree in Public Sector Financial Management from the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs. He has received the Department of the Navy Distinguished, Superior and Meritorious Civilian Service Awards, the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award. Other honors include being selected as the Government Computer News 2005 Defense Executive of the Year, as well as receiving the 2006 John J. Franke Jr. Award from the American Council for Technology, the Federal Computer Week 2006 Eagle Award, three Federal Computer Week Fed 100 Awards and the Computerworld Premiere 100 Award. He is also honored to have worked in two organizations that were awarded the Department of the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation.
| 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 |