Barry Wenink
Fayetteville,NC
Summary
Currently, a Senior Field Engineer with L3Harris Technologies – Communications Systems West and the Site Lead for the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Regional Ground Entry Point (RGEP)/Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Remote Split Operations (RSO) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. A United States Air Force trained C4I Program/Project Manager (Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) 3C3X1), Planning and Implementation Manager and a Cable & Antenna Systems Journeyman (AFSC 2E6X2/1D7X3) with 27 years of military experience. Holds and maintains an Active Secret security clearance with SCI and SI/G/TK/HCS caveats – SCI is based on Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI); last periodic review completed in July 2019. Also, Counterintelligence Polygraph, completed in May 2011 on record.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Specialist Field Engineer IV
L3Harris Technologies
11.2018 - Current
- Senior field service engineer responsible for operating and maintaining Fixed Autonomous SATCOM Terminals (FAST)/Open RSO Architecture (ORA) terminals; Quad-band Large Aperture Antenna (QLAA), Forward Wide Terminal (GMT), Satellite Earth Terminal Sub System (SETSS) supporting SOCOM and AFSOC activities. Other O&M functions include the Secure Video Receive Terminals (SRVT) (2x and 3.0), providing full-motion video (FMV) to ground forces and intelligence activities. Maintenance actions included, but were not limited to, operating system and application software upgrades, signal flow troubleshooting, network configuration, and infrastructure installation.
- Site lead responsible for the integration of the new FAST/ORA systems at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti; all three terminals cut-over without any downtime or loss of mission capability. Directed impromptu site support infrastructure changes that in turn benefitted the FAST/ORA install; changes provided three additional days to the install team’s already constrained schedule.
- Deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan from January to June 2021: Charged with terminal level real-time FMV supporting Special Operations Joint Task Force - Afghanistan (SOJTF-A) combat and reconnaissance missions from MQ-9 Reaper aircraft. Deployment task was originally to upgrade the sites four QLAA and RFT systems; however, due to the sudden withdrawal of American forces, all systems were deinstalled and retrograded within a week.
Senior Program Manager/Site Lead
Crystal Clear Technologies
05.2022 - 09.2024
- Program Manager responsible for the data network cable infrastructure, both inside and outside plant, for JSOC at Fort Liberty, NC, and its operating locations around the country. Duties included assisting the comm & information directorate (J6) with cable infrastructure long-range, strategic planning for new JSOC facilities and renovations, conducting engineering surveys, developing project timelines, engineering project packages, developing computer aided design (AutoCAD) drawings, building list of materials (LOM) for command engineering and installation (E&I) initiatives, briefing J6 leadership on infrastructure status, and developing work load and logistic support plans. Site Lead responsibilities included direct supervision of fifteen full-time employees: fourteen data cable technicians and one logistician.
- Responsible for ensuring completion of preventive maintenance inspections (PMI) of the existing cable plant systems, managing, and prioritizing daily work orders, updating the automated workflow platform, ensuring installation and maintenance records deliverables are accomplished, and coordinating test equipment calibration.
- Identified severe management shortfalls of the command’s cable plant and developed a plan to begin correcting decades of neglect. Oversaw the removal of over 50K feet of unused copper cabling which freed over 20k feet of useable duct space. Developed plant-in-place records in AutoCAD where none previously existed.
Senior Field Engineer IV
L-3 Communications
12.2014 - 11.2018
- Senior field engineer accomplished depot level maintenance of Secure Modem Link Assemblies (SLMA) and Predator Modem Assemblies (PMA) supporting AFSOC missions in Southwest Asia and regions in Africa. Ensured critical command and control links to MQ-9 and MQ-1B Predator aircraft were available when required. Performed link restoral troubleshooting when command and control capabilities of the aircraft were lost which included, but not limited to, long-haul communications connectivity to the distant relays, ground control station (GCS) equipment, COMSEC, and/or Microsoft & Linux OS software issues.
- Deployed to the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) Operations Center, Erbil, Iraq from July to December 2016: Operated and maintained Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) video feeds for Joint Tactical Air Control (JTAC) parties. This capability gave decision-makers real-time view of the battlefield from fighter, gunship, and Apache targeting pods, RPA feeds, and other AISR assets leading up to and during the Iraqi Army offensive to recapture the city of Mosul.
Principal Field Engineer
L-3 Communications
08.2010 - 12.2014
- O&M of Airborne Common Data Link (ACDL) on Army RC-12 Guardrail Common Sensor (GRCS) and EO-6C Air Reconnaissance-Low (ARL) aircraft supporting real-world NSA SIGINT activities in South Korea. Maintained aircraft trackers and the primary 6.4M Tri-Band Satellite Subsystem (TSS) backhaul for Field Station Korea, performed system administrator duties for NSAM, collected overhead imagery data to share and forward collections systems for Air Force Research Labs. Performed software upgrades of Line Replaceable Units (LRU) with basic use of Microsoft and Linux operating systems command line inputs.
- During a temporary assignment to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, successfully refurbished a TSS damaged from years of service in Iraq. Normally this activity required returning the terminal to the US. Completed in 3 weeks; a fifteen-month turn-around time and over $5M were saved by keeping the terminal in the unit on site. Received accolades from the task force commander and government contracting officer for the work performed from L3-CSW for my actions.
Lead Systems Engineering and Integration Inspector
HQ Air Combat Command
05.2005 - 12.2008
- Dual-hatted policy advisor to the AFISRA communications and information directorate and NSA for systems engineering and integration, logistics support agreements, and deployment management functional leads; instrumental in higher HQ policy and guidance development. Ensured AFISRA/ACC and NSA C4I planning functional areas complied with DoD, NSA, and Air Force instructions and guidance.
- Performed functional inspections of over one hundred C4ISR systems engineering and integrations activities with a total annual budget of $1.
Superintendent, Communications & Information Directorate
HQ Air Combat Command
12.2004 - 05.2005
- Senior enlisted in 30-person military and civilian directorate responsible for overseeing a budget exceeding $35M annually in communications and information systems engineering and integration efforts supporting US national interests world-wide.
- Supervised managed and tracked annual budget submission to the Air Force Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Consolidated Cryptologic Program (CCP), and General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP) funds and IT requirements.
C4I Systems Implementation Manager & Program Element Manager
HQ US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
06.2000 - 12.2004
- USAFE Comm & Info Directorate Engineering & Installation (E&I) Program Element Manager (PEM), responsible for annual POM submissions exceeding $300M to Air Staff supporting future command E&I initiatives. Lead program manager for all information technology initiatives supporting command-wide logistical support systems operations and maintenance.
- Performed duties as the USAFE Engineering & Installation Program Element Manager (PEM) solely responsible for ensuring command C4I requirements were submitted for inclusion in the Air Force POM to the Presidential Budget
- Directorate liaison to the Civil Engineering Directorate for all command military construction initiatives; matched $20M in communications line item to budget forecast ensuring premise wiring requirements were identified and installed during facility construction.
- Appointed by the director to author a command-wide premise wiring engineering guidance, standardizing infrastructure requirement submissions to the directorate and ensuring all new construction met industry standards.
Education
Associate of Applied Science (AAS) - Information Technology
Community College of the Air Force
Maxwell AFB, AL03.2010
Some College (No Degree) - Telecommunications and Networks
Arizona State University (ASU)
Phoenix, AZAssociate of Applied Science (AAS) - Metals Technology
Community College of the Air Force
Maxwell AFB, AL03.2010
Skills
- Project Management – 24 years
- Engineering Management – 24 years
- Systems Engineering & Integration – 24 years
- Configuration/Change Management – 24 years
- C4ISR Systems – 24 years
- Requirements Management – 24 years
- Logistics Support/Life Cycle Planning – 24 years
- Infrastructure – 24 years
- Outside/Inside Plant – 24 years
- Policy Development – 12 years
- Airborne Common Data Link– 15 years
- Wideband/SATCOM – 15 years
- COMSEC – 15 years
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) – 10 years
- Microsoft & Linux OS – 5 years
- Full Motion Video Processing – 7years
Certification
- Comp TIA Security+, 2021
- Climb Certified to Perform Aerial Work on Self-Supported and Guyed Antenna Structures, 2010
- Certified Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI), ITS Installer Level 3 (Copper & Fiber), 2004
- Engineering & Installation Division (EID) Standards and Installation Practices Training (SIPT), 1994
- Program Management Institute (PMI), Program Management Professional (PMP), expired
Military Experience
- Retired from Active Duty after 27 years of Service on 1 Dec 2010
- US Air Force AFSC 2E673, Cable and Antenna Maintenance Craftsman (2008-2010)
- US Air Force AFSC 3C3X1, C4I Planning and Implementation Manager (1988-2008)
- US Air Force AFSC 2A750, Aircraft Metals Technology Journeyman (1985-1988)
- US Army MOS 11C, Indirect-Fire infantry man (1983-1985)
Security Clearance
Active Top Secret/SCI with SI/G/TK/HCS caveats – SCI eligibility based on Single Scope Background Investigation – Periodic Reinvestigation (SSBI-PR); last PR completed May 2019; Counterintelligence Polygraph completed in 2011
Timeline
Senior Program Manager/Site Lead
Crystal Clear Technologies
05.2022 - 09.2024
Senior Specialist Field Engineer IV
L3Harris Technologies
11.2018 - Current
Senior Field Engineer IV
L-3 Communications
12.2014 - 11.2018
Principal Field Engineer
L-3 Communications
08.2010 - 12.2014
Lead Systems Engineering and Integration Inspector
HQ Air Combat Command
05.2005 - 12.2008
Superintendent, Communications & Information Directorate
HQ Air Combat Command
12.2004 - 05.2005
C4I Systems Implementation Manager & Program Element Manager
HQ US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
06.2000 - 12.2004
Associate of Applied Science (AAS) - Metals Technology
Community College of the Air Force
Associate of Applied Science (AAS) - Information Technology
Community College of the Air Force
Some College (No Degree) - Telecommunications and Networks
Arizona State University (ASU)
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