April Luncheon – Speaker Ward Walker CTO, CIO, Directorate of Communications

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April Speaker: Ward Walker, Chief Technology Officer, Directorate of Communications, and Chief Information Officer. 

Ward Walker is the Chief Technology Officer, Directorate of Communications and Chief Information Officer, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois.  Prior to that, he served 24 years as a Cyber Officer for the U.S. Air Force.  During his military career, he served in a wide array of assignments that included maintenance of a theater air control system squadron, command of the squadron providing DoD High Frequency Global Communications Services, Mystic Star HF/UHF re-entry and Senior Leader Command and Control Communications System-Aircraft airborne broadband networking, served as a Presidential Communications Officer to Presidents Clinton and Bush, and has thrice led the Policy, Plans, and Resources Division of HQ AMC.

EDUCATION:

1987       Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering,
Washington University, St Louis, MO

1988       Basic Communications Officer/Maintenance Officer Course,
Keesler AFB, MS

1991       Distinguished Grad, AF Communications Command Sys School Network Course (Dash 2), WP AFB, OH

1992       Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL

1994       Masters of Science in Engineering Management, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

1997       Advanced Communications Officer Training Course, Keesler AFB MS

2000       Masters of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL

2005       Air War College Non-Residence Program, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL

2008       DAWIA IT Level 3, SPRDE Level 1, and PM Level 1, Defense Acquisition University, Ft Belvoir, VA

2023       AQ Engineering & Technical Management Practitioner Certification

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

1995 ACC Communications-Computer Systems Professionalism Award

1995 General Services Agency Interagency Committee on Information Resources Management Technical Excellence

2009 International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) [aka DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Management Level 3 Certification]