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About Me

Agency/Company/Association:

Defense

Title:

Senior EA, DoD Enterprise Architecture & Standards Directorate

Sector:

Public Sector

Presentations:

The Future of Architecture

About Me:

Mr. Walt OkonSenior Architecture EngineerEnterprise Architecture & Standards DirectorateChief Information OfficerOffice of Secretary of DefenseMr. Okon, at the Office of Secretary of Defense in the Enterprise Architecture & Standards Directorate, is a Senior Architecture Engineer who leads the DoD program on Standards and Technical Direction by leading the adoption of enterprise architecture and net-centric services engineering initiatives.  In addition, he is the DoD Lead Engineer for DoD Information Sharing.Colonel Okon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in US Air Force. He has a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in English from La Salle University in Philadelphia and a Master of Science in Telecommunications Management from the University of Southern Mississippi.  He completed the Air War College, the National Defense Security Management Seminar, the Air Command and Staff College, and the Squadron Officer's School. Colonel Okon's Air Force career assignments included Tactical Air Command; Division Chief in the Strategic Air Command; AUTOVON Manager for the Defense Communications Agency; IG Team Chief for the Air  Force Communications Command; Commander for Communications and Air Traffic Control in Spain.Mr. Okon was selected for civil service at the Defense Information Systems Agency and served as Quality Management Principal; WebMaster; Division Chief for Information Resource Division, Applications, and Chief Engineer of the Electronic Commerce Engineering and Chief of Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Systems Engineering.   He graduated from the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) and the Federal Executive Institute.  In June 2006, Mr. Okon was selected to joint the OSD Architecture & Interoperability team by the DoD Chief Architect.