Heather Grace

An optimistic game changer within DoD for over twenty years - combined joint service, consisting of active duty Army, Contract Support (USAF, USN, SOCOM), and DoD Civilian Service (Agency, Joint Staff). Range of expertise to include intelligence support to current operations crisis management, joint and multinational partner engagement policy, cooperative security, and demonstrated technical proficiency in capability definition, acquisition, governance, and joint program management JCIDS, data / knowledge management, Production Management, Enterprise, Strategy, User engagement.Pivoting and shifting..I am vigilant in the ongoing pursuit of advanced capability delivery. Focused on reform and next generation Command and Control - stitching operations and technology at the seams. Currently assigned as a member of the Joint All Domain C2 - CFT Branch within JCS J6. Commited to collaborative partnerships across government, military, industry, and academia that permits disruption as a course of action whereby innovation permeates next level advantage and competition. Spinning seamonkeys into containers and learning new ways of cleansing and managing data within available platforms aligned to information and data centric strategies. Life learner - owning my limits - Not afraid to ask the right folks for assistance. Expanding network of professionals, diversified portfolio and reach back (support network), that span the spectrum of mission ops, business, tech, emerging tech, security, and people management. Pathfinder - finding the "yes" in "cannot"- My near-term goals within DoD include the pursuit of smart decision-making, relevant capability delivery, and mission success enabled by automation and ML. Collaboration and Modernization! Agile Practioner, Enterprise ITSM - full lifecycle gap - definition - acq/proc [via progressive acquisition reformation], DevOps, ITIL, PMBOK, Team Building, Research - Fact Finding Mogul. Innovation lab fan girl. Model based engineering / SDN newb.