David W. Weddel is a native of Kearney, Nebraska with a Bachelors degree from the University of Washington and a Masters of Public Administration from the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota.

Commissioned via Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1972 he served afloat in USS Edward McDonnell (FF-1043), USS Sampson (DDG-lO), USS Semmes (DDG-18), USS McCloy (FF-1038) and USS Kauffman (FFG-59) as Executive Officer, and USS Gary (FFG-51) as Commanding Officer, and as Assistant Chief of Staff for C41 (N6) for Commander Seventh Fleet.

Ashore he served as NROTC instructor at the University of Minnesota, with Commander Task Force 24/84 as surface operations officer, OPNAV-094, and OPNAV N62. Mr. Weddel left active duty Naval Service in January of 2000.

Upon retirement he was employed by Anteon Corporation, Arlington, Virginia from 2000 through January of2003 supporting the Navy's MIDS and Link 16 projects, development ofthe Korean Tactical Data Link Improvement plan and IUSS end-to-end assessment.

In February of 2003 Mr. Weddel was selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) with an initial assignment as the Director, SPA WAR Washington Liaison Office (WLO) representing Commander, SPAW AR Systems Command in various venues within the National Capital Region to include interaction with NAVSEA, NAV AIR and NAVSUP, OSD, Navy and Joint Staff. Mr. Weddel was selected for and served as the Deputy OPNAV N71 in 2005.

Mr. Weddel was selected as Deputy DCNO for Communications and Networks (OPNAV N6B) in November of 2006. In this capacity he was the Senior SES and civilian advisor to VADM Edwards and VADM Harris (OPNAV N6) on all issues related to the development of Navy Program Objectives, Resourcing and Planning for all Communications and Network programs, as well as supporting his role as the Deputy Department of Navy Chief Information Officer (DDCIO).

In November 2009, OPNAV N6 merged with OPNAV N2 forming OPNAV N2/N6 Information Dominance. Mr. Weddel was appointed as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance. In this role he has been tasked to assist in leading the Navy into the Information Age. Working with Mr. Weddel are six Flag Officers, four SES's and the OPNAV N2/N6 staff who manage a portfolio of 140 programs of just under $12.4B dollars per year.