Brig Gen David Warner

Director for Command and Control Programs

Brigadier General David Warner is the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Director for C2 Programs.  His portfolio includes the Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC) pre-Major Automated Information System (MAIS) effort, the Global Command and Control System-Joint (GCCS-J) and its associated Common Operating Environment (COE), the Global Combat Support System Combatant Collaborative Force Analysis, Sustainment, and Transportation (CFAST).  Brigadier General Warner is at the forefront of the Department’s efforts to collaboratively develop and deliver net-centric capabilities for our joint and coalition forces in a rapid, distributed, and cost-effective manner.

Brigadier General Warner entered the Air Force as a distinguished graduate from the Air Force ROTC program at Southwest Texas State University.  He has pursued a wide-ranging career including:  interoperability test director for the E-3A; Air Force representative to the Joint and Allied Data Link Standards Configuration Control Boards; education and training duty at Squadron Officer School; executive officer to the assistant chief of staff, Operations and Logistics, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe; Chief Information Assurance Division at the Air Staff;  Director of Communications and Information, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for U.S. Joint Forces Command, and has commanded at squadron and group levels.

EDUCATION:
1980    Bachelor of business administration, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
1983    Master of business administration, Central State University, Edmond, OK
1986    Squadron Officer School, in residence, distinguished graduate, Maxwell AFB, AL
1991    Armed Forces Staff College, Joint Professional Military Education Phase II, Norfolk, VA
1992    Air Command and Staff College, in residence, distinguished graduate, Maxwell AFB, AL
1997    Army War College, in residence 2000, Carlisle, PA   
2003    Senior Executive Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
 
ASSIGNMENTS:
June 1980 - June 1984, Software Training Manager, Program Manager, Chief, Data Link Interoperability Testing, 552d Airborne Warning & Control Wing, Tinker AFB, OK
June 1984 - June 1987, Data Links Standards Analyst, Tactical Air Forces Interoperability Group, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, VA
June 1987 - June 1991, Instructor, Chief Leadership Curriculum; Executive Officer to Commandant, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL
August 1991 - August 1992, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL
August 1992 - August 1995, Executive Officer, Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations and Logistics Division; NATO Airborne Early Warning Staff Officer, Air Section Operations and Logistics Division; Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Management Information Systems Program Manager, Communications/Information Systems Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium
August 1995 - July 1997, Commander, 45th Communications Squadron, 45th Space Wing,  Patrick Air Force Base, FL
August 1997 - July 1998, Student, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA
July 1998 - April 2000, Chief, Information Assurance Division, Systems Directorate, Air Force Communications and Information, Pentagon, Washington, DC
April 2000 – June 2002, Commander, 50th Communications Group, 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, CO
July 2002 – January 2004, Director, Communications and Information, Headquarters United  States Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
January 2004 to August 2005, Director, Command, Control, Communications and 
      Computer Systems, Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, VA
August 2005 – January 2006, Deputy Director for Operations and Support Integration, Office of the
      Secretary of the Air Force for Warfighting Integration and CIO, Washington, DC
January 2006 – present, Director, C2 Programs, Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, VA
     
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:   
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with 1 oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters
   
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant    May 17, 1980
First Lieutenant        June 16, 1982
Captain            June 16, 1984
Major            October 1, 1991
Lt Colonel        November 1, 1996
Colonel            April 1, 2000
Brigadier General    September 2, 2006

(Updated August 22, 2006)

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