2018 AFCEA TechNet Augusta Conference and Expo

Jennifer A. Zbozny, SES
Director, Software Engineering Center (SEC)
U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM)


As Director, Ms. Zbozny leads SEC’s efforts to provide state of the art software engineering products and services throughout the Army and Department of Defense. SEC supports more than 400 systems/programs from command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to logistics, business and enterprise systems all in the modern digital environment. She oversees SEC’s directorates, insuring effective integrated mission accomplishment by a global organization of over 3,000 military, civilian and industry employees, with an annual budget in excess of $600 million. Her previous assignment was Deputy Program Manager, Mission Command, Program Executive Office for Command Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T), where she was responsible for overseeing development and fielding of the Army’s collaboration, situational awareness, and fires capabilities. Her prior assignment was Director, Technical Management Division, PEO C3T where she was responsible for the delivery of mission command capability sets, the Army’s integrated tactical network packages providing mobile voice and data communications across the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) down to the dismounted Soldier, in support of deploying BCTs. Ms. Zbozny was the chief architect for PEO C3T, ensuring integration of today’s capabilities as well as developing the framework for the next-generation network supporting Force 2025 operational priorities. She has led delivery of the network designs utilized during the Army’s Network Integration Evaluations, which have allowed the Army to rapidly progress and integrate the tactical communications network. She led the creation of the PEO C3T Tactical Systems Integration Facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground, which ensures that the hardware and software for PEO C3T programs of record are integrated and interoperable.

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