CONTACT INFO
CLEARANCE
TS clearance with current SCI
DoD 8570
DoD 8570 IAT III, IAM III
TRAVEL
Open to Travel
BIO
M anwell A. D. Clark stands out as a leading Senior Information Technology Project Manager (Sr ITPM), with a 22-year focused expertise in the high-stakes arena of Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) and Quality Assurance. At the helm of a dedicated team of 12 civilians, Clark masterfully directs essential communications and cyber support for the USAFE-AFAFRICA Command Center, managing a comprehensive $287M NC3 portfolio. His strategic leadership ensures unparalleled command and control support, bolstering the operational capabilities of NATO, unified commands, coalition forces, and USAFE-AFAFRICA units across a spectrum of global operations.
Before his current pivotal role, Clark excelled as the USAFE Nuclear Command and Control Communications Systems Command Manager for the USAFE A6 Communications Directorate at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. His tenure there marked a significant enhancement in communications logistics, quality assurance, and strategic planning, laying the groundwork for today's advanced operations.Clark's visionary approach extends beyond mere management; he is deeply involved in policy formulation, resource allocation, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies. This ensures that the theater's forces are equipped with responsive, reliable, and secure communications systems. His exceptional contributions have not only advanced the strategic communications infrastructure but also have significantly contributed to the security and efficacy of global military operations. Manwell A. D. Clark's legacy is one of innovation, leadership, and an unwavering commitment to excellence in the field of IT project management within the defense sector working with STRATCOM, EUCOM, USAFE, AFGSC, AFNWC, AF SPACE COMMAND, AF SPACE FORCE, and NATO.
CAREER SUMMARY
Information Technology Project Manager / Evaluator
- Nuclear Command and Control Communication and Intelligence experience
- Accomplished 22-year Senior IT Project/Program Manager overseeing theater Nuclear Command & Control (NC3) cyberspace transport systems, at USAFE’s Nuclear Deterrence Strategic Operation command. Oversaw operations with 90-technicians across five countries and six locations: consulting with ten DoD and NATO agencies across 25+ Program Management Offices, and two government mission partners.
- Led 60+ NC3 multidisciplinary assessments, Staff Assisted Visited, and Inspector General Nuclear Surety Inspections that ensured survivability of critical U.S. coalition mission systems, networks, architectures, infrastructures, and assets.
- Led 15 seamless integrations and power upgrades at multiple sites and spearheaded a $4M IT Service Management transition contract, saving 25% in costs and reducing DoD workload by 29% in government manpower requirements.
- Managed diverse infrastructure modernization projects across multiple networks and 45 IT platforms, ensuring operational, security, and vulnerability postures to protect against cyber-attacks, physical security, viruses, and data vulnerabilities.
- Led 41 strategic planning and vulnerability evaluation expertise site visits within USAFE; enhanced national security, infrastructure, cyberspace support, cybersecurity, and site defense at 7 locals.
- 17 years in project management and over 12K hours of direct execution, managed a $287M terminal portfolio and led a critical 5-year IT project involving 15 organizations and 208 operators. My specialized skills, unique to 1% of Air Force C41 personnel, enabled decisive NC3, WS3, and C4I solutions in USAFE and EUCOM.
- Effectively managed IT deliverables under time-sensitive conditions, overseeing projects that meet evolving needs and providing technical oversight for essential communication infrastructures. Recognized within the top 3% of Air Force Nuclear CIOs, I have also supported major operational and security upgrades for key weapon systems and provided Tier 1 support for the GCCS-J, playing a crucial role in missile detection operations in Europe.
- Performed long haul vulnerability assessments on classified enclaves using computer networks, intelligence sensors, ground stations, broadcast receive networks, SCIF security, and LINK 16 critical networks and systems.
SKILLS
Program Management
Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building:
- Establishing collaborative relationships with stakeholders, ranging from government, military, and private contractors.
- Employing concise understanding of stakeholder requirements to foster trust and open communication to meet aligned program’s objectives and strategies.
- Liaison between the NC3 program and various program offices, coordinating efforts and facilitating information exchange.
- Drive collaborative initiatives and joint ventures that leverage the strengths of different teams to advance program goals.
- Lead cross-functional teams with a focus on encouraging cooperation and information sharing across departments.
- Champion a culture of transparency and inclusivity, ensuring all voices are heard and valued in decision-making processes.
- Apply expert negotiation and conflict resolution to navigate complex situations, balancing perspectives, and interests.
- Build stakeholder consensus, ensuring solutions are mutually beneficial and in line with the program's strategic direction.
- Implement strategic communication plans that keep stakeholders informed and engaged.
- Develop comprehensive reporting metrics to stakeholders with updates on project progress, challenges, and successes.
- Implemented operational directives and managed wideband and satellite earth terminal facilities or activities.
- Actively solicit and integrate feedback from stakeholders to continuously improve program operations and outcomes.
- Establish regular review and feedback loops to ensure that the program remains responsive to stakeholder needs and industry developments.
Government Contract Experience
Provided procurement support for a Department of Defense contract to procure Nuclear Command and Control equipment, personnel, travel, materials. Successfully managed the procurement process, resulting in on-time delivery of 14 projected and cost savings of $600,000.
IT Service Management
- Manages implementation and project installation and ensures architecture, configuration, and integration conformity.
- Develops, plans, and integrates base communications systems for base plan and civil engineering projects.
- Serves as an advisor at meetings for facility design, military construction programs, and minor construction planning.
- Monitors the status of base civil engineer work requests and presents mission reviews with customers.
- Controls, manages, and monitors project milestones and funding from inception to completion.
- Determines adequacy and correctness of project packages and amendments and monitors project status and completion.
- Evaluates contracts, wartime support, and exercise plans to determine impacts on manpower, equipment, and systems.
- Recommended NC3 equipment performance enhancement, procedures and reports for operation, installation, and maintenance.
Cyberspace and Cybersecurity
- Provided day to day operations of security consulting, in information asset management, risk and vulnerability management, audit and compliance, security awareness and training.
- Cooperates with external contractors and 10 mission system owners to accurately evaluate the security posture of Coalition enclaves, as well as to maintain the Authority to Operate (ATO) and Authority to Connect (ATC).
- Developed POA&Ms to correct deficiencies & submit approval as required and support Performed Continuous Monitoring of Authorized systems spanning 10 enclaves in accordance with NIST 800-137 guidelines.
Threat Assessment/Quality Assurance Evaluator
- Inspects wireless radio/satellite communications activities and determines equipment operational status.
- Serves on teams to evaluate transmission systems activities, interprets inspection findings, and initiates corrective action plans.
- Checked installed components for compliance with technical publications and determines adequate corrective action.
- Collaborated USAFE A6 & A10 command structures to align DTRA evaluations with strategic objectives, ensuring comprehensive coverage of risk factors specific to the European theater.
- Conducted targeted evaluations of USAFE cyber defense systems, identifying vulnerabilities, and recommending enhancements to secure air bases against evolving threats.
- Facilitated inter-agency collaboration, integrating intelligence and resources from various defense and security agencies to bolster the overall defense posture in Europe.
- Assisted in crisis response planning and execution during regional emergencies, contributing to effective coordination and rapid deployment of USAFE resources.
- Developed and maintained comprehensive risk registers for USAFE assets, enabling continuous monitoring and quick adaptation to change threat landscapes.
- Developed training programs, Technical Support Projects, and workshops for personnel on threat awareness, threat identification, and crisis management for nuclear command and control communication systems.
- Perform vulnerability assessments on communications using computer networks, weapon storage security systems, radio, wireless, and other communication systems.
Record Keeping
• Posts entries on maintenance and inspection records and records meter readings and other pertinent data in equipment logs.
Technical Skills
- Resolves installation, repair, overhaul, and modification problems associated with communications equipment.
- Employs orbiting communication satellite, line-of-sight, and tropospheric scatter techniques.
- Uses anti-jam equipment and techniques to neutralize effects of communication jamming.
- Uses layout drawings, schematics, and pictorial diagrams to solve maintenance problems.
- Analyzes construction and operating characteristics of equipment to determine the source of malfunction.
- Performs intricate alignment and calibration procedures to ensure maximum operating efficiency.
- Determines repair procedures necessary to correct defective equipment.
Ground radio, Satellite, Telemetry, Long Haul, Telecommunications
- Checked equipment for serviceability prior to installation. Identifies and locates Radio Frequency interference sources.
- Assembles, connects, secures, and interconnects components such as transmitters, power supplies, and antenna assemblies.
- Tests installed equipment for proper assembly of and compliance with technical orders for baseline NC3 integrations.
- Managed satellite systems C2 air to ground connectivity, and operation of wideband and satellite earth terminal communications.
- Oversaw instrumentation and telemetry performance and production standards for malfunctioning equipment repair strategies.
- Analyzed data printouts to identify faulty equipment operation and suggest Program Management office corrective actions.
- Provided design support for aerospace systems assembling, programming, adjusting, and securing system components.
- Linked orbiting communication satellite, line-of-sight, and tropospheric scatter techniques to conduct tests and restore systems.
- Performed maintenance on NC3 enclaves and for overhauls, and modernizations, to maintain maximum operational efficiency.
- Managed, inspected, repaired, and monitored equipment, analyzing data to isolate malfunctions and perform alignments.
- Designed equipment modifications to meet mission needs and implemented modifications according to configuration directives.
- Deployed, operated, and sustained ground and space Beyond Line-of-Sight (BLOS) telecommunications, telemetry systems.
- Managed design support, installation, calibration, testing, operation, maintenance of facility ESS systems, and subsystems.
- Established data links with distant terminals, operating earth terminal consoles, and monitoring system performance indicators.
Logistics Skills
- Deploys and activates mobile and transportable transmission equipment. Through government transportation units
- Refers to plans and equipment specifications to conduct site and equipment surveys and establish equipment system interfaces.
- Unpacks, inspects, and positions communications equipment; erects antennas; and interconnects communications facilities.
Preventative Maintenance Skills
- Performs preventive maintenance on communications systems and related equipment.
- Replaces defective components and performs operational checks.
- Updates maintenance data collection records and systems to document actions completed.
- Repairs, overhauls, and modifies communications and related equipment.
- Isolates malfunctions using system checking procedures, required test equipment, analyzing voltage and waveform measurements, schematic diagrams, and equipment operating characteristics.
- Repairs equipment, including transmitters, receivers, transceivers, and related equipment and tunes and adjusts components.
- Aligns, and calibrates equipment for operating efficiency to connect various types of antenna systems and transmission lines.
- Organizational Core Competencies
Project Management | Risk Management | Resource Management | Strategy Development | Security Development and Management | IT & Communication | Nuclear Command Control and Communication | Policy/Procedures | Incident Response | Serial and Network Troubleshooting | Maintenance | High Level Briefing | Team Building | Training | Leadership | Communication | Data Analysis | Customer Service | Time Management | Microsoft | PowerPoint | Excell | Report Writing | Root Cause Analysis | Financial Planning |
Operational Management | Organizational Leadership | Cross Functional Team Leadership | Evaluator
- SOFT TEAM LEAD SKILLS
Leadership | Communication | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving | Strategic Vision | Team Building | Collaborator | Facilitator.
WORK EXPERIENCE
USAFE – Ramstein Air Base
Germany
Senior Nuclear C3 Communications Engineer / Team Lead for Huntington Ingalls (HQ: A3/10N)
Sep 2022 – present
- Team lead supervises technical operation of 11 Field Service Reps & oversees 14 NC3 Weapon System (AN/USQ-225) platforms.
- Acts as a Portfolio Manager for 16 USAFE A10 NC3 C4I enclaves and WS3 SLEP.
- Manages support operations for USAFE's A10Ns Global Command & Control System Joint (GCCS-J).
- Managed a high-impact project overseeing the installation of a 250K infrastructure across 14 enclaves, coordinating the efforts of a team of 12 personnel totaling 10,080, and beating the deadline by 72 hours.
C3 IT Program Manager for Envistacom (HQ: A3/10N)
Mar 2021 – Sep 2022
- Current site lead supervises 15 Field Service Reps and oversees 14 NC3 Weapon System (AN/USQ-225) platforms.
- Acts as a Portfolio Manager for 16 USAFE A10 NC3 C4I enclaves and WS3 SLEP with $11M valuation.
- Manages support operations for USAFE's A10Ns Global Command & Control System Joint (GCCS-J).
NC3 IT Project Manager for Datapath (HQ: A3/10N)
Nov 2019 – Mar 2021
- Led 15 NC3 and Missile warning technicians for the European theatre, managed 600K O&M budget.
- Sr. NC3 operations and technical advisor to Sr Leaders for emerging projects and weapon system modifications and upgrades.
- Ensured 360+ real-world UANOC outages were resolved and reported for NC3 IT systems and enclaves.
Air Force NC3/WS3 Command Cyber Support Functional Manager (HQ: A3/10N)
Sep 2016 – Nov 2019
- Lead technical operation for NC3 and missile Theater Warning in the UANOC for PL-1 IT systems.
- Directed a $36M/6K-hour analog to internet protocol (IP) Information Technology PL-1 nuclear storage project.
- Coordinated UANOC Operations & Maintenance. Utilized ITIL functions across 15 networks and enclaves.
USAFE NC3 Satellite Communication Instructor/ Command Manager (HQ: A6)
Sep 2013 – Oct 2016
- Oversaw 68 operational NC3 technicians at 7 operational sites and the USAFE schoolhouse with $12M O&M Budget.
- Advised stakeholders about IT project delays, milestones, and fiscal management of installation, and testing of the $36M AEHF SMARTT fielding and planning for $8M FAB-T and GASNT fielding.
USAF – Langley Air Force Base (WG HQ)
Virginia, USA
Intel C41 Logistics & Integration Manager
Jun 2010 – Sep 2013
- Orchestrated the development and integration of IT solutions, to align seamlessly with strategic intelligence objectives.
- Devised and implemented strategies for 40+ restoral plans in time-sensitive environments for agile C4I operations.
- Analyzed Intelligence Surveillance & Recon C41 plans, projects, schematics, and ISR tracks and air to ground sensors systems.
USAFE – Aviano Air Base (CS)
Italy
NC3 Special Mission & C4I Flight Supervisor
Mar 2007 – Jun 2010
- Supervised 35; conducted 100 strategic level quality assurance evaluations across 57 tactical and fixed enclaves.
- Oversaw 32 routing and switching servers for the base SONET via fiber optics infrastructure and maintained three NC3 enclaves.
USAFE – Buechel Air Base (MUNSS)
Germany
NC3 Fixed Satellite Technician/Operator
Aug 2002 – Mar 2007
- Consulted with EUCOM to design, acquire, and evaluate the Companion UHF Tactical Satellite System for EUCOM NDO missions.
- Supervised 4; maintained four NC3 enclaves SACCs, SMART-T, CUTTS, and legacy FANNIE NC3 terminal.
USAF Tinker Air Force Base (Tactical)
Oklahoma, USA
Tactical Satellite Technician
Dec 1999 - Aug 2002
- Performed preventative maintenance on tri-tac legacy satellite communications shelters.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
- FORMAL EDUCATION
MBA - Specialization: IT Project Management
2019
American Public University
Manassas, VA
BA in Psychology
2006
American Public University
Manassas, VA
AAS (associate in applied science) in IT Electronic Systems
2005
Community College of The Airforce – Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery, AL
- PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
- 2022 - Project Management Professional (PMP)
- 2022 - Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
- 2021 - Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA)
- 2020 - Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- 2019 - Accredited Project Manager (APRM)
- 2019 - Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)
- 2019 - Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB)
- 2013 - Secure Mobile Antijam Tactical Terminal (USAFE NC3 AF Certificate)
- 2013 - AN/PSC-5 and CUTSS USAFE A6 Course (USAFE NC3 AF certificate)
- 2010 - DISA Circuit Provisioning (DISA)
- 2008 - Fiber Optic Cable Splicing and Maintenance (AF Certificate)
- 2007 - Government Purchase Card
- 2003 - Advanced Electronics Management (Air Force certificate)
- 2003 - Leadership and Management II
- 2000 - AF Technical Order System 2000
- 2002 - Weapon Storage and Security System (NC3 USAFE certificate)
- 1999 - Electronics Principles
- 1999 - Satellite Wideband Communications
- Program Management
90%
Leadership & Team
85%
Strategic Thinker
85%
Communication
80%
Risk Management
90%
Financial Management
90%
Stakeholder & Organization Objectives
- TRAINING / COURSES
Non-commissioned Officer Academy | Airmen Leadership School | Exercise Evaluation Team | COMSEC Managers Training Course | DoD Government Purchase Card | Fiber Optic Cable installation, Splicing and Maintenance | Communications-Electronics Career Advancement | Air Force Training Course | TACSAT | Trop scatter Systems | Microwave System | Satellite Wideband/Analog + Digital | MIST Terminal | DISA | Weapons Storage and Security System (WS3) V1, V2 | WS3 IPOperational Management | Organizational Leadership | Cross Functional Team Leadership | Evaluator