ROBERT B. STEPHAN
Managing Director
Dutko Worldwide
202-479-7150 (O); 703-258-5653 (C)
Results-oriented, visionary leader with a highly successful track record as an Air Force operational commander, headquarters staff officer and senior level Executive Branch policy coordinator and program manager. Career-long record of outstanding achievement in the areas of organizational leadership, work force management, strategic planning, team-building, interpersonal communications and public-private partnerships.
CIVILIAN JOB HISTORY:
Managing Director, Dutko Global Risk Management, 2009
· Leads strategic business management consulting practice, providing unparalleled and event-tested knowledge, experience and leadership in all-hazards risk assessment, management and mitigation; enterprise-level strategic and operational security planning; continuity of government (COG) and private sector continuity of operations (COOP) and business resiliency planning; risk-based performance measurement; Federal security regulation development and implementation; public-private sector information sharing and enterprise architecture development; and Federal headquarters and corporate-level incident management, training and exercises. Specializes in building public private sector partnerships to accurately assess and manage risk across all levels of government and industry, to include Federal, State & local and international governments, as well as Fortune 1000 corporations.
Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2005-2008
· Supervised Federal government and contract support staff ranging up to 1,100 government and contract employees and $550M annual budget.
· Responsible for National effort to identify and catalog critical infrastructures and key resources (CI/KR) and assess risk across 18 individual CI/KR sectors. Coordinated risk-based strategies and protective measures to secure national CI/KR from terrorist attack and other hazards.
· Led the development and implementation of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and supporting sector-specific annexes—the strategic framework for protecting the Nation’s CI/KR from terrorist attack and enabling their timely restoration in a post-incident environment.
· Led the development and implementation of first-ever comprehensive national regulatory framework to secure high-risk chemical facilities from terrorist attack.
· Overhauled national-level incident management structures and coordination processes related to CI/KR assessment, security, restoration and public-private sector information sharing.
· Organized the national effort to restore CI/KR impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma and Rita to include widespread security and logistics support for high-risk energy, chemical, transportation and water sector facilities and systems.
Special Assistant to the Secretary and Director, HQ Operational Integration Staff, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2003-05
· Responsible for headquarters-level coordination of strategic and operational planning, core homeland security mission integration, incident management, risk analysis, training and exercises.
· Directed the Interagency Incident Management Group, integrating the capacities of 45 Federal departments and agencies in response to domestic threats and incidents in an all-hazards context.
· Led comprehensive Federal, State, local and private sector effort to develop the National Incident Management System and National Response Plan—the nation’s templates for incident command, control, coordination, information sharing and interoperability.
· Developed the DHS incident management system and supervised a wide array of associated headquarters-level exercise and training programs.
Senior Director for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, Homeland Security Council, Executive Office of the President, 2002-03
· Served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security.
· Responsible for coordinating interagency planning, management and implementation of 15 multi-million dollar strategic programs and initiatives to protect the U.S. from terrorist attack.
· Developed National Critical Infrastructure and Key Asset Protection Strategy for Presidential signature.
· Instrumental in the establishment of a new, senior executive office on the White House Staff during a period of sustained heightened national alert.
· Integrated $892M in baseline information analysis and infrastructure protection operational requirements for the FY04 Federal budget and coordinated them successfully through the Office of Management and Budget.
Director for Domestic Protection Planning, Office of Homeland Security, Executive Office of the President, 2001-02
· Deputy assistant secretary-equivalent position responsible for developing and coordinating national-level strategies and supporting plans for critical infrastructure protection and aviation security.
· Led post-September 11, 2001, national vulnerability assessment as a handpicked member of the Vice President’s National Preparedness Task Force.
· Chaired assistant secretary-level interagency working groups and policy coordination committees chartered to develop national policy across a broad spectrum of homeland security issue areas.
· Framed interagency policy options for President’s Homeland Security Council discussion and approval.
· Developed and implemented large-scale state and local government, Congressional and private sector outreach programs to support the Administration’s infrastructure and aviation security initiatives.
· Managed interagency strategic planning and multi-million dollar program coordination. Led high-level bilateral delegations supporting comprehensive trans-border critical infrastructure protection frameworks with Canada and Mexico.
· Integrated $2.9 billion in national program requirements to support the airspace protection mission.
MILITARY EXPERIENCE:
Colonel, United States Air Force, various duty stations, 1979-2003
· Held a variety of key operational and command positions in the Joint Special Operations community during a 24-year Air Force career, attaining the rank of Colonel with two Below-the-Zone promotions.
· Commanded two elite Air Force Special Tactics Squadrons—organized, trained and equipped forces for contingency operations in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Croatia, Liberia, Colombia and Kosovo in support of the AF Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command.
· Developed and implemented theater air traffic control, close air support, casualty evacuation and combat search and rescue (CSAR) plans for national-level exercises and contingency operations.
· Deployed to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm as a joint battlestaff planner and mission commander supporting Joint Special Operations Task Force strategic interdiction operations in Iraq.
· Supervised overhaul of theater CSAR and close air support concepts for Combined Task Force enforcing the no-fly zone over Northern Iraq and for SOF support of NATO operations in Bosnia.
· Served as Operations Director for HQ USAF Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) Staff, acting as principal coordination focal point for consolidating Air Staff positions, developing strategic action plans and programs and shaping core issues for general officer and senior DoD civilian leadership decision.
· Spearheaded multiple multi-million dollar HQ AF programs supporting National Defense Guidance, DoD Urban Operations 2020 Roadmap, Air Force Vision 2010 and the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, including integration of urban warfare requirements across DoD precision strike, intelligence, communications, special ops and experimentation staffs.
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MILITARY ASSIGNMENT HISTORY:
Office of Homeland Security, Executive Office of the President, 2001-03
Senior Military Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University 2001
Professor of National Security Studies, National War College (NWC), 2000-01
Chief, Operations Division, AF Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), HQ USAF, 1999-2000
Deputy Chief, QDR Division, Directorate of Strategic Planning, HQ USAF, 1998-99
Commander, 24th Special Tactics Squadron, Joint Special Ops Command, Ft Bragg, NC, 1997-98
Commander, 23rd STS, AF Special Ops Command, Hurlburt Field, FL, 1995-97
Flight Commander/Director of Operations, 24th STS, 1990-94
Instructor/Assistant Professor of Political Science, USAF Academy, CO, 1987-90
Resident Scholar, Olmstead Scholar Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Washington, D.C., 1983-86
Assistant Officer-in-Charge/Officer-in-Charge, 437th MAW Combat Control Team, Charleston AFB, SC, 1979-83
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Manager, National Communications System, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2005-06
Acting Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Telecommunications, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2005-06
Acting Under Secretary for Preparedness, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2005
Director, Interagency Incident Management Group, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2003-05
Acting Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2003 and 2005
Member, Vice President’s National Preparedness Review, Office of the Vice President, 2001
Member, USAF Scientific Advisory Board, Urban Target Panel, 2001
NDU Planner for PROJECT LINCOLNIA, PDD-56, Complex Contingency Interagency Wargame Series, 2001
NDU Rep to JFCOM J9 Effects-Based Operations Working Group and Experimental Joint Task Force, 2001
HQ USAF Plans and Programs Rep to Operation ALLIED FORCE (Serbia/Kosovo) After Action Study, 1999-2000
HQ USAF Rep to JCS J8 Urban Working Group, 1998-2000
Joint Task Force Battlestaff Planner, Operation RESTORE DEMOCRACY, Haiti, 1994
AFSOC Mission Commander/JTF Battlestaff Planner, Operation DESERT STORM, Saudi Arabia, 1991
Intern, USCINCPAC J5, Office of Philippine Affairs, Camp Smith, HI, 1990
Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1988-90
Intern, HQ PACAF Plans and Programs Directorate, Hickam AFB, HI 1988
Director, Superintendent’s Distinguished Speakers Program, USAF Academy, 1987-90
Intern, HQ USAF Strategy Division (Skunk Works), 1987
SPECIAL RECOGNITION/QUALIFICATIONS:
Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
U.S. Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award, 2006
Critical Infrastructure Resiliency National Leadership Award, 2006
Secretary of Homeland Security Award for Meritorious Achievement, 2004/2008
Presidential Service Badge, 2002
Defense Language Proficiency Test 3/3 Rating, Latin American Spanish
Commander, AFSOC Squadron of the Year, 1995 & 1996
AFSOC Special Tactics Officer of the Year, 1991
USAF Academy Coble Award for Excellence in Research, 1989
USAF Academy Social Sciences Division Officer of the Year, 1988
Honor Graduate, Defense Language Institute, 1983
Olmstead Scholarship Recipient, 1983
21st Air Force Company Grade Officer of the Year, 1982
Charleston AFB Company Grade Officer of the Year, 1982
Outstanding Cadet in Political Science, USAF Academy, 1979
Distinguished Graduate, USAF Academy Class of 1979 (Class Standing 10/900)
EDUCATION:
Master of International Public Policy, School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, 1987
Master of Arts in International Relations, University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1985
Bachelor of Science in Political Science, USAF Academy, 1979