Biography
Mr. Robert Sears is the Director of N-Wave, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Enterprise Network program. N-Wave operates to align and execute on NOAA's strategic plan for network transport and optimization. It offers a diverse portfolio of enterprise networking services. Through these services, N-Wave supports critical operations and research missions for NOAA, Department of Commerce bureaus and other government agencies. Robert also serves as the Federal IPv6 Task Force Chair and the Federal Network Representative Co-Chair for the Cloud and Infrastructure Community of Practice.
Mr. Sears has 30 years of combined military and federal service. His naval career involved supporting Submarine Squadron 22 during Operation Desert Storm, a duty assignment with Command Second Fleet on the USS Mount Whitney and a transition to networking and IT services at the Naval Atlantic Meteorology & Oceanography Center. Mr. Sears’s background and degree are in electronic engineering and communications.
Mr. Sears has 30 years of combined military and federal service. His naval career involved supporting Submarine Squadron 22 during Operation Desert Storm, a duty assignment with Command Second Fleet on the USS Mount Whitney and a transition to networking and IT services at the Naval Atlantic Meteorology & Oceanography Center. Mr. Sears’s background and degree are in electronic engineering and communications.
Presentations
Chair of Sessions