Deter. Prevent. Prevail.

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

DTRA Industry Day 2023

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Information 

Management & 

Technology Directorate
IT Overview

MISSION

Provide enabling and secure technologies, applications, and services anywhere 

and anytime, to our workforce, mission partners, and external customers to 

effectively deliver relevant data, information, and situation awareness to 

successfully perform the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging 

Threats Mission. 

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Authorized Personnel End 

Strength 

Funding Profile: 

$125M+

15 transitioning to 

DISA in FY23/24 
Ongoing Activities

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Ongoing 

Activities

Cloud

 Service

Network 

Modernization

IT Reform

2 DoD 

Programs of 

Record

Support to 

DPG

ABQ MILCON 

Planning

Space 

Consolidation

NIPR Wireless 

& Remote SIPR 

Access

Office 365 

Deployment
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IT Leadership

 

 

Director (Acting), and 

Chief Information Officer

Mr. Robert W. Turk

Chief of Staff

Mr. James D. Skelton

Senior Information 

Security Officer (SISO)

Mr. Michael Roth

Deputy Director (Acting)

Mr. Christopher Brazier

Chief, Cyber Security 

Mr. Jason Phillips

Chief, Information 

Resources

Mr. Jonathon Watts 

Chief Data Officer, and

Chief, Knowledge, 

Data, and Digital Services

Mrs. Rachel Maxwell

Chief Technology Officer &

Chief, Mission IT & 

Infrastructure Services

Mr. Christopher Brazier 

Chief 

IT Program Management 

Ms. Christina Li 

Chief, Albuquerque IT

Mr. Collin Martinez

IT - CS IT - IR IT - KT IT - MT IT - PM IT - AT

IT-DIR IT-DDIR IT-CoS SISO

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IT-CS: Cybersecurity Department

Key Activities

• Enables Agency to operate Cyberspace safely

• DoD Cybersecurity Service Providers (CSSP) Tier II

• Performs Risk Management & Accreditation

• Agency Lead for:

• Cybersecurity Compliance, Reporting, and Inspections

• Communication Security (COMSEC)

• Cyber Workforce Training, Education, and Awareness

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IT-IR: Information Resources Department

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Key Activities

• Review and analysis of IT activities and 

programs

• Oversight and Management of IT Resources

• CIO’s IT Purchase Review and Obligation 

Approval Authority

• IT Budget and Resource Reporting 

• Agency Lead for:

• IT Governance Program

• Section 508 Compliance

• Guidance and Oversight for IT Acquisitions

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IT-KT: Knowledge, Data, and Digital Services 

Department

Key Activities

• Ensures DTRA Data is accessible, reliable, and secure

• Office of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) & Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)

• Maintains Joint Operation’s Center’s (JOC) Information System 

• Agency Lead for:

• Data and Analytics Action Plan

• Data Management

• Business Intelligence Dashboards & Visualization tools

• Maintains DTRA1 Portal and SharePoint Collaboration Tools

• Records Management

• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) & Privacy Act 

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IT-MT: Mission Information Technology 

Department

Key Activities

• Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

• Provides reliable, resilient, secure, and adaptable mission technology solutions

• Maintains systems with Secret classification or higher not supported by DISA 

• RD, FRD, CNWDI

• Maintains IT infrastructure for analytic capacities that can reach back to advanced 

IT Capabilities 

• DevSecOps, Catapult, Technical Reach back

• Deploys Joint Expeditionary Kits (JEK’s) to the tactical edge

• Agency Lead for:

• IT Service Desk, Cloud & Storage, DoD365, Unclassified Wireless

• Infrastructure, VTC/SVTC, and Printing Services

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IT-PM: Program Management Department

Key Activities

• Acquisition and Program Management

• IT Acquisition Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) 

• Oversight of 2 Programs of Record:

• Mission Assurance Risk Management System 

(MARMS)

• Catapult

• Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and 

Execution (PPBE) Process including:

• Acquisition Management

• Contract Management & Program Monitoring

• Standardization & Reporting

• Oversees IT Budget and Spend Plan

• Annual Funding Profile of $155M +

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IT-PM Major Projects / Systems

Mission Assurance Risk Management 

System (MARMS)

• Allows senior leaders to make risk-based 

decisions 

• Joint DoD Program 

• Integrates risk based data for 17+ DoD 

programs including:

• Antiterrorism & Force Protection

• Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI)

• Emergency Management

• Energy Resilience

• Cybersecurity

• CBRN/E

Catapult

• Hybrid tactical combat support 

and data analytics system

• Aggregates “big data” into its Data 

Lake

• Uses data science to cleanse and 

prepare data for use

• DTRA Director Oversight Authority

• More than 1,000 data sources

• More than 12,000 Monthly Users

• Web-based program

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IT-AT: Albuquerque IT Department

Key Activities

• Operations and Maintenance of IT 

infrastructure across DTRA Locations 

at Geographically Separate Units 

(GSUs)

• Provides service desk, infrastructure, 

VTC/SVTC, telephone, DoD365, 

Storage, Office Tools, and Printing 

services

• Provides IT Communications and 

solutions to support RD Test Events

• Agency Lead for:

• Cellular Wireless Program

• DTRA ABQ MILCON

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IT Future Requirements

• All things IT fit into our requirements

• Services-Centric that perform as Strategic Partners – not 

competitors

• 2 IDIQ’s are in-place for a wide range of support to the Agency

• Single Award IDIQ (awarded 2018 – 10 year ordering period)

• Multi-Award IDIQ for Solution Development (awarded 2019 – 

10 year ordering period)

• All other IT requirements are competed to the maximum extent 

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IT Points of Contact

• Ms. Tamera Kumpe – IT Program Support Office Team Lead

• tamera.m.kumpe.civ@mail.mil

• 571-616-4022

• Lt Col Ron Dion – IT Program Management Department 

Deputy

• ronald.j.dion.mil@mail.mil

• 571-616-4459

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QUESTIONS?

Thank you!

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