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    HomeAbout UsBiographiesDisplay      Joseph Bradley Jr.Engage On
        
        Joseph Bradley Jr.JOSEPH F. BRADLEY JR.Mr. Bradley, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Information Dominance, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for planning and programming all acquisition and modernization activities for Air Force command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs. He guides development of program management directives, acquisition strategies, budget submissions, congressional testimony and international acquisition programs. He advocates acquisition program strategies for reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, command and control, combat support systems, evolving Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) infrastructure, net-centric operations, and information warfare programs. Mr. Bradley also provides the Secretary of the Air Force direction and guidance for combat C4ISR systems and architectures to the Air Staff, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff and Congress. He directs activities for four C4ISR divisions.Mr. Bradley entered federal service in 1983 as an Electrical Engineer at the Naval Underwater Systems Center (now the Naval Undersea Warfare Center), in Newport, Rhode Island, performing systems engineering on the OHIO Class ICBM Submarines. Since then, he has served in a broad range of senior engineering and program management positions in acquisition, sustainment, cyber security, and science and technology organizations supporting U.S. Air Force warfighters. In his previous position, Mr. Bradley was the Director of Engineering and Technical Management for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of technical policies, processes, and standards for more than 400 scientific, engineering and cyber professionals. As the Chief Systems Engineer for the Strategic Systems Program Executive Officer, he was responsible for systems engineering for programs acquired and sustained across the Nuclear Enterprise. As the Nuclear Weapons Center’s representative on the Air Force’s Cyber Resiliency Task Force, he was responsible for initiatives and activities aimed at identification and mitigation of cyber threats.Previously, Mr. Bradley was the Director of the Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapon Systems (CROWS); headquartered within AFMC, operating at the Department of the Air Force Level through SAF/AQR. He leads the Air and Space Force’s identification and mitigation of cyber vulnerabilities for operational weapon systems and provides strategic direction to a multi-disciplinary staff of over 260 Military, Civilian, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) and Advisory & Assistance Services Contractors. Mr. Bradley was also dual-hatted as the Director of Engineering and Technical Management for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts where he was responsible for Organizing, Training and Equipping over 975 Air Force Civilian and Military Scientists and Engineers in 15 geographically dispersed locations, providing technical direction to a $34B Air Force Acquisition Portfolio of over 350 Air Force and Foreign Military Sales programs.Mr. Bradley has held leadership positions in the private sector and ran his own business before returning to federal service in 2008. Mr. Bradley provided systems engineering support to acquisition programs including the Objective Gateway Program, the Airborne Warning and Control System, the Digital Airspace Surveillance RADAR, the Joint Mission Planning System, and the Cooperative Engagement Capability initiative. Mr. Bradley also supported significant strategic U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sales initiatives including the Saudi Arabian Air Force Command and Control System, the Eastern European Air Sovereignty Operations Center and the Baltic Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Center. His key senior leader assignments include Director or Engineering, Chief Systems Engineer for the Program Executive Officer for Battle Management at Hanscom AFB, and Deputy Director of Strategy, Operations and Resources for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force’s International Affairs Office (SAF/IA) at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.**EDUCATION**1983 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, North Dartmouth1991 Master of Science, Engineering Management, Western New England College, Springfield, Mass.2012 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence2019 Advanced Professional Executive Senior Executive Service Orientation Program, Washington, D.C.2019 Senior Leader Orientation Course, Washington, D.C.2021 Senior Executives in National and International Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education**ASSIGNMENTS**1. August 1983–October 1984, Electrical Engineer, Naval Underwater Systems, Newport, R.I.2. November 1984–September 1985, Systems Analyst, InterCon Systems Corporation, Wayland, Mass.3. September 1985–February 1998, Senior Systems Engineer, Dynamics Research Corporation, Andover, Mass.4. February 1998–September 2000, Systems Engineer, BAE Systems, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.5. September 2000–November 2003, President, Bradley Engineering Associates, Stow, Mass.6. November 2003–April 2004, Member of the Technical Staff, Riverside Research Institute, Lexington, Mass.7. April 2004–November 2008, Company Principal/Senior Systems Engineer, P3I, Incorporated, Hopkinton, Mass.8. November 2008–February 2013, Director of Engineering, Battle Management Program Executive Office, Hanscom AFB, Mass.9. February 2013–October 2014, Deputy Director of U.S. Air Force International Strategy, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force/IAG, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.10. November 2014–September 2018, Director of Engineering and Technical Management, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.11. September 2018–January 2024, Director of the Cyber Resiliency, Office for Weapon Systems/Director of Engineering and Technical Management, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass.January 2024–present, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Information Dominance, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Washington, D.C.**PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS**Certified Acquisition Professional, Level III EngineeringCertified Information Affairs Professional, Level IIICertified Acquisition Professional, Level II Program ManagementCertified Information Systems Security ProfessionalCertified Project Management Professional**AWARDS AND HONORS**2013 Exemplary Civilian Service Award2014 Meritorious Civilian Service Award2018 Meritorious Civilian Service Award2019 Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association International Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering**PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS**Armed Forces Communications Electronics AssociationAir Force AssociationInternational Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2 – CISSP CertificationProject Management Institute–PMP CertificationAmerican MENSA(Current as of March 2024)
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