Christopher A. Miller
Technical Director, SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic

Mr. Miller is the technical director and senior civilian official of SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic. He is responsible for setting command-wide strategic goals and manages engineering and business operations for a workforce of more than 3,300 federal civilian and military employees, and more than 9,000 industry partners. With a total obligation authority of more than $5 billion, the center operates from its main campus in Charleston and several offices located in the continental United States and around the world.

Mr. Miller was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in May 2006 and has 14 years of Federal Service.

Mr. Miller was employed by Booz | Allen | Hamilton in San Diego, California from 1999 through 2001 where he held various management positions in program management and strategic planning. While a consultant, Mr. Miller supported numerous Navy command and control programs and was integral in coordinating their Year 2000 transition.

He started his civilian service in 2001 and held various positions within the Space and Naval Warfare System Command. In 2001, he began his career as a system engineer for PD-15 and led the development of a common Windows 2000 PC software baseline to replace the legacy Microsoft NT baseline. This software baseline is now the foundation of the Navy's largest tactical network, known as Information Technology 21 (IT-21). In the winter of 2005, Mr. Miller was selected as the Director of Modernization for PEO C4I where he was charged with establishing C4I Network Centric Warfare (NCW) objectives and roadmap to drive program execution and alignment with FORCEnet and Open Architecture initiatives.

Mr. Miller attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville and graduated in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in american history and political science. He has attended numerous classes from Defense Acquisition University and is certified level III in program management.

Mr. Miller is a member of the Acquisition Professional Corps, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), and the United States Naval Institute. He has received several awards for his service including a Navy and Marine Corp Achievement Medal, the AFCEA and USNI Copernicus Award, and the USD (AT&L) Workforce Development Award.