Johnny L. Walker, Chief Executive Officer has over 30 years of leadership experience in technology management in both the private and public sectors. A retired Army officer with a total of 21 years of service. As a Bronze Star awardee, he served 11 years on active duty as an engineer officer and functional area automation/information system management officer and 10 years in the Army Reserve (311th and 335th Theater Signal Commands). He is a veteran of the following military operational campaigns: Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, Operation Vigilant Warrior in Kuwait, Operation Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait and Iraq, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

His professional career includes 6 years as an engineer officer in the 864th and 43rd Combat Heavy (Construction) Engineer Battalions and over 25 years of program/project management of mission operations and IT management services, having led major programs and projects in a variety of enterprise environments for the Military and Federal Government organizations, including Chief of the Wide Area Network at the United States Central Command (FWD) in Kuwait, the US Senate, Dept of Energy, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dept of Education, MedStar Health, and NOAA. His support of NOAA includes 4 years of managing NOAA’s Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) contract and 5 years of managing NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Maintenance Operations and Mission Support (SMOMS) contract, in addition to managing several NOAALink task orders at the NOAA OCIO, National Weather Service (NWS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR).

His successful career progression includes: Program Manager at Affiliated Computer Services Inc (ASC), Director of Information Technology at QSS Group Inc, Senior Program Manager at Perot Systems/Dell, Vice President at Acentia/Maximus Federal, Vice President Aerodyne Industries, and Chief Executive Officer, Earth Space Technology Services LLC. He is highly skilled in senior level management, technical management, problem solving, integrity and communications, performance and resource management, quality, and customer relationships. Managerial expertise includes organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling activities involving budgeting, contracting, training, HR management, subcontractor management, operational planning and implementation, SLA management, and leading geographically dispersed staff and subcontracts.

Technical certifications held include Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI), 2010, Certification # 1324184, Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA), Microsoft NT 4.0 Microsoft Certified Software Engineer (MCSE), DoD Certified Contracting Officer Representative (COR)