DISA SENIOR LEADERSHIP CHANGES

ARLINGTON, Va., May 10, 2010 – The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Army Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett, today announced three key changes in the senior leadership of the agency.

Paige Atkins will become the director of the Strategic Planning and Information Directorate, effective June 15, 2010. She was previously director of the Defense Spectrum Organization. The current chief strategic planner, John Garing, will retire June 30 after nearly 40 years of military and federal civilian service.

On May 10, Henry Sienkiewicz assumes the duties of DISA’s chief information officer. He was reassigned from his post as the technical program director for the Computing Services Directorate. He replaces Roberta Stempfley, who is moving to the Department of Homeland Security to serve as the director of DHS’ National Cyber Security Division.

Daniel Bradford has been named principal director for Global Information Grid (GIG) Enterprise Services Engineering Directorate. He currently serves as the deputy to the commander and as senior technical director/chief engineer with the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command /9th Signal Command. His reporting date has not yet been established. Bradford replaces Richard Williams, who retired in April.

DISA is the Department of Defense combat support agency that engineers and provides command and control capabilities and the enterprise infrastructure to continuously operate and assure a global net-centric enterprise in direct support to joint warfighters, national level leaders, and other mission partners and coalition partners across the full spectrum of military operations. We are leaders enabling information dominance in defense of our nation.