Come join us for a Brown Bag Lunch and Learn! We regularly talk about critical communications, but this month's speaker Joe Wassel has been involved at all levels. From his time in the Defense Department's Public Safety Communications Group and the CEO of FirstNet he has been focused on how we communicate in times of crisis. This month's session:
Critical Infrastructure's Impact on Crisis Communications
This will be followed by questions and answers. Feel free to come, bring your lunch and learn about where things are headed.
This is a free event.
This month on February 26th from 12:00 - 1:00
we will be meeting at
Atlanta Tech park, 107 Technology Parkway, Peachtree Corners.
Our speaker this month is
Joseph (Joe) Wassel is the Founding CEO of Zero Nine Thirty-Seven, LLC, Consulting and concurrently a Principal Consultant with Deep Water Point and Associates, specializing in leadership in crisis, strategic leadership in national security communications, and all cyberspace operations. He is retired from Federal Service at the rank of Tier 3, Senior Executive Service, as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the First Responder Network Authority. He was responsible for overall management of all FirstNet Authority operations and the organization’s strategic direction, including its unique public-private partnership with AT&T. He led a 25-year, $40 billion contract to deploy and enhance the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network for the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia. FirstNet was the final promise kept to our Nation’s First Responders and closed out the last open recommendation of the 9-11 Commission Report.
Prior to joining the FirstNet Authority, Mr. Wassel served for 35 years within the Department of Defense, succeeding in a myriad of leadership roles and responsibilities. As the Executive for the Cyberspace Operations Directorate within the Defense Information Systems Agency, he led the day-to-day operations of the DOD Network and a global workforce over 2,600 people. He is also the former Director of C4 Resilience & Mission Assurance in the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer’s office. He was also the founder and chair of DoD’s Public Safety Communications Working Group, where he led the Services, Joint Staff, National Guard, NORTHCOM, and other DoD partner activities for the Department’s public safety communications efforts, including Next-Generation Public Safety Wireless capabilities, Next-Generation 9-1-1 implementation, and Enterprise Mass Warning and Notification capabilities for DoD. Prior to assuming his former positions, Mr. Wassel served as the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Communications, directly reporting to four Secretaries of Defense (Perry, Cohen, Rumsfeld, and Gates) over a 13-year period. Concurrently, he served as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Finally, he is also a retired Air Force Officer with 28 years of active and reserve service. He commanded troops during several tours in the United States and overseas and deployed as a reservist in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as the Chief of Command and Control Operations for the International Security Assistance Force at the Combined Joint Operations Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mr. Wassel Joined the Senior Executive Service (SES) Corps in 2019 and rose to the rank of SES Tier 3. His military and civilian decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Secretary of Defense Meritorious and Exceptional Civilian Service Medals.
He was decorated for his actions during the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
Please sign up, or reach out to us at; Paul@sherpawerx.com or 770-331-5494.