Former DISA Director and Current Deloitte & Touche Executive to Lead NCO Industry Consortium.

WASHINGTON -- Lt. Gen Harry D. Raduege, Jr. USAF (Ret) of Deloitte & Touche LLP has assumed the role of chairman of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC). He succeeds Lorraine Martin of Lockheed Martin, whose one-year term has concluded. Raduege has served as vice chair for the past year. Leadership positions in the NCOIC are held for a period of one year, after which the vice chair assumes the role of the chair and the chair becomes chair emeritus. All appointments are made via a general election process.

"The ability for government departments, from first responders and local authorities to regional and nationwide or federal military services, to operate on a ubiquitous and reliable network ensures access to information, and, armed with access to information, they can make more effective decisions," said Raduege. "This is an exciting time for governments as the promise of network centric operations begins to be realized. It is also an exciting period for NCOIC as we work collaboratively with stakeholders from governments, industry and academia globally to help deliver against that promise."

Raduege is chairman of the Deloitte Center for Network Innovation, which provides leadership for net-centric solutions, with the goal of providing answers for secure, interoperable information systems to those who need it - whether in business, government, or on the battlefield.

With 35 years of active-duty military service, Raduege spent five years as the director of DISA, and was also commander of the Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations, deputy commander of Global Network Operations and Defense for the United States Strategic Command, and manager of the National Communications System, the latter a position he held for three years just prior to those responsibilities being transferred to the Department of Homeland Security. His organizational duties included engineering, acquiring, and maintaining interoperable, integrated command, control, communications and computer (C4) and intelligence systems in support of U.S. national objectives. He was also responsible for directing operation and defense of the global information grid to ensure existence of reliable and secure net-centric capabilities across strategic, operational and tactical boundaries in support of all U.S. Department of Defense operations.

About NCOIC

The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) is a not-for-profit international association committed to integrating existing and emerging open standards into a common evolving global framework, employing a common set of principles and processes, to assist with rapid global deployment of network-centric applications. Established in 2004, NCOIC consists of representatives from defense companies, large-scale systems integrators, information technology providers, government agencies and academia working in concert with advisory bodies consisting of government officials, standards groups and other stakeholders. For more information, visit www.NCOIC.org