Mr. Okon, at the Office of the DoD Deputy Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure, is a Senior Enterprise Architect who leads the DoD program on Standards and Technical Direction by leading the adoption of enterprise architecture and net-centric services engineering initiatives. In addition, he is the Chief Architect for DoD Information Sharing.
He was commissioned a second Lieutenant through the Officers Training School (OTS) in September 1966. He has a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in English from La Salle University in Philadelphia. In 1974, he earned a Master of Science in Telecommunications Management from the University of Southern Mississippi. Mr. Okon completed the Air War College, the National Defense Security Management Seminar, the Air Command and Staff College and Squadron Officer’s School.
His assignments included Langley AFB, Virginia, as the OIC HQ TAC Command Post Communications from 1967 to 1970. TUSLOG Det 6, as Director of Operations, Communications Group, Ankara, Turkey, from December 1970 to December 1972. Returning to the United States he was a student at the Communications Staff Officer’s School and the University of Southern Mississippi from January 1973 to May 1974. He was then assigned to HQ SAC, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, as the manager of the SAC Voice Communications Systems in June 1974 to February 1977. His next assignment was in Washington, DC as the CONUS AUTOVON System Manager for the Defense Communications Agency from April 1977 to July 1981. He served as Air Force Communications Command’s IG Team Chief and Division Chief on the Inspector General (IG) Team, Scott AFB, Illinois, from July 1981 to July 1983. He moved to Spain as the Commander, 2186 Communications Squadron, Torrejon Air Base, Spain, from July 1983 to October 1986. He returned to Scott AFB, Illinois, as Objectives Division Chief, HQ AFCC, from October 1986 to August 1987 before being selected to structure the development of the new United States Transportation Command until August 1989. He then moved to the Defense Information Systems Agency in Arlington, Virginia, and completed his last assignment in the Air Force as Special Assistant to the Director and the Total Quality Management Director for the Defense Systems Support Organization. Mr. Okon retired from active duty in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on 1 February 1993.
In December 1993, he was selected for an appointment at the Defense Information Systems Agency as the Quality Management Education and Training Principal until 1 April 1996 when he was selected as the DISA WebMaster and Chief for the Information Resource Division. In June 1997 he was selected to be the Deputy Chief for the Applications Division to infuse Web technology into application development. In January 1997, Mr. Okon was selected to be the Chief of the Electronic Commerce Engineering Division. In 2002, he was selected for the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP). In October 2004, Mr. Okon was appointed as the Chief of Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Systems Engineering. On 5 May 2005, he graduated from the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP). In June 2006, Mr. Okon was selected to join the OSD Architecture & Interoperability team by the DoD Chief Architect.