LCDR David Still

Navy | Surface Warfare Officer

Dates of Service: Aug 1994 - Aug 2014

RETIRED

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Commissioning Source: ROTC, Aug 1994

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Retired Surface Warfare Officer with extensive operational test and acquisition management experience. Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Acquisition level III certified in Test and Evaluation. Management expert, strategic and operational planner with tactical Aegis Air Defense experience. Energetic leadership and effective communication skills consistently produce top results.

Military Experiences

Apr 2010 - Aug 2014

Operational Test Director

OPTEVFOR, OPNAV | Norfolk, VA

Managed four contractors and a $1.9 million yearly budget in support of the planning, coordination and conduct of operational effectiveness and suitability assessments of candidate technologies for five joint chemical and biological defense acquisition programs. Responsible for all phases of the acquisition process, including early involvement, test and evaluation master plan development, experience providing expertise with technical and analytical support in test plan development, test execution, and test reporting. Provided Navy chemical and biological test and evaluation policy expertise to the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of the Army’s Test and Evaluation Capability and Methodologies Integrated Product Team.

Feb 2008 - Mar 2010

Deputy Plans Branch

Sixth Fleet, COMUSNAVEUR, USFLTFORCOM | Naples, Italy

Coordinated with 25 African and 7 European countries to plan U.S. Naval Forces Africa’s premier Theater Security Cooperation engagement activity, Africa Partnership Station. Responsible for all phases of the planning process, and organizing the initial, mid-term, and final planning conferences attended by African and European partners, U.S. military and interagency staff. Directed an eight-person planning team in promoting international maritime cooperation through the recognition and understanding of the political, social and cultural contexts of maritime security.

Oct 2006 - Nov 2007

Deputy Chief of Sea Forces Division

USE - Cairo, Non-Arabian Peninsula, CENTCOM Embassies, CENTCOM | Cairo, Egypt

Responsible for all facets of the U.S. Foreign Military Sales programs with the Egyptian Navy valued at $220 million dollars annually. Provides forward mission presence in direct support of USCENTCOM Theater Strategic Cooperation Plan and U.S. Department of State Mission Performance Plan. Assisted the Egyptian Navy with developing long-range goals and objectives; establishing military requirements and implementation of programs to transfer defense articles, service and management of Egypt’s overall maritime modernization efforts.

Oct 2003 - May 2005

Operations Officer

USS Hue City (CG 66), Cruisers, COMNAVSURFLANT, USFLTFORCOM | Naval Station Mayport, FL

Managed 105 enlisted and 10 officers within the operations department of an Ticonderoga Class AEGIS Cruiser. Responsible for communications, training, Signals Warfare and operational planning and execution. War zone tested AEGIS tactical action officer. Vital to HUE CITY’s operational success while deployed in support of Operations IRAQI and ENDURING FREEDOM and the Global War on Terrorism. Personally awarded for superior performance.