Military Service Record of LTC (RET) Bernard J. Jansen. Details military sevice record, miltiary schools, and significant military accomplishments

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Military	Graduation Date
CGSC	2000
CAS3	1994
Marine Corps Advanced Course	1991
Jumpmaster	1988
SIGGO Course	1987
Signal Officers Basic Course	1986
Airborne School	1983
Air Assault	1980
Infantry Advanced Individual Training	1978
Basic Training	1978

2000 - 2002	Deputy Division Chief	Visual Information Division, Office of Chief, Information Officer, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 17013
		Winner of Carlisle Barracks Team of the Year 2002.
1999 - 2000	Division Chief	G6, Eighth US Army, DET 311th TSC, PSC 303 Box 74, APO AP 09205
		From July through October 1999, I was a member of the US Forces Korea Y2K Task Force Operational Evaluation Team of the J-3, Combined Forces Command. Responsible for the operational testing of the command's critical warfighting systems in the areas of command control, intelligence, and targeting. Article on project appeared in: Brown, G., Fisher, M., Stoll, N., Beeksma, D., Black, M., Taylor, R., Choe, S., Williams, A., Bryant, W., and Jansen, B. J. 2000. Leveraging a Y2K evaluation to improve information systems architecture. Communications of the ACM, 43(10), 90-97. View in PDF. From November 1999 to July 2000, I developed a Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) Master Plan for the Eighth US Army. The C4I Master Plan provides a C4I vision for the command by projecting the command's strategic communications requirement 7 years out and identifying the needed networking, computer, and transmission requirements. Also, responsible for ensuring the command's Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Integrated Priority List (IPL) submissions supported the C4I Master Plan. Article on effort to appear in: Jansen, B. J., Riedt, R., and Turner, J. (In Press). Meaningful IT Planning in an Environment of Constant Change. SIGNAL: International Journal of AFCEA. From November 1999 to July 2000, I lead the development of a Web-based system at automated the submission, routing, and processing of communications requests for all major customers of the 8th US Army. The system reduced processing time from days to minutes, provided worldwide access for customers, and dramatically improved database integrity. Annual savings are estimated to exceed $50,000 with a dramatic improvement in efficiency.

1996 – 1999	Instructor and Assistant Professor	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 10996
		Taught 17 undergraduate level information technology, microcomputing, and database courses.
	Executive Officer	From 1997 to 1999, Executive Officer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 10996
		As executive officer for the department, I was responsible for the executive officer functions common to most military units, plus course scheduling, instructor assignments, classroom allocation, student counseling, as well as many other duties concerning the day-to-day operation of the department. Designed and implement a department knowledge system that reduce execution of management tasks from days to seconds. Assisted in the development of a Web-based system for facilities management for the largest academic building at the United States Military Academy. System lead to a significant improvement in customer support as measured by processing time and facilities upkeep. Article on system appeared in: Schmoyer, T. and Jansen, B. J. 2001. Personalized Computer Interaction Improves Customer Service. SIGNAL: International Journal of AFCEA, 55(9), 63 - 65.

1996 – 1996	Student	Student Detachment
		Attended Advanced Civil Schooling for a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University. Elected president of the Computer Science Graduate Students Association, 1994 – 1995.

1993 - 1994	Aide- de- camp	for Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, AFCENT, Brussum, the Netherlands
		Responsible for the smooth and effective managing of the schedule, travel, and engagements of a two star general. Routinely interacted and briefed general officers from the US services and from the services of other nations.

1991 - 1993	Company Commander	A Company, 97th Signal Battalion, Mannheim, Germany
		Responsible for corps communication support to the multi-national divisions (German, Dutch, French, and US) in the Central Army Group and communicaton at and into the headquarters of Allied Forces Central. Participated in over 30 field exercises as company commander.

1990 - 1991	Student	Marine Corps Advanced Course, Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia
		Student at the Marine Corps Advanced Course ILO of the Signal Officers Advanced Course. Recipient of research and writing award.

1986 - 1990	Platoon Leader (Several Times), Battalion Signal Officer, and Battalion S-4	Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Served in the 82d Airborne Division, 20th Engineer Brigade (Airborne), and 35th Signal Brigade (Airborne)
		Planned, installed, operated, and maintained several communication systems and networks while serving in the 82d Signal Battalion, 27th Engineer Battalion, and 50th Signal Battalion. Provided logistical planning and support for operations of the 50th Signal Battalion. Recipient of research award.

Last Military Assignment: Visual Information Division	733 Sowards Place
Chief, Information Office	State College, PA 16803
U.S. Army War College	Phone: 814-867-5043
Carlisle Barracks, PA 17103	Cell: 814-571-6916
Email: jjansen@acm.org

	Ph.D. Computer Science
	Texas A&M University
	College Station, Texas 77843
	August, 1999
	Dissertation: A Software Agent for Performance Improvement of an Existing Information Retrieval System
	Advisor: Dr. Udo Pooch, Texas A&M University

	M.CS. Computer Science
	Texas A&M University
	College Station Texas 77843
	May, 1996

	M.S. International Relations
	Troy State University
	European Division
	August, 1994

	B.S. Computer Science
	United States Military Academy
	West Point, New York 10996
	May, 1985

	A top paper and research award from the Marine Corps University for publication entitled "C3 and Organization for the Drug War."
	A top writing award from Army Trainer journal for paper entitled: "Platoon Level Field Training, Key for the Signal Corps."