Irwin Smietan

Mr. Smietan retired from the federal government with 40 years of experience. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 1980 and served as: the Director of Navy Information Systems Security Engineering; Assistant Commander of Technology, Acquisition, Logistics, and Engineering Support; Deputy Program Director/Technical Director of the Marine Corps Program Directorate; Technical Director of Research and Development Telecommunications Division; and Project Manager for Ship and Shore Telecommunications Systems. After retiring, he returned to manage a number of efforts to transfer technology from the DoD to state and local Law Enforcement agencies. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering with graduate studies in both law and business management.