9-May-2014 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE STEM Education Summit Opportunities, Education and Credentials Larry Muzzelo Director, CECOM Software Engineering Center

9-May-2014 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ￭ Computer Literacy ￭ Defense IT at APG ￭ Projected Opportunities ￭ Workforce Skills 2 Discussion Points

9-May-2014 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Computer Literacy versus Computer Science ￭ April 23, 2014 Washington Post article described how high school students are not taught to write code, take classes in how the Internet works or create an app. 3 “High school students are all about computers but get little instruction in computer science” /2014/04/23/13979eda-c185-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html

9-May-2014 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APG Communities of Excellence C4ISR CECOM – Communications and Electronics Command ACC – Army Contracting Command PEO C3T PEO IEW&S CERDEC Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high- yield Explosives ECBC –Edgewood Chemical Biological Center JPEO-CBD – Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense CMA –Chemical Materials Activity PEO ACWA - Program Executive Office for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives 20th Support Command – CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosives) DTRA JSTO – Joint Science & Technology Office (emerging) Public Health and Medical Research USAPHC – US Army Public Health Command USAMRICD – US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense Research and Development Research and Development Command Test and Evaluation Army Test and Evaluation Command Army Test Center Army Research Laboratory

9-May-2014 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Communications-Electronics Command Software Engineering Center ￭ Maintain Software Readiness –Fix Security Vulnerabilities Update software so systems are not susceptible to being hacked –Resolve anomalies that prevent mission accomplishment Example: Fix a software bug that prevents your computer from working –Maintain interoperability with other changing or new systems Example: Update software on your PC to add a new printer that is not recognized ￭ Currently support 83 major C4ISR and 6 Logistics systems deployed throughout the world with an additional 30 systems becoming SEC’s responsibility over the next five years 5

9-May-2014 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Representative C4ISR & Logistics Systems 6

9-May-2014 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Projected Opportunities 7  Organizational Size – ~700 civilian contractors  Hiring Status – Currently constrained – Two week pilot summer 2014 internship for high school juniors – Reinstitute summer positions for College Sophomores starting 2016 – Project significant opportunities in 2017 and beyond due to impending retirements SEC Civilian Workforce eligible to retire within the next 5 years

9-May-2014 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Education & Skills ￭ Computer Science (Bachelors Degree) –Software/Systems Architecture –Cybersecurity –SAP ￭ IT Specialists (Associate’s Degree) –Programmers –Lab Managers ￭ Ability to obtain government clearance ￭ Certifications 8