Ms. Jennifer Edgin assumed her current position as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare in October 2022. In this role, she manages requirements, policy and resources for Communications, Networks, ISR, Oceanography, Space, Cyber, Electronic Warfare, and Command and Control capabilities. She leads the strategy, planning, programming, budgeting and execution for investments of over $9 billion dollars per year in more than 200 Navy programs and 52,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel. Additionally, she oversees the Navy’s Chief Information and Cybersecurity Offices.

Prior to her time with N2N6, Ms. Edgin served as the Assistant Deputy Commandant for Information, Headquarters Marine Corps. In this role, she serves as the principle deputy and technical assistant to the Deputy Commandant for Information, responsible for developing the plans, policies, and strategy for operating in the Information Environment.

Ms. Edgin was selected to the Senior Level in September of 2013 serving as the Chief Technology Officer and War Room Director leading information management and technology initiatives across the Information Environment. Ms. Edgin began her career as a Test Engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division managing quality evaluation programs for Cartridge Actuated Devices for Navy and Air Force egress systems. She was then selected to the inaugural class for Lean Six Sigma program at NSWC Indian Head, managing process improvement efforts and establishing command continuous process improvement methodologies. As part of the Lean Six Sigma program, Ms. Edgin completed a rotational assignment at Naval Sea Systems Command Strategic Plans and Programs, adapting engineering methodologies to assist with implementation of a competency aligned organization.

Ms. Edgin later transitioned to Naval Sea Systems Command, PMS 392 Strategic/Attack Submarines, managing submarine overhaul and maintenance periods. Ms. Edgin then transitioned to Marine Corps Systems Command as the Rapid Prototyping Lead for Program Manager, Marine Intelligence and was responsible for leading responses to Urgent Universal Needs Statements and maturing and infusing technologies into traditional Acquisition Programs.

Ms. Edgin holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University and a Master of Science Degree in Engineering and Technology Management from George Washington University along with Executive Certificates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an American Society of Quality Six Sigma Black Belt and DAWIA Level III in Program Management and Systems Engineering.

Ms. Rathbun currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Information Warfare and Enterprise Services (DASN IWAR) on the staff of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition. She is also dual-hatted as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) on the staff of the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer.

As DASN IWAR, she supports an $8+B portfolio of programs and projects that deliver the systems for information-centric capabilities, services, processes, and security, including Command and Control; Communications; Networks; Cloud; Cyber; Intelligence; Meteorology and Oceanography; Spectrum; Position, Navigation and Timing; Productivity; Logistics; Personal; Acquisition; Financial; and many other enterprise services. In addition to program support Ms. Rathbun drives key software acquisition reforms and is the Navy’s IT Acquisition Workforce lead.

As CTO she is focused on leveraging modern principles and technologies to drive the modernization of key elements of the DON’s IT Infrastructure to include the establishment of a unified network architecture, movement to a culture of enterprise cloud services and execution of zero trust principles through identity services to enable a mobile, agile, secure and interoperable operational force in meeting their mission.

Prior to selection as DASN, Ms. Rathbun served as the Deputy Director for Defense Business Systems in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Cyber, and Business Systems (DASD C3CB) within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. She was responsible for shaping the acquisitions of the Department’s major Defense Business Systems and Enterprise IT Infrastructure Services investments, a portfolio valued at over $15B, impacting the readiness of every soldier, sailor, airman and marine, their dependents and military retirees. In addition, she led multiple process improvement efforts focused on modernizing and optimizing the acquisition of business and IT services, software acquisition methods and tools, cloud services, and the management and governance of Defensewide capabilities.

Ms. Rathbun has had a diverse career in the government. Her assignments include: the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; the Office of the Secretary of Defense Program Analysis and Evaluation as an operations research analyst for readiness and PPBS reform; HQ NASA where she served as a change lead on the SAP enterprise resource planning solution implementation and the Acting Director of Resources, NASA Comptroller; Chief of Staff for the Deputy Secretary of Defense directed initiative, Institutional Reform and Governance Roadmap, where she guided a cross-department team through development of management reforms including implementation of a Capability Portfolio Management process; AT&L as Special Assistant to the Director of Portfolio Systems Acquisition for Program Management Empowerment and Accountability implementing Weapon System Acquisition Reform Act initiatives; Acting Division Chief for the Strategic Capabilities Office in the J1/8 Resources Directorate, United States Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany, leading analysis of assessment of command operations, and alignment and advocacy of resources to the Command Strategy; and Chief of Staff to the DASD C3CB, facilitating the coordination and synchronization of cross-DASD efforts, requirements, and resources, identifying opportunities for process and management improvements focused on optimizing the delivery of program support and advocacy.

Ms. Rathbun received a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from John Carroll University and a Master in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. She has earned top civilian service awards for her various efforts and contributions. Ms. Rathbun is Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certified – Program Management, Level III.

Lt. Col. Charlie Bahk is the inaugural Director of the U.S. Marine Corps Software Factory (MCSWF), a pilot effort to create a world-class Marine-led software development capability. Charlie also serves as the Deputy Commandant for Information, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). In these capacities, he enables USMC modernization efforts by leveraging emerging technologies to support commanders at the speed of operations, increasing lethality and readiness. Previously, Charlie served as the Occupational Field Manager for Communications, the second-largest community in the Marine Corps. He is a combat veteran with multiple overseas deployments and received a Bronze Star for wartime service. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Charlie received a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering Systems degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.