Courtney Harrington
Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Senior Level Expertise
- Emergency Management Leadship
- Military ISR
- Technology Solutions
- Project Management
- Critical Systems Integration
- Paperless Systems
- Cabinet Member - CIO
- Chief Technical Officer
- Law Enforcement Coordination
- Military Immersion
Senior level SME in CyberSecurity, Anti-terrorism, Force Protection and Emergency Management.
Extensive senior government experience at local, state and federal levels.
Extensive senior experience embedded with U.S military at National Guard and active services.
Award winning writer, editor, graphic designer and website design and management.
Positions Held
- SPAWAR (US Navy 2009-2017) Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Branch Head, Special Projects, Contract Officer's Representative, C41SR Engineer
- Hawaii Department of Defense, Homeland Security (2005-2009) Chief Technology Officer
- City and County of Honolulu (1998-2005) Chief Information Officer and Director, Department of Information Technology
Major Accomplishments
Two patents (pending) Homeland Security detection devices
National awards for: #1 for use of Technology in Delivery of Government Services; Best Practice City for Centralized IT and Use of GIS Technology in Government; Government Innovation of the Year - City Hall in a Suitcase
Manager of the Year
Implemented citywide paperless technologies saving $10-million in the first year
Cancelled 47 different IT contracts beween vendors and city agencies and centralized all IT functions in DIT. Set IT standards and policies citywide. Implemented an internal Help Desk and internal tech support and repair branch. Increased citywide training for various programs. Started the Digital Academy for training upper level management about IT, benefits and costs. Savings in first year $17 million
Implementation of Honolulu Police Department Mobile Field Reporting
Chair, State Emergency Communications Committee. FCC appointment (1980 - present)
Founder Honolulu Critical Infrastructure Protect Board (2001-present)
Member - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Urban Area Working Group (2002 - present)
Board of Directors (past) and Member (active) Honolulu Infragard, FBI sponsored (2003 - present)
Member Journal of Electronic Government (2004 - 2013)
Chair - Hawaii E911 Board. Governor appointment. (2004 - 2006)
Member - AFCEA Hawaii (active)
Other
TS/SCI Eligible
Attended:
Princeton - Artificial Intelligence (2019)
University of Maryland - CyberSecurity Specialization (2017)
Penn State University - Counter-Terrorism Specialization (2017)
SUNY - International Cyber Conflicts (2018)
University of Michigan - Securing Digital Democracy (2018)
Licensed private pilot
Senior level Project Manager
Senior level editor
Author - 4 books, numerous articles
Professional experience in commercial broadcasting (radio and TV)
Graphic artist and design
Web design and maintenance
Doesn't melt down in high stress, short fuse environments
Preference is consultant or contractor
A copy of my resume
is available here
