Paul Rogers

"Upon retirement from a career in the US Marine Corps, I was recruited to work as a Program Manager (PM) on a large project at the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI). This position and experience led me to support other agencies such as FBI, DIA, NGA, CIA, and NSA throughout my career. I am currently a PM with Amentum supporting the physical security program for NSA, which is responsible for access control at all NSA building locations in several other state locations." 

"As a PM my day starts off with reviewing the day and connecting with my site managers and supervisors at the different locations we support about what happened late in the evening or overnight that is of importance and needs to be addressed up my chain. Then the day continues with routine meetings, customer interface, and personal interaction with the workforce throughout the program."

"It's exciting to see the new influx of energetic and bright young people starting their careers in an excitingly new world of technology and challenges. [It's also exciting to see] all the new technological advances our community has made in the past several decades and the constant adaptation of these services by the workforce. I see the younger versions of myself and my colleagues and we once thought we were the best and the brightest (we were at that time)...How times have changed and so have we."

"The future brings a bundle of challenges for the new workforces and the IC because the methods of technology and violations of privacy and security are huge...It is imperative that the IC remains totally dedicated and vigilant in expanding their knowledge of how to protect this nation and our democracy. We are trending towards virtual intelligence (VI) and artificial intelligence (AI) which will dominate the entire community of the IC and the way we live our lives every day."

Favorite Movie/Book/TV Show this year: Black Panther (movie)/Say It Louder (book)/Homeland (TV show)