Alan Golombek is a Senior Enterprise Architect in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Networks & Information Integration, Architecture, Standards and Interoperability Directorate in Arlington, Virginia, and has been in this position since October 2007. His main duties include being the co lead for the development of the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) version 2.0, participation in the Intelligence Community Architecture effort, representing the AS&I Director at federal level architecture meetings, and at NATO architecture technical exchange meetings. Mr. Golombek comes to AS&I from the Joint Staff, Pentagon, where he performed a variety of IT related duties.
Mr. Golombek has been serving in increasingly responsible positions in Federal Civil Service since 1979. He started his professional career in 1979 with the Federal Communications Commission, Baltimore, Maryland, Field Office, as a field specialist. His main duties involved resolving radio frequency and electromagnetic interference problems. In June 1987, he became the Branch Chief of the Communications Electronics branch of the First U.S. Army, Fort Meade, Maryland. He was the technical expert for the First U.S. Army for tactical and administrative telecommunications and IT. In October 1992, he joined the Joint Defense Telecommunications Service-Washington, the Pentagon, Washington, DC, as a Telecommunications Specialist. Mr. Golombek managed high level telecommunications projects for supported agencies throughout the National Capital Region. He left DTS-W in June 1997 to become the Chief of Networks and Telecommunications for the Defense Security Service (DSS) where he supported data, telecommunications, and other IT services for a DSS worldwide mission. In August 2003, he became the Chief of the Information Technology Policy, Community Outreach and Enterprise Architecture Division, office of the CIO, Department of Defense Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA), Arlington, Virginia. His main duties were documenting the CI community enterprise architecture and interfaced with the Counterintelligence, Intelligence, and Law Enforcement communities to promote information sharing and coordinating and publishing CIFA policies and reviewing DoD IT policies for CIFA and CI community impact.
Mr. Golombek retired as Lieutenant Colonel from the Army Reserve in 2007. He was branched Military Intelligence. He has specialties in TEMPEST and Electronic Warfare. Mr. Golombek enlisted as a signal soldier in 1982. His specialty was fixing tactical radios. He attained the rank of Sergeant before attending and earning his commission through the Army Officers Candidate School in 1985. Highlights of his career include serving at JICPAC, NSA (704th MI Brigade), the 10th Mountain Division (To The Top), mobilizations for Operation Just Cause/Fuertos Caminos (Panama), Operation Joint Forge (The Balkans), and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). He has earned numerous military awards including the Meritorious Service Medal.
Mr. Golombek received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Towson University, majoring in Communications, and a Master of Science degree in Information Technology and Telecommunications Systems from the Johns Hopkins University. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Hobbies include racquetball, golf, and Amateur Radio (N3FNQ).