Mr. Jeffery Hurley, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director, Information Command, Control, Communications and Computers. Mr. Hurley oversees the recruitment, development, advancement, and assignment of C4 employees. He shares fully in the planning, directing, coordinating, and overseeing C4 functions and programs. He provides strategic direction to enable the effective and efficient application, modernization, functional integration, acquisition, and management of all C4/IT resources. Additionally, Mr. Hurley provides critical corporate continuity and history to ensure that executive decision-making incorporates institutional knowledge.
A native of Casper, Wyoming, Mr. Hurley joined the Navy and served in a variety of technical and supervisory key positions. He achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer (E-7) prior to his selection as Limited Duty Officer (LDO) and selected to Lieutenant Commander (O-4) to finish his distinguished career of nearly 23 years.
After his retirement in 2009, Mr. Hurley entered Federal Civilian Service. His successes continued as he served in positions such as Operations Manager, Project Lead, Program Manager, Supervisor, and Senior Manager in various Navy units. He lead a team of professionals in the delivery of $25 million in external communication systems and upgrades to Foreign Military Sales customers, performed as Supervisor for the Ships New Construction Competency at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic where he managed the C4I systems installation in 12 new construction shipbuilding programs, and served as the Senior Manager, Sustainment Engineering and Fleet Support Competency at NIWC Atlantic, responsible for a geographically diverse team consisting of over 800 personnel.
Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Hurley was the Executive Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Cyber Systems (C4S) and the Deputy Chief Information Officer for U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, IL (2021-2024) where he provided oversight of the Joint Deployment and Distribution Architecture to guarantee mission assurance through resilient, critical C4S for USTRANSCOM and its five component commands. He joined the Senior Executive Service in December 2021.
Mr. Hurley received his Bachelor of Science, Business from Excelsior College, Albany, NY; a Master of Science, Information Systems and Operations from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and Post Masters Certificate Business Administration and Management from the Northcentral University, Phoenix, AZ.