Bob supports GBS SFOC activities and oversees Wet Plant Management bringing his multidisciplinary engineering and operational skills to GBS commercial and government clients for over a decade. Bob wrote the book, Submarine Cable Mechanics and Recommended Laying Procedures, which has been the Submarine Fiber Optic Cable (SFOC) industry reference for over 30 years, and he is recognized as a subject matter expert in developing, designing, testing, fault analysis, building, maintaining and upgrading SFOC systems.
Former Sr. Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, Director at Tyco/TyCom Submarine Systems, Managing Director at Sowilo/Dorsal Networks and Director at Corvis Government Solutions, Bob has been directly involved in the development, design and construction of over 40 SFOC systems around the globe as well as maintaining and upgrading countless more.
Bob received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and over his career has been a licensed Professional Engineer and certified Program Manager. Bob has been active with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) and presented at the SubOptic Conference.
Bob is a second-generation expert in the fiber optic industry as his father was a terrestrial optical communications engineer. On nights and weekends, Bob is a jazz and concert bass/tenor trombonist and enjoys woodworking, photography, hiking and kayaking.
James has worked at GBS for nearly four years as Senior Project Manager, CIENA equipment Business Partner, IT Manager, and the GBS SCDMS System Administrator. He has led the technical and policy effort to achieve NIST 800-171 compliance for both GBS Corporate and SCDMS, and is preparing the company for the rollout of CMMC.
Prior to GBS, James was a contractor for Raytheon in the NSA at Fort Meade. He then started his 35-year career with Verizon as an Outside Top Craft Systems Technician, moving on to Voice and Data Special Services as an Outside Plant Planner for the Pentagon, Arlington, Crystal City and Columbia Pike Wire Centers.
James also worked on the Regulatory and Operational divestiture of Verizon Data Services after both the Bell Atlantic/GTE and the GTE/Verizon mergers. He served as Director for Verizon’s DSL and Layer 2 NOCs, and then as Director of Maintenance Engineering for Verizon’s Global Layer 1 Network and FiOS Passive Optical Network (PON) technologies.
James has an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management.
James’ hobbies include vintage Muscle cars and spending time with his family and five grandchildren. He is a 1st Degree Brown in Tang Soo Do and studied for his Black Belt.
Dr. Pamela Fletcher is a Subject Matter Expert at GBS. Pamela has 25 years of experience working in marine resource management in New England, Florida and the Caribbean. Pamela’s background in policy and management were built on her experiences as an employee of state and local governments and a unique liaison role facilitating research and management between a public university and a federal research laboratory.
Pamela is applying her knowledge in permitting and project management to identify solutions for the telecom industry. Dr. Fletcher’s priority at GBS is to provide clients with exceptional end-to-end service for their data networks.
Pamela holds a BA in Marine Affairs, BS in Fisheries Science and Technology, MS in Management and Policy, and a PhD in Soil and Water Sciences.
Pamela spends time volunteering with non-profit organizations working in environmental restoration and conservation in the Caribbean, Florida and Central America.
Brian is a Telecommunications Subject Matter Expert with more than 36 years of combined GBS and Government service experience involving the planning, engineering, acquisition, deployment, installation, integration, activation, and operational support of global terrestrial and submarine systems, and also classified and unclassified network sub-systems.
He helped forge and establish GBS as a recognized highly experienced partner with honed skills and expertise in the planning, budgeting, acquisition and construction of DoD networks and project management of their implementation and operational support for all aspects of network activities, worldwide.
Brian is a certified Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Program Manager and DoD acquisition specialist who provides GBS technical advisor support to program managers, project managers and contracting officers for the acquisition and contracting of systems and their implementation. Brian was instrumental in the development of DoD’s adoption of Infeasible Right Use (IRU) contracts for the DoD award winning DISA Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) Program, Pacific and Atlantic extensions, and the CONUS Core Enhancement Program (CCEP), and their integration with vast other leased services. He also was the technical and acquisition lead support for the DTS-P ($1.5B), DTS-P II ($3B), and DCTS-N ($1.5B) projects, contract acquisitions and transition activities.
Brian holds a Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSE) and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE).
Andy has spent more than 30 years in the international telecommunications industry with four major worldwide telecom service providers. He has managed successful marketing and sales teams that have consistently exceeded target goals and objectives through the application of innovative and entrepreneurial methods to serve Fortune 100 enterprises.
Andy has traveled throughout the world on telecom projects. His efforts have resulted in generating revenues in the $200M to $400M range, with significant contribution to net income and shareowner value.
Andy is an accomplished engineer, holding several patents, and providing subject matter expertise for subsea, terrestrial and wireless technologies, including specialized expertise in the emerging Low Earth Orbit technology.
Andy directs GBS’ HUBZone marketing and sales program. The objective of the HUBZone program is to fuel small business growth in historically underutilized business zones with a goal of awarding at least 3% of federal contract dollars to HUBZone-certified companies each year.
Ben is the Operations Manager at GBS, coordinating operations at the headquarters in Leesburg, Virginia. Ben has played a critical role in multiple aspects of the administrative side of the business since joining the GBS team in 2013, including providing support in the areas of accounting; contracting; human resources; office management; payroll; physical, information security and security awareness, education and training.
Ben has created and developed an effective security education program, been involved in several outside reviews of internal company systems relating to both accounting and security programs and selected and implemented a new company-wide accounting system.
Prior to joining GBS, Ben built bathrooms and kitchens for a remodeling company while earning for an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts, producing a 4.0 GPA and graduating summa cum laude along the way.
When not in the office, Ben serves on staff at his church and enjoys engaging with the outdoors often, usually somewhere in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Northern Virginia.
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Kathryn is the Director of Human Resources and Corporate Communications. In addition to managing HR and benefits delivery, she enjoys research for special projects and brainstorming creative solutions. Kathryn is responsible for the development and delivery of internal and external communications, creating print and online materials, developing and maintaining the GBS family of websites, publishing content and marketing GBS services.
Her research efforts supported work for several team projects, including two US patents for the GBS cloud-based service “SCDMS;” NIST 800-171 compliance; SCDMS branding; the FedDMS Launch; GBS HUBZone certification; and GDPR-related compliance.
Kathryn worked out of the NYC and Washington DC offices during her time with NYNEX/Bell Atlantic/Verizon Government Affairs and Human Resource Communications. Her work involved executive speech writing, merger communications, creating and editing the HR newspaper to 128,000 employees, and community relations in support of telecom-related public policy - helping to represent Verizon and the Foundation to national African American organizations.
3D MAPPING SPECIALIST
James provides part-time support to GBS in the areas of cable route engineering, desktop studies, GIS analysis and software development of 3D cable modeling systems. See more here: 3D CABLE ROUTE
James has provided end-to-end cable route engineering and desktop studies for over 25 telecom projects in the Gulf of Mexico, Indonesia, Russia, Caribbean, North Sea, West Africa, Antarctica, Australia, South America, Hawaii, Canadian Arctic, and the North Sea.
He has strong project management skills with technical areas of expertise in relational and spatial database development, GIS programming, web application development, network security and IT design. He also has 15 years of at-sea Ocean Engineering experience which includes survey system sensor integration, hydrographic survey, vessel mobilization and all aspects of data collection and product development for hydrographic and cable route surveys.
James received his BS in Ocean Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1995.
Heather joins GBS as an ocean engineer, providing technical support and environment modeling.
Heather is a detail oriented, results driven team player with strong technical skills and 10+ years of experience supporting private industry and U.S. government contracts.
Her areas of expertise include quality assurance and compliance for U.S. Naval systems, program/project management (Naval & U.S. Government experience), AutoCAD modeling, Finite Element Analysis (NEi Nastran), MATLAB programming, laboratory testing and documentation.
Heather received her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer at Hartford in 2000 and a BS in Ocean Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1995.
Steve has a range of extensive experience in telecommunications and provides GBS with strategic business guidance on strategic plans and programs focused on the U.S. Government (USG) and commercial Information Technology (IT) market, influencing development from inception to successful implementation.
Steve brings to GBS the unique capability of interfacing with Alaskan Native Corporations and Native Village Corporations in developing IT businesses for the purpose of working with USG Government Agencies and other Federal Contractors.
Rebecca provides the GBS team with detailed office management, anticipating the needs of our business office and proactively positioning resources to meet them. Rebecca also serves as a notary for GBS.
With a degree in business administration and experience in office management she is a self-motivated, detail-oriented, dependable team-player that assist the GBS team in various ways.
Rebecca came to GBS after working several years for a national retirement community, managing all appropriate medical and legal paperwork for both independent and medically fragile residents. She also assisted in the management, organization of and coordinating financial records, employee payroll, corporate data while also working alongside the sales and marketing team to organize events and fundraisers.
Abigail joins GBS as a college intern supporting Desktop Study projects.
Abigail’s studies in the geosciences, music, language, and archaeology, as well as her mineral physics laser lab work, and international travel experiences provides her a diverse perspective she happily shares over the course of her internship. As an intern, she is gaining experience in an industry that is foundational to today’s internet-reliant businesses.
Christianna joins GBS as an intern supporting Corporate Communications and SCDMS marketing efforts.
With a diverse background in youth program leadership, graphic design and music, Christianna adds a flair of creativity to video production, development of training tutorials, and other communication materials. As an intern, she is gaining experience in an industry that is foundational to today’s internet-reliant businesses.
A third-year student at a private college in the southern United States, Christianna serves as full-time Assistant Dean while finishing a degree in Pastoral Studies with a minor in music.
ROBERT
Bob supports GBS SFOC activities and oversees Wet Plant Management bringing his multidisciplinary engineering and operational skills to GBS commercial and government clients for over a decade. Bob wrote the book, Submarine Cable Mechanics and Recommended Laying Procedures, which has been the Submarine Fiber Optic Cable (SFOC) industry reference for over 30 years, and he is recognized as a subject matter expert in developing, designing, testing, fault analysis, building, maintaining and upgrading SFOC systems.
Former Sr. Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, Director at Tyco/TyCom Submarine Systems, Managing Director at Sowilo/Dorsal Networks and Director at Corvis Government Solutions, Bob has been directly involved in the development, design and construction of over 40 SFOC systems around the globe as well as maintaining and upgrading countless more.
Bob received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and over his career has been a licensed Professional Engineer and certified Program Manager. Bob has been active with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) and presented at the SubOptic Conference.
Bob is a second-generation expert in the fiber optic industry as his father was a terrestrial optical communications engineer. On nights and weekends, Bob is a jazz and concert bass/tenor trombonist and enjoys woodworking, photography, hiking and kayaking.
JAMES
James has worked at GBS for nearly four years as Senior Project Manager, CIENA equipment Business Partner, IT Manager, and the GBS SCDMS System Administrator. He has led the technical and policy effort to achieve NIST 800-171 compliance for both GBS Corporate and SCDMS, and is preparing the company for the rollout of CMMC.
Prior to GBS, James was a contractor for Raytheon in the NSA at Fort Meade. He then started his 35-year career with Verizon as an Outside Top Craft Systems Technician, moving on to Voice and Data Special Services as an Outside Plant Planner for the Pentagon, Arlington, Crystal City and Columbia Pike Wire Centers.
James also worked on the Regulatory and Operational divestiture of Verizon Data Services after both the Bell Atlantic/GTE and the GTE/Verizon mergers. He served as Director for Verizon’s DSL and Layer 2 NOCs, and then as Director of Maintenance Engineering for Verizon’s Global Layer 1 Network and FiOS Passive Optical Network (PON) technologies.
James has an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management.
James’ hobbies include vintage Muscle cars and spending time with his family and five grandchildren. He is a 1st Degree Brown in Tang Soo Do and studied for his Black Belt.
DR. PAMELA
Dr. Pamela Fletcher is a Subject Matter Expert at GBS. Pamela has 25 years of experience working in marine resource management in New England, Florida and the Caribbean. Pamela’s background in policy and management were built on her experiences as an employee of state and local governments and a unique liaison role facilitating research and management between a public university and a federal research laboratory.
Pamela is applying her knowledge in permitting and project management to identify solutions for the telecom industry. Dr. Fletcher’s priority at GBS is to provide clients with exceptional end-to-end service for their data networks.
Pamela holds a BA in Marine Affairs, BS in Fisheries Science and Technology, MS in Management and Policy, and a PhD in Soil and Water Sciences.
Pamela spends time volunteering with non-profit organizations working in environmental restoration and conservation in the Caribbean, Florida and Central America.
BRIAN
Brian is a Telecommunications Subject Matter Expert with more than 36 years of combined GBS and Government service experience involving the planning, engineering, acquisition, deployment, installation, integration, activation, and operational support of global terrestrial and submarine systems, and also classified and unclassified network sub-systems.
He helped forge and establish GBS as a recognized highly experienced partner with honed skills and expertise in the planning, budgeting, acquisition and construction of DoD networks and project management of their implementation and operational support for all aspects of network activities, worldwide.
Brian is a certified Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Program Manager and DoD acquisition specialist who provides GBS technical advisor support to program managers, project managers and contracting officers for the acquisition and contracting of systems and their implementation. Brian was instrumental in the development of DoD’s adoption of Infeasible Right Use (IRU) contracts for the DoD award winning DISA Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) Program, Pacific and Atlantic extensions, and the CONUS Core Enhancement Program (CCEP), and their integration with vast other leased services. He also was the technical and acquisition lead support for the DTS-P ($1.5B), DTS-P II ($3B), and DCTS-N ($1.5B) projects, contract acquisitions and transition activities.
Brian holds a Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSE) and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE).
BEN
Ben is the Operations Manager at GBS, coordinating operations at the headquarters in Leesburg, Virginia. Ben has played a critical role in multiple aspects of the administrative side of the business since joining the GBS team in 2013, including providing support in the areas of accounting; contracting; human resources; office management; payroll; physical, information security and security awareness, education and training.
Ben has created and developed an effective security education program, been involved in several outside reviews of internal company systems relating to both accounting and security programs and selected and implemented a new company-wide accounting system.
Prior to joining GBS, Ben built bathrooms and kitchens for a remodeling company while earning for an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts, producing a 4.0 GPA and graduating summa cum laude along the way.
When not in the office, Ben serves on staff at his church and enjoys engaging with the outdoors often, usually somewhere in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Northern Virginia.
Steve has a range of extensive experience in telecommunications and provides GBS with strategic business guidance on strategic plans and programs focused on the U.S. Government (USG) and commercial Information Technology (IT) market, influencing development from inception to successful implementation.
Steve brings to GBS the unique capability of interfacing with Alaskan Native Corporations and Native Village Corporations in developing IT businesses for the purpose of working with USG Government Agencies and other Federal Contractors.
ANDY
Andy has spent more than 30 years in the international telecommunications industry with four major worldwide telecom service providers. He has managed successful marketing and sales teams that have consistently exceeded target goals and objectives through the application of innovative and entrepreneurial methods to serve Fortune 100 enterprises.
Andy has traveled throughout the world on telecom projects. His efforts have resulted in generating revenues in the $200M to $400M range, with significant contribution to net income and shareowner value.
Andy is an accomplished engineer, holding several patents, and providing subject matter expertise for subsea, terrestrial and wireless technologies, including specialized expertise in the emerging Low Earth Orbit technology.
Andy directs GBS’ HUBZone marketing and sales program. The objective of the HUBZone program is to fuel small business growth in historically underutilized business zones with a goal of awarding at least 3% of federal contract dollars to HUBZone-certified companies each year.
KATHRYN
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Kathryn is the Director of Human Resources and Corporate Communications. In addition to managing HR and benefits delivery, she enjoys research for special projects and brainstorming creative solutions. Kathryn is responsible for the development and delivery of internal and external communications, creating print and online materials, developing and maintaining the GBS family of websites, publishing content and marketing GBS services.
Her research efforts supported work for several team projects, including two US patents for the GBS cloud-based service “SCDMS;” NIST 800-171 compliance; SCDMS branding; the FedDMS Launch; GBS HUBZone certification; and GDPR-related compliance.
Kathryn worked out of the NYC and Washington DC offices during her time with NYNEX/Bell Atlantic/Verizon Government Affairs and Human Resource Communications. Her work involved executive speech writing, merger communications, creating and editing the HR newspaper to 128,000 employees, and community relations in support of telecom-related public policy - helping to represent Verizon and the Foundation to national African American organizations.
JAMES
3D MAPPING SPECIALIST
James provides part-time support to GBS in the areas of cable route engineering, desktop studies, GIS analysis and software development of 3D cable modeling systems. See more here: 3D CABLE ROUTE
James has provided end-to-end cable route engineering and desktop studies for over 25 telecom projects in the Gulf of Mexico, Indonesia, Russia, Caribbean, North Sea, West Africa, Antarctica, Australia, South America, Hawaii, Canadian Arctic, and the North Sea.
He has strong project management skills with technical areas of expertise in relational and spatial database development, GIS programming, web application development, network security and IT design. He also has 15 years of at-sea Ocean Engineering experience which includes survey system sensor integration, hydrographic survey, vessel mobilization and all aspects of data collection and product development for hydrographic and cable route surveys.
James received his BS in Ocean Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1995.
ABIGAIL
Abigail joins GBS as a college intern supporting Desktop Study projects.
Abigail’s studies in the geosciences, music, language, and archaeology, as well as her mineral physics laser lab work, and international travel experiences provides her a diverse perspective she happily shares over the course of her internship. As an intern, she is gaining experience in an industry that is foundational to today’s internet-reliant businesses.
HEATHER
Christianna joins GBS as an intern supporting Corporate Communications and SCDMS marketing efforts.
With a diverse background in youth program leadership, graphic design and music, Christianna adds a flair of creativity to video production, development of training tutorials, and other communication materials. As an intern, she is gaining experience in an industry that is foundational to today’s internet-reliant businesses.
A third-year student at a private college in the southern United States, Christianna serves as full-time Assistant Dean while finishing a degree in Pastoral Studies with a minor in music.
REBECCA
Rebecca provides the GBS team with detailed office management, anticipating the needs of our business office and proactively positioning resources to meet them. Rebecca also serves as a notary for GBS.
With a degree in business administration and experience in office management she is a self-motivated, detail-oriented, dependable team-player that assist the GBS team in various ways.
Rebecca came to GBS after working several years for a national retirement community, managing all appropriate medical and legal paperwork for both independent and medically fragile residents. She also assisted in the management, organization of and coordinating financial records, employee payroll, corporate data while also working alongside the sales and marketing team to organize events and fundraisers.
CHRISTIANNA
Christianna joins GBS as an intern supporting Corporate Communications and SCDMS marketing efforts.
With a diverse background in youth program leadership, graphic design and music, Christianna adds a flair of creativity to video production, development of training tutorials, and other communication materials. As an intern, she is gaining experience in an industry that is foundational to today’s internet-reliant businesses.
A third-year student at a private college in the southern United States, Christianna serves as full-time Assistant Dean while finishing a degree in Pastoral Studies with a minor in music.
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