Join Air Force veteran and engineering specialist Duane McHenry as he discusses entry into the new job market, assessing a potential employee’s skills, job objectives, networking abilities and salary negotiations. During the discussion he will address how well-prepared veteran and military servicemembers are for finding employment in the new job market of today and tomorrow and how you can use leadership skills developed in the military to make you a stronger candidate than most civilians.

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Our Speaker

Duane McHenry
Vice President, NGA Unit
InTec, LLC.

Mr. McHenry has over 30 years of military and civilian experience serving his country by providing organizational leadership and developing and leading high performing individuals and teams.  Mr. McHenry served 27 years in the United States Air Force supporting and managing Communications and Network Operations around the world.  Delivering communications traffic in Europe at Royal Air Force Base Croughton England, conducting Testing and Integration at 47th Comm Group Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, supervising operations at the AUTODIN Switching Center (ASC) at the 1956 Comm Group Yokota AB Japan to leading airman as the Superintendent of the 39th Comm Squadron, Network Control Center, Incirlik AB Turkey.   Mr. McHenry served permanently and temporarily at several other locations worldwide during his career.

He retired from military service as the Senior Enlisted Leader, Global Information Grid, Operations Directorate, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).   He joined InTec after retirement from the military and has been aligned to several positions, projects and programs.  He was a member of the Network engineering/integration team for PSI Block 2 Inc 11, supporting transition; selected as the Chief Integration Engineer/Deputy for GEOINT Information Management System (GIMS); led the GeoScout contractor support for NGA Expeditionary Architecture; served as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) and Program Manager.  Under the Systems Engineering and Integration contract (SEIN), Mr. McHenry served as the Program Manager for InTec LLC’s prime contract.  He is now our Vice President for NGA’s Business Unit, which has several programs for which he is responsible for managing and leading.

Mr. McHenry holds an Associate of Applied Science, Information Systems Management, from the Community College of the Air Force, a Bachelor of Science degree, Business Administration, from Regis University and a Master of Arts degree, Computer Resource/Information Systems Management, from Webster University.  He is a certified Project Manager (PMP), SAFe Agilist, and Scrum Master.  He is a life member of The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

Series Moderator

Troy Lowery
Director of Student Outreach, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
George Mason University

Troy Lowery is the Director of Student Outreach within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS). He serves as the primary point of contact for prospective student visits and orientation of incoming CHSS students at events planned by our Mason partner offices (Admissions, New Student and Family Programs). He also works alongside the Associate Dean and the College’s development team to coordinate the selection of recipients for several merit and need based scholarships, as well as the planning and coordination of small and large-scale events. Troy is a United States Marine Corps veteran.