User:Jackpagotto

Born and raised in Ottawa Canada, Jack has had a varied career that has taken him around many defence and public safety technology domains including 15 years as a bench defence scientist developing CBRN protective equipment and chemical decontaminants, in 1997 he led as Scientific Intelligence Section Head for Emerging Disruptive Technologies. During the past ten years Jack has moved into the new field of ‘capability engineering’ which is all about selecting and implementing system-of-system options to fill complex 'system-of-system' capability gaps. Jack has been with the Center for Security Science since 2007 where he continues to advance the concepts of "capability engineering" and capability-based planning as Section Head responsible for Emergency Management & Systems Interoperability, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber, Surveillance and Border Security. Jack is now actively leading national S&T initiatives advancing Interoperability such as the Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System the Canadian National 700 MHz/LTE Broadband Data Network for Public Safety, and is also advancing a variety of open standards based initiatives to support a Canadian "Information Sharing Environment".