OCEAN, NJ, January 23, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Duane G. Christensen has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Leveraging over two decades of active military service in his role as a systems engineer and program manager, Mr. Christensen served for more than 25 years at the MITRE Corporation, a federally funded research and development nonprofit organization. From 1991 until his retirement in 2018, he contributed his technical and management expertise to a number of projects on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, much of which redounded to the benefit of the U.S. Army. Among these roles, Mr. Christensen functioned as a test officer for an advanced communications system devised by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an expert in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system architecture, a developer for both the federal government's Security Assistance Program in support of the defense of Taiwan and of the U. S. Army Battle Command System and a system engineer during the development of the Maneuver Control System for the Command, Control and Communications "on-the-move" project.
Prior to his work at MITRE, Mr. Christensen worked as an information systems manager for the Computer Sciences Corporation between 1988 and 1991. In this capacity, he was responsible for spearheading engineering efforts to create a new information system on behalf of the U.S. Army.
From 1968 until 1988, Mr. Christensen served in the U.S. Army in multiple engineering roles. Before his departure from active service, he aided in efforts to field over 150,000 microcomputers for the U.S. Army through his work as the Deputy Product Manager within the Joint Service Computer Program from 1985 to 1988, helped improve telecommunications capabilities in South Korea and Japan between 1984 and 1985 and installed electronic communications equipment and multinational Special Security Office facilities throughout South Korea from 1981 until 1984. Previously, Mr. Christensen served as a test and evaluation engineer for electronic warfare systems from 1977 to 1981, the Maintenance Division Director in Korea between 1976 and 1977, and as a technician within the Combat Development Experimentation Command from 1968 until 1976, during which time he aided in the redesign of a rifle-mounted laser transmitter system and detectors for use in combat training.
Noted for his engineering prowess in service to the U.S. Armed Forces, Mr. Christensen was decorated with numerous accolades, including two letters of recognition from the President of the United States (President Jimmy Carter), three four-star commander coins, a Legion of Merit, three Meritorious Service Medals and four Army Commendation Medals. His work on behalf of the MITRE Corporation also saw him accrue a number of honors, such as a General Manager's Award for Excellence, three Program Recognition Awards, three Director's Distinguished Accomplishment Awards and three Special Recognition Awards for his technical leadership in service to U.S. Army programs.
During the course of his military service, Mr. Christensen pursued a formal education at Weber State College, from which he earned a Bachelor of Science in electronic engineering technology, cum laude, in 1975. Following this accomplishment, he studied further at the University of Arizona, where he graduated with a Master of Science in electrical engineering in 1981.
Among his most cherished accomplishments, Mr. Christensen is most proud to have exerted a positive impact on virtually every organization and office of the U.S. Army through developing policies and procedures empowering local commanders to secure computer devices for office automation, his work in digitization through laying the groundwork for an integrated command and control system utilizing automation with a mobile radio based tactical internet, wide local area networks through the use of RF and fiber optics, and offering a far superior tactical picture to individual soldiers by integrating an effective and fully integrated tactical information system to make the Army more combat effective. In accounting for his success, he credits his visionary attitude, noting that every successful project requires a champion who will fearlessly pursue his goals. Looking toward the future, Mr. Christensen hopes to serve as a mentor on behalf of those who may seek to follow his example and pursue a career in service to the United States.
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