SPAWAR
Mar 27, 2015
Captain Kurt Rothenhaus, CO SPAWAR Systems Center
SPAWAR

Our speaker: Captain Kurt J. Rothenhaus.  What is SPAWAR and what does it do on Point Loma?

"Who am I?" by Karin Haggard

Captain Kurt J. Rothenhaus, US Navy, received his commission upon graduating from the University of South Carolina and holds an MS in Computer Science and a PhD in Software Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.  He transferred into the Engineering Duty Officer community in 2003. In addition to operational assignments (USS FIFE, USS O’BRIEN, Destroyer Squadron FIFTEEN and Combat Systems Officer on USS HARRY S. TRUMAN), he served in Baghdad, developing counter-insurgency and reconstruction systems to the Army Corps of Engineers.

His has served as project manager for Space and Naval Warfare System Center Pacific, Assistant Program Manager for Maritime Domain Awareness, Pacific Fleet CVN Modernization Manage, Future Command and Control Assistant Program Manager, Program Manager for the Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System network program, and Deputy Program Manager for Communications and GPS.

He received the A. Bryan Laswell, National Defense Industrial Association Award in 2007 for technology innovation and a 2008 Navy & Marine Corps Leadership Award, plus the Meritorious Service Medal, Joint and Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement medals and various service and campaign awards.