1. LINDA NEWTON
5427 Kuaola St, Honolulu, HI 96821
808-479-4354
lindanewton808@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/lindanewton808
Objective Independent Consultant as a Strategic Solution Provider to deliver
mission focused services.
Summary Extensive experience leading a diverse and distributed team to deliver
required communications capabilities at many security levels to ensure
that 250,000 Pacific Fleet members from the East Coast to Diego Garcia
– at sea and on shore -- could communicate and execute their missions.
 Strategic Thinking/Planning  Information Technology
 Leadership  Program/Budget Execution
 Team Building  Mentorship
Accomplishments
Strategic
Thinking/Planning
Delivered Information Technology to 165,000 Pacific Fleet
personnel on shore in the US and overseas through improved
business processes without impacting operational missions.
Improved processes adopted as Navy-wide best practices.
Leadership Collaborated with US Pacific Command to develop vision and
strategy for the Joint Information Environment (JIE) plan to
deliver secure and robust IT to all mission partner users in all
connectivity environments. Led a diverse team to align Navy IT
plans with JIE.
Team Building Partnered with Navy commands (planning, acquisition,
information technology, project management) to develop and
implement cyber situational awareness tools and network
hardening for the Pacific Fleet Command Center.
Information
Technology
Co-led actions with Navy commands to improve the planning
and execution processes to deliver secure information
technology to at sea operational users as part of the Navy’s
Ship Maintenance program to stay on schedule and budget.
Program/Budget
Execution
Using commercial technology to simplify components and
greatly reduce connection costs, developed and implemented
a coalition information technology network to share operational
information among 17 countries in the Asia Pacific region.

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Mentorship Mentored numerous Flag Officers, Senior Executives and
individuals on goals, skills and accomplishments to advance
professional and personal development.
Work History
Executive Director, Command, Control, Communications
and Computers (C4) and Chief Information Officer
Commander, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, HI
2002-2015
Led diverse and distributed staff, and delivered operational afloat and ashore
Information Technology capability to over 250K personnel at all afloat and ashore
commands in the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Led Pacific Fleet actions in strategic Information
Technology initiatives within the Navy and the US Pacific Command.
Executive Director, Planning and Resources 1997-2002
Commander, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, HI
Developed and implemented strategic goals and plans for the Pacific Fleet with
Program Managers and Resource Managers to execute Fleet operational missions
and optimize use of scarce resources.
Deputy Comptroller 1993-1997
Commander, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, HI
Executed all planning, budget and financial execution actions for the $6 billion annual
operating budget to deliver Fleet readiness, operations and support.
Previous work experience includes:
Wide ranging experience as budget analyst for numerous procurement and
operational programs for the Department of the Navy from 1983 to 1997 at the Navy
Comptroller’s Office and the Naval Sea Systems Command.
Education Master's of Public Administration, University of Southern California
Bachelor of Arts, Loyola Marymount University
Department of Navy Executive Business Program, Babson College
Department of Navy Executive Business Program, University of North
Carolina, Kenan Flagler Business School
Executive Education Program, Stanford/Harvard Graduate Business
School
DOD National Security Leadership Program, Syracuse University
Affiliations Board of Directors, Honolulu Navy League
Board of Directors, Armed Forces Communications Electronic
Association (AFCEA) Hawaii Educational Foundation