Steve Soules is an executive vice president who is responsible for leading a team of experts representing our command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services (C4ISR), which supports the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Steve also serves as the local general manager for our western region offices, including San Diego, Seattle, and San Francisco.
With more than 30 years of experience conducting research and analysis in the U.S. Navy, Joint Staff, and Office of the Secretary of Defense, Steve is a recognized leader in capability-based assessments and architecture analysis.
Steve has designed automated tools that assisted in conducting architecture analysis of integrated systems and capabilities-based portfolios. He and his team provide operational, technical, programmatic, and performance analysis of integrated architectures and systems across the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.
Before retiring from the U.S. Navy and joining the firm, Steve served as the first director of the Joint C4ISR Decision Support Center, an independent research and analysis center. This Center directly assists the vice chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics, and Training in making investment decisions focused on improving integrated C4ISR systems supporting combat operations across the services.
Steve also co-authored Using Architectures for Research, Development, and Acquisition. This book documented the techniques used in conducting a series of studies supporting the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition chief engineer, and focused on improving time-critical targeting.
Steve is a member of the Military Operations Research Society and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.
Steve holds a B.S. in operations research from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis and a M.B.A. from National University, San Diego.
Profile Updated May 2015.
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“Corporate mindset shifts from efficiency to innovation,” The Daily Transcript, July 6, 2015
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“Corporate mindset shifts from efficiency to innovation,” The Daily Transcript Executive Roundtable, July 6, 2015
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“Modernizing the Military in Austere Times,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2015
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“Secure Interoperability for the government and military,” The Daily Transcript, April 27, 2015
