Mr. Jeffrey Koe serves as the Division Technical Director for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD). As the senior civilian at the command, Mr. Koe provides executive leadership for and stewardship of more than 4,500 Navy civilians, sailors, and support contractors executing more than $1.2 billion annually to carry out NSWC PHD’s mission. Mr. Koe is responsible for the division’s technical capabilities, program planning, technical authority, business execution, workforce development, and strategic investments in support of in-service engineering, test and evaluation (T&E), new construction and modernization, and integrated product support for surface warfare combat and weapons systems. Mr. Koe champions the divisions capabilities to provide Fleet readiness support 24/7, and to develop and deliver rapid lethal capability to the Fleet addressing evolving threats. Mr. Koe also serves as the Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Center T&E Executive leading T&E professionals across the Warfare Center enterprise. In this role, Mr. Koe fosters collaborative development of technically sound and effective T&E strategies, processes and policies to optimize, afford, and sustain Fleet support capabilities and performance. Mr. Koe was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in his current position in January 2022.
Mr. Koe has served in many leadership roles at NSWC PHD. Before his current position, he served as the department manager for NSWC PHD’s Littoral and Strike Warfare Department from November 2014 to December 2021. In this role, he managed 700-plus personnel and a $200-plus million annual budget directing the integration, test and evaluation, and life cycle engineering and logistics efforts for all littoral and strike warfare programs. He oversaw all efforts for weapons system elements such as Tomahawk, Gun Fire Control Systems, Over-the-Horizon Missile System, and Harpoon, as well as the combat systems aboard Littoral Combat Ships, DDG 1000, Coast Guard Cutter, and Frigate classes of ships.
Mr. Koe began his civil service career in November 1989, joining the Mark (MK) 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) system engineering branch at NSWC PHD supporting in-service engineering and test and evaluation efforts. He later became the branch manager of the Advanced Systems and Test Branch, Launcher Fleet Modernization Branch, and Availability Integration Branch as well as the Division Manager of the System Engineering and T&E Division.
Mr. Koe holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from California Polytechnic State University, Pomona and a Master of Science in system architecture and engineering from the University of Southern California and has formal training in executive management and leadership. He maintains a Level III DAWIA certification in engineering and is a vital member of the professional acquisition community.