NUWC Division Newport’s chief technology officer wins 2023 Providence Business News Award

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Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport NEWPORT, R.I. Dr Jason Gomez, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)

DivisionNewport’schieftechnologyofficer recently won a 2023 Providence Business News C-Suite Award, in the government agencies category, which recognizes top chief (C-level) executives who are innovators, trailblazers, role models and leaders in the community.

Gomez, a resident of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, has been employed at Division Newport since 1992 As chief technologyofficer heisresponsibleforpromoting a culture of innovation that leads to new technology development, cultivating strategic collaborations with industry and academicpartners,championingprograms that develop the science and technology workforce of the future, and ensuring the researchandtechnologiesdevelopedtransition quickly into naval fleet capabilities

He directs Division Newport’s basic and applied research efforts in ways that strengthen the U.S. Navy’s undersea warfare capabilities and focuses the research efforts of more than 600 Division Newport scientists and engineers on current fleet capability needs “His efforts to connect Sailors directly with engineers enable both communities to see how individualtechnologiesfitintolargerwarfighting capabilities,” the award states “I have been very fortunate to work on efforts that span the entire technology development cycle from basic and applied research,throughprototypinganddemonstration, to fleet introduction and transitiontoacquisition, Gomezsaidinarecent interview “As NUWC Division Newport’s chief technology officer, I hope to utilize this full spectrum of experience to focus our researcher’s efforts on solving fleet needs and providing enabling technology solutions NUWC Division Newport has provided our Sailors with groundbreaking technology for more than 150 years and I hope to help shape and direct our workforce to maintain that level of excellence for the next 150 years.”

Under Gomez’s leadership of the TechnicalPartnershipOffice,DivisionNewport currently has about 70 formal cooperative research and development agreements withindustryandexternalpartnersand40 educational partnership agreements with schoolsanduniversities.Theseagreements expandtheresearchbaseofunderseatechnologies,tappingintooutsideexpertiseand potentiallyleadtodual-usetechnologiesto help grow the blue economy Gomez also coordinates with Division

Newport’s Northeast Tech Bridge within theTechnicalPartnershipOffice,toconnect innovative industry to Navy technology developers and accelerate the process of transition. Division Newport utilizes its tech bridge to partner with the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation to enablelocalindustrytogainaccesstoDivision Newport experts and testing facilities and to provide engineers access to local industry manufacturing and innovative commercial technologies

“I have been very lucky throughout my career to have co-workers who took the time to both teach and provide me opportunities to learn on my own,” Gomez said. “I have tried to provide the same learning environment to younger engineers It is great to see young scientists and engineers grow into leaders in their chosen paths.”

GomezhasaBachelorofScienceinaerospace engineering from Syracuse University, and a Master of Science and doctorate degreeinmechanicalengineering,fromthe University of Rhode Island Gomez will be honored at a Providence Business News award ceremony on April 20 To learn more about the awards, visit: https://pbn.com/event/2023-c-suiteawards-program/ Readtheabouttheretirementceremony at: https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/

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NUWC Newport is the oldest warfare center in the country, tracing its heritage to the Naval Torpedo Station established on Goat Island in Newport Harbor in 1869

Commanded by Capt Chad Hennings, NUWC Newport maintains major detachments in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Andros Island in the Bahamas, as well as test facilities at Seneca Lake and Fisher’s Island, New York, Leesburg, Florida, and Dodge Pond, Connecticut. Joinourteam!NUWCDivisionNewport, one of the 20 largest employers in Rhode Island, employs a diverse highly trained, educated, and skilled workforce We are continuously looking for engineers, scientists, and other STEM professionals, as well as talented business, finance, logistics and other support experts who wish to be at the forefront of undersea research and development. Please connect with NUWC Division Newport Recruiting at this site- https://www.navsea.navy.mil/ Home/Warfare-Centers/NUWC-Newport/Career-Opportunities/ and follow us on LinkedIn @NUWC-Newport and on Facebook @NUWCNewport.