As LTG Ronnie Hawkins prepares to step down as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, a familiar successor will step into the role: current DISA Vice Director MG Alan Lynn.
The DISA director job is dual-hatted – with the establishment of the Joint Force Headquarters -- Defense Department Information Networks (JFHQ-DoDIN) earlier this year, the leader of DISA also heads up that organization.
The transition is expected to happen this summer, according to DISA officials. Lynn already has been confirmed by the Senate to be promoted the rank of lieutenant general.
Lynn has served as vice director since August 2013; Hawkins has served as the agency's lead since 2012. Previously, Lynn served as commander of Army Network Enterprise Technology Command at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
In a recent interview with C4ISR & Networks, Hawkins talked about his legacy as DISA director.
"The accomplishments DISA achieved in the past three years are not my accomplishments; they are the accomplishments of the many men and women, both military and civilian, who make up the DISA workforce worldwide. Together we have achieved much, including the important ongoing work we are doing in collaboration, cloud, cybersecurity, and command and control," he said. "I hope my legacy is that I leave DISA better off than when I came. I believe we are better, more agile and more customer- and business-oriented. We are focused with laser-like intensity on cybersecurity and defensive cyberspace operations. No other workforce in the Department of Defense is better postured to deliver cyberspace sovereignty effects across the entire cyber battlespace continuum, from peace to conflict, than the men and women of the Defense Information Systems Agency."
