Art Gomez, Vice President

Art Gomez is vice president in the Defense Services and Solutions Division (DSSD).  He is responsible for software development efforts, with a focus on command and control (C2). 

Mr. Gomez joined Pragmatics in 1998 as a Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) functional analyst; he became the project manager in 1999.  He was promoted into increasingly responsible positions leading to his current role while maintaining his involvement in and oversight of JOPES.  In addition to JOPES, Gomez is involved with other DSSD projects, including the Adaptive Planning and Execution Framework, Joint Force Projection, and Joint Capabilities Requirements Management.  Many of these projects are involved with migration to the Department of Defense's command and control system of the future.

Mr. Gomez retired from the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.  His military specialties included maintenance management, force deployment, logistics, and data systems management.  His assignments included service at all staff levels, and his data systems experience included implementing an automated maintenance system within each unit of the 1^st Marine Division, helping to design the USMC finance and accounting system, and helping to design and implement logistics and deployment support systems.  He acquired knowledge of JOPES as a logistics planning officer.

Mr. Gomez has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Redlands and a Master of Science degree in data systems management from the Naval Postgraduate School.