Jon McEntee

Jon McEntee has worked for the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Borders and Maritime Security Division (BMD) within the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) since 2007.  McEntee is currently the Acting Director of BMD and has held several program manager roles since 2011, including managing maritime security systems, border information exchange architectures, and cargo security initiatives.  Prior to that, he served one year as a DHS Fellow on Capitol Hill, working as an advisor to a Senator on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.  From 2007 to 2010, McEntee worked as the Chief of Business Operations for BMD.  From 2005 to 2007, he provided systems engineering and technical assistance to BMD as a Booz Allen Hamilton employee.

McEntee also has a background in the Department of Defense working for BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, and AMCORP from 1999-2005.  Specifically, he was the Undersea Warfare Command and Control (USWC2) lead for the Chief of Naval Operations Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Requirements Office.  He also acted as a liaison for the Naval Sea Systems Command, Program Executive Office of Integrated Warfare Systems in which he provided programmatic, systematic, and financial support for various USW programs.