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BIOGRAPHY

U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C E COLONEL JANET W. GRONDIN Colonel Janet W. Grondin is the Chief, Spacelift Range and Network System Division, assigned to the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, CA. She leads over 250 government and contractor personnel modernizing and sustaining the world-wide Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) as well as the nation's Launch and Test Range System (LTRS) located at Vandenberg AFB, CA and Cape Canaveral AFS, FL. As Chief, she manages execution of the Spacelift Range System Contract (SLRSC), the Satellite Control Network Contract (SCNC) contract, and the LTRS Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) contract. She is responsible for developing the LTRS Integrated Support Contract (LISC) and the Space Acquisition Training Office that facilitates standardized training systems for the space enterprise. Colonel Grondin’s previous leadership assignments include Commander of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Advanced Control Squadron and Program Manager for the Operational Control Segment in the GPS Wing at Los Angeles AFB, CA. Colonel Grondin was commissioned upon graduation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering. Her assignments include the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Schriever AFB, CO, the Pentagon, and two tours at Los Angeles AFB, CA. As a Lieutenant, she provided engineering support to the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) radar upgrade program. As a Captain, she was in charge of Delta II and Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) rocket subsystem development. Also as a Captain, she led a team fielding a new launch control system and operating center for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). As a Major, she facilitated budget decisions as Program Element Monitor for space situational awareness and classified programs at the Pentagon. In 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Grondin led a team fielding two new ground systems, worth $1B, to support GPS distributed operations. In 2009, she led an 80-member, ACAT 1D, competitive source selection for the next generation GPS Ground Segment (OCX). Colonel Grondin earned a Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the in-residence Air Command and Staff College and Air War College programs at Maxwell AFB, AL. She led the Air Force’s John J. Welch team of the year in 2007, is a recipient of the NRO’s Director’s Circle Award, and a winner of the Arthur Flemming Award. EDUCATION 1989 Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona 1993 Master of Science in aeronautical engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 2003 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala 2011 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala

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ASSIGNMENTS 1. November 1989 – Feburary 1009, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus Air Force

Base, MS 2. February 1990 – March 1992, E-3 AWACS Structural Engineer, Oklahoma City Air Logistics

Center, Tinker AFB, OK 3. March 1992 – December 1993, Graduate Student, Aeronautical Engineering, AF Institute of

Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 4. December 1993 – October 1995, Chief, Delta II First and Second Stage Systems and Chief,

Payload Integration Branch, Space & Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, CA 5. October 1995 – October 1998, EELV Engineer and EELV Senior Engineer, Space & Missile

Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, CA 6. October 1998 – June 2001, Director of Engineering and Chief, Program Control Branch, NRO

Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO 7. June 2001 – June 2002, Chief, Congressional and Media Affairs Branch, Directorate of Space

Acquisition, USecAF, Pentagon 8. June 02 – June 03, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 9. June 03 – June 06, Space Situational Awareness and Special Access Program Element Monitor,

Directorate of Space Acquisition, USecAF, Pentagon 10. July 06 – June 10, Commander, GPS Advanced Control Squadron and Program Manager, GPS

Operational Control Segment, GPS Wing, Los Angeles AFB, CA 11. July 10 – July 11, Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL 12. July 11 – February 12, Chief, Spacelift Range System Division, Space and Missile Systems

Center, Los Angeles AFB, CA 13. February 12 – Present, Chief, Spacelift Range and Network Systems Division, Space and Missile

Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, CA

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Joint Service Achievement Medal Air Force Achievement Medal OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 2000 NRO Director’s Circle Award 2001 Arthur S. Fleming Award 2007 John J. Welch Team Award for Excellence in Acquisition Leadership EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant August 5, 1989 First Lieutenant August 5, 1991 Captain August 5, 1993 Major December 1, 2000 Lieutenant Colonel December 1, 2005 Colonel 1 May, 2011 (Current as of 18 Jan 2013)