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Dr. Stan Weeks
Name: Dr. Stan Weeks
Previous Experience:
- Senior Scientist, Transformation Strategies Operation, SAIC (1990-2007), Consulting Employee (2007-present); Adjunct Professional Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) (2007-present0; Adjunct Professor, U.S. Naval War College (1994-present)
- Coordinated the Senior Review Group at SAIC for the missile defense feasibility studies for NATO
- Led the Pacific portion of the Overseas Basing Infrastructure study for JCS (J-5), and the study and JCS template for Theater Engagement Planning
- Planning and strategy support to Combatant Commanders (1990-present) PACOM, SOUTHCOM, EUCOM, CENTCOM
- Support to Navy Staff in strategy and planning (N-5), and in PPBE training program (for N-8)
- OSD Exchange Officer to State Department Politico-Military Bureau NATO, arms control (CDE), and nuclear planning officer
Spectrum Experience:
- Dr. Weeks is a member of the International Business Division at SPECTRUM. He has extensive strategic and operational planning experience in business, defense, foreign policy, and international and regional security contexts.
Biography:
Dr. Stan Weeks joined The SPECTRUM Group after seventeen years at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and a prior 24-year career in the U.S. Navy (including destroyer command as the flagship captain for NATOs multinational standing naval force, and prior duty coordinating that multinational forces operations from the flagships of admirals of the UK and Dutch Royal Navies).
Dr. Weeks has developed and led programs to support strategic planning for regional security for the Navy, OSD, the JCS, NATO, and the State Department, as well as regional Combatant Commanders and Navy Components in the Pacific, European, and Central Command regions. He served two exchange tours with the State Department (in the Europe/NATO and the politico-military bureaus) during his Navy career, and more recently served the State Department as the maritime advisor on US delegations to the Middle East Peace Process negotiations and to the ASEAN Regional Forum security meetings. He assisted the Pacific Commander in the establishment and initial ministerial-level conferences of the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, and has supported the Central Command Commander in several capacities
Dr Weeks assisted the corporate officer responsible for business strategic planning in Latin America, including a $350 million joint venture in the region. He served as the Naval Advisor in Tirana, Albania, developing and helping implement a comprehensive Transformation Plan for that countrys Navy/Coast Guard, drafting a National Military Strategy, and assisting with ongoing NATO Partnership for Peace planning in preparation for eventual NATO membership.
Dr. Weeks has spoken to international war colleges, universities, and conferences on strategic planning, defense transformation, maritime and regional security topics. He has also been a military and naval analyst for CBS News.
Education:
Dr. Weeks graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, and attended the University of Madrid, Spain as an Olmsted Scholar (Political Science Doctoral courses and Latin American Studies courses.) He holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in International Studies from The American University, was a National War College faculty member (Department of Strategy and Joint Military Operations), and since 1994 has been an Adjunct Professor of the Naval War College, teaching the National Security Decision Making graduate course (strategy and force planning, and executive leadership) to Washington area students from the military, government agencies, and Congressional staffs. Dr Weeks is the author of the book The Armed Forces of the USA in the Asia-Pacific Region as well as over two dozen chapters and articles in books and journals.
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