Daniel P. Roek, Ph.D.

Daniel P. Roek, Ph.D., a native of the Midwest, earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1994 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2000. He began work with CNA’s Center for Naval Analyses in 1999.

CNA assignments

• Nov 1999–Mar 2002 Research Analyst, Theater Operations Team, CNA HQ
• Apr 2002–Jan 2005 Field Representative, CTF-70/CCSG-5, Yokosuka, Japan
• Feb 2005–Dec 2005 Analyst, Military Infrastructure Office, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Jan 2006–Dec 2006 Scientific Analyst, OPNAV N3N5 “Deep Blue”, Pentagon
• Jan 2007–May 2008 Project Director, Aviation Systems Team, CNA HQ
• Jun 2008–May 2011 Field Representative, Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan
• Jun 2011– Field Representative, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, HI

Summary

Field assignments
As the field representative to Commander, Battle Force Seventh Fleet (CTF-70) / Commander, Carrier Strike Group Five (CCSG-5), forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan on board USS Kitty Hawk, Roek supported command readiness and anti-submarine warfare efforts; deployed to the CENTCOM AOR in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM; and coordinated the reconstruction and analysis of two bilateral exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. As the field representative to Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet (C7F), he has worked several issues at the operational level of command, to include the design of the Phase 0 Campaign Plan and the mechanism through which C7F executes the Campaign Plan. He worked with the planners to assure, for both OPLANs and real-world evolutions, that the plans tie together well, from missions to objectives to tasks. He was also a staff resource for command and control (C2)-related issues, including issues both internal and external to C7F for OPLANs, exercises and real-world evolutions; he developed the C7F input to the Amphibious Force Establishing Directive for the Key Resolve and Ulchi Freedom Guardian series of exercises, which has remained the standard document for amphibious C2 between C7F and III Marine Expeditionary Force. He reported to be the CNA field representative to Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet in June, 2011.

D.C.-based assignments
Roek began work with CNA as part of the Theater Operations Team within the Operations Evaluation Group, examining high-speed vessel utility for intra-theater logistics support; and participating in the observation and analysis of Joint, Naval (USMC/USN) and Navy exercises. At the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), he assisted the Fusion Support division of the Military Infrastructure Office (MIO) to define and create “fusion” intelligence products focused on the PACOM AOR that fused aspects of the different MIO divisions. While at “Deep Blue,” he supported their efforts to provide a check on the Navy’s Maritime Operations Center (MOC) efforts and helped develop a more-specific identity for “Deep Blue.” As part of the Aviation Systems Team within the Advanced Technology and Systems Analysis division, he examined the employment of the Navy’s intra-theater airlift and the economics of a transition from C-9’s to C-40’s; he also analyzed the options of augmenting an airwing with additional strike fighters during a deployment.