Ms. Ruth Moser is the Director, Requirements, Analysis and Resources for North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. She is responsible for developing requirements, identification of capability gaps, executing resources, shaping and creating solutions and assessing the achievement of NORAD and USNORTHCOM objectives. She also facilitates the commands’ participation in the programming and budgeting process to ensure that the Commander, NORAD and USNORTHCOM, has the resources and capabilities required to accomplish all assigned missions.
Ms. Moser is from North Logan, Utah, and began her career supporting the Air Force as a member of the Technical Staff at the Aerospace Corporation where she provided technical support to the Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She then joined the civil service as an Aerospace Engineer at the AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. There, she served in a variety of engineering, technical and leadership positions within the AFRL. Ms. Moser then transferred to the Office of the Secretary of Defense where she served as a Senior Program Analyst providing oversight of the Department of Defense space control and space situational awareness programs and activities. She was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in August 2012, where she served as the Director of Cyber and Space Programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. There, she was responsible for the oversight of all the Department of Defense cyberspace programs and most of the nation’s military space positioning, navigation and timing, navigation warfare, meteorology and oceanography programs and activities. Prior to her current assignment, she served as the Director of the Sensors Directorate of the AFRL where she was responsible for developing and delivering advanced intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, precision engagement and spectrum warfare capabilities.
EDUCATION
1996 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Utah State University
1999 Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Utah State University
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. June 1997–September 1997, Associate Member of the Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation, Albuquerque, N.M.
2. January 1998–June 1998, Instructor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, Logan
3. July 1998–May 2001, Member of the Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation, Albuquerque, N.M.
4. May 2001–December 2006, Senior Aerospace Engineer and Program Manager, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
5. December 2006–July 2008, Rapid Reaction Team Lead, AFRL, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
6. July 2008–August 2010, Program Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Networks and Information Integration, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
7. August 2010–February 2012, Acting Program Analyst and Director, Space Programs and Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Networks and Information Integration, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
8. February 2012–August 2012, Acting Program Analyst and Director, Space Programs and Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
9. August 2012–October 2014, Director, Cyber and Space Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
10. October 2014–May 2019, Director, Sensors, AFRL, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
11. May 2019–present, Director, Requirements, Analysis and Resources Directorate North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Graduate Fellowship Award, Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Utah State University
Team of the Year, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Special Act or Service Award, Space Vehicles Directorate, AFRL Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Engineering, Utah State University Special Act or Service Award, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration)
Meritorious Civilian Service Award
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Phi Kappa Phi
Tau Beta Pi
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Systems Planning Research, Development and Engineering, Level III
Science and Technology Management, Level III
(Current as of September 2019)