Vanguard Magazine

12 JUNE/JULY 2019 www.vanguardcanada.com of the Canadian interview systems Modernizing BY MARCELLO SuKHDEO Sub-Lieutenant Dain Whang receives a radio message during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE. Photo: Master Corporal Jonathan Barrette, DND. An interview with LieutenAnt CoLoneL Ian R GRaham, DireCtor of LAnD requirements 4, DepArtment of nAtionAL DefenCe U nder the heading Investments in the Canadian Army in Strong Secure Engaged (SSE), Initiative 42 states that the Government of Canada will "Modernize land- based command and control, intelligence, surveil- lance and reconnaissance systems" for the Cana- dian Army. On January 30, 2019, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Graham, cur- rently the Directorate Land Requirements section head respon- sible for projects focusing on Command and Control (C2), Electronic Warfare and Simulation in support of training sys- tems, participated in a panel discussion at Vanguard's C4ISR and Beyond event. The panel discussed future land C4ISR with a view of how industry can deliver on requirements for the Cana- dian Army. At the conference, LCol Graham focused his presentation around Initiative 42 and showed how it could be achieved through a capability development model. It is about putting a process in place to identify capa- bilities and then move to implementation in two to three years, but it all boils down to costing. Vanguard recently had the opportunity to interview LCol Graham to continue his dis- cussion from where he left off at C4ISR and Beyond. LCol Graham joined the Canadian Armed forces in 1990, graduating from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario in 1995 with a degree in Computer Engineering. Since that time has served in Petawawa, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Kingston, Iraq and Ottawa. He has held a wide variety of staff positions including managing C2 system security ac- creditation, multiple postings as a project manager and project director focusing on deliv- ering tactical land C2 systems to the Canadian Army and various operational communica- tions planning positions. His operational deployments include a 6-month tour in Bosnia in 2003 as the Task Force G6 Operations, deployment to Afghanistan in 2006 as the Canadian Battle Group Signals officer and finally to Kuwait as the Operation IMPACT J6 in 2013. As a Major, he commanded 1 Squadron, Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment and has attended the United States Marine Corps Staff Program in Quantico, Virginia. Within DLR, LCol Graham is currently focused on advancing the Canadian Army Land C4ISR capital projects and specifically looking to enable more agile approaches for high tech capability development.

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