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        • RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

        • SMART Cable Systems>SMART Cables are an exciting emerging technology where environmental sensors are placed on the repeaters throughout a submarine cable system to collect important information. SMART Cables are instrumental for early tsunami warnings, tracking seismic activity, and other key oceanographic climate conditions.
        • Learn More about the Antarctic SMART Cable Project

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  • EQUIPMENT
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          ACQUIRE & DEPLOY EQUIPMENT FOR
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          Fully equipped vessels
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          Spares, Repeaters, Branching Units
          Terminal Equipment
          ROVs
          Specialized Equipment
          And More


          TECH REFRESH >
          Our pre-negotiated equipment pricing and cutting edge technologies keep your system up to date.

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          Expand Your Global Reach >
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          Inquire about our BW Services, Dark Fiber, Lit Fiber, IRU and other wireless services.

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Meet The GBS Team

GBS is proud of the many employees, subject matter experts,
and network of contractors with diverse strengths
who work together to provide our range of global Sea-to-Sky services.

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Brad Yowell
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BRIAN
Brad Yowell
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT

Brian is a Telecommunications Subject Matter Expert with more than 36 years of combined GBS and Government service experience involving the planning, engineering, acquisition, deployment, installation, integration, activation, and operational support of global terrestrial and submarine systems, and also classified and unclassified network sub-systems.

He helped forge and establish GBS as a recognized highly experienced partner with honed skills and expertise in the planning, budgeting, acquisition and construction of DoD networks and project management of their implementation and operational support for all aspects of network activities, worldwide.

Brian is a certified Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Program Manager and DoD acquisition specialist who provides GBS technical advisor support to program managers, project managers and contracting officers for the acquisition and contracting of systems and their implementation. Brian was instrumental in the development of DoD’s adoption of Infeasible Right Use (IRU) contracts for the DoD award winning DISA Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) Program, Pacific and Atlantic extensions, and the CONUS Core Enhancement Program (CCEP), and their integration with vast other leased services. He also was the technical and acquisition lead support for the DTS-P ($1.5B), DTS-P II ($3B), and DCTS-N ($1.5B) projects, contract acquisitions and transition activities.

Brian holds a Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSE) and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE).

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