(ThyBlackMan.com) Part of the HQDA staff at the US Army, Harriet Stephens serves the important role of being an associate chief information officer of the G-6 division of the military. A skilled professional with great work ethics and a team player, Harriet Stephens has been part of the US Army since 2007, when she first joined the army as a staff officer. In 2008, she took on the role of an IT specialist for the Defense Information Systems Agency, or the DISA. She currently serves the same role, with added responsibilities of being the DISA Implementation Team Deputy who reports to the DISA command center, and also the support team at CYBERCOM. She also served the roles of being the liaison officer to PACOM, STRATCOM and the DISA Command Center.
Over the years, Stephens has honed on a vast skill set, ranging from government contracting, requirements analysis, project management, security and clearance, program management, integration and information assurance. These diverse skills have all been accumulated by Stephens on her various roles with the US Army and today, she is counted upon as an important link to the DISA.
Harriet Stephens completed her undergraduate general studies at 
the Mercer University in 1984 and then went on to obtain a Bachelor of Science Degree, specializing in Health Services, Health Sciences and General Allied Health from the Columbus State University. During her graduation, she also studied dental hygiene and was also actively engaged in a number of activities and societies, including the student council and alumni affairs, she was the president of the graduating dental hygiene class and she was also an adjutant of the ROTC brigade at the Columbus State University. As can be seen, Harriet has always been an active individual, one who looks to take part in a lot of different activities and it is no wonder that she has honed upon such a diverse set of skills today.
Stephens is also recommended as an associate by Booz Allen Hamilton, the well-known technology and strategy consulting company. Her skills that she has developed as an information technology specialist make her an important link in the DISA and she continues to impress one and all with her superb potential and ability to tackle different situations effectively. Harriet Stephens is continuously taking up newer and more diverse roles in the DISA and she has stamped her authority as being a competent specialist in information technology.
Harriet Stephens is certainly a hard working individual and her efforts have always paid off. Right from her graduation days, she has consistently been involved in a range of diverse activities and continues to do so today, in her professional career. While she started off as a simple staff member in the US Army, today, she serves an important role of being an associate CIO and an IT specialist, who serves an important link in the DISA’s working and this can only be due to her dedication and excellent ethics towards work.
Staff Writer; Shelia Moore
