Speaker Bio
Stephen Booher is a director of 5G to NextG emerging technologies research and prototyping in Booz Allen’s Chief Technology Office (CTO) BrightLabs. The goal of Brightlabs is to experiment, prototype, and bring to market new, emerging technologies of impact to government and industry. In his role, Stephen leads prototyping and development efforts related to private 5G networking solutions, next generation devices, network aware applications that take advantage of advanced features emerging in cellular networks, and NextG research such as Radio Access Network (RAN) intelligence and Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) for 6G. Additionally, Stephen Booher leads the technical execution of Booz Allen’s private 5G deployments for clients within the Department of Defense and is a senior technical advisor for Booz Allen’s Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) trusted integrator service offering.
Stephen has 20 years of experience engineering, designing, testing, implementing, and deploying complex wireless and SATCOM networks for defense clients. Since joining Booz Allen in 2008, he supported and led a number of network engineering projects at DISA, including deploying and sustaining an IP SATCOM system providing critical mission support to Iraq and Afghanistan, a CSfC gateway for mobile devices, an INMARSAT BGAN Gateway, and a prototype IP SATCOM system with WiMAX extension. Additionally, as the Booz Allen Lead Enterprise Architect, he was instrumental in helping DISA establish the Department of Defense (DOD) Mobility Portfolio Management Office. He led the deployment of an Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM) solution that is providing management services for 100,000 plus mobile devices. For the Navy he has led the engineering and deployment of advanced private 5G networks for smart warehouse, ship-to-shore, and ship wide use cases.
Prior to Booz Allen, Stephen served as a United States Marine Corps Communications Officer, where he deployed to Iraq, led communications detachments, developed network architectures for training events and operational networks, and conducted spectrum planning activities.
He graduated with honors from the Marine Corps Basic Communications Officer Course and graduated at the top of his class from the Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course. He earned a B.S. degree in Management Information Systems from Oral Roberts University and has held certifications from Cisco.