MR. SOLINA MAO


KEEPING TRACK


RF-ITV is a system that uses active RFID technology to allow military commanders, logisticians and coalition partners track materiel in the DOD logistics pipeline. Here, Solina Mao, left, and Danilo Bartolome, a field service engineer supporting PD AMIS, meet with Soldiers of the 1st Sustainment Brigade “Durable,” 1st Infantry Division, in Bagram, Afghanistan, in April. (Photo by Nicholas Kozoroz, PD AMIS)


was my first exposure to identification technology,” he said.


In 2009, after serving eight years in the Reserve, Mao went to a job fair at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, where he visited a booth staffed by PEO EIS’ Product Manager Joint-Automatic Identification Technology (PM J-AIT), now PD AMIS.


“I spoke with the deputy PM about the program and J-AIT technology and found it very interesting. I applied for a PEO EIS internship, and they accepted me.”


Since starting as an intern in May 2009, Mao has assisted with moving the server site to PD Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Enterprise Systems and Ser- vices; procured and renewed RF-ITV


hardware software; served gic management


as


strate- system administrator


for J-AIT; and currently is the RF-ITV configuration manager. When the oppor- tunity arose to deploy, Mao volunteered.


“I wanted to assist the program in another way. I knew the program needed someone, and I wanted to experience Afghanistan and see how it was different from my pre- vious deployments to Iraq.”


During his deployment in his new posi- tion, Mao said his traveling from site to site gave him insight on how operations really work. “You meet a lot of differ- ent people, and you get to travel to see different parts of the country. You talk to people [personnel] and see the dif- ferent issues they may have as they are


trying to do their jobs. You get to see how the system works in an operating environment. It gives you an idea of how the system is actually being utilized by the warfighter.”


Based on time constraints, logistics and available equipment, Mao had to make many on-the-spot troubleshooting deci- sions during his site visits, and received kudos from PEO EIS for making wise choices. For example, he said, “Assessing the situation, I would sometimes decide to wait to make repairs until there was sufficient time to do the job right.”


A DEEP-SEATED INSPIRATION Besides wanting the mission to succeed, Mao has a lifelong motivation: his family.


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Army AL&T Magazine


July–September 2013


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