Air Commodore Julie Hammer

Biographical

Hammer, Julie Margaret (1955 - )

Born: 17 February 1955 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Chronology

1977 Joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as education officer

1977 - 1979 Education officer in the engineer cadet squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Frognall, Melbourne

1979 - 1981 Instructor at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) School of Radio, Laverton, Melbourne

1981 Transferred to the Electronics Category of the Engineer Branch

1982 - 1983 Officer in charge of Avionics, Aircraft Maintenance Flight at the No 3 Aircraft Depot of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Amberley

1983 Quality project officer at the No 3 Aircraft Depot of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Amberley

1983 - 1985 Sub-section head in the Aircraft Equipment Engineering Division (AEENG3) in Head Quarters Support Command, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne

1985

1986 No 5 Advances Systems Engineering Course at the Royal Air Force (RAF) College, Cranwell, United Kingdom

1987 Liaison in the Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence at the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, London

1987 Completed masters thesis in control engineering

1987 - 1989 Technical intelligence analyst at the Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence, Joint Intelligence Organisation, Canberra

1989 - 1991 Systems engineer in the Maritime Systems Section (SYSENGA3), Materiel Branch of the Air Force Office, Canberra

1991 - 1992 Project manager of Project Air 5140, Project Management and Acquisition Division of the Materiel Branch, Air Force Office, Canberra

1992 - 1995 Commanding officer of the Electronic Warfare Squadron, Aircraft Research and Development Unit, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Edinburgh

1996 - 1997 Seconded to Defence Efficiency Review, co-chairman of the Science and Technology Sub-Review Team

1996 - 1998 Project director of Joint Project 2030, Australian Defence Force Joint Command Support Environment, Command and Support Systems Branch, Defence Acquisition Organisation, Canberra

1997 Conspicuous Service Cross

1998 Director of Command and Intelligence Support Systems, Command and Support Systems Branch. Defence Acquisition Organisation, Canberra

1998 Acting director general of the Command and Support Systems Branch of the Defence Acquisition Organisation, Canberra

1999 - Director general of Infrastructure Services, Defence Information Systems Group

Julie Hammer

Engineer and Air Commodore