Statewide Interoperability Coordinator (SWIC)
District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
Washington, District of Columbia
Charles J. Guddemi is the District of Columbia’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency’s (HSEMA) Statewide Interoperability Coordinator (SWIC). He is responsible for coordinating interoperability and communications projects involving voice, data, and video.
Charlie chairs the District’s Interoperable Communications Committee (ICC) and Cellular Industry/WiFi Provider Working Group. He serves as the secretary for the Statewide Interoperability Executives Council (SIEC). He is a member of the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC), FEMA’s Region III Regional Emergency Communications Coordinators Working Group (RECCWG), FCC’s Region 20, and White House National Security Council (NSC) Improving Wireless Broadband Infrastructure in the Nation’s Capital Working Group. He also participates on several Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) committees and working groups. For the 2021 Inauguration, he served as the District's Communications Section Chief.
Charlie Guddemi joined HSEMA after a 25-year career with the United States Park Police (USPP). His assignments included working in Washington, D.C., New York Field Office, San Francisco Field Office, and the National Park Service Northeast Regional Headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He achieved the rank of Deputy Chief.
During his USPP career, Charlie worked six Presidential inaugurations, including serving as the principal planner and Executive Steering Committee member for the United States Park Police 2013 Inauguration. He was responsible for overseeing the safe dedications of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (2011) and the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial (2014). After the September 11, 2001, attacks, Charlie designed and implemented the multiplex, defense in depth, multi-jurisdictional, security plan for the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island Immigration Museum located in New York Harbor. In 2008, he was awarded the first ever Department of the Interior, Office of Law Enforcement and Security, Excellence in Security Award for his efforts in safeguarding the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Complex.
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Safeguarding the National Capital Region’s Telecommunications
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM