About Us - InScope Solutions

Captain Joe Celano USN (Ret.)
Director, Navy Programs

As Director of the U.S. Navy Programs, Joe is responsible for leading InScope’s business expansion within the U.S. Navy and on the West Coast. He has served onboard numerous surface combatants in positions such as Weapons Officer of the USS MISSOURI (BB 63) and Commanding Officer of the USS COPELAND (FFG 25). He has also served in leadership positions on battle group and numbered Fleet commander staffs. As a certified DAWIA program manager, he oversaw Modeling, Simulation, and High Performance Computing while at SPAWARSYSCOM.

Just prior to joining InScope, Joe was the Information Security Engineering Branch Head and Division Business Manager within the Information Assurance and Engineering Division at SPAWAR Systems Center in San Diego. Pervious positions include, Program Manager for the White House’s Counter-drug Technology Assessment Center; and Chief Engineer for the BorderNet, DHS S&T secure wireless mesh network information sharing project; Joe has also served as the DARPA technology transition agent for advanced wireless security technologies and helped establish a Consolidated Secure Wireless Network R&D Test bed used by the U.S. Navy, Department of Homeland Security, and the industry to integrate commercial wireless technologies within military and public safety environments.

Other previous industry positions include Vice President of Enterprise Systems Solutions at Intelesis Technologies Corporation and President & General Manager of the Technology and Engineering Group where he acted as Program Manager for the Waterside Security System Program for various U.S. Naval ports in the United States and Europe.

Joe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in Oceanography and earned his MBA from Southern Illinois University. He also completed the Executive Challenge Program at San Diego State University and is a graduate of the Advanced Program Management Course at Defense Systems Management College.