Trident Northstar · US DoD Contractor
Fahad Ibn Omar Fajardo
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Impact-Driven Leadership
Fahad Ibn Omar Fajardo is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Trident Northstar LLC, a U.S. veteran-owned DoD contractor purpose-built for specialized maritime defense logistics — directing fleet management, IMO/IMDG/HAZMAT regulatory compliance, and strategic growth across international markets, with a deliberate footprint in hazardous cargo shipping across the Indo-Pacific.
An impact-driven leader with a career spanning the Department of Defense, the National Nuclear Security Administration, Lockheed Martin, HP Enterprise, and IBM, Fahad brings two decades of cybersecurity architecture, data-platform engineering, and mission-critical systems leadership to Trident Northstar's maritime defense mission. His technical depth in Zero Trust security, AI/ML-driven analytics, and multi-domain ISR infrastructure is grounded in eight years of active-duty U.S. Army service in HAZMAT transport, seaport operations, and inland cargo — the same logistics discipline that now defines Trident Northstar's offering.
Under his command, Trident Northstar has stood up an operational hub network spanning the USA, Denmark, UK, South Korea, Okinawa, Guam, Thailand, Philippines, and Australia (Darwin, Sydney, Perth) — and holds active engagements with the US 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, MARFORPAC, and USINDOPACOM.
Where Logistics Delivers Victory
Mission-First
Every engagement is measured by whether it advances the operator on the ground — not the report on the desk.
Integrity Under Load
Secure chain of custody, transparent audit trails, and full IMO/IMDG/HAZMAT compliance from origin to delivery.
Rapid Response
Vessels, vehicles, and aircraft tailored to mission — technical and armed security teams on call to deploy at a moment's notice.
Low-Visibility Movement
Purpose-built for classified and dangerous cargo — ultra-low visibility movement of materiel across contested theaters.
Hard-to-Reach Areas
Deployment into remote areas with or without infrastructure — Western Pacific littoral movements a core specialty.
Partner Discipline
Strategic partnerships with Dornier Technology, El Greco Manila, and CAT.
Two Decades of Leadership
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Sept 2024 – PresentTrident Northstar USA · Las Vegas, NV
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Lead global operations for a specialized maritime defense logistics company focused on the safe transport of dangerous goods — directing fleet management, regulatory compliance (IMO/IMDG/HAZMAT), and strategic growth across international markets while expanding the company's footprint in hazardous cargo shipping across the Indo-Pacific.
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Feb 2026 – PresentEverpure · Santa Clara, CA
Enterprise Growth Solution Architect
Developed the Everpure OpenSharing Connector for FlashBlade — a high-performance data-sharing solution with projected income exceeding $200M — while architecting enterprise data-platform solutions across strategic accounts and advancing customer digital transformation and cyber-resilience initiatives.
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Feb 2025 – Jan 2026CNF Technologies · San Antonio, TX
Principal System Analyst (Hybrid)
Designed and secured mission-critical infrastructure for the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command — engineering real-time ISR systems that fuse high-performance computing, AI/ML-driven analytics, Zero Trust security, and automated CI/CD & containerization for high-availability, multi-domain mission systems.
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Oct 2023 – Feb 2025Lockheed Martin · Fort Worth, TX
Senior Big Data Engineer
SME in Cloudera/Hadoop — built and led the Cloudera Data Platform deployment for the data and analytics team. Drove advanced analytics projects using ML/AI, overhauled the Cloudera/Hadoop infrastructure across VMware, AWS, Azure, and Nutanix, and deployed OpenShift, Nutanix, Dell VxRail, CI/CD GitLab, Kubernetes, and Docker.
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Apr 2023 – Oct 2023Pentagon · U.S. Army / DoD · Washington, VA
Senior Systems Engineer / Architect, Cybersecurity
Partnered with database, cloud storage, and application managers to scope and conduct application risk assessments. Orchestrated the development of security policies and standards, pioneered Linux process automation with Ansible for STIG, and directed AWS EC2 provisioning plus complex Hadoop and SAP HANA migrations.
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Sept 2020 – Mar 2023National Nuclear Security Administration · NV
Senior Linux Systems Engineer
Advanced security and compliance by implementing the Security Technical Implementation Guide across all Linux systems. Automated provisioning with Ansible and Python, managed Nutanix / VMware ESXi / RHEVM deployments and RedHat Satellite & Tower Kickstart systems, and led the RHEL 7 → RHEL 8 migration.
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Nov 2018 – Jul 2019Omega Global Technologies · San Jose, CA
Senior Solutions Architect / Security Architect
Architected the Immediate Response Inventory System (IRIS) on Drupal, aligned to Sanmina's requirements. Built the SAP ↔ IRIS data bridge for seamless integration and provisioned VMware ESXi on HPE ProLiant DL360 plus CentOS Linux web, DB, and FTP hosts.
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Jun 2016 – Nov 2018HP Enterprise · Fremont, CA
R&D System Solutions Architect — Lab Automation
Deployed Linux/Windows Apollo, Gen 9 & Gen 10 hosts, and 3PAR StoreServ systems. Spearheaded ULTRA (Unified Lab Tools and Automation) on Drupal + Python 3 + PHP + MySQL, integrating HPE 3PAR asset management and eliminating Excel-based tracking across the lab.
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2006 – 2008IBM Philippines · Quezon City
Security Software Engineer (QA/QC)
Early-career start in security software engineering — QA/QC on enterprise security software at IBM's Philippines development center.
U.S. Army · 2015–2023
Sergeant (E-5)
Eight years of active service — the foundation of Trident Northstar's veteran-owned identity and mission discipline.
311th Sustainment Command
Expeditionary sustainment operations. HAZMAT Transport & Combat Ops during the Global War on Terror.
711th Transportation Co.
Seaport operations — the exact discipline that now underpins Trident Northstar's maritime cargo mission.
238th Transportation Co.
Inland cargo operations — sea, air, and land expertise developed in uniform, now delivered in industry.
257th Transportation Co. — “Rolling Thunder”
Las Vegas Heavy Equipment Transport. Ran the M1070 tractor and M1000 trailer — the Army's prime mover for M1 Abrams main battle tanks and its heaviest armored combat systems.
3rd Chemical Brigade
Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Intensive training in CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) defense and IED counter-tactics — the combat transportation workup that preceded Middle East deployment.
Education & Certifications
PhD, Computer Science
Doctoral degree
MS, Counterterrorism, Cyber & Forensics
Grand Canyon University
BS, Computer Science & IT
Systems & Software Engineering
Asia Pacific College
DoD TS/SCI
Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information — Active
CISM & CRISC
Certified Info Security Manager
Certified in Risk & Info Systems Control
CompTIA CASP+
Advanced Security Practitioner
plus Cloud+, Linux+, Security+, SecurityX
Professional Scrum Master I
Agile leadership certification
Veteran-Owned
U.S. Veteran Owned Business
CAGE 0GQQ6
Commercial & Government Entity code
Patents & Copyrights
SERVOS
Class 38, 41, 42, 45
Reg. No. 4/2012/00503295
Doc. No. 2013/70879
Servos Professional
Registration No. N2011-122
Servos Server Elite
Registration No. N2011-123
Let's Talk Mission
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