Thomas Daum (Admiral)

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Thomas Daum (born July 17, 1962 in Hagen ) is a Rear Admiral of the German Navy and Chief of Staff in the Cyber ​​and Information Room Command (KdoCIR) in Bonn .

Military career

Training and first uses

Thomas Daum joined the German Navy in 1981 . As an officer candidate for Crew VII / 81 , he began his training as a naval officer . From 1982 to 1985 he studied computer science at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich . This was followed by training and employment as a boat weapons officer in the Schnellbootflotille (1985–1989). From 1990 to 1991 he took command of S 41 "Tiger" in the 3rd Schnellbootgeschwader in Flensburg . From 1996 to 1998 Daum took part in the admiralty staff training course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg.

Service as a staff officer

As a research assistant at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich (1992–1995) Daum was awarded a Dr. rer. nat. PhD . He then served as S3 and deputy commander in the 3rd Schnellbootgeschwader in Flensburg (1995–1996). This was followed by assignments as head of department in the fleet command in Glücksburg (1998-1999), as a consultant in the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) in Bonn (2000-2001) and as head of department in the command and control of the Bundeswehr in Geltow near Potsdam (2002-2003). In his next function, he worked from 2003 to 2004 as commander of the 2nd Schnellbootgeschwader in Warnemünde. As a sea captain , he served in the Federal Office for Information Management and Information Technology of the Bundeswehr in Koblenz (2004-2006), with the German military representative in the Military Committee of NATO, EU and WEU in Brussels (2006-2009), as department head M 6 in the fleet command in Glücksburg (2009–2010), as Head of Marine Management Services in the Marine Management Staff (BMVg) in Bonn (2010–2012) and as Head of Management Support, Management Organization and Procedures and Personnel in the Strategy and Operations Department (BMVg) in Berlin ( 2012).

Service as an admiral

From 2012 to 2015 Daum was the head of the information technology department at the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr, Koblenz. From November 2015 through March 2019 he was Chief of Staff at the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) in Brussels , Belgium . Since April 2019, as the successor to Major General Michael Vetter , he has been Chief of Staff in the Cyber ​​and Information Room Command (KdoCIR) in Bonn.

Calls

During his time as speedboat commander in 2003, Daum led a task unit as part of the NATO operation "ACTIVE ENDEAVOR" .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions. Federal Ministry of Defense, October 4, 2012, accessed on October 22, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Michael Harbeke: Major General Dr. Michael Färber becomes head of the IT command. In: https://www.behoerden-spiegel.de . March 20, 2019, accessed April 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Daum, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rear admiral
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen