Rear Admiral Jacoby currently serves as the U.S. Coast Guard’s Deputy Commandant for Systems (DCS), Chief Acquisition Executive (CAE), Senior Coordination Official (SCO), Director of Digital Transformation (DDX) and Cybersecurity Authorizing Official for Operational Technology. He oversees Program Element Offices (PEO) for Sea, Air, C5I, Shore, Robotics and Autonomous Systems as well as the Director of Contracting & Procurement / Head of Contracting Authority, Director of Technology Readiness, and Operational Logistics Command. Prior to assuming this role, he served as the Coast Guard’s Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO), where he directed efforts across all Coast Guard acquisition programs, acquisition support, personnel, finance, contracting, and research and development activities to execute the service’s acquisition portfolio. His other flag assignment was as Coast Guard Program Executive Officer and Director of Acquisition Programs, where his duties included management oversight of all Coast Guard acquisition programs for modernization and recapitalization of surface, air, command and control, and logistics assets in support of the Coast Guard’s multiple maritime missions.
Rear Admiral Jacoby's career includes a mix of afloat cutter engineering, cutter support ashore, new cutter design, and acquisition assignments. He served as Chief of Mission Support Integration, where he was responsible for integration of logistics, engineering support, training, and personnel support for the Coast Guard’s global operations, Commander, Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) in Curtis Bay, MD, where he headed the sole logistics center for the Coast Guard surface fleet providing engineering, maintenance, casualty repair, supply, and technical information services to 242 cutters and over 1,800 boats stationed throughout the United States. A long-time member of the Coast Guard’s acquisition workforce, he holds a DHS Level III program management certification and served as Assistant Program Executive Officer (PEO) for C4ISR and Cyber Acquisitions and Deputy Surface Program Manager at Coast Guard Headquarters.
His prior assignments include service as Assistant Engineer Officer aboard CGC Sherman (WHEC 720), Engineer Officer aboard CGC Morgenthau (WHEC 722), Engineer Officer at Group Key West, FL, Executive Officer at Naval Engineering Support Unit Honolulu, HI, Logistics Department Head and Commanding Officer of enlisted personnel at Sector St. Petersburg, FL, and Patrol Boat Product Line Manager at Surface Forces Logistics Center.
A native of Corning, New York, he graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1992 with a Bachelors of Engineering degree; holds a Masters of Mechanical Engineering Design and Manufacturing degree from Old Dominion University; holds a Masters in System Design and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as additional MIT courses in System Dynamics and Global Innovation, a teaching certificate program, and inventor of a hybrid supercar transmission design (Patent WO2017023854A1). He is a licensed Professional Engineer and has been a DHS Level III certified Program Manager since 2006.
Additionally, RADM Jacoby has served as an MIT Teaching Assistant for 4 recurring courses over 2+ years (24 courses & more than 2K students total) in the following:
- Models in Engineering
- Model Based Systems Engineering – Documentation and Analysis
- Architecture of Complex Systems
- Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems
Rear Admiral Jacoby’s military awards include three Legion of Merit awards, three Meritorious Service Medals, four Coast Guard Commendation Medals, three Coast Guard Achievement Medals, and multiple unit awards.