Wanamaker spent 20 years as a US Naval Officer with the NSA and the Office of Director of Naval Intelligence with responsibility for the Navy's largest communications station for critical communications with an annual budget of $14M and 1600 personnel. He has also worked for 18 years with G.T.E. in program management with some of the company's largest contracts and Condor Systems selling to the military.
Wanamaker holds a Bachelor's degree from Brown University and a Master's in Management from the University of Arkansas.