COL, US Army, Chief, Analysis & Assessments Division
Multinational Forces – Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq
Phone: 240-553-0581  ext. 3158      Email: alejandro.hernandez1@iraq.centcom.mil

Office of the Dean, Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
United States Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-3116      Email: ahernand@nps.edu

EDUCATION

PhD – Naval Postgraduate School, 2008
Operations Research
MS – United States Army War College, 2007
Strategic Studies
MS – Naval Postgraduate School, 1994
Operations Analysis
BS – United States Military Academy, 1985
Civil Engineering

NPS EXPERIENCE

• 2006 – 2009 Associate Dean, Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
• 2005 – 2009 Director of Wargaming, Senior Operations Research/Systems Analyst
• 2005 – 2006 Lecturer, Operations Research Department

OTHER EXPERIENCE

• 2000 – 2002 Quantitative Analysis, Baker University, KS
• 2000 – 2002 Senior Analyst, Fort Leavenworth, KS
• 1997 – 2000 Senior Program Manager (Simulations), Joint Warfighting Center, Suffolk, VA
• 1994 – 1997 Systems Analyst, Defense Evaluation Support Activity, Albuquerque, NM
• 1990 – 1992 Chief Managing Officer, Bamberg, Germany
• 1985 – 1990 Executive/Staff Officer, Fort Lewis, WA

TEACHING INTERESTS

• Statistics for Technical Management
• Operational Management
• Probability and Statistics
• Wargaming  Analysis: Military and Business Applications
  

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Design of Experiments – develop saturated experimental designs for complex systems
• Test and Evaluation – use reverse engineering methodologies and graphical analysis for efficient test plans
• Rapid Acquisition Strategies – combine state of the market technologies with efficient designs and tests
• Wargaming  - design small sequential and adaptable wargames in lieu of large-scale, single appliqués

BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS

• Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
• Military Operations Research Society  (MORS)
• Naval Postgraduate School Foundation
• Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• West Point Society

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• “Breaking Barriers to Design Dimensions in Nearly Orthogonal Latin Hypercubes,” Alejandro S. Hernandez, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008.
• “Exploring the Multi-Dimensional Space of the Global War on Terror with Saturated Nearly Orthogonal Latin Hypercube Designs,” Alejandro S. Hernandez, Korea National Defense University for 14th ROK-US Defense Analysis Seminar, March 2008.
• “Design of a Predictive Recruiter Success Model (PRiSM),” Alejandro S. Hernandez, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1994.
• “Digital Capable Mortars,” Alejandro S. Hernandez and Scott J. Weston, Field Artillery Journal, May-June 1987, pp. 8-9.

WORKING PAPERS

• Generating Flexible Saturated Nearly Orthogonal Latin Hypercube: A Mixed Integer Programming Approach
• The Efficacy of Random Latin Hypercube Designs
• Managing Mixed-Factor, Mixed-Level Experiments
• Sequential Small-Scale Wargames: A Supplement to Rapid Acquisition Strategies

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

• “Using Saturated Nearly Orthogonal Latin Hypercube Designs and Computer Experimentation to Explore New Operational Environments,” Alejandro S. Hernandez, 14th International Test & Evaluation Association: Live – Virtual – Constructive Conference, January 2009.
•  “Exploring the Multi-Dimensional Space of the Global War on Terror with Saturated Nearly Orthogonal Latin Hypercube Designs,” Alejandro S. Hernandez, 14th ROK-US Defense Analysis Seminar, April 2008.
• “The Absolute Maximum Pairwise Correlation Random Latin Hypercube Designs as a Function of Sample Runs and Number of Factors,” Alejandro S. Hernandez, 74th MORS Symposium, June 2006.
•  “Back to Basics: Wargaming New Systems in Age-Old Fights,” Lee Ewing and Alejandro S. Hernandez, 74th MORS Symposium, June 2006.