curriculum vitae

Education

Naval Postgraduate School, M.S. in Operations Research, 1975
University of Colorado, B.A. in Asian Studies/Mathematics, 1968

Georgetown University Graduate School of Medicine, graduate studies in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 1982-1985
Stanford University, graduate studies in Operations Research, 1987-1988
San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, graduate studies in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 1990-1992
The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, graduate studies in Public Health, 1992-1993
George Mason University, graduate studies in Statistics, 1993-2003
Risk Management Course, Defense Resource Management Institute, 2011
Space Systems Certificate, Naval Postgraduate School, 2013
Defense Resources Management Course, Defense Resource Management Institute, 2014
University of California Los Angeles, graduate studies in statistics, 2014
Multiple Criteria Decision Making Course, Defense Resource Management Institute, 2015

Teaching Experience

University of California, San Diego, adjunct instructor in Computer Science, 1980-1982
George Mason University, Fairfax VA, adjunct instructor in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics 1982-1985
Mt San Jacinto Community College, Menifee, CA, adjunct instructor in Mathematics and Statistics, 1990-1992
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, adjunct instructor in Mathematics and Statistics, 1992-1996
Northern Virginia Community College, Fairfax, VA, adjunct instructor in Mathematics and Statistics, 1993-1995
Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD, adjunct instructor in Mathematics and Statistics, 1994-1998

Fields of Interest/Expertise

Position, Navigation and Timing/Estimation Theory
Remote Sensing
Geolocation
Signal Search and Detection
Data Fusion
Space Control/Space Battle Management
Data Science
Search Theory
Network Science
Intelligence Collection
Test & Evaluation
Reliability
Defense Acquisition

Teaching Interests

Position, Navigation & Timing
Categorical Data Analysis
Risk Management

Certifications

DAWIA: Test and Evaluation (Level III), Program Management (Level III), Science and Technology Management (Level III), Program Systems Engineering (Level III), Engineering (Level III), Production, Quality and Manufacturing (Level II)

Current Professional Memberships

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Military Operations Research Society (MORS)
Operational Research Society (ORS), UK
Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE)—Life Member
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN), UK
Institute of Navigation (ION)
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
International Biometric Society (IBS)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC)
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
Association of Old Crows (AOC)
US Naval Institute (USNI)
Air Force Association (AFA)
Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association (NCVA)
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)

Patent

"Method and Arrangement for Probabilistic Determination of a Target Location" (US 5,045,860), 1991, sole inventor, cited by 50 patents https://patents.google.com/patent/US5045860A/en

Writings

Thesis: "Some Exponential Alternatives to the Normal Model in Time Series Analysis" (Thesis Advisors: Peter A. W. Lewis, Donald P. Gaver) [link]

W78/W87 Minuteman III Weapon System Safety Assessment, Defense Nuclear Agency, CLASSIFIED. (w/A. Barondes)

Probabilistic Modeling of Safety Risks of Aircraft Crashes into Structures, Probabilistic Safety Assessment, Defense Nuclear Agency (w/ A. Barondes and R. Mensing)

Career Synopsis

2016-pres, Faculty Volunteer, Operations Research Department, Naval Postgraduate School
2014-2016 Chief Engineer, Joint Space Operation Center Mission System (JSpOC MS) program, Space Superiority Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC/SYFA), LAAFB, CA
2013-2014 Chief, Cost Estimation Branch, and Deputy Chief, Program Control Division, Launch Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC/LRPC), LAAFB, CA. Product Support Manager (PSM-KLP) for EELV Program (ACAT 1D).
2011 Acting Wing Vice Commander, Space Development and Test Wing (STDW/CV) , Space and Missile Systems Center, Kirtland AFB, NM
2008-2013 Chief Engineer and Chief of Safety, Space Development and Test Wing (STDW/EN), Space and Missile Systems Center, Kirtland AFB, NM
2007-2008 Senior Advisor for SIGINT, Deputy Director for Collection, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Washington DC
2005-2007 [Masked]
2001-2005 Technical Director, Spaceborne Planning Division, Office of Overhead, Signals Intelligence Directorate, National Security Agency, Ft Geo G Meade MD
2000-2001 Senior Advisor, Advanced Concepts Group, Advanced Systems and Technology Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly VA
1998-2000 Senior Advisor, Processing Special Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly VA
1996-1998 Chief Engineer, Airborne-Overhead Interoperability Office, Chantilly VA
1994-1996 Program Manager, Real-time Orbit Determination (RTOD) Program, Chantilly VA
1992-1994 Senior Scientist, Defense Nuclear Agency, Alexandria, VA
July 1988 - July 1992, Program Manager, Intelligence Support Systems, San Diego, CA
1985 - 1988, Office in Charge, Special Communications Center and Director Special Programs Office, San Francisco, CA
1982 - 1985, Head, Signal Exploitation Branch, and Head, Space Systems Branch, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Directorate, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations/Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Engineering and Systems, Pentagon, Washington, DC. Additional Duty Naval Security Group Command (G80—Technology Directorate), Naval Research Laboratory Code 5300/8100.
1979 - 1982, Program Manager, Cryptologic Programs, Naval Ocean Systems Center (NOSC) (now SPAWAR), San Diego, CA
1976 - 1979, Net Control Officer, Pacific High Frequency Direction Finding (HFDF) Network, Wahiawa, HI
1975 - 1976, Communications Department Head, USS CHICAGO (CG-11), deployed Western Pacific
1972 - 1975, student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
1971 - 1972, Senior Advisor, Coastal Surveillance Center An Thoi, RVN. Advisor, USMACV-CE, Vietnamese Joint General Staff. Staff, DoD Special Representative Saigon.
1970 - 1971, Student, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA and Naval Inshore Operations Training Center, Vallejo, CA
1968 - 1970, Communications Officer, Staff Commander Seventh Fleet. Radio Officer USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6) deployed Western Pacific. Flag Lieutenant, Commander First Fleet (VADM I C Kidd, Jr)

Current Research Interests

Computational Graph Theory, Qualitative Risk Management, Categorical Data Analysis, Resource Allocation for Technical Intelligence Collection, Space Battle Management Decision Kernel, On the Quotient of Two Random Variables, A Terse Waveform for Taggant Employment, The Utility of Network Flow, A Novel Burst Communications Methodology, A Methodology for Image Fault Detection, A Conjecture on Sparse Matrix Multiplication, A Comprehensive Introduction to Overhead Geolocation,
Binary Source Data Fusion