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Operations Research Department
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California 93943

Glasgow Hall Gl-262
(831) 656-7946
DSN: 756-7946
Fax: (831) 656-2595
Email: jekline@nps.edu

Jeffrey E. Kline, CAPT, USN (RET.)

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

EDUCATION

NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE, JUNE 1997
M.S., NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
Graduated with Distinction

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, JUNE 1991
M.S., OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Graduated with Distinction

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, JUNE 1979
B.S., INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Cum Laude with Honors

HONORS AND AWARDS

2019 J.STEINHARDT AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH

2017 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI INDUSTRIAL & MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING HALL OF FAME

2014 NAVY CIVILIAN SUPERIOR SERVICE AWARD

2011 INSTITUTION FOR OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE TEACHING AWARD FOR TEACHING OF PRACTICE

2009 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS HOMELAND SECURITY

2007 HAMMING AWARD FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

2007 WAYNE E. MEYERS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH

2005 NORTHROP GRUMMAN AWARD FOR EXCELENCE IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH

MILITARY HONORS AND AWARDS

LEGION OF MERIT

DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL

MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (2)

NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL (3)

NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL (2)

WORK EXPERIENCE

1979	Commissioned NROTC, University of Missouri, Columbia
1979-1981	USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD-980), Gunnery Officer and Navigator
1982-1983	USS RANGER (CV-61), Propulsion Officer
1983-1986	Landing Force Training Command, Pacific, Naval Gunfire Instructor
1986-1988	USS JOHN L HALL (FFG-32), Combat Systems Officer
1988-1990	COMDERSON THREE TWO, Combat Systems/Operations Officer
1990-1992	Naval Postgraduate School, Student, Operations Research
1992-1993	USS AQUILA (PHM-4), Commanding Officer
1993-1996	Office of the Secretary of Defense, PA&E, Naval Forces Analyst
1996-1997	National War College, National Defense University, Student
1997-1999	USS CUSHING (DD-985), Commanding Officer
1999-2001	COMSIXTHFLT, Deputy Operations Officer
2001-2005	Naval Postgraduate School, Chair of Tactical Analysis and Assistant Dean of the Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences
2005-2011	NPS Chair of Warfare Innovation, Senior Lecturer of Operations Research, and the Director of Maritime Security and Defense Research Program
2011 – 2013	NPS Director, Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER), Professor of Practice of Operations Research, and NWDC Chair of Warfare Innovation
2013 – 2020	OPNAV N9I Chair of Systems Engineering Analysis
2020 – 2021	Director, Wayne P. Hughes Jr. Naval Warfare Studies Institute and NPS Professor of Practice of Military Operations Research

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