Professional Assignments

United States Military Academy, West Point, NY (2005-Present)
  • DISA Fellow and Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Director of Research for Network Science
  • Deputy Director, Network Science Center
  • Associate, Combating Terrorism Center
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), National Capitol Region, (1992-2005)
  • Chief, Net-Centric Information Engineering,
    Information Sharing Services,
    Global Information Grid (GIG) Enterprise Services Engineering Directorate
  • Chief, Center for Joint & Coalition Interoperability,
    Interoperability Directorate
  • Senior Systems Engineer,
    Interoperability Directorate
  • Senior Technical Advisor,
    Senior Engineering Branch,
    Software Architecture & Engineering Directorate,
    Joint Interoperability & Engineering Organnization
  • DII Software Architect & Technical Advisor to the Deputy Commander,
    Center for Computer Systems Engineering,
    Joint Interoperability & Engineering Organnization
  • Technical Director,
    Intelligent-Software Engineering Environment (I-SEE) Laboratory Initiative,
    Center for Software,
    Joint Interoperability & Engineering Organnization
  • Deputy Director (Acting) & Team Leader, Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO),
    Center for Information Management,
    Joint Interoperability & Engineering Organnization
  • Senior Computer Specialist,
    Center for Standards,
    Joint Interoperability & Engineering Organnization

Professional Activities

  • Session Chair, World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing, 2008;
  • Chairman, International Programs, International Space Development Conference, Washington, DC, 2005;
  • Chairman, NATO Open Systems Working Group, NATO C3 Board, Information Systems Sub-Committee, 2003-04;
  • Member, Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF) working group, 2000-2003;
  • Head of Delegation and Principal U.S. Representative to the NATO Open Systems Working Group (AC/322(SC/5-WG4), 1997-2003;
  • Chairman, NATO Consultation, Command and Control Senior National Representatives Architectural Interoperability Working Group (C3SNR AIWG), 1998-2002;
  • Member, Joint Technical Architecture Design Group (JTADG) and Standards Selection & Conflict Resolution (SS/CR) working groups, 1996-2002;
  • Architecture Working Member and Reviewer, IEEE Standard 1471 2000 (Recommended Practice for Architectural Description of Software Intensive Systems), 1997-2000;
  • U.S. Representative to the NATO Common Operating Ad Hoc Group (AC/322(SC/5-WG/4)NCOE AHG, 1997-2000;
  • Member, Defense Information Infrastructure Design Working Group, 1994-1996;
  • Member, Defense Science Board (DSB) Policy Action Team (PAT) for Software Policy and Software Management, 1994-1995;
  • U.S. Technical Expert, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Joint Technical Committee on Information Technology (JTC 1), Subcommittee on Software Engineering (SC7), 1993-1995;
  • Member, Military Standard 498 Harmonization Working Group, 1992-1995;
  • Member, Joint Logistics Commanders, Joint Policy Coordinating Group on Computer Resources Management, Software Life-Cycle Process Functional Working Group, 1993-1994;
  • Co-Chairman of the Software Executive Rountable Discussion on Software Metrics, 1993;
  • Technical Working Group Member/Reviewer, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Elements for Software (MIL-HDBK-171) and MIL-STD-881, 1992;
  • Member, Director's Group on CD-ROM Based Technology, U.S. Geological Survey, 1990-1992;