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Gregory Martin, chair, GS Martin Consulting
Taylor W. Lawrence, vice chair, Raytheon Company
Frank J. Cappuccio, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Thomas Darcy, EADS North America Defense Company
Pamela A. Drew, The Boeing Company
Kenneth E. Eickmann, Consultant
John V. Farr, Stevens Institute of Technology
Rand H. Fisher, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Michael J. Gianelli, Consultant
Jacqueline Gish, Northrop Grumman
Kenneth C. Hall, Duke University
Wesley L. Harris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leslie Kenne, LK Associates
Donald J. Kutyna, Consultant
Lester Lyles, Consultant
Matt L. Mleziva, Wildwood Strategic Concepts
Debasis Mitra, Bell Laboratories
Chandra N. Kumar Patel, Pranalytica, Inc.
Gerald F. Perryman, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems
Gene W. Ray, GMT Ventures
Marvin R. Sambur, Consultant
Joseph Daniel Stewart, University of Tennessee
National Research Council Staff
Michael A. Clarke, Director
Greg Eyring, Senior Program Officer
James Garcia, Senior Program Officer
Carter W. Ford, Program Officer
Daniel E.J. Talmage, Jr., Program Officer
Kamara Brown, Research Associate
Marguerite Schnieder, Administrative Coordinator
William E. Campbell, Senior Program Associate
Zeida Patmon, Program Associate
Urrikka Woods, Program Associate
Chris Jones, Financial Manager
Biographies
General Gregory Martin is currently a consultant at GS Martin Consulting, Inc. General Martin retired from Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio as commander on September 1, 2005. He oversaw the research, development, test and evaluation, and provided acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war. He earned a B.S. degree in geography from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1970 and an M.S. degree in business management from Central Michigan University in 1977. He entered the Air Force in June 1970 with a commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy. In addition to flying 161 combat missions in Southeast Asia, he commanded the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron, the 479th Tactical Training Wing, and the 33rd and 1st fighter wings. He also served as Vice Director of the Joint Staff's Force Structure and Resources Directorate, Director of Operational Requirements for the U.S. Air Force, and Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. Before assuming his last position, General Martin served as the Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Allied Air Forces Northern Europe. General Martin is a command pilot with more than 4,600 flying hours in various aircraft, including the F-4, F-15, C-20 and C-21.
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Dr. Taylor Lawrence is vice president of Engineering, Technology and Mission Assurance for Raytheon Company. He has held this position since April 2006. Dr. Lawrence guides the company’s vision and provides corporate leadership in the strategic areas of Technology, Engineering and Mission Assurance, which include more than 40,000 engineers working on more than 8,000 programs. Most recently, Dr. Lawrence was sector vice president and general manager of the C4ISR & Space Sensors division for Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. He joined Northrop Grumman in March 1999 as vice president of Products and Technology for the company’s Systems Development and Technology division. He was promoted to sector vice president and general manager of that division in August 2001. Before joining Northrop Grumman, Dr. Lawrence served as the staff director for the Select Committee on Intelligence for the U.S. Senate and, previously, as deputy director of the Information Systems Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He also held a variety of scientific and research leadership positions, including director of advanced technology for the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office; deputy program leader of the Advanced Imaging, Imaging and Detection Program of the Lasers Directorate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; senior staff scientist of the Research and Development division of Trex Enterprises; and research assistant and undergraduate research fellow in the physics department at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Lawrence holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from the California Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in applied physics from Stanford University. He earned his Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford in 1992. Dr. Lawrence sits on the board of directors of the Air Force Studies Board of the National Academies and serves as an advisor to the Defense Science Board and Defense Policy Board. He is also a lifetime member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In 1996, Dr. Lawrence was honored with the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service.
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Mr. Frank Cappuccio is currently the Lockheed Martin Corporation Vice President and General Manager of the famed "SkunkWorks", tasked with the pursuit, capture and selective execution of new business for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company. Prior to that, Mr. Cappuccio was the Lockheed Martin Corporate Vice President of the Joint Strike Fighter Program. He also served as Vice President for Programs and Technology for the company’s Aeronautics Sector in Bethesda, Maryland. Mr. Cappuccio holds an MBA from Adelphi University, an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Columbia University, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from City College of New York. He has thirty years of comprehensive and diverse management and engineering experience in acquisition, development and deployment of "hi-tech" products ranging from navigational computers, missiles and tactical fighters.
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Mr. Thomas Darcy is responsible for all business activities related to Systems and Defense Electronics, Services, Missiles, Military Aircraft, and Homeland Security in the United States. Prior to his current position at EADS North America Defense, Mr. Darcy worked for EADS North America. Before joining EADS, he was with Northrop Grumman Corporation in Brussels, Belgium where he was the Vice President of Europe responsible for Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems (IS) Sector’s Western, Central and Eastern European business development and government relations activities. In addition, Mr. Darcy was the Managing Director of the IS international operating subsidiary in Belgium. He was also the President of the American Defense Industry Forum (ADIF), a former US Government Representative to the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) and served on the Board of Directors of the United States Trade and Investment Center (USTIC). From 1991 to 1995, he was the U.S. National Armaments Director Representative to NATO. Mr. Darcy was also special advisor to the US Ambassadors to NATO and the European Union on defense trade and technology issues. He is also a retired U.S. naval officer and aviator. Mr. Darcy has a BS and MS in Finance and Accounting and is a graduate of the US Defense Systems Management College.
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Dr. Pamela Drew is currently Vice President and Deputy, Airborne Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance in Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems business unit. In June 2004, Drew accepted the additional assignment of Director of Program Management for Boeing Air Force Systems programs, responsible for deployment of program management best practices and development of Air Force Systems program management personnel. Dr. Drew joined Boeing in 1996 as Manager of applied research in information management and collaborative technologies in the Mathematics and Computing Technology (M&CT) division of Phantom Works, Boeing’s enterprise research and development organization. She was promoted through various positions and named Director of M&CT in January 2001 and Phantom Works Chief Information Officer in July 2001. Drew was promoted to Vice President, Engineering and Information Technology, Phantom Works in January 2002. In January 2003, her responsibility expanded to be the Boeing Phantom Works Northwest Regional Representative. Before joining Boeing in 1996, Dr. Drew was Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department of the newly formed Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. During this period, Drew also pursued various start-up opportunities in the information technology sector. In prior experience, she led advanced software technology projects for five years in the U.S. West Advanced Technologies group, based in Boulder, Colorado. While at U S West, she concurrently pursued her Ph.D. in Computer Science; in the final year, she was awarded the highly selective U.S. West Advanced Technical Education Program scholarship that provided full-time financial support while she completed her dissertation.
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Lt. General Kenneth E. Eickmann (U.S. Air Force, retired) currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Texas Engineers Taskforce for Homeland Security. General Eickmann retired from the Air Force after a 31–year career, in which his last assignment was commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Material Command at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In that capacity he led the Air Force’s center of excellence for research, development and acquisition of aircraft aeronautical equipment and munitions. His leadership accomplishments also include having led the federal rescue and recovery efforts following the 1995 bombing of Oklahoma City’s Alfred P. Murrah Building. More recently, he served as the director of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin. CII, a non-profit research institute, is the principal national forum for the multi-trillion dollar a year construction industry. In addition, he served as chairman of the NRC studies on Propulsion Technology, Engine Efficiency, and Aerodynamic Improvements to aircraft. General Eickmann earned his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from UT Austin in 1967, an M.S. degree in systems engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1968, and is a graduate of the University of Michigan Executive Business Program and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Dr. John Farr is currently a Professor and Founding Director of the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management for the Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also the Founder and Principal of Farr Engineering and Management Consulting in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY where he provides quantitative business and decision support solutions to a wide variety of industrial clients. Dr. Farr started his technical career at U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station. He joined the faculty of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1992 as the first permanent engineering professor. He was appointed to the rank of full professor at West Point in 2000 to joint the faculty at Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a fellow in the ASCE and the American Society of Engineering Management (ASCM) and has authored over 100 technical publications. He also serves on the Army Science Board and is the past president of ASEM
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Rear Admiral Rand Fisher is currently Vice President and Senior Advisor, Situational Awareness for Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services. Prior to his retirement from the U.S. Navy, Rear Admiral Rand H. Fisher served concurrently as Director, Communications Acquisition and Operations Directorate within the National Reconnaissance Office, Commander of the SPAWAR Space Field Activity for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Space Systems, and Director, Transformational Communications Office. He previously served as Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California and Assistant Commander for Test and Evaluation, Naval Air Systems Command. Rear Admiral Fisher has also served as Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s Research and Development Program Manager; the Director, Systems Program Management Division; Lead Systems Engineer for the Naval Space Technology Program; Deputy Program Manager, Special Systems Program Office; Major Program Manager, Special Systems Program Office; and Major Program Manager, Advanced Systems Program Office. Rear Admiral Fisher graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in Physics, and an M.S. in Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School. He has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and various other service medals and awards.
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Mr. Michael J. Gianelli retired from The Boeing Company in September 2006 where he served as Vice President, Navigation and Communications Systems, Space & Intelligence Systems. He was responsible for customer satisfaction, program execution, business development, and business results for selected DoD and intelligence community space programs. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Gianelli was Vice President, DoD Civil Program in the Boeing Satellite Systems where he led several DoD and NASA programs including MILSTAR, UFO, TDRS, GOES, and WGS. He served as Vice President, Government Operations for Hughes Space and Communications Company before the company acquired Boeing in early 2000. Mr. Gianelli previously served as Assistant Division Manager for the Space Vehicles Electronics Division of Hughes Space and Communications Company. Mr. Gianelli holds an MBA from Pepperdine University; MS and ENG in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California; and a BS in Aerospace Engineering from University of Notre Dame.
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Dr. Jacqueline Gish is currently the Director of Directed Energy Technology and Products, Northrop Grumman Space Technology. Dr. Gish received her B.A. in individual studies from University of California–Los Angeles in 1972; and a Ph.D. in chemical physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. She also received an MBA in the executive program at the University of Southern California in 2003. Dr. Gish has authored and co-authored more than 30 publications and presentation, holds three patents, and is the program chair for 2005 of the Steering Committee for Solid State and Diode Laser Technology Review which is part of the Directed Energy Professional Society Conference.
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Dr. Kenneth Hall is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University. He has also held the positions of Visiting Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1997-1998; Associate and Assistant Professor at Duke University from 1996-2000; and Associate Research Engineer at United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford, CT. Dr. Hall is also a Julian Francis Abel Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, a National Merit Scholar and holds many other honors. He is the author of numerous journal publications and conference papers. Dr. Hall received his B.S. (1981), M.S. (1983), and D.Sc. (1987) in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. He also attended the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1977-1978.
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Dr. Wesley Harris is the Charles Stark Draper Professor and Head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on theoretical and experimental unsteady aerodynamics and aeroacoustics; computational fluid dynamics, and the government policy impact on procurement of high technology systems. Prior to this position he served as the Associate Administrator for Aeronautics at NASA. He has also served as the Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the University of Tennessee Space Institute. Dr. Harris earned a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences from Princeton University.
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General Leslie Kenne is a consultant for LK Associates. Previously, she held the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. In her military career, she held the positions of Commander, Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom, AFB; and Program Director for the Joint Strike Fighter, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. General Kenne received her B.S. in aerospace engineering from Auburn University, and an M.S. in procurement management from Webster College. She also attended the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; the National War College; the Defense Management College at Fort Belvoir, VA; the Wittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire; and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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General Donald Kutyna recently retired from the aerospace industry as corporate vice president of Loral Space and Communications. Prior to that position he served as Vice-President of Advanced Space Systems at the Loral and Lockheed Martin Corporations. General Kutyna retired from 35 years of service in the Air Force. In his final assignment, he served simultaneously as Commander-in-Chief (CINC) of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, CINC of the United States Space Command, and Commander of the Air Force Space Command. In these positions, he was responsible for the acquisition, operation and maintenance of all DoD space systems and supporting space assets. He also chaired the Technical Investigation Panel on the Space Shuttle Challenger Presidential Commission. Gen. Kutyna holds a BS degree from the United States Military Academy and an MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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General Lester Lyles (USAF, retired) retired as Commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. General Lyles entered the Air Force in 1968 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. He has served in various assignments, including Program Element Monitor of the Short-Range Attack Missile at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Special Assistant and Aide-De-Camp to the Commander of Air Force Systems Command, Avionics Division Chief in the F-16 Systems Program Office, Director of Tactical Aircraft Systems at AFSC headquarters, and as Director of the Medium-Launch Vehicles Program and Space-Launch Systems offices. General Lyles became AFSC headquarters' Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Requirements in 1989, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Requirements in 1990. In 1992, he became Vice Commander of Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah. He served as Commander of the center until 1994, then was assigned to command the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, California until 1996. General Lyles became the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in 1996. In May 1999, he was assigned as Vice Chief of Staff at USAF/HQ. General Lyles received a BSME from Howard University, and an M.S. in mechanical and nuclear engineering from New Mexico State University.
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Dr. Debasis Mitra is Vice President, Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Research at Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent. He directs research in fundamental mathematics, algorithms, complex systems analysis and optimization, statistics, learning theory, information and communications sciences, and industrial mathematics. Dr. Mitra is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Bell Labs Fellow and a Fellow of the IEEE. He is a recipient of the 1998 IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award, the 1993 Steven O. Rice Prize Paper Award and the 1982 Guillemin-Cauer Prize Paper Award of the IEEE. He is also the recipient of awards from the 1995 ACM Sigmetrics/Performance Conference, the Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK) and the Bell System Technical Journal. He has been a member of the editorial boards of the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, the IEEE Transactions of Communications, the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems and Queuing Systems (QUESTA). During 2002-2005 he served as the area editor responsible for Telecommunications and Networking for the journal Operations Research. He is the inventor in more than 15 patents. In 2003 he served as the Chair of the Telecom review panel of the N.J. Commission on Jobs Growth and Economic Development. He has been McKay Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Albert Winsemius Professor at the Nanyang Technical University in Singapore and in 2005 he was a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. During 2006 he chaired the Mathematics Advisory Committee of the Science Foundation of Ireland.
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Mr. Matt L. Mleziva is currently the President of Wildwood Strategic Concepts, a strategic management company in Westwood, Massachusetts. Mr. Mleziva has led joint OSD teams that developed recommendations projected to save millions annually. He guided Air Force Networked Tactical Communications efforts into a single Joint Program with the Navy. Mr. Mleziva has a proven track record of achieving cost, schedule and performance goals across organizations covering a wide range of information system technologies for a diverse customer base. He acquired space, air, and electronic systems for DoD, the US government, and foreign nations. Mr. Mleziva has demonstrated capability to utilize emerging information technology and promote commonality/interoperability in combat systems. He developed ultra streamlined acquisition strategy in response to urgent Air Force operational needs; Mr. Mleziva is the recipient of several awards, including the Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award and the Air Force Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award. He holds a post master’s degree in Electrical Engineering; a MS in Electrical Engineering; and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Dr. C. Kumar Patel is a professor of physics, chemistry, and electrical engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He served as Vice Chancellor for Research at UCLA from 1993-1999. Prior to joining UCLA in March 1993, he was the Executive Director of the Research, Materials Science, Engineering and Academic Affairs Division at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. He joined Bell Laboratories in 1961 where he began his career by carrying out research in the field of gas lasers. Dr. Patel has a B.E. in Telecommunications from the College of Engineering in Poona, India, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1959 and 1961 respectively. In 1988, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). In 1996, Dr. Patel was awarded the National Medal of Science by the President of the United States of America.
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Major General Gerald F. Perryman, Jr. (USAF, retired) is director of United Kingdom (UK) tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) programs for Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems. Gen Perryman oversees and coordinates strategies and development of new business opportunities and pursuits related to integrated tactical intelligence and information systems for the UK Ministry of Defense. He was appointed to this position in February 2006 after having led the Raytheon Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Strategic Business Area since joining the company in November 2002. Before joining Raytheon, Gen Perryman served as commander of the Aerospace Command and Control and ISR Center at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Earlier, he commanded the 14th Air Force, which encompasses all U.S. Air Force space operations forces worldwide. Gen Perryman received his bachelor’s degree in science from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Dakota.
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Dr. Gene Ray is currently working as a consultant at GMT Ventures in La Jolla, CA. Dr. Ray was previously the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Titan Corporation. Prior to launching Titan, he was Executive Vice President, General Manager and a Director of Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. for 11 years. Dr. Ray served for two years as Chief, Strategic Division, U.S. Air Force (AFGOAS). He has held the position of Senior Appointee (Public Law 313) on the staff of the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, where he led a team of military and civilian analysts and scientists. Earlier in his career, he was with the Aerospace Corporation where he contributed to weapon system analysis programs and specialized in the area of nuclear survivability. Dr. Ray received his B.S. in mathematics, physics and chemistry from Murray State University; an M.S. in physics and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Tennessee.
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Dr. Marvin Sambur recently retired from the Air Force as the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition – a position he held since 2001. He provided directions, guidance and supervision of all matters pertaining to the formulation, review, approval and execution of acquisition plans, policies and programs. Prior to that position, Dr. Sambur was the chief executive officer of ITT Defense at ITT Industries and held many other high-level positions within ITT and Bell Laboratories. Dr. Sambur received his B.S. in electrical engineering in 1968 from City College of New York; an M.S. in electrical Engineering in 1969, and a Ph.D. in 1972 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has over 50 published papers in refereed journals and holds three patents.
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Dr. Joseph Daniel Stewart joined the University of Tennessee (UT) in September 2004 and serves as the Associate Vice President for Research. In this role, he supports the Executive Vice President in overseeing research & development activities at its five campuses across the state, as well as research and development activities with strategic partners such as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which UT jointly manages with Battelle. He also serves as an adjunct professor with the UT College of Business Administration. Prior to joining UT, Dr. Stewart served as the Executive Director of the Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In this role, he advised the commander in managing the research, development, acquisition, test and logistics support of Air Force weapon systems. Organizationally, the command consisted of 11 geographically separated product, logistics, test and specialized centers, as well as laboratory and support facilities, with an annual budget of approximately $40B. The assigned work force of 80,000 military and civilian personnel included a diverse mix of scientific, engineering, managerial, administrative and technical occupations, as well as highly skilled trades and maintenance workers. Dr. Stewart entered federal service in 1974 as a technology manager with the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Prior to that he served with The Aerospace Corporation, providing systems engineering support to the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Organization. He transferred to Eglin AFB, Florida, in 1981, where he held various mid-level to senior management positions involving development planning, acquisition, and test and evaluation. Prior to becoming the first Executive Director for the Air Force Material Command, he served as the Executive Director for the Air Armament Center with responsibility for the development, test, acquisition and sustainment of air-delivered weapon systems, as well as base operating support for two of the Air Force’s largest complexes, Eglin AFB in Florida and Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. He is a Stanford University Sloan Fellow and served details in Washington, D. C. supporting the Congressionally-mandated 1995 and 2005 Base Realignment and Closure activities. Dr. Stewart holds a BS, MS, and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology; he also holds a master’s degree in management science, Stanford University, Sloan Fellow.
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