MODELING & SIMULATION MULTI-CON
September 25-27, 2012
Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center (VMASC)
Suffolk, VA
September 25
MODSIM World Interim Event
September 26
National Modeling & Simulation Coalition (NMSC) Business Meeting
September 27
Enabling Training Technologies for Joint Force 2020
&
VMASC Open House
Coordinated by:
National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA)
www.trainingsystems.org
MODSIM WORLD 2012 ‐ Interim Event Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Agenda 0700 ‐ 0800 0800 ‐ 0815 0815 ‐ 0915 0915‐1015 1015‐1030 1030‐1130 1130‐1215 1215‐1315 1315‐1415 1415‐1515 1515‐1530 1530‐1630 Registration and Continental Breakfast Welcome and Admin Remarks Mr. Bill Younger, MYMIC, LLC / CP3 RADM Jim Robb, USN (Ret), President, NTSA Keynote Presentation Dr. Don Combs, Vice President & Dean, School of Health Professionals Eastern Virginia Medical School Panel Discussion: Education and Workforce Development Coordinator: Ms. Susan Meek, Breakaway Ltd. Panelists: Ms. Karen Cator, Director of Education Technology, U.S. Dept. of Education Ms. Cheryl Lemke, President & CEO, The Metiri Group Dr. Kathryn Lothschuetz Montgomery, Associate Dean of Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives, University of Maryland School of Nursing Break Panel Discussion: M&S in Medical/Healthcare Coordinator: Mr Bob Armstrong, Eastern Virginia Medical School Panelists: Dr. Michael Czekajlo, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. Mary Patterson, Akron Children’s Hospital (Former President of Society for Simulation in Healthcare) Ms. Gayle Gilva, SP program , Eastern Virginia Medical School Keynote Presentation Dr. David Way, Aerospace Engineer, Exploration Systems Engineering Branch NASA Langley Research Center Lunch Panel Discussion: M&S in Manufacturing Coordinator: Dr. Sharan Kalwani, Intel Corporation Panelists: Mr. David Mika, General Electric Global Research Mr. Merle Giles, NCSA, Director, Manufacturing Industry Partnership, University of Illinois Mr. Steve Legensky, Founder & CEO, Intelligent Light Panel Discussion: M&S in Defense and Cyber Warfare Coordinator: Mr. John Bolino, Office of the Secretary of Defense Panelists: Dr. Steven Hutchison, Principal Deputy, Developmental Test and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense Mr. Marty Westphal, J‐6, Joint Chiefs of Staff Ms. Lori Pridmore, Program Director, Cyber Support Operations, Lockheed Martin Break Panel Discussion: M&S in Transportation/Logistics Coordinator: Dr. Asad Khattak, Batten Endowed Chair Professor, Transportation Engineering, Old Dominion University Panelists: Mr. Mecit Cetin, Associate Professor, Old Dominion University 1630‐1700 Upon Adjournment Dr. Camelia Ravenbakht, Deputy Executive Director, Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization Mr. John Horner, P.E., Open Roads Consulting MODSIM 2013 Open Forum Announcements, Status, Invitation to Participate MODSIM 2013, Hampton Roads Convention Center, May 1‐2, 2013 Moderator: Mr. Steve Husak, Steve Husak & Associates M&S Multi‐Con Reception ‐ For attendees of all Multi‐Con activities (MODSIM WORLD / NMSC / Enabling Training Technologies) MODSIM World Interim Event
Participant Biographies
Mr. Bob Armstrong
Bob Armstrong is the Director of Research and Business Development for the National Center
for Collaboration in Medical Modeling and Simulation (NCCMMS). Bob joined NCCMMS
from Booz Allen Hamilton, where he provided M&S-based analysis, developed M&S training
tools, and drafted M&S policy for Department of Defense clients. Prior to his time at Booz
Allen, Bob was Director of Technology at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation
Center at ODU. Bob retired from the U.S. Marine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2005 after a
twenty year career. When he was not leading Marines as an Artillery officer, he ran simulation
centers and led a $300 million effort to enhance Marine Corps readiness through the application
of M&S. Bob was the first M&S officer in the Marine Corps. Bob is a graduate of the U.S.
Naval Academy, where he earned a degree in General Engineering. He is also a graduate of the
Naval Postgraduate School, where he earned a degree in Computer Science. He was the 2010
Conference Chairman for the Modeling and Simulation World Expo and Conference, held in
Hampton, Virginia.
Ms. Karen Cator
Karen Cator is the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of
Education. She has devoted her career to creating the best possible learning environments for this
generation of students. Prior to joining the department, Ms. Cator directed Apple's leadership and
advocacy efforts in education. In this role, she focused on the intersection of education policy
and research, emerging technologies, and the reality faced by teachers, students and
administrators. Ms. Cator joined Apple in 1997 from the public education sector, most recently
leading technology planning and implementation in Juneau, Alaska. She also served as Special
Assistant for Telecommunications for the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. Ms. Cator holds a
Masters in school administration from the University of Oregon and Bachelors in early
childhood education from Springfield College. She is the past chair of the Partnership for 21st
Century Skills and has served on the several boards including the Software & Information
Industry Association—Education.
Dr. Mecit Cetin
Dr. Mecit Cetin earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY, in 1999 and 2002, respectively. Dr. Cetin is
currently Associate Professor at ODU. Dr. Cetin has been conducting research in various areas
including modeling and simulation of traffic operations, congestion pricing, freight
transportation, advanced traveler information systems, traffic signal control, probe vehicle
technologies, and system state estimation in transportation networks.
C. Donald Combs, Ph.D.
C. Donald Combs, Ph.D. is a Co-Director of the National Center for Collaboration in Medical
Modeling and Simulation. He serves as Vice President and Dean, School of Health Professions
of the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). His responsibilities include strategic planning,
oversight of EVMS health professions education and accreditation compliance programs as well
as medical modeling and simulation activities, program development, governmental and
community relations, and directing educational outreach programs. Dr. Combs holds faculty
appointments as Professor of Health Professions at EVMS and as Adjunct Professor of
Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
at Old Dominion University. From 1996 to 2002, he also served as a Senior Fellow at the U.S.
Naval Postgraduate School. He has long-standing research interests in health and human services
management, peer review and accreditation, emergency response, health services research, health
professions regulation, organizational development, strategic planning, and medical modeling
and simulation. He currently serves on several regional, state, and national boards and task forces
that address national and international health policy. In the international arena, Dr. Combs has
worked with colleagues at the Naval Postgraduate School to develop and implement the
International Health Resource Management executive education program that served some 20
nations, including Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Nepal, Botswana and El Salvador.
Mr. Melvin Ferebee
Melvin is a career NASA researcher living his dream. He holds a Bachelor’s in Aerospace
Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Master’s in Mathematics from William and Mary. He’s
currently the manager of the Space Technology Projects Office in the Space Technology and
Exploration Directorate at NASA Langley Research Center. He is also the Center lead for
Participatory Exploration and Open Innovation. He was on the cutting edge of computer-aided
engineering as applied to large space systems. He was fortunate to be a team member of the
Space Station Skunk Works, Space Station Redesign, the NASA Exploration Team and a project
manager for Integrated Design and Analysis for the Ares I-X Development Test Flight. His
areas of expertise are in systems analysis, architecture development, and in modeling and
simulation. He has authored over 40 technical papers. He has served as leader and mentor. He is
married with three children.
Mr. Merle Giles
Merle Giles is Director of business and economic development at the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
His responsibilities include leading the center’s Private Sector Program, industry engagement
with the Blue Waters Project, and the center’s involvement with NDEMC, a U.S. public-private
consortium for digital engineering and manufacturing. Giles brings a business and strategic value
perspective to the NCSA team, which is deeply competent in computation, big data, and
sophisticated networking. Giles is a founding partner of the International Industrial
Supercomputing Workshops, together with leading supercomputing centers in South Korea and
Stuttgart, Germany. He works closely with global high-performance computing user
organizations, with the U.S. Council on Competitiveness HPC advisory, and with leading
hardware and software vendors. His primary focus is to accelerate economic value by merging
expert human talent with expert digital resources. He previously led UI’s Executive MBA
program, achieving international stature with a #1 ranking among U.S. public university EMBA
programs in London’s 2002 FINANCIAL TIMES. Giles earlier served as president of a
community bank and as CFO of a national transportation company. Giles earned an MBA from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in accounting and business
administration from Illinois State University. He is an alumnus of the Stonier Graduate School of
Banking at the University of Delaware and holds a CPA certificate. NCSA is one of the five
original centers in the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Supercomputer Centers
Program, opening its doors in January 1986. Its newest partnership with Cray, Inc. will result in
deployment of the world’s most powerful open-access supercomputer, Blue Waters. More than
one-third of U.S. FORTUNE 50® companies have partnered with NCSA, making it one of the
leading global HPC centers with deep experience in both science and industry.
Ms. Gayle Gliva-McConvey
Gayle Gliva-McConvey is the Director of the Professional Skills Teaching and Assessment
Center at Eastern Virginia Medical School. For 37 years she has worked with the Standardized
Patient (SP) methodology. She has authored/coauthored 18 publications on SPs, presented at
over 90 conferences and developed SP programs internationally including schools in China and
Moldova. In 1998 Mrs. Gliva-McConvey received an award from the American Association of
Medical Colleges (AAMC) recognizing her contributions. She is a founding board member
current President of the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE). She is also a
member of the Society of Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) Certification executive committees.
Mr. John Horner
Mr. John Horner is a Professional Engineer with Open Roads Consulting. He has a graduate
degree from North Carolina State University. Mr Horner is involved in design and
implementation of innovative solutions and provides technical services for the Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS). He has worked with Hampton Roads Traffic Operations Center
extensively and is working to integrate a predictive traffic simulation that is calibrated in realtime into the Hampton Roads operational freeway management system.
Mr. Steve Husak
Mr Husak is president of Steve Husak & Associates a consulting firm specializing in M&S related
activity located in Virginia Beach VA. As a certified Modeling and Simulation professional he has been
an active participant in the M&S community for over 25 years. A retired Navy Captain and combat
veteran he commanded an operational F-14 fighter squadron and is a graduate of the Navy’s Fighter
Weapons School where he later served in an instructional capacity. His acquisition experience includes
serving as an Operations analyst for the office of the Chief of Naval Operations and Director Program
management for Naval Air Warfare Center in Orlando Florida. He has been closely associated with the
National Training and Simulation Association since 1990. Mr Husak is a native of San Diego,
California and has a Bachelor of Science from Oregon State University and a Masters of Science from
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He is also a Graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces and Defense System Management College.
Dr. Steven J. Hutchison
Dr. Steven J. Hutchison is the Principal Deputy, Developmental Test and Evaluation. He
assumed the duties as the Principal Deputy, Developmental Test and Evaluation on 9 October
2011. Prior to this assignment, from August 2005 to October 2011, Dr. Hutchison served as the
Test and Evaluation Executive for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), where his
role was to provide strategic planning and oversee the activities of the Office of the T&E
Executive and Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC). Dr. Hutchison has also served in
the office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) and the Army Test and
Evaluation Command (ATEC). Dr. Hutchison retired from the US Army in 2002. His military
career highlights include assignments with 82nd Airborne Division and 3rd Infantry Division,
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the United States Military Academy,
and his assignment to ATEC. Dr. Hutchison was commissioned in the Infantry in 1982. Dr.
Hutchison is a 1982 graduate of the United States Military Academy, earned a Master of Science
in Operations Research at the US Naval Postgraduate School in 1991, and a PhD in Industrial
Engineering at Purdue University in 1998.
Asad J. Khattak, Ph.D.
Dr. Asad J. Khattak is Frank Batten endowed chair Professor of Civil Engineering at Old
Dominion University, where he teaches and conducts research in transportation. He also directs
ODU's Transportation Research Institute and the Center for Innovative Transportation Solutions,
and is part of a consortium that received the TranLIVE Tier 1 University Transportation Center.
Dr. Khattak's research focuses on various types of innovations related to intelligent
transportation systems and sustainable transportation. Before joining Old Dominion University,
Dr. Khattak was Professor of Transportation at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where
he developed the Carolina Transportation Program (1995-2006). Dr. Khattak received his
Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University in 1988 and 1991,
respectively.
Mr. Steve Legensky
Steve Legensky is the founder and general manager of Intelligent Light, a company that has
delivered products and services based on visualization technology since 1984. He attended
Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ) and received a BE in electrical engineering
(1977) and an MS in mathematics (1979). While at Stevens, he helped to establish and then
managed the NSF-funded Undergraduate Computer Graphics Facility, an innovative effort that
incorporated interactive computer graphics into the engineering curriculum. Legensky then
entered industry, working in real-time image generation for flight simulation. In 1984, he
founded Intelligent Light, which has evolved from producing award-winning 3D animations to
launching a set of 3D rendering and animation solutions, to the current FieldView™ product line
of post-processing and visualization tools for computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Steve is an
Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and has
published and presented for AIAA, IEEE, ACM/SIGGRAPH and IDC
Ms. Cheryl Lemke
Cheryl Lemke is President and CEO of the Metiri Group, a consulting firm dedicated to
advancing effective uses of technology in schools, and serves as the Practice Leader for Metiri
Group Policy Consulting. Prior to launching the firm, she was the executive director of the
Milken Exchange on Education Technology for the Milken Family Foundation. Cheryl has
published articles and appeared in a variety of media outlets such as Education Week, eSchool
News, THE Journal, and numerous other publications. Ms. Lemke specializes in public policy
for K-16 learning technology, working at many levels with governors, legislators,
superintendents, professors, business leaders, and teachers. She currently works with both the
public and private sectors in states across the country, as well as at the national level. Last year,
Ms. Lemke facilitated public hearings in Silicon Valley, CA and Atlanta, GA for the web-based
Education Congressional Committee. This year, she is working with several states on leadership
in technology initiatives, and most recently authored the definitive work on 21st Century Skills
that was published by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the CEO Forum.
Ms. Lemke’s 25-year career in the public sector and her work with Metiri Group have included
projects related to assessing the impact of technology on learning; gauging the progress of states,
districts, and schools in bringing technology to the learning process; conducting surveys and
focus groups; convening national experts in discussions on policy issues; and designing and
prototyping educational technology frameworks. As an associate superintendent for the Illinois
State Board of Education, Ms. Lemke managed a center for learning technology with over 100
staff members, translating the $50 million annual budget into: a new State backbone;
professional development centers; community-based technology planning processes for Illinois
schools; and online curriculum projects designed to help students learn. Ms. Lemke also
oversaw the development of state learning technology plans in both Illinois and Washington.
Recognized nationally as a proactive leader in learning technology, and sought after as a
consultant, speaker, and writer, Cheryl Lemke has designed policy in the state house that
translates into sound educational practice in the schoolhouse.
Ms. Susan D. Meek
Ms. Susan D. Meek is the Education Strategist at BreakAway, Ltd., which is a pioneer in the
serious games industry with extensive experience in designing, developing and delivering
cutting-edge simulations, games and training software across various industries. By applying
entertainment game design expertise, development technologies, and user interface mechanisms
to simulations for training, visualization and decision-making analysis. BreakAway is leading the
effort to use game-based concepts in real-world applications. Ms. Meek manages projects and
support customers in creating serious games and simulations for education and training
specifically for the education market. With more than a decade of experience in creating
innovative cross-industry projects to support educational efforts and businesses, Ms. Meek’s
focus is on the incorporation of digital literacy skills and 21st century skills into the classroom as
well as the emphasis of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math learning through games and
simulations. Ms. Meek has served as an Education Panel member for Colorado Workforce in
Regional Economic Development partnership initiative and on various school technology
redesign initiatives. Some of the award-winning programs she developed through various
partnerships have won awards including the Digital Educator Program and a national workforce
recognition for a dual credit/industry certification program for high school students and
unemployed adults.
Mr. David Mika
David Mika is a research engineer at GE and dealing with the behavior of metals during
thermomechanical processing. GE makes many things by processing metal—some are very
critical to peoples' safety—e.g. the rapidly rotating parts in the jet engines of a passenger
airplane—and some mostly just have to look nice—e.g. a refrigerator or dishwasher door or
cooktop appliance. Processing steps have a big influence on properties and mechanical
performance of finished products in part because the state of the underlying microstructure can
undergo significant evolution during forming. Strides in understanding are being made by
rooting material behavior to phenomena occurring at the micro scale. David is interested in all
aspects of metals processing including computational modeling and mechanics which draws
upon a variety of disciplines from many fields of study including continuum mechanics,
inelasticity, polycrystal plasticity, finite element modeling, parallel and high performance
computing. David holds a PhD from Cornell University and a Bachelors from BYU.
Dr. Kathryn Lothschuetz Montgomery
Dr. Kathryn Lothschuetz Montgomery, is the Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships &
Initiatives, and Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. As faculty
she introduces many different innovations in teaching and in the development of partnerships.
She brings over 20 years of experience to academia serving as Rear Admiral United States
Public Health Service and chief nurse officer at the Clinical Center National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Montgomery is a Retired Rear Admiral US Public Health Service where she served as the
Assistant Surgeon General within the Department of Health Human Services. In addition, she
has extensive experience at the executive level in a variety of settings as a consultant as the
Director of Health Strategies, LLC. As faculty, she teaches complexity science and
contemporary leadership in the DNP program using all methods of technology in teaching using
active learning and contemporary pedagogy. In her role as, academic administrator, she provides
leadership in the creation of strategic partnerships, faculty practices and clinics and professional
education. Her scholarly interests include performance of teams and groups, methodological
approaches to assess capacity for team performance, models of leadership and innovation. Dr.
Montgomery is on the Maryland Learning Collaborative Patient Centered Medical Home
leadership team and serves as a Commissioner for the Maryland Health Care Commission.
Dr. Mary D. Patterson
Mary D. Patterson, MD, MEd is a pediatric emergency physician and the Medical Director of
Simulation Services at Akron Children’s Hospital. Previously she was the Medical Director of
the Cincinnati Children’s Center for Simulation and Research. She is past- president of the
Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Dr. Patterson’s primary research interests are related to the
use of medical simulation to improve patient safety and human factors work related to patient
safety. She is a federally funded investigator in these areas.
Ms. Lori Pridmore
Ms. Pridmore is currently the Program Director for the Cyber Support Operations business area
at Lockheed Martin’s Global Training and Logistic. The Cyber Support Operations business
covers the domains of Cyber Test and Training and the National Cyber Range is a corner stone
program for this new business area. Lori has been with LM for over 25 years. Prior to her
current position she was Director of Software Engineering at GTL, Director of Computer
Systems Engineering at LM MS2 in Moorestown where she supported the Aegis Program and a
manager in the Artificial Intelligence lab at the LM Advanced Technology Labs in Cherry Hill.
Ms Pridmore has a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Saint Joseph’s University, a
MS Computer Science from Drexel University and an MBA from Columbia University.
Camelia Ravanbakht, Ph.D.
As Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Ravanbakht oversees all activities of the metropolitan
planning organization staff, including the development of the Long-Range Transportation Plan,
the Transportation Improvement Program, the Congestion Management Process, and the Public
Participation Plan. Dr. Ravanbakht has been appointed to serve on the Transportation Research
Board Multimodal Statewide Planning Committee. She is a member of the Institute of
Transportation Engineers and has served on the Intelligent Transportation Society of Virginia
(ITSVA) Board of Directors and President of ITSVA in 2005-2006. Dr. Ravanbakht is an
adjunct faculty member in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at Old Dominion
University. She has a B.S. in Economics and Management Sciences from the University of
Sorbonne, Paris, France and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from North Carolina
State University.
RADM James A. Robb, USN (Ret)
Rear Admiral James A. Robb, USN (Ret) assumed the role of President of the National Training
and Simulation Association (NTSA) in June 2012. Robb graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in 1972, earned a Master’s of Science degree from the University of West Florida in
1973, and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1974. Promoted to Flag rank in January 1999, he
served in increasing positions of responsibility in the Navy until his retirement from active duty
in March 2006. His final assignment at sea was in command of the USS John C. Stennis Carrier
Strike Group consisting of nine ships and over 8,000 sailors. Here he led the West Coast
maritime response to 9/11 and prepared the Battle Group for support of operations in
Afghanistan. Earlier, he commanded Carrier Air Wing Nine embarked in USS NIMITZ where he
was Strike Warfare Commander for naval forces supporting operation Southern Watch/Desert
Storm. He also served as Deputy Commander for Carrier Air Wing Eleven, and commanded the
“Screaming Eagles” of Fighter Squadron Fifty One and the Navy Fighter Weapons School
(TOPGUN). During his career, he deployed nine times to every major theater of operations,
logging over 5,000 flight hours and more than 1,000 carrier landings. Admiral Robb is also a
recognized expert in operational tactics and training, serving as an instructor, test pilot and
demonstration pilot in the F-14 TOMCAT. He was Lead Project Pilot and Officer in Charge of
Navy/Marine Corps Special Operations flying Russian fighter aircraft in the Tonopah Test
Ranges. While in command of TOPGUN, he drove fleet air-to-air weapons and tactics
requirements, and oversaw all Navy Adversary plans and operations. Following active duty
retirement, Admiral Robb was an independent consultant specializing in Strategic Planning, Joint
Operations, Defense Acquisition Reform and Global Political/Military Affairs.
Dr. David Way
David Way is an Aerospace Engineer in the Exploration Systems Engineering Branch at the
NASA Langley Research Center. His areas of expertise are flight mechanics, trajectory
simulation, and entry system performance. He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the
United States Naval Academy, as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the
Georgia Institute of Technology. David is currently the LaRC EDL Flight Mechanics Lead for
MSL.
Mr. William Younger, Jr.
Mr. William Younger is the co-founder and co-owner of MYMIC LLC. Mr. Younger became
President in October 2010 and has helped lead MYMIC into its thirteenth year with revenue
growth of 297% over the past three years. MYMIC was named one of the fastest growing,
private companies in America by Inc. Magazine 500/5000 list. MYMIC ranked 1066 nationally
and 88th for government service contractors; 36th in Virginia and 6th in Hampton Roads. Prior to
forming MYMIC, Mr. Younger worked for Tom Mastaglio (MYMIC CEO and founding
partner) as the marketing director for Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center
(VMASC), Old Dominion’s University research enterprise. Mr. Younger is the co-founder and
co-chairman of MODSIM World Conference and Expo. For the last two years, he has been the
Chair of the Board for the Center for Public/Private Partnership (CP3) the governing board of the
MODSIM World Conference and Expo. Prior start-up Mr. Younger was a co-founder of The
Raoust Younger Group, Hampton Roads Community Sailing Center, and Building Supply
Marketing. Mr. William Younger also worked for Weyerhaeuser, Inc. as National Sales &
Marketing Manager for over 12 years in all phases of sales, marketing, and communications. Mr.
Younger received a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication from the Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
NMSC Business Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
7:00am – 8:00am
Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00am – 8:15am
Call to Order and Agenda
8:15am – 8:35am
NMSC Value Proposition and Initiatives
8:35am – 8:45am
Introduction of Interim NMSC Policy Committee
8:45am – 9:00am
Overview and Discussion of NMSC Policy Guidance
9:00am – 9:45am
Forward Planning and Outreach Discussion
9:45am – 10:15am
Break
10:15am - 10:30am
Policy Committee Nomination Process
10:30am - Noon
Standing Sub-Committee Reports
Noon - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Standing Sub-Committee Meetings
Technology, Research and Development
Co-Chairs: Randall Garrett, Northrop Grumman; John
Sokolowski, VMASC/Old Dominion University
Education/Professional Development
Co-Chairs: Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of
Technology; Kirk Michealson, Lockheed Martin
Business Practice
Co-Chairs - Bill Waite, AEgis Technologies Group; Marjorie
Zielke, University of Texas at Dallas
Industrial Development
Co-Chairs – Irin Hall, Newport News Shipbuilding,
Tom Mastaglio, MYMIC LLC
Communications, Outreach and Public Affairs
Co-Chairs - Fred Hartman, Institute for Defense Analyses;
Annie Patenaude, AMP Analytics; Peter Swan, VT Mak
3:00 pm – 3:45pm
Keynote Address
Governor Robert F. McDonnell, Commonwealth of Virginia
3:45pm - 5:00pm
Standing Committee Action Plans
National Modeling & Simulation Coalition Business Meeting
Participant Biographies
Dr. Linda Brent
Dr. Linda Brent is the CEO and Senior Managing Associate of the The ASTA Group, LLC. Dr.
Brent has developed, established, and operated government-oriented businesses for the past 25
years. She manages a staff of senior professionals engaged in all aspects of business conduct
with existing and emerging DoD-focused businesses. Dr. Brent also provides support to the
National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) for Strategic Planning, the I/ITSEC
Conference Committee and chairperson of the Standing Committee on behalf of NTSA in
support of Congressman Randy Forbes and the Modeling and Simulation Congressional Caucus.
She and her organization provide national, regional, and local support for initiatives around the
nation on the improvement of education for our nation’s children and youth. Dr. Brent brings 25
years of experience in both the defense industry and other government agencies, has made
numerous presentations at state, national and international conferences, and has conducted
research and published papers in the areas of training, simulation, and psychology. Additionally,
she is actively involved in numerous national and international professional organizations
supporting the defense and security solutions industry. She has held faculty and research
positions at several leading universities and colleges, teaching courses in research design, human
learning, training design, and human factors. She also has been a research associate for the US
Air Force in neural networking and adult learning/task management. Dr. Brent earned a BA and
MS degree in Education/Psychology from Wittenberg University and Nazareth College of
Rochester, respectively, and her EdD from the University of Rochester.
Dr. Richard Fujimoto
Dr. Richard Fujimoto is Regents’ Professor and founding Chair of the School of Computational
Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received the Ph.D. and M.S.
degrees from the University of California (Berkeley) in 1980 and 1983 (Computer Science and
Electrical Engineering) and B.S. degrees from the University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1977 and
1978 (Computer Science and Computer Engineering). He has been an active researcher in the
parallel and distributed simulation community since 1985. He led the definition of the time
management services for the High Level Architecture (IEEE Standard 1516). Fujimoto has
previously served as Co-Editor-in-chief of the journal Simulation: Transactions of the Society for
Modeling and Simulation International as well as a founding area editor for the ACM
Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation journal. He has also served on the
organizing committees for several leading conferences in the parallel and distributed simulation
field.
Dr. Randall Garrett
Dr. Randall Garrett is Technical Lead/Co-Principal Investigator with Northrop Grumman
Information Technology. Dr. Garrett’s primary responsibilities include leading the Research and
Development (R&D) team for practical evaluation of emerging technologies and identification of
next generation architectures supporting corporate or customer scientific, medical training and
operational needs. He is chairman of the Northrop Grumman Enterprise M&S leadership group.
Dr. Garrett actively participates in the National Modeling and Simulation (M&S) community and
co-chairs the National Modeling and Simulation Coalition (NMSC) Technology, Research and
Development Committee. Research interests are directed toward novel methods for the
systematic and rigorous solution of complex systems engineering problems.
Ms. Irin Hall
Irin Hall is a Technical Product Manager at Newport News Shipbuilding, division of Huntington
Ingalls Industries (NNS). She has BS in Mathematics from John Carroll University, MS in
Modeling and Simulation from University of Central Florida and MBA in Management from
Strayer University. Since joining the shipyard, Ms. Hall has managed various aspects of
Modeling and Simulation work, including software development and analysis. In her current
role, Ms. Hall helps define a strategy for developing simulation based decision support tools for
such domains as nuclear operations, construction and manufacturing, and Navy platforms. Her
focus is on customer driven approach to developing effective tools for complex decision making.
Ms. Hall also helped establish and develop a curriculum for the first of its kind M&S
apprenticeship at NNS.
Mr. Fred Hartman
Fred Hartman has an extensive background in models, simulations and training with Defense
related management and analysis positions in both industry and government. He has specialized
in problem solving with use of modeling and simulations, assessing training systems and
technical applications for over 35 years. Fred joined IDA in 1996 as a modeling and simulation
advisor to the DUSD (Readiness) and served from 2000 to 2003 as Technical Director, Joint
Simulation System and Manager, Enterprise Division of the Defense Modeling and Simulation
Office. In 2003 Fred joined the Office of the USD (Personnel and Readiness) as Director,
Training Transformation Joint Assessment and Enabling Capability and as Deputy Director,
Readiness and Training Policy and Programs returning to IDA in 2007. Mr. Hartman continues
to support Defense M&S with strategic planning and training acquisition projects. In addition to
leadership positions in modeling and simulation volunteer organizations Fred has served as a
member of the Army Science Board, led a study panel for the National Academy of Sciences
Board on Army Science and Technology, and is a past President and Fellow of the Military
Operations Research Society. Fred graduated from the U. S. Military Academy and received an
MS in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School.
RADM Fred L. Lewis, USN (Ret)
Fred Lewis served as President of the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA)
from December 1995 to June 2012. A native of Los Angeles, Lewis graduated from the U.S.
Naval Academy with the class of 1962 and was designated a naval aviator at NAS Kingsville,
Texas in November 1963. After an initial tour of duty as a flight instructor, he trained in the F-4
Phantom aircraft and participated in numerous operational deployments to the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. During this time, he deployed twice to the Gulf of
Tonkin and carried out combat missions over North Vietnam. Following these combat
deployments, he attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and subsequently led the stand-up of
the Atlantic Fleet’s F-14 Training Squadron. Several command assignments followed including
his first carrier air wing command when he led the wing in successful operations in the Gulf of
Sidra during which his pilots downed two Libyan fighter aircraft. Various staff assignments in
Washington, DC followed including participation in the Program for Senior Defense Managers
at Harvard University. He subsequently was given his second air wing command when he
inaugurated the Navy’s “Super CAG” program. It was in this assignment that he was selected for
promotion to flag rank. Flag assignments including Director, Strike and Amphibious Warfare
(Pentagon), Commander, Tactical Wings, Atlantic, and Commander, Naval Safety Center
followed in quick succession. He was sent back to sea in 1991 as Commander, Carrier Group
FOUR and Commander, Carrier Striking Forces, Atlantic. In March 1993 he led the stand-up and
became the first Commander of the Naval Doctrine Command located in Norfolk, Virginia.
During his naval career, he accumulated over 6,500 accident-free flying hours in tactical aircraft
and over 1,200 carrier arrested landings. He is married to the former Allison Griggs of Hobart,
Tasmania, Australia. They have two children: Lance, a Major in the United States Marine Corps
and F/A-18 pilot, and Ashley, a financial analyst.
Dr. Thomas W. Mastaglio
Dr. Thomas W. Mastaglio has over 25 years developing and managing simulation technology
spanning a portion of his military service as an Army Officer, and 20 years working in academia
and industry. As CEO of MYMIC, he and Bill Younger have established a key middle market
modeling and simulation company which provides technology and services to federal and local
government, academic, and commercial customers. Dr. Mastaglio was the founding Executive
Director of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center at Old Dominion University.
He has served during his 40 plus year career as a leader in the modeling and simulation technical
arena both in and out of uniform, and in industry. He has served in community service positions
as a member of the Army Science Board; Technology Advisor to Department of Defense
Research and Engineering; appointee to Virginia General Assembly Technology Advisory
Council; member of VMASC, Tidewater Community College, ODU Department of Engineering,
and Pruden Center Boards of Advisors; Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Board member;
as a Director for the Society for Simulation; and member of the I/ITSEC Program Committee
and the National M&S Coalition initial Board of Directors.
Governor Robert F. McDonnell
Bob McDonnell was sworn in as the 71st governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia on January
16, 2010. In his campaign for the office he received nearly 59% of the vote, and the most votes
of any candidate for governor in Virginia history. As Virginia’s Chief Executive, he has built a
record of results. Governor McDonnell inherited an unprecedented $6 billion in budget
shortfalls. He defeated a proposed $2 billion increase in the state income tax, kept existing car
tax relief in place and brought Democrats and Republicans together to close the shortfall without
a single tax increase, producing a $400 million surplus. During that same time 80% of
McDonnell’s legislative proposals passed Virginia’s bi-partisan General Assembly. In 2011,
McDonnell saw 92% of his legislative proposals pass the bi-partisan General Assembly,
including his plan that makes the largest investment in transportation in Virginia in a generation,
and legislation to make college more affordable and accessible for Virginia students. Job creation
and economic development remain the governor’s top priority. The unemployment rate in
Virginia has fallen from 7.2% when McDonnell took office to 5.6% today, and Virginia was
named in 2011 by CNBC as “The Top State for Business” in the country, with the highest total
score in the history of the survey. Governor McDonnell represents Virginia in other leadership
roles outside of the Commonwealth as well. He currently serves as Chairman of the Republican
Governors Association, Chairman of the Southern Growth Policies Board, Chairman of the
Southern Regional Education Board, and Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee of the National
Governors Association. The governor has dedicated his life to public service. He served 21
years in the U.S. Army, both active duty and reserve, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1997.
Upon graduating from law school in 1989 he served as a Virginia Beach prosecutor. McDonnell
was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1991 and served 14 years representing
Virginia Beach. He was elected as the 44th attorney general of Virginia in 2005. As attorney
general, McDonnell kept all seven of his campaign promises and successfully passed 92 of his
105 legislative proposals, with strong bipartisan support. McDonnell was raised in Fairfax
County. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame (BBA), Boston University (MSBA)
and Regent University (JD and MA). In addition, he has received an honorary doctor of laws
degree from the College of William and Mary, and an honorary doctor of humane letters from
Virginia Commonwealth University. He and his wife Maureen have been married for 36 years.
They have 5 children, ages 20-31. Their oldest daughter, Jeanine, served in the U.S. Army,
including a tour of duty in Baghdad, Iraq in 2005-2006.
Mr. Kirk Michealson
Kirk Michealson is a retired Navy Commander, Past President of the Military Operations
Research Society (MORS), and Lockheed Martin (LM) Fellow for Operations Research
Analysis. His current role is LM’s Operations Analysis (OA) Workforce Development Project
Lead where he has created the model to be a successful OA Practitioner at LM by defining the
necessary skills, experiences, competencies, and personal attributes for the Lockheed Martin
Operations Analysis workforce. He is LM’s external representative to:
 MORS
 NDIA’s Mission Analysis Committee
 Industry Development Planning Working Group
 National M&S Coalition (serves as Education & Professional Development co-chair)
As a volunteer, Kirk serves as the Chapter President and Blue & Gold Officer Representative for
the US Naval Academy Alumni Association in Orlando, FL. Kirk has a BS in Operations
Analysis from the United States Naval Academy and an MS in Operations Research from the
Naval Postgraduate School.
Ms. Annie Patenaude
Annie Patenaude recently started her own consulting firm, AMP Analytics, a Woman-Owned,
Service-Disabled Veteran Small Business. She has over thirty years of Defense experience as an
Army Field Artillery Officer, an OSD civilian, and an Industry Executive. Annie is a Fellow of
the Society of the Military Operations Research Society and is on the Operations Committee of
the Inter-Service/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference. She has worked with
modeling and simulation in Test and Evaluation, Acquisition, Analysis, and Training
applications and policy.
Dr. John Sokolowski
Dr. John Sokolowski is the Executive Director of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and
Simulation Center and Associate Professor of Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization
Engineering, both at Old Dominion University. He has been with the Center since 2001 and
previously served as its Director of Research. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer
Science from Purdue University, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion
University (ODU), and a Ph.D. in Engineering with a Concentration in Modeling and Simulation
also from ODU. His research interests include human behavior modeling, decision system
modeling, multiagent system simulation, and modeling and simulation representation of social
systems. He has published four books on modeling and simulation and is the author of numerous
journal articles and conference papers. He is a member of the Society for Modeling and
Simulation International, American Association of Artificial Intelligence, Association of
Computing Machinery, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to joining VMASC he served
twenty-seven years in the U.S. Navy as a submarine officer, retiring at the rank of Captain.
During his years in the military, Dr. Sokolowski served on four submarines including Executive
Officer of USS Hammerhead (SSN663), Norfolk, VA and Commanding Officer of USS
Benjamin Franklin (SSBN 640), Charleston, SC He also served as Head, Modeling and
Simulation Division, Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC), U.S. Joint Forces Command. At JWFC,
he led the U.S. military’s most advanced simulation group in support of worldwide joint training.
His responsibilities included design and management of complex simulation architectures and
oversight of three major Department of Defense simulation programs.
Mr. Pete Swan
Pete Swan is a Business Development Executive at VT MÄK, a company of VT Systems Inc.
that develops software to link, simulate, and visualize the virtual world. Mr. Swan has 30 years
of experience in the modeling and simulation industry in various technical and managerial roles.
He has specialized in the development, sales, and product management of modeling and
simulation, networking, and synthetic environment software products, in the UK, Canada, and
the US. Mr. Swan has held several volunteer positions in modeling and simulation related
organizations including Secretary of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization
(SISO) Board of Directors. Mr. Swan is currently Secretary of the Executive Committee of the
National Training Systems Association (NTSA).
Mr. William F. Waite
As co-founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of The AEgis Technologies
Group, Bill Waite directs its staff in delivering a wide variety of modeling and simulation (M&S)
products and services. Mr. Waite has more than 40 years of professional hands-on experience in
all phases of the M&S life cycle. While continuing to pursue research interests in M&S
conceptual modeling and system architectures, he is currently active in the evolution of the M&S
profession, industry, and marketplace. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Modeling and
Simulation Professional Certification Commission (M&SPCC) and the U.S. M&S Congressional
Caucus Advisory Committee. In addition, he is the Chairman of the Society for Modeling and
Simulation International [SCS] Board of Directors, Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Alabama
Modeling and Simulation Council (AMSC), and the Executive Director of the SimSummit
Roundtable.
Dr. Marjorie A. Zielke
Dr. Marjorie A. Zielke is the co-chair of the Business Practice Committee for the National
Modeling and Simulation Coalition (NMSC). Dr. Zielke is also an assistant professor of Arts
and Technology and Associate Director of the Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering at
the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas). Dr. Zielke is the UT Dallas principal investigator
on several serious game projects oriented toward professional development and education in both
the military culture and medical sectors to include the First Person Cultural Trainer (FPCT),
sponsored by TRADOC G2 Intelligence Support Activity; An Interactive Respiratory Training
Game for Undergraduate Nursing Students, sponsored by the UT System Transforming
Undergraduate Education (TUE) program through the UT Arlington College of Nursing
(UTACON); and the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program, a web-based educational blendedlearning portal called NursingAP.com, sponsored by the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) through UTACON. Dr. Zielke is also the site principal investigator on a
social-media based educational game to enhance Physician/Nurse communication sponsored by
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) through collaboration with UTACON
and Baylor Health Care System. Several of Dr. Zielke's projects have won national and
international awards. One project in conjunction with Dr. Judy LeFlore from UTACON — “Can
Game Play Teach Student Nurses How to Save Lives?” — is a 2012 Computerworld Honors
Laureate. NursingAP.com tied for first place as Best Demonstration Project at the “Innovations
in Health Science Education” conference sponsored by the six health science campuses within
the UT System. Also, Dr. Zielke along with Dr. LeFlore won first place in January 2011 at the
11th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in the category of Emerging and
Innovative Technologies & Methods. Further, FPCT won the government category in the Serious
Games Competition at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference
(IITSEC) in 2011. FPCT also won first place in the "Innovations in Department of Defense
Gaming" competition at the GameTech 2011 Conference in Orlando, Florida. In addition, FPCT
won the cross function award from the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) in
January 2010 and was also a finalist for the Governor's Cup at IITSEC in Orlando, Florida in
2009. Dr. Zielke has several years of industry management experience in elearning and
ebusiness development. Dr. Zielke holds a Ph.D. in Humanities – Aesthetic Studies from the
University of Texas at Dallas and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Enabling Training Technologies for Joint Force 2020
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Agenda
0700-0800
Registration/Collaborative Continental Breakfast
0800-0810
Welcome
RADM James Robb, USN (Ret), President, NTSA
0810-0830
Objectives/Introductions
Mr. Thomas Irwin, Assistant Deputy Director, Synchronization & Integration
Joint Staff / J7 Joint and Coalition Warfighting
0830-0915
Keynote
Mr. Frank DiGiovanni, Director, Training Readiness & Strategy, Office of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness)
0915-0945
Introduction of Panel Topics and Challenge to Participants
Mr. Richard Boyd, Director, Emerging/Disruptive Technologies, Lockheed
Martin
0945-1000
Break
1000-1130
Break-Out Panel Sessions
#1 – Web-Based Services
This session will focus on web delivery of training content for exercises.

Mr. Kirk Kern, CTO, NetApp (Industry Lead)
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Mr. Gregg Martin, Environment Development Branch, Joint Operating
System Environment Division JS J7 (Government-Co Lead)
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Mr. Jim Slavin, Director, Training Brain Operations Center, U.S. Army
TRADOC
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Mr. Quint Van Deman, Director of Open Source and Cloud Solutions,
Emergent Technologies
#2 – Security
This session will focus on Cyber Security, with an emphasis on the issues of
cloud delivery.

Mr. Peter Allor, Cyber Defense, IBM (Industry Lead)
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Mr. Michael Chaney, Chief, Information Assurance, Joint Operating System
Environment Division, Joint Staff J7 (Government Co-Lead)

Mr. Patrick Lardieri, Chief Engineer, National Cyber Test Range, Lockheed
Martin
#3 – Emerging Technologies & Platforms
This session will focus on emerging technologies and platforms such as the
Virtual World Framework, serious games, and new methods for knowledge
capture

Ms. Phaedra Boinidiris, IBM (Industry Lead)

LTC Terry McGraw, USA, Environment Development Branch, Joint
Operating System Environment Division JS J7 (Government Co-Lead)

Mr. David Smith, Chief Innovation Officer, Lockheed Martin Global Training
& Logistics

Mr. Bruce Curling, Intentional Software
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Mr. Ross Kukulinski, Director of Product Development, ASTi
1130-1300
Lunch / VMASC Open House
1300-1430
Break-Out Panel Sessions - Part 2
1430-1500
Break
1500-1545
Keynote
Mr. Charles Simonyi, Founder, Intentional Software Corporation
(Software Expert, Microsoft Pioneer, and Space Traveler)
1545-1630
Outbriefs to OSD/J7 Leadership and conference attendees - Session Leaders
1630-1700
Closing Remarks – “Moving Forward” - Senior Executive Panel
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1700 - 1800
Mr. Frank DiGiovanni, Director, Training Readiness and Strategy, Office of
the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness)
BG Giovanni Fungo – Ass't Chief of Staff for Capabilities Engineering,
Supreme Allied Command Transformation (Invited)
Mr. Thomas Irwin, Assistant Deputy Director, Synchronization & Integration,
Joint Staff / J7 Joint and Coalition Warfighting
Dr. Amy Henninger, Army Modeling & Simulation Office, Army DCS G-8
Mr. Marty Westphal, Vice Director, Joint Staff J6
Mr. Brian Kemper, Associate Chief Systems Engineer for Engineering Live
(EL)/Deputy Director for Engineering, U.S. Army PEO STRI
Dr. John Sokolowski, Executive Director, VMASC
VMASC/Enabling Training Technologies JF2020 Reception - Open to all
Enabling Training Technologies for Joint Force 2020
Participant Biographies
Mr. Peter Allor
Mr. Peter Allor is a Security Strategist on cyber incident & vulnerability handling, where he
assists in guiding the company’s overall security initiatives and participation in enterprise and
government implementation strategies. He assists the IBM X-Force research and development
team with the collection, analysis and dissemination of information regarding cyber
vulnerabilities, exploits, incidents, threats and early warning and coordinates for X-Force and
IBM products. This information is used to provide customers with information and resources to
employ best practices to defend their networks from potential attacks. He is responsible for
security strategies, especially as they intersect with critical infrastructures and networked
protection. As a Strategist, Allor provides a security focus to address customer specific
requirements and needs to better secure their environments while delivering efficient business
operations. He does this in coordination with Strategy, Product Management and Engineering
based on customer input. Allor is also the IBM Board member for the Information Technology –
Sector Coordinating Council (IT-SCC) Executive Committee; and, a Board Member of the
Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) where he also serves as
CFO/Treasurer. Allor was also a member of the CSIS Cyber Security Commission for the 44th
Presidency (Phase I), representing IBM, developing strategy for improving cyber security of
federal systems and critical infrastructure. Allor is a “Certified SCADA Security Architect” and
has presented on penetration testing of Industrial Control Systems to FIRST; World Institute for
Nuclear Security; and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Ms. Phaedra Boinodiris
As producer of IBM's award-winning INNOV8 series of serious games, Phaedra Boinodiris is
responsible for IBM's broader serious games strategy, leading their global effort of leveraging
serious games to provide greater agility for businesses and organizations in an increasingly
complex environment. Boinodiris' INNOV8 games are being used in over 1000 schools
worldwide to teach students the fundamentals of business optimization and her first Smarter
Planet game, CityOne, is the #1 web-based lead generating asset for IBM's largest brand.
Boinodiris was honored by Women in Games International as one of the top 100 women in the
games industry. Prior to working at IBM, she co-founded WomenGamers.Com, a popular
women’s gaming portal where she subsequently started the first scholarship for women to pursue
degrees in game design and development in the US.
Mr. Richard Boyd
As one of the creators of the Lockheed Martin Virtual World Labs, Richard leads a group of
innovative engineers and designers across all mission areas for Lockheed Martin to harness
cutting edge computer gaming and virtual world technologies to improve human performance.
Richard joined Lockheed Martin in 2007 with the acquisition of 3Dsolve, a North Carolina based
computer game technology firm where he was founder and CEO. Prior to that, Richard was
General Manager and VP of Sales for Virtus Corporation, where he worked for nearly a decade
and where he served on the management team that created several pioneering computer gaming
companies including Red Storm Entertainment, with author Tom Clancy; and Timeline
Computer Entertainment, with author Michael Crichton. Richard spearheaded the effort to use
3D visualization technologies to create virtual environments for movies including Warner
Brothers' feature Fearless, a John Hay film titled The Steal, as well as during the pre-production
phase of Brian dePalma's blockbuster Mission: Impossible. With computer gaming pioneer
David Smith, Boyd co-wrote an industry-leading book on VRML technologies, called The Virtus
VRML Toolkit, that was widely distributed and translated into three foreign languages. Boyd is
also a children’s book author and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Mr. Bruce Curling
Bruce Curling is the General Manager of Sales and Business Development for Intentional
Software Corporation. His responsibilities at Intentional Software include Strategy and
Execution for Sales, Licensing, Services, and Training to all vertical markets. Bruce has over 15
years of experience building businesses in Modeling/Simulation, Search, and Cloud Computing.
Bruce began his career as a Naval Officer where he learned skills have that served him well
during the various challenges he has faced during his career. During his tenure as Microsoft’s
Global Manager of Academic Programs, he was given the audacious task of finding a way for
Microsoft to break down global obstacles to student software access and compete globally with
Open Source Software (OSS). In response, Bruce invented, built, and launched an entirely new
software distribution platform leveraging identity attributes in lieu of currency as a means of
accessing software. The platform, called DreamSpark, was launched in 2009 by Bill Gates in
one of his final address before retirement from Microsoft and has since grown to be Microsoft’s
most popular software distribution mechanism in academia delivering software to students in
over 100 countries worldwide. In addition to his current duties with Intentional Software, Bruce
also serves on the Advisory Board for Pricefalls Inc, an ecommerce company. He is married and
has two boys aged 6 and 3.
Mr. Frank C. DiGiovanni
Frank C. DiGiovanni serves as the Director, Training Readiness and Strategy in the Office of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness). His responsibilities include policy and
oversight of military training readiness and capability modernization. He leads the Department's
$4.3B Combatant Commander’s Exercise Engagement and Training Transformation program,
the sustainment of military training ranges, the development of Live, Virtual and Constructive
Training Standards and Architectures, the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, the creation
of a “virtual world” training capability, and ensures training is properly incorporated into major
acquisition programs. He also serves as a senior DoD training member on the Modeling and
Simulation Steering Committee and is the U.S. National Coordinator for DoD training policies
impacting NATO and PfP training. Mr. DiGiovanni collaborates with interagency to develop
training strategy and policy to ensure Government civilians and Service members are better
prepared to conduct reconstruction and stabilization operations. He oversees efforts and policies
associated with sustaining access to DoD’s land, air and sea training space and for developing
policy, strategic communication and the research agenda associated with energy infrastructure
and its impact on the ability of the Department to conduct readiness training activities. He holds
a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, from the University of Arizona in Tucson,
Arizona, and a Masters of Public Administration Degree, from Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Defense Language Institute in the
Spanish Language. Mr. DiGiovanni retired from the Air Force achieving the rank of Colonel
with Senior Pilot and Navigator aeronautical ratings. Aircraft flown include the F-15, A-37 and
B-52. His military awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious
Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Medal, Air Force
Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Combat Zone Identifier and the NATO Medal, Yugoslavia.
Amy E. Henninger, Ph.D.
Dr. Henninger is a Highly Qualified Expert (HQE) serving as the Technical Advisor, Center for
Army Analysis, in the area of Modeling and Simulation (M&S). In this position, she provides
technical expertise, guidance and coordination of Army and DoD policies, procedures, and
objectives for the execution of all emerging activities that are the responsibilities of the Army
M&S community; makes recommendations on new policies, resources, resource application, and
performance in support of Army M&S; and evaluates and advises on M&S input for The Army
Plan, Defense Planning Guidance, Army Campaign Plan, and POM Technical Guidance
memorandum. Dr. Henninger was formerly a member of the Institute for Defense Analyses
Research Staff. She has many years experience in M&S, spanning a range of activities including
developing semi-automated forces in the Soar architecture and managing a portfolio that
included M&S standards, VV&A, and education. She holds six university degrees culminating in
a PhD in Computer Engineering.
Mr. Thomas C. Irwin
Thomas C. Irwin (SES), assistant deputy director for synchronization and integration, J7, the
Joint Staff, helps to oversee an organization that provides a one-stop-shop for preserving
jointness and developing the joint force, and works closely with Allied Command
Transformation and multinational partners. This organization synchronizes adaptive joint
training, doctrine, concept development and lessons learned supported by modeling,
simulation and experimentation to ensure the development of desired outcomes in the form of
cross-cutting joint and coalition doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and
education, personnel and facilities change recommendations. Irwin entered the Senior
Executive Service in November 2009 and has served in various engineering and program
management positions during his 28 years of federal service. His most recent assignment
was the director of the Enterprise Business Group, U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM),
Suffolk, Va. The position provided leadership and executive oversight of all joint
experimentation programs and projects across USJFCOM and DoD‘s Joint Concept
Development & Experimentation (JCD&E) Enterprise, comprised of all combatant
commands, joint task forces, services, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint
Staff. He was also responsible for development, planning and execution of long-term
strategic vision pertaining to joint experimentation, and coordinating the vision with
Enterprise partners and resource sponsors. Prior to entering the Senior Executive Service, he
served as the director of the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Command and
Control, Weapons and Sensors Development and Integration Product Group at the Marine
Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va. The portfolio included U.S. Marine Corps air and
ground command and control (C2) systems, combat identification systems, radar systems,
unmanned aerial systems and ground based air defense systems. Irwin was awarded a
Meritorious Civilian Service Medal for procuring and fielding command and control
technologies to the Marine operating forces in October 2009. Irwin began his Marine Corps
career with MCSC in September 2004. Prior to his selection to product group director, he
served as the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) technical director,
CAC2S deputy program manager and MAGTF C2 systems program manager. He has a
bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University and a
master of science degree in systems engineering management at the Naval Postgraduate
School. Additionally, Irwin is a certified Project Management Professional by the Project
Management Institute, and DAWIA level III certified in both Program Management and
SPRDE.
Mr. Brian E. Kemper
Mr. Brian E. Kemper is the Associate Chief Systems Engineer/Deputy Director for Engineering
responsible for Live Training Solutions at PEO STRI in PM TRADE. Mr. Kemper holds a B.S.
in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida and has 25 years of systems
engineering experience in both industry and civil service, supporting DoD military, training and
simulation, and NASA design and development initiatives.
Mr. Kirk Kern
Kirk is CTO for National Programs at Netapp and is currently developing strategies and
initiatives that form secure and scalable storage environments for cloud based and traditional IT
environments. Kirk was originally a member of the IBM Federal Systems Division in the early
90s and rejoined IBM in 2004 where he became an IBM Senior Certified Executive IT Architect
as well as an Open Group Mater Certified IT Architect. Today at NetApp, Kirk is responsible for
cultivating new technologies and architecting systems that support the mission critical IT
processing requirements on U.S. government major programs. Kirk's primary responsibilities
include designing system architectures as well as tuning, porting, and optimizing the
performance of large scale unstructured data repositories. Kirk holds BS and MS degrees in
Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. He is
currently an adjunct faculty member at the George Washington University Electrical and
Computer Engineering department. He has held key positions at the Applied Research
Laboratory, Concurrent Technologies Corp, Naval Research Laboratories, SGI and Lockheed
Martin on major technology development programs. During that time his notable works included
a neural-network-based acoustic digital signal processing system, a multi-sensor radar tracker
and simulator, wide-area ATM network R&D, and a transactional high performance computer
architecture for DARPA. He also brings deep historical and domain experience on many of the
prototypes that were the catalyst for programs like the Intelligence Communities "IC Global
Grid" and “GIG-BE”.
Mr. Ross H. Kukulinski
Ross H. Kukulinski is the Director of Product Development at Advanced Simulation
Technology, Inc. Using scalable technologies, his team works to develop cost-effective
innovative solutions for conventional military and commercial training. Products include
networked voice communication and radio simulation, after action review, and dynamic audio
environments for serious games and distributed training environments. Prior to his product
development role, Ross worked as a project engineer interfacing with customers and gaining
hands-on experience designing full-fidelity sound and communication models for flight
simulators. Ross pioneered ASTi’s first serious game product integration and continues to drive
game-based innovation. Now, he is actively seeking new ways to bridge the gap between
higher-fidelity training systems and serious games in the Live-Virtual-Constructive environment.
Ross earned his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a concentration in embedded
real-time systems at Carnegie Mellon University. Ross is a frequent speaker at conferences and
trade shows including the Defense Gametech Users Conference, Serious Play Conference, and
Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC). He is also
involved with the I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge. In his free time, Ross is an
avid soccer player, gamer, and outdoors enthusiast.
Mr. Patrick Lardieri
Mr. Lardieri is a Senior Research Manager at Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology
Laboratories. Over his 22 year career Mr. Lardieri has served as technical lead for multiple
DARPA, AFRL and ONR applied research programs in automated cyber testing (DARPA NCR),
distributed real time computing (DARPA PCES and ARMS), adaptive networking (DARPA
SAPIENT), SW producibility (AFRL SPRUCE), and intelligent training (ONR AET). He has
published over 20 papers and given multiple invited talks and keynotes at refereed conferences.
Mr. Lardieri has participated in several DoD technology policy planning workshops on software
producibility and security challenges. Within Lockheed Martin Mr. Lardieri has supported tigerteam reviews and technology transition into key DoD programs including Aegis Open
Architecture, DDG-1000, and JSF.
Mr. Gregg W. Martin
Mr. Martin is an operations research analyst at the Joint Staff, Joint and Coalition Warfighting
(JCW) organization. He’s been involved with the use of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) to
support Joint Experimentation and Training for 8 years. He currently leads a team that is
developing a cloud computing environment to host Modeling and Simulation development to
meet future Joint Force Development requirements.
LTC Terry McGraw, USA
Lieutenant Colonel Terrence J. McGraw is currently serving as the Chief of Joint Training
Enterprise Architecture for the J7. His previous assignments include several key positions within
the U.S. Army's Network Enterprise and Technology Command and Army Cyber Command to
include Deputy Director of Operations; Chief of Future Operations and Program Manager for the
Army's Computer Network Defense Service Provider Program. LTC McGraw enlisted in the
United States Army as an Infantry soldier on 28 May 1987 assigned to the 1/327th Infantry
Regiment, 101st Airborne (AASLT). In 1990 he became a Field Artillery soldier with the
1/111th Field Artillery VANG, Norfolk Virginia. In 1993, he joined the 229th Military Police
Company as a cadet in the Simultaneous Membership Program while attending Old Dominion
University's ROTC program. In 1994, Terry received a Regular Army commission as a 2LT in
the Transportation Corps and served in that branch until 2006 when he was Career Field
Designated 24 Telecommunications Systems Engineer.
RADM James A. Robb, USN (Ret)
Rear Admiral James A. Robb, USN (Ret) assumed the role of President of the National Training
and Simulation Association (NTSA) in June 2012. Robb graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in 1972, earned a Master’s of Science degree from the University of West Florida in
1973, and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1974. Promoted to Flag rank in January 1999, he
served in increasing positions of responsibility in the Navy until his retirement from active duty
in March 2006. His final assignment at sea was in command of the USS John C. Stennis Carrier
Strike Group consisting of nine ships and over 8,000 sailors. Here he led the West Coast
maritime response to 9/11 and prepared the Battle Group for support of operations in
Afghanistan. Earlier, he commanded Carrier Air Wing Nine embarked in USS NIMITZ where he
was Strike Warfare Commander for naval forces supporting operation Southern Watch/Desert
Storm. He also served as Deputy Commander for Carrier Air Wing Eleven, and commanded the
“Screaming Eagles” of Fighter Squadron Fifty One and the Navy Fighter Weapons School
(TOPGUN). During his career, he deployed nine times to every major theater of operations,
logging over 5,000 flight hours and more than 1,000 carrier landings. Admiral Robb is also a
recognized expert in operational tactics and training, serving as an instructor, test pilot and
demonstration pilot in the F-14 TOMCAT. He was Lead Project Pilot and Officer in Charge of
Navy/Marine Corps Special Operations flying Russian fighter aircraft in the Tonopah Test
Ranges. While in command of TOPGUN, he drove fleet air-to-air weapons and tactics
requirements, and oversaw all Navy Adversary plans and operations. Following active duty
retirement, Admiral Robb was an independent consultant specializing in Strategic Planning, Joint
Operations, Defense Acquisition Reform and Global Political/Military Affairs
Dr. Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi is a high-tech pioneer, philanthropist and space traveler. He was the chief
architect of Microsoft Word, Excel and other widely-used application programs. He left
Microsoft to found Intentional Software, which aims to develop and market computer software
for knowledge processing. His passion for science and for space has led him to travel into space
twice aboard Soyuz spacecraft, becoming the fifth space tourist and the first ever tourist to fly
twice.
Mr. Jim Slavin
Mr. Slavin is the director of the Training Brain Operations Center (TBOC) in Newport News,
Virginia. Developed by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), the
Training Brain is the Army’s principal enabler for building, validating, creating, maintaining,
and delivering the context of the operational environment (OE) for leader development, training
and education, capability design, and concept development efforts. The Training Brain evolved
from the OE replication success of the Joint Training Counter-Improvised Explosive Device
Operations Integration Center (JTCOIC), which Mr. Slavin led as well. Mr. Slavin graduated
from the United States Military Academy in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. In 1979 he
earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Western Kentucky University, and in
2000 a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. He is a graduate
of the National Security Agency’s Senior Cryptologic Program, CY 600, and the Defense
Intelligence Agency’s Post Graduate Intelligence Program. Mr. Slavin served as a U.S Army
Military Intelligence (MI) Officer from 1975 to 2005 in a wide variety of staff and leadership
assignments. He served as an intelligence officer from infantry battalion through Army level, as
well as in the Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta. As an instructor at the United
States Military Academy, he was also the MI Branch representative responsible for assessing
cadets into the MI Corps. During his Joint Operational assignment with Atlantic Command, he
planned and executed operational training for Joint military staffs throughout the world as well
as leading the theater’s Joint Intelligence Center during operations involving Haiti. As the Senior
Intelligence Officer for U.S. Army Japan, he conducted several intelligence operations and
exercises focused on the Global War on Terrorism with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force.
He commanded an Infantry Company, the 721st MI Battalion at NSA Gordon, the 112th MI
Brigade at the U.S. Army Intelligence Center, the U.S. Support Group in East Timor, and during
Operation Just Cause, the 519th MI Battalion. Prior to his retirement from active duty, he
provided military assistance to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Before his tenure at
the TBOC and JTCOIC, Mr. Slavin was the Director of Intelligence for the Joint IED Defeat
Organization (JIEDDO) Counter-IED Operations Integration Center (COIC). Among his
awards and decorations are the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit (2OLC), Defense Meritorious
Service (2OLC), Army Meritorious Service (3OLC), Army and Air Force Achievement and the
Humanitarian Service Medals.
Mr. David Alan Smith
David Alan Smith is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who has focused on interactive 3D
and using 3D as a basis for new user environments and entertainment for over twenty years.
Smith is currently Chief Innovation Officer at Lockheed Martin Global Training and Logistics,
where he is focused on next generation human centric computing and collaboration platforms.
Smith was the chief architect of the Croquet Project, an open source virtual world collaboration
platform where he worked with Alan Kay, Andreas Raab, and David P. Reed. Smith was later
CTO and co-founder of Teleplace, Inc. providing a collaboration platform developed specifically
for enterprises based on Croquet. In 1987, Smith created The Colony, the very first 3D
interactive game and precursor to today's first-person shooters. The game was developed for the
Apple Macintosh and won the "Best Adventure Game of the Year" award from MacWorld
Magazine. In 1989, Smith used the technologies developed for the game to create a virtual set
and virtual camera system that was used by James Cameron for the movie The Abyss. Based
upon this experience, Smith founded Virtus Corporation in 1990 and developed Virtus
Walkthrough, the first real-time 3D design application for personal computers. Smith also cofounded several other companies including Red Storm Entertainment with Tom Clancy,
Timeline Computer Entertainment with Michael Crichton where he was CEO, and Neomar, a
wireless enterprise infrastructure company. Smith worked at the Thomas Lord Research Center
in 1986 as a staff scientist working on intelligent object manipulation using robotic tactile
sensors, pneumo-elastic and mechanical hands. There he developed a telepresence system using
stereo-optics and a dataglove controlling a Puma-560 robot equipped with the pneumo-elastic
hand. He began his programming life as a corporate analyst at Thermo Electron Corporation,
where he co-developed an enterprise-wide multi-user multidimensional hierarchical spreadsheet
program in the APL programming language. In 1982, Smith went to work for Richard Greenblatt
and Lucia Vaina as a programmer for Softrobotics, an affiliate of Lisp Machines, Inc. where he
developed an expert system for the diagnosis of brain damage using an Apple II as the front end
to a Lisp Machine. In 1984, he moved back to the Special Projects Laboratory at Thermo
Electron to work for Stelianos Pezaris (Sutherland-Pezaris headmount and Pezaris Array
Multiplier), where he designed a process control application and helped to design a
multiprocessor distributed controller architecture for a robotic PC plating system.
Dr. John Sokolowski
Dr. John Sokolowski is the Executive Director of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and
Simulation Center and Associate Professor of Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization
Engineering, both at Old Dominion University. He has been with the Center since 2001 and
previously served as its Director of Research. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer
Science from Purdue University, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion
University (ODU), and a Ph.D. in Engineering with a Concentration in Modeling and Simulation
also from ODU. His research interests include human behavior modeling, decision system
modeling, multiagent system simulation, and modeling and simulation representation of social
systems. He has published four books on modeling and simulation and is the author of numerous
journal articles and conference papers. He is a member of the Society for Modeling and
Simulation International, American Association of Artificial Intelligence, Association of
Computing Machinery, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to joining VMASC he served
twenty-seven years in the U.S. Navy as a submarine officer, retiring at the rank of Captain.
During his years in the military, Dr. Sokolowski served on four submarines including Executive
Officer of USS Hammerhead (SSN663), Norfolk, VA and Commanding Officer of USS
Benjamin Franklin (SSBN 640), Charleston, SC He also served as Head, Modeling and
Simulation Division, Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC), U.S. Joint Forces Command. At JWFC,
he led the U.S. military’s most advanced simulation group in support of worldwide joint training.
His responsibilities included design and management of complex simulation architectures and
oversight of three major Department of Defense simulation programs.
Mr. Quint Van Deman
Quint Van Deman joined Emergent Consulting in 2010 as the Director of Open Source and
Cloud Solutions. In this role, Quint is responsible for designing open source and cloud based
solutions for his customers, managing the solution implementation by Emergent consultants, and
being an advocate for open source in the enterprise. He is a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA),
Engineer (RHCE), Data Center Specialist (RHCDS), and was the Red Hat Certified Professional
of the Year for 2011.
Mr. Martin M. Westphal
Martin M. Westphal is the Vice Director Command, Control, Communications and Computers,
Joint Staff, J6, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He conducts analysis and assessments; provides
Joint and Combined Force C4 guidance, and evaluates C4 requirements, plans, programs and
strategies for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In his role as the Chairman, C4/Cyber
Functional Capabilities Board, he leads the assessment and recommendations process whereby
the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validates and prioritizes joint military
capabilities within the C4/Cyber functional area. From 1976 to 1998 Westphal served in the
Marine Corps in a variety of armor and infantry command and staff assignments in operations
and garrison. His military education includes the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses,
Marine Aviation and Weapons Tactics Squadron One Instructor Course, Distinguished Graduate
of the USMC Command and Staff College, and the USMC School of Advanced Warfighting.
Westphal began his civilian government service in 1998. Most recently he was responsible for
management of the Joint Command and Control Capability Development on behalf of the
Commander, Joint Forces Command. He supported JFCOM oversight of all DOD joint
command and control programs. He served as a senior level representative to a wide variety of
defense external agencies, multi-national and industrial forums representing Warfighter needs
focusing on the coordination of DOD capability development, resourcing and acquisition
processes in support of warfighter requirements, providing integrated, enduring and timely
solutions to the user of the Joint and Multinational command control, information sharing and
management portfolio. Previously he was assigned as the Executive Director, Command and
Control Integration Division, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, VA. He
served as the executive agent for Command and Control Capability Portfolio Management and as
the key liaison and advocate for Marine operating forces determining and developing command
and control capabilities and enhancements and ensuring needed capabilities were integrated into
the Marine Corps’ requirements and resource allocation systems. He oversaw the identification
of shortfalls in warfighting capabilities, developing and executing near and long-term solutions
enhancing Marine Corps command and control capabilities. He ensured existing and planned
command and control systems were synchronized to achieve command and control information
sharing, management, interoperability and integration objectives. Mr. Westphal was also
responsible for all operational architecture development supporting the Marine Corps.
Westphal’s Joint and Multinational civilian service includes assignments as a Combatant
Command Liaison Officer, Operational Integration Team Chief, and Plans Division Head, Plans
and Policy Directorate at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Dahlgren, Virginia. He received several military and civilian awards for meritorious service, has
been published in journals, and provided numerous presentations to scientific, management, and
combat and material development forums. He is a recognized leader and innovator in portfolio
management implementation, operational architecture, and C4/Cyber capability development.
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