Really Long Bio
: Dr. Rico has been a systems engineering technical leader in support of major government agencies such as NSA, NRO, NASA,
DARPA, DISA, SPAWAR, USAF, AFMC, NAVAIR, CECOM, MICOM, GSA, and MITI for over 22 years. Dr. Rico helped capture a $250 million
NASA contract, design NASA's $20 billion space station, lead SW-CMM Level 3/ISO 9001 initiatives for a $40 billion Japanese corporation in Tokyo, modernize a $150 million USAF radar range, automate 36 U.S. military logistics depots in the Middle East, and reengineer an avionics budgeting tool for 50 million lines of code representing 36 U.S. Navy aircraft such as the F-18, F-14, and many others. Dr. Rico has provided systems engineering support for over 15 major NSA programs such as Mission Data Repository (MDR) I & II, Journeyman, Mission Service Bus (MSB), Pressurewave
(PW), Net-Centric Capabilities (NCC), Analytic Threads Foundation (ATF), Key Management Infrastructure (KMI), Trailblazer, Cryptologic Mission
Management (CMM), Rebuilding Analysis (RebA), Real-Time Regional Gateway (RT-RG), Financial Management System (FMS), Shared Vision
(SV), Customer Relationship Management Initiative (CRMI), and NSA/CSS Enterprise Architecture and Decision Support System (NEADS). Dr. Rico has led, managed, or participated in over 20 organization change (OC) initiatives using Agile Methods, Lean Six Sigma, ISO 9001, CMMI, SW-CMM,
Enterprise Architecture, Baldrige, and DoD 5000. Dr. Rico specializes in IT investment analysis, IT project management, and IT-enabled change. Dr.
Rico has been an international keynote speaker, written or contributed to six textbooks, and published numerous journal articles on topics such as Cost
Estimating, Cost of Quality (CoQ), Breakeven Analysis, Return-on-Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV), and Real Options Analysis (ROA) Dr.
Rico holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, a master’s degree in software engineering, a doctoral degree in information systems. Dr. Rico is a
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Dr. Rico teaches doctoral and master’s courses at three
Washington, DC-area universities, including George Washington University, University of Maryland University College, and Argosy University. Dr.
Rico has been in the field of information systems since 1983.
Long Bio
: Dr. Rico has been a technical leader in support of NASA, DARPA, DISA, SPAWAR, USAF, AFMC, NAVAIR, CECOM, MICOM,
GSA, and MITI for over 25 years. Dr. Rico worked on NASA’s $20 billion space station in the 1980s, he worked for a $40 billion Japanese corporation in Tokyo in the early 1990s, and he worked on U.S. Navy fighters such as the F-18, F-14, and many others. Dr. Rico has led, managed, or participated in over 25 transformation initiatives using Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking (Kanban), Agile Project Management, Agile Methods,
Service Oriented Architecture, Web Services, Six Sigma, Open Source Software, ISO 9001, CMMI, SW-CMM, Statistical Process Control, Baldrige,
TQM, Enterprise Architecture, DoDAF, and DoD 5000. Dr. Rico specializes in information systems investment analysis, economic portfolio valuation, and information technology-enabled organizational change. Dr. Rico has been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, written or contributed to six textbooks, and published numerous journal articles. Dr. Rico has also chaired and served on multiple doctoral committees, specializes in coaching and mentoring doctoral candidates, and is a reviewer for the IEEE Systems Journal, Systems Research Forum, and numerous international conferences. Dr. Rico holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, a master’s degree in software engineering, and a doctoral degree in information systems. Dr. Rico is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Dr. Rico teaches doctoral and master’s courses at three Washington, DC-area universities on subjects such as on research methods, innovation, decision analysis, quantitative methods, operations management, supply chain management, project management, systems engineering, software engineering, and information systems. Dr. Rico has been in the field of information technology since 1983.
Linkedin Bio
: Dr. Rico has been a technical leader in support of NASA, DARPA, DISA, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army for over 25 years. He worked on NASA's $30 billion space station in the 1980s, a $50 billion Japanese corporation in the 1990s, and U.S. Navy fighter jets such as the F-18, F-14, and many others. He has led numerous projects based on Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking, Agile Methods, SOA, Web Services, Six
Sigma, FOSS, ISO 9001, SW-CMM, CMMI, Baldrige, TQM, Enterprise Architecture, DoDAF, and DoD 5000. He specializes in IT investment analysis, IT portfolio valuation, and IT-enabled organizational change. He has been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, written six textbooks, published numerous journal articles, and is a reviewer for multiple systems engineering journals and international conferences. He specializes in coaching and mentoring doctoral candidates, he has chaired and served on multiple doctoral committees, he helps doctoral students design their dissertations, and he's helped multiple students successfully obtain their doctoral degrees. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, a master's degree in software engineering, and a doctoral degree in information systems. He is a Certified PMP, ACP, CSM, and teaches at three Washington, DC-area universities on research methods, innovation, decision analysis, quantitative methods, operations management, supply chain management, project management, systems engineering, software engineering, and information systems. He is a frequent PMI, APLN,
INCOSE, SPIN, and conference speaker, and he has been in the IT field since 1983.
GLG Bio
: Dr. David Rico helps oversee a portfolio of large multi-billion dollar IT projects. He has been a technical leader in support of NASA, U.S.
Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army for over 25 years. He has led over 20 change initiatives based on Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking, Agile
Methods, SOA, Web Services, Six Sigma, FOSS, PMBoK, ISO 9001, CMMI, SW-CMM, Baldrige, TQM, DoDAF, DoD 5000, etc. He has been in the
IT field since 1983. Dr. Rico helped capture $1.5 billion in agile contracts, manage a $250M NASA IT contract, design NASA's $20 billion space station, design a $30 billion satellite system, support a $225 million enterprise architecture contract, manage a $500 million Java project, oversee a $1 billion cloud project, modernize a $150 million U.S. Air Force radar range, automate 36 U.S. military logistics depots, create a budgeting system for
U.S. Navy fighter jets, and lead over 30 SW-CMM, CMMI, ISO 9001, and risk mgt. initiatives. Dr. Rico specializes in IT investment analysis, portfolio valuation, and organization change. He has been a keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, written six textbooks, published numerous articles, is a reviewer for multiple journals, and is a frequent PMI, INCOSE, ALN, and SPIN speaker. He is a Certified PMP, ACP, and CSM, and teaches at four Washington, DC-area universities, including GWU, UMBC, UMUC, and Argosy. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science,
M.S. in Software Engineering, and D.M. in Information Systems.
Medium Bio
: Dr. Rico has been a technical leader in support of NASA, DARPA, DISA, SPAWAR, USAF, AFMC, NAVAIR, CECOM, MICOM,
GSA, and MITI for over 25 years. Dr. Rico has led over 25 organization change initiatives using Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking, Agile Methods,
Service Oriented Architecture, Six Sigma, Open Source Software, ISO 9001, CMMI, Statistical Process Control, Baldrige, TQM, Enterprise
Architecture, DoDAF, and DoD 5000. Dr. Rico specializes in information systems investment analysis, economic portfolio valuation, and information technology-enabled change. Dr. Rico has been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, written or contributed to six textbooks, and published numerous journal articles. Dr. Rico is a frequent PMI, APLN, INCOSE, SPIN, and conference speaker, and he is a reviewer for multiple scholarly systems engineering journals and international conferences. Dr. Rico holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, a master’s degree in software engineering, and a doctoral degree in information systems. Dr. Rico is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and

Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Dr. Rico teaches at three Washington, DC-area universities and has been in the field of information technology since
1983.
Talk Bio
: Dr. Rico is a principal systems engineer with Boeing, where he helps oversee a portfolio of large, multi-billion dollar government computer system programs. He has been a technical leader in support of NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Army for over 30 years. He has led numerous projects based on Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking, Agile Methods, SOA, Web Services, Six Sigma, FOSS, ISO 9001, CMMI, Baldrige,
TQM, Enterprise Architecture, DoDAF, and DoD 5000. He specializes in IT investment analysis, IT portfolio valuation, and IT enabled change. He has been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, written seven textbooks, published numerous articles, and is a reviewer for multiple systems engineering journals. He is a Certified PMP, CSEP, ACP, CSM, and SAFe Agilist, and teaches at four Washington, DCarea universities. He has been in the field of information systems since 1983.
Gantthead Bio
: Dr. Rico has been a leader in support of major U.S. gov’t agencies for 25 years. He’s led many Cloud, Lean, Agile, SOA, Web
Services, Six Sigma, FOSS, ISO 9001, CMMI, and SW-CMM projects. He specializes in IT investment analysis, portfolio valuation, and organizational change. He’s been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading conferences, written six textbooks, and published numerous articles. He’s also a frequent PMI, APLN, INCOSE, SPIN, and conference speaker.
Short Bio
: Dr. Rico has led large projects for over 28 years. He specializes in IT investment analysis, IT portfolio management, and IT-enabled change. He teaches at multiple universities, has published numerous books and papers, and is a frequent PMI, APLN, INCOSE, SPIN, and conference speaker.
Really Short Bio
: Dr. Rico works for Boeing, teaches at George Washington University, has published numerous books and papers, and is a frequent PMI, APLN, INCOSE, SPIN, and conference speaker.
Another Short Bio
: Dr. Rico has been in IT for 25+ years, works on large cloud projects, teaches at 3 universities, published 6 books, and frequently speaks on lean & agile methods.
New Talk Bio
: Dr. Rico helps oversee a portfolio of large multi-billion dollar IT projects. He has been a technical leader in support of NASA, U.S.
Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army for over 30 years. He has led over 20 change initiatives based on Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking, Agile
Methods, SOA, Web Services, Six Sigma, FOSS, PMBoK, ISO 9001, CMMI, SW-CMM, Baldrige, TQM, DoDAF, DoD 5000, etc. He helped capture
$1.5 billion in agile contracts, manage a $250M NASA IT contract, design NASA's $20 billion space station, design a $30 billion satellite system, support a $225 million enterprise architecture contract, manage a $500 million Java project, oversee a $1 billion cloud project, modernize a $150 million U.S. Air Force radar range, automate 36 U.S. military logistics depots, create a budgeting system for U.S. Navy fighter jets, and lead over 30
SW-CMM, CMMI, ISO 9001, and risk management initiatives. He specializes in IT investment analysis, portfolio valuation, and organization change.
He has been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, written seven textbooks, published numerous articles, is a reviewer for multiple journals, and is a frequent PMI, INCOSE, ALN, and SPIN speaker. He is a Certified PMP, CSEP, ACP, CSM, and SAFe Agilist, and teaches at four Washington, DC-area universities, including GWU, UMBC, UMUC, and Argosy. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science, M.S. in
Software Engineering, and D.M. in Information Systems. He has been in the IT field since 1983.
New LinkedIn Bio
: Dr. Rico helps oversee a portfolio of large multi-billion dollar IT projects. He has been a technical leader in support of NASA,
U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army for over 25 years. He has led over 20 change initiatives based on Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking, Agile
Methods, SOA, Web Services, Six Sigma, FOSS, PMBoK, ISO 9001, CMMI, SW-CMM, Baldrige, TQM, DoDAF, DoD 5000, etc. He helped capture
$1.5 billion in agile contracts, manage a $250M NASA IT contract, design NASA's $20 billion space station, design a $30 billion satellite system, support a $225 million enterprise architecture contract, manage a $500 million Java project, oversee a $1 billion cloud project, modernize a $150 million U.S. Air Force radar range, automate 36 U.S. military logistics depots, create a budgeting system for U.S. Navy fighter jets, and lead over 30
SW-CMM, CMMI, ISO 9001, and risk mgt. initiatives. He specializes in IT investment analysis, portfolio valuation, and organization change. He's been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, written six textbooks, published numerous articles, is a reviewer for multiple journals, and is a frequent PMI, INCOSE, ALN, and SPIN speaker. He is a Certified PMP, ACP, and CSM, and teaches at four Washington,
DC-area universities on research methods, innovation, decision analysis, quantitative methods, operations management, supply chain management, project management, systems engineering, software engineering, and information systems (i.e., GWU, UMBC, UMUC, and Argosy). He also specializes in coaching and mentoring PhD candidates, he has chaired and served on multiple PhD committees, he helps PhD students design their dissertations, and he's helped multiple students successfully obtain their PhDs. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science, M.S. in Software Engineering, and D.M. in Information Systems. He has been in the IT field since 1983.
Newest LinkedIn Bio
: Dr. Rico oversees a multi-billion dollar IT project portfolio. He's been a leader in support of NASA, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air
Force, and U.S. Army for over 27 years. He's led over 30 change initiatives based on Cloud Computing, Lean Thinking, Agile Methods, SOA, Web
Services, Six Sigma, FOSS, PMBoK, ISO 9001, CMMI, SW-CMM, Baldrige, TQM, DoDAF, DoD 5000, etc. He helped capture $1.5 billion in agile contracts, manage a $250M NASA IT contract, design NASA's $150 billion space station, design a $30 billion satellite constellation, develop a $225 million enterprise architecture, manage a $600 million Java project, oversee a $2 billion big data cloud project, modernize a $150 million U.S. Air
Force radar range, automate 36 U.S. military logistics depots, create a budgeting system for 37 kinds of U.S. Navy fighter jets, etc. He specializes in IT investment analysis, portfolio valuation, and organization change. He's been a four-time international keynote speaker, presented at leading conferences, written seven books, published numerous articles, is a reviewer for multiple journals, is a frequent PMI, INCOSE, ALN, and SPIN speaker, and has given 100+ talks to more than 10,500 people. He is a Certified PMP, CSEP, ACP, CSM, and SAFe Agilist, and teaches at four
Washington, DC universities on research methods, dissertation design, leadership, innovation, decision analysis, quantitative methods, operations management, supply chain management, project management, systems engineering, software engineering, and information systems. He also specializes in coaching and mentoring PhD candidates, chairing and serving on PhD committees, helping PhD students design their dissertations, authoring scientific peer-reviewed journal articles, and helping students successfully obtain their PhDs. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science, M.S. in
Software Engineering, and D.M. in Information Systems. He has been in the IT field since 1983.