He is a Professor of Systems Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He teaches decision analysis, systems engineering and operations research. He is also a senior principal in Innovative Decisions Inc., a leading decision analysis consulting firm.
He is a member of the National Security Agency Advisory Board’s Chief Technology Officer and Information Assurance Panels and is the Chair of the National Research Council Study on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security’s Biological Agent Risk Analysis. In addition, he serves on advisory boards for the Department of Homeland Security and the Air Force Institute of Technology. His research and consulting involves decision analysis, systems engineering, risk analysis, strategic planning, research and development (R&D) portfolio analysis, and resource allocation decision-making.
He helped develop the decision analysis methodology for the highly successful 2005 Army Base Realignment and Closure Study. He served in a variety of Air Force R&D management, operations research, and teaching assignments. He retired from the Air Force as a Colonel.
He has served as President of the Decision Analysis Society (the largest society) of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) and President of the Military Operations Research Society (MORS), an organization with over 3000 members. He is the former editor of Military Operations Research and a Fellow of the Military Operations Research Society. He co-edited Decision Making for Systems Engineering and Management, Wiley Series in Systems Engineering, Wiley & Sons Inc., 2008 and published over 100 publications.
Capitalize on expert knowledge to gain maximum value on these vital issues
UNDERSTAND when decision analysis is the appropriate operations research technique
APPLY Value-Focused Thinking principles for creating military value
UNDERSTAND and apply the multiobjective decision analysis approach
COMPREHEND and apply the Gold, Platinum, and Silver Standard methods for value model development
GENERATE alternatives using a strategy generation table
LEARN the assumptions of multiobjective value models
USE spreadsheet multiobjective value models to evaluate alternatives
APPLY spreadsheet models to perform sensitivity analyses to critical parameters
PROFIT from the use of scenario planning in alternative generation and evaluation
UTILISE uncertainty modeling (including probabilities, decision trees, and Monte Carlo simulation) with multiobjective decision analysis
CLEARLY and CONCISELY present decision analysis results to senior decision-makers
Who should attend
This training is designed for Heads of Department, Staff Officers, Programme & Project Managers, Systems Engineers, R&D Researchers and Operators responsible for
Military Operations Research | Decision analysis | Strategic analysis | Course of action evaluation | Program Management for System Acquisition | System Engineering | C4ISR Systems Integrations | Networked Systems & Infrastructure | Operations, Policy and Planning |
Key Organisations
Ministry of Defence | HQ Joint, Air Force, Navy and Army | Defence Science & Technology Agency | Defence Research Labs / Institute | All industries & contractors interested in military decision analysis |
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