I have had the privilege of contributing to six and a half decades of technological advancement, from the early days of analog electronics to the era of AI, high-fidelity physics based modeling and adaptive systems. My passion for engineering began with building radios as a child and led to a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, with minors in Mathematics and Physics, followed by an M.S. in Statistics with additional studies in Mathematics and Physics from Stanford University.

My early career at Sylvania’s Electronic Defense Laboratories (EDL) focused on passive multi-static radar, signal processing, and ionospheric propagation modeling. I led pioneering efforts in adaptive signal processing and spectral analysis, deploying advanced data collection systems worldwide. This work was followed by a decade as Technical Director of the U.S. Navy’s Special Communications Project, engaged in the development of global, survivable communications for ballistic missile submarines—an effort that spanned spread-spectrum waveforms, atomic clock synchronization, land airborne, and space platforms, and multi-frequency systems from ELF to K-band. For these contributions, I was awarded the Navy's Superior Civilian Service Award.

In 1982, I founded Information Systems Laboratories (ISL) to drive next-generation capabilities enabled by advances in information technology, digital microelectronics, and AI. ISL has been a leader in high-performance computing, fast algorithms, adaptive systems (e.g., STAP, high-resolution sensing, cognitive processing), and artificial intelligence, applying these technologies to the conception, modeling, development, testing, and deployment of advanced capability systems. ISL’s industry leading high fidelity physics based platform for RF propagation and scattering, RFView®, enables scientists and engineers to create digital twins of complex RF propagation environments - for modeling and simulation (M&S), hardware in the loop testing (HWIL), training, advanced AI development/test, operator training, and mission planning.

The exponential expansion of technology over my career has been both personally exciting and professionally motivating. I continue to embrace learning and innovation as we shape the future of engineering.