Dale Blair is a Principal Research Engineer with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and GTRI Fellow. He received the BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee Tech in 1985 and 1987, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1998. Dale is an IEEE Fellow class of 2002 and recipient of the 2001 IEEE Fred Nathanson Award and the 2023 Warren White Award. His publications include coeditor and coauthor of Multitarget-Multisensor Tracking: Applications and Advances III (ARTECH House, 2000); two chapters in Principles of Modern Radar: Vol I (SciTech Publishing, 2010); a chapter in Modeling and Simulation Support for System of Systems Engineering Applications (Wiley, 2015); 38 refereed journal articles, more than 150 refereed conference papers; and more than 200 other technical papers and reports. His editorial accomplishments include Editor for Radar Systems of the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (T-AES) (1996-1999), Editor-In-Chief (EIC) of the T-AES (1999-2005), and founding EIC for the Journal for Advances in Information Fusion (2005-2013). He currently serves as the founding EIC for the IEEE Open Journal of Systems Engineering (OJSE). Dale has served the IEEE AESS BoG as Associate VP for Publications (2008- 2011), Chair for Strategic Planning (2009-2010), and VP for Publications (2015-2017). He is currently serving as the first VP for Awards (2024-2026). Dr. Blair served International Society for Information Fusion (ISIF) as President in 2005, as VP for Conferences (2006-2012), and VP for Publications (2012-2026). Dr. Blair has served as the general chair for two IEEE conferences and a key member of the organizing committee for more than ten professional conferences. He reviews regularly for conferences and journals and served as Tutorial Editor for the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine for approximately 10 years. Currently, Dale is serving as the first VP for Awards for IEEE AESS BoG and that has been rather challenging due to major changes in the TABARC polices and procedures. Currently, Dale is also spearheading the development of the IEEE AESS Challenge Problem program and the Senior Capstone Design program.