2011 Governing Board

Mr. William Younger is the Chair of the Board for the Center for Public/Private Partnership (CP3) the governing board of the MODSIM World Conference and Expo. Mr. Younger is the co-founder and partner of MYMIC LLC and was named President in October 2010. He is responsible for strategic relationships, business development and has helped lead MYMIC into its eleventh year with revenues doubling each year over for the last three years. From 2000 to 2010 Mr. Younger was EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT and CFO. Prior to forming MYMIC, Mr. Younger worked for Dr. Mastaglio (MYMIC CEO and founding partner) as marketing director for Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC), Old Dominion's University research enterprise. Through his networking, communications and public affairs skills, Mr. Younger attracted over 170 companies and organizations from academia, government and industry to expand the development and application of modeling and simulation to new markets both inside and outside of the defense industry. Mr. Younger has strong personal relationships in the Hampton Roads area with key defense organizations including Joint Forces Command. Mr. Younger is the co-founder and co-chairman of MODSIM World Conference and Expo, the first international conference focused on simulation for decision making across new domains including medical, transportation, homeland defense and education/training. He has been a regular invitee to participate in many simulation and training conferences, frequently as a speaker, such as I/ITSEC. Mr. Younger's early experience was with Weyerhaeuser, a forest products Fortune 50 company, as marketing and sales director with sales of over $85 million. For over 12 years, he developed national marketing and communications programs which included launching national brands and organizing press campaigns for senior management to support strategic business initiatives. Later he co-founded a marketing communications company, The Raoust Younger Group, which provided all forms of communications services from media campaigns, promotional launches to complete publicity campaigns for high technology companies and economic development departments for many Hampton Roads municipalities. Mr. Younger assisted in strategic theme development for VMASC and later joined the executive staff. Through that experience he extended his knowledge of the potential applications for the growing modeling and simulation technology. Mr. Younger has extensive media, print production, audio-visual production, web-development, production experience, consumer and trade marketing, trade show and conference exhibit, marketing and business development experience. Mr. Younger received a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications from the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

bill.younger@mymic.net

Thomas Reese is a four-year veteran of the U.S. Army. During his military enlistment at the USA Combat Developments Experimentation Command, he participated in numerous joint forces exercise including Advanced Attack Helicopter Operational Test, High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Evaluation, Aviation Performance Assessment in a Chemical Environment, and Electronic Warfare during Close Air Support Joint Test Force to highlight a few. Following his military stay, he committed the next twelve years of his career to the Norfolk Naval nuclear and non-nuclear vessel overhaul program. While at Norfolk Naval, he attended Old Dominion University and received his BS in Mechanical Engineering. He later joined the nuclear engineering service group with AREVA NP (formally Framatome Technologies, Inc., Lynchburg, Va.) a French owned firm established in the US to provide a wide array of nuclear engineering products and services. While employed with AREVA, he went on to receive his MBA through a company sponsored Corporate Leadership program. After which he focused his efforts on business development with AREVA. He later transitioned on to become a senior business development manager with the City of Portsmouth Economic Development and focused on domestic and international marketing, developing programs and initiatives that encourage business and workforce sustainability and expansion, and program and project management. He also completed economic development course work at the University of Oklahoma and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Thomas Reese has been the Director of Business Development and Technology Transfer at Old Dominion University's Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center (VMASC) since 2009.

treese@odu.edu

Directors

Robert "Bob" Armstrong has over 25 years of experience in military training and over 15 years experience in modeling and simulation. As the Marine Corps' first modeling and simulation officer, and later as director of the Training and Education Technology Division, Bob led the development and acquisition of many of the simulation-based training tools in use in the Marine Corps today, including the Deployable Virtual Training Environment and Combined Arms Command and Control Training Upgrade System. Following his retirement from the Marine Corps, Bob joined the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC), serving as technical director. Currently with Booz Allen Hamilton, Bob provides modeling, simulation and analysis support to the Air Force's Air Combat Command in Hampton, Virginia. Bob has a B.S. in Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.S. in Computer Science from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.

armstrong_robert@bah.com

Wayne Buck is a modelling and simulation specialist employed in the Future Solutions, Modelling and Simulation Branch in the Capability Development Division. His primary duties concern initiating, researching and writing policy and requirements concerning the use of modelling and simulation in Allied Command Transformation and in NATO. Developing policy means that he works closely with Nations and NATO agencies in particular the Joint Warfare Centre, Joint Force Training Centre, NATO Undersea Research Centre, the NATO Modelling and Simulation Centre of Excellence, and the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency. Responsible for outreach, he leads or is a planning member of several international conferences and workshops. Currently he is investigating the use of virtual worlds and serious games. Having served 29 years in the Canadian Army, Wayne is well aware of the needs of the warfighter. Throughout his career, he had the privilege and pleasure of working with and commanding troops at many levels within Canada, the United States and on UN missions. Wayne has a BSc in Computer Science from the University of New Brunswick and an MSc in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) from the Royal Military College of Canada.

buck@act.nato.int

Randall Garrett is the Technical Director for Northrop Grumman Technical Services, an organization that provides Modeling and Simulation (M&S) solutions, rapid acquisition, full-spectrum training and service support worldwide, including Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) integrated training and exercises. Dr. Garrett leads the research and development team with the responsibility for practical evaluation of emerging technologies and identification of next generation architectures supporting corporate or customer scientific and operational needs. He is a key member of the Northrop Grumman enterprise M&S leadership group. His research interests are directed toward novel methods for the systematic and rigorous solution of complex systems engineering problems to include: Controlled model driven analysis and design; Effective use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in immersive games and robotics; Medical M&S; Modeling electromagnetic effects, simulating and rendering three dimensional representations; Application of modeling and simulation principals for computational quantitative projections of health dynamics, analytics and control; Modeling and animation techniques for embodied agents, virtual humans, and their applications; Simulating control dynamics and optimization, including both theory and applications; and Computational process modeling and simulation for applied mathematics. Dr. Garrett has more than 30 years experience and knowledge in engineering and administration. He is a native of Arkansas and received his B.A. from the University of Arkansas in 1977. In 1986, while serving as a Naval Officer and Commanding Officer of a naval facility, he acquired his M.S. from Marshall University. His military and private careers have been in support of technology integration, including the emerging field of M&S. In 2009 he earned his Ph.D. from Old Dominion University in Modeling and Simulation. He and his wife, Pauline, and his family reside in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area.

randall.garrett@ngc.com

Fred Lewis, a native of Los Angeles, 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 at Whiting Field, he trained in the F-4 Phantom 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 one of the few TACAIR pilots to be dual qualified in fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. In December 1995 he joined the National Training and Simulation Association as the President where he inaugurated numerous programs to promote the modeling and simulation community of practice and to bring M&S technologies to national prominence. His efforts throughout led to a Congressional declaration in 2007 that M&S is a National Critical technology. In addition to his professional occupation he is a member of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Board of Trustees, and as part these duties he has over the years moderated a series of panel sessions at the Annual Symposium which focused on important historical events in Naval Aviation. He has served as a director of the Navy Mutual Aid Association, is a former Chairman of the Tailhook Association, currently serves as the Chairman of the Washington, DC Battle of Midway Commemoration Committee, is a director of the Air Warrior Courage Foundation, and is a member of the Early and Pioneer Naval Aviators Association (Golden Eagles). He is married to the former Allison Marie Griggs of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. They have two children: Lance, a Major in the United States Marine Corps and F/A-18 pilot currently embarked on the USS Enterprise, and Ashley, a financial analyst with Capitol One. Between the two of them they have blessed the Lewis clan with five beautiful grandchildren.

flewis@NDIA.ORG

Bill Waite, Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of The AEgis Technologies Group, directs a staff involved in a wide variety of modeling and simulation (M&S) activities, including simulation technologies evolution; simulation systems development; simulation verification, validation, and accreditation; simulation-based studies and analyses; and the development of hardware and software products supporting modern M&S practice. Mr. Waite has more than 30 years of professional involvement in all phases of the M&S life cycle and is currently active in the evolution of the M&S profession and the industry market. In addition, he is engaged in the further discovery and invention of M&S business practice. Mr. Waite received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics from Pennsylvania State University and his M.S. in Administrative Science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Mr. Waite is active in several professional organizations related to his areas of expertise and interest. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International and was Chairman of the Summer Computer Simulation Conference for the past two years. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization and represents AEgis on the Modeling and Simulation Professional Certification Commission. Mr. Waite is also active in the National Training Systems Association, the International Test and Evaluation Association, and the National Defense Industrial Association. For recreation, he enjoys skiing, sailing, and scuba diving with his wife and family.

BWaite@aegistg.com

Advisory Members

Gregory F. Knapp is the Executive Director of the U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC), and Joint Training Directorate (J7), Suffolk, Virginia. Mr. Knapp's responsibilities include strategic management, programming, technical planning and management, program oversight, business and financial management, technical innovation and business process improvement for the various JWFC programs, including the Joint National Training Capability (JNTC), Coalition/Interagency Training, Immersive Training Programs, Irregular Warfare Training, the Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability/Joint Knowledge Online (JKDDC/JKO), Information Operations (IO) Range and Virtual Integrated Support for the IO eNvironment program. He also leads the development of modeling and simulation, instrumentation, opposition force and other training systems to support joint warfighter training worldwide. Besides Mr. Knapp's strength in executive leadership and program management, he is considered a technology leader and innovator in systems engineering, system architectures, data integration, information technology, training systems, combat systems, and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) integration. Mr. Knapp is directly responsible for executive direction of JWFC's portfolio exceeding $300M per year. He also is a principal executive in overseeing the Combatant Commander Exercise Engagement and Training Transformation account exceeding $800M. Mr. Knapp serves as an advisor to the Defense Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Coordination Office Steering Committee, the Joint Test and Evaluation Advisory Board, the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference Executive Committee, the Virginia M&S Advisory Council, the Board of Advisors for the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, and Congressional M&S Leadership Summit's National M&S Research and Development/Technology Working Group. Mr. Knapp is a Talent Development Executive for the DoD Senior Leadership Development Program. He services as the pay pool manager overseeing 700 USJFCOM civilian employees. Mr. Knapp has over 27 years' Civil Service experience. Early in his career, he established the first automated test programs for submarine combat systems, invented and developed numerous submarine combat systems trainers, led the development of over 2 million lines of software, and was the nation's lead for Submarine Combat Systems In-Service Engineering Support. He performed roles as NAVSEA Test Director for Combat System Acceptance Testing, Supervisor, Division Head, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission Transition Manager, and in a variety of acquisition and source selection roles. Mr. Knapp was the principal engineer in establishing the JWFC as the first major Joint National Simulation Center and led the development information technology systems and the integration of the M&S capabilities into the operational C4ISR systems. He also pioneered distributed training for NATO and Partnership for Peace nations in support of building partner capacity. More recently, Mr. Knapp created and established the JNTC and the DoD acclaimed Training Transformation business model which has been extended to include over $800M of Joint Training Enterprise resources. Mr. Knapp's initiative has been instrumental in growing the JWFC's budget responsibilities five-fold since 1994. Mr. Knapp holds bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from Old Dominion University where he performed research in the area of high energy physics. He has been awarded a patent, numerous value engineering awards, four Joint Meritorious Unit Awards, and the Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his demonstration of exceptional leadership, program management and organizational skills. Mr. Knapp has also published dozens of articles and provided hundreds of presentations to industry, academia and government audiences worldwide. He is Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Level III certified and has participated in contract actions with up to $2B in net cost.

Greg.Knapp@jfcom.mil