Executive Director of VMASC/Associate Vice President for Applied Research, received a B.S. in Mathematics from the United States Naval Academy, an M.S. in Operations Research from the Florida Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization Engineering from Old Dominion University. Previously, he served as the Director of Applied Research for the University’s Office of Research. He also served as Chief Scientist for Training and Simulation Solutions at General Dynamics and as the Founder and CEO for WernerAnderson, Inc., a technology research start-up firm.