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Service

USC:

  • University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering, Dean’s committee on Transformational Initiatives (starting 2023)
  • Chair of the search committee, faculty position in systems and project management, and director for the ISE master’s degree in Engineering Management, 2021-2023.
  • University of Southern California, Daniel Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, committee on conversion of undergraduate classes to 4 units (2020 to 2021)
  • University of Southern California, Daniel Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, chairman of search committee to hire a director for the masters of healthcare degree (2020)
  • University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering, committee on appointments, promotions, and tenure (and member of the executive committee). Term: August 2017 – May 2019.
  • University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering, academic integrity panel. Appointment 2017.
  • University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering, Dean’s committee for appointments to named and endowed chairs (2016 to present)
  • University of Southern California, Daniel Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, committee on undergraduate curriculum (2018-2020)
  • University of Southern California, Daniel Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, committee on master’s degree in engineering management curriculum (2018-2019)

Academic editor roles:

  • Editor-in-chief, International Journal of Aeronautics and Aerospace Engineering (IJAE) (a Madridge journal), starting 2-2019
  • Editorial Board, International Journal of Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (IJAAIML) (a Research Lake International journal), starting 4-2020
  • Deputy Editor-in-Chief, North America, IET Smart Cities Journal (a Wiley journal), starting 9-2023

Reviewer roles:

  • Member, program committee, INCOSE 2023 International Symposium
  • Member, program committee, INCOSE 2022 International Symposium
  • Reviewer, INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook 5th Edition document, 2021
  • Journal of Engineering Research, article reviewer, 1-2021
  • Panel Chairman, CSER 2020, panel on digital engineering and model-based systems engineering.
  • Review of book proposal: “Complex Adaptive Systems Perspectives On Network Science And Network-Decisions”, publisher Open Conference Proceedings, 2020.
  • INCOSE (International Congress on Systems Engineering) 30th annual (2020) international symposium, program committee for review of papers
  • CSER 2019, reviewer of papers for the conference and for the proceedings
  • INCOSE (International Congress on Systems Engineering) 29th annual (2019) international symposium, program committee for review of papers
  • INCOSE (International Congress on Systems Engineering) 28th annual (2018) international symposium, program committee for review of papers
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Aeronautics and Aerospace Engineering (IJAE), starting 2018
  • INCOSE (International Congress on Systems Engineering) 26th annual (2016) international symposium, program committee for review of papers
  • Member, editorial board for Aerospace Engineering: An International Journal (AEROIJ) (2015 – 2016)

U.S. Government service:

National Academy service:

  • United States National Academy of Engineering, Membership Policy Committee, 2017 to 2020
  • United States National Academy of Engineering, Committee on Membership, 2014 to 2016
  • Chairman, peer committee, National Academy of Engineering, section 12 (special fields and interdisciplinary studies) (2013)
  • United States National Academy of Engineering, section-12 search officer
  • United States National Academy of Engineering, member of the section-12 peer committee
  • Member, Board on Army Science and Technology (BAST) of the National Academies

Other public service:

  • Member, Board of Directors, Electric Infrastructure Security Council, a non-profit organization established by a consortium of electric utilities, large-scale users of electricity, and various Government entities.  Elected to the board 11-2016.  Also a member of the audit committee of the board.
  • Member, London Metropolitan Police Innovation Board (2014 to 2016)
  • Member, State University of New York Research Foundation Oversight Board (2013 to 2017)
  • Member, board of directors, The Hospice Foundation (Now Providence TrinityCare Hospice; 2002 to 2012; 2018 to present)
  • Member, board of directors, The Institute of Persian Performing Arts (1985 to present)
  • Member, board of directors, The Siegel and Friend Foundation (2013 to present).  Also CFO and secretary.
  • Elected public official: board member, Abalone Cove Landslide Abatement District (a California State hazard-abatement district) (1998 to 2008)

Other academic-related service:

  • Session chair, 2020 INCOSE Conference on Systems Engineering
  • Session chair, 2017 INCOSE Conference on Systems Engineering
  • Advisory to the provost and vice-dean for academic affairs, California State University at Dominguez Hills (2016 to 2018)

Recent keynote speeches:

  • Loyola Marymount, “How big companies use systems engineering”, 5-2016, and again in 5-2017 and 5-2019
  • USC ISE annual banquet, 5-2016
  • USC IISE General Meeting 9-2016
  • USC engineering career day dinner, 9-2016
  • Conference on “Entrepreneurship and Research in Aerospace”, California Institute of Technology, 1-2017
  • USC Center for Systems and Software Engineering Annual Research Review, 4-2017.

Selected examples of service prior to joining the USC faculty:

  • Member, USC School of Engineering Dean’s Corporate Advisory Board (2012 to 2015)
  • Member, selection committee for the IEEE Simon Ramo medal (2012 to 2014)
  • Rater, U.S. News and World Report ranking of engineering schools, 2014
  • Member, peer committee, National Academy of Engineering, section 12 (special fields and interdisciplinary studies) (2010-2013)
  • Member, IEEE Computer Society senior advisory board (2009 to present)
  • Search executive, National Academy of Engineering, section 12 (special fields and interdisciplinary studies) (2008-2009)
  • Creation of the IEEE Corporate Affiliate Program, a mechanism by which a company and the IEEE enroll the entire technical staff of a company as IEEE members, providing them access to training materials, self-paced learned courses and certifications, books, and information about IEEE-sponsored events, including custom webinars created for just that particular company (2011)
  • Member, Army Science Board (2007)
  • Member, Defense Science Board task force on directed energy (2007)
  • Member, U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center weapon system review panel (2005)
  • Member, Defense Science Board (4 separate terms: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000)
  • Member, selection committee for the TRW (later Northrop Grumman) Chairman’s Award for Innovation (1998 to 2007)
  • President (2004) and board member (2003-2004), Portuguese Bend Community Association
  • Creation of the Northrop Grumman Future Technology Leaders program, wherein a company created relationships with a small set (about a dozen) major research universities, used alumni employees to build and maintain those relationships with senior faculty, for the purpose of identifying the best near-term Ph.D. graduates, and using research grants, summer internships, a special a 3-year rotational assignment work-plan, and mentoring to get them interested in the aerospace industry and Northrop Grumman. About 20 new Ph.D.’s a year were hired into Northrop Grumman by this program since its inception to my retirement from Northrop in 2015 (the program, of course, continues) (2004 to 2015).
  • Scaling-up and institutionalizing the Northrop Grumman Systems Engineering Associates program, whereby a small set of high-potential mid-career (8-10 years work experience) employees were accelerated in their career through a set of special training programs, a 2-year rotational assignment work-plan, and mentoring (2004 to 2015).
  • Scaling up and institutionalizing the Northrop Grumman Technical Fellows program, whereby the most-productive and most-innovator Northrop Grumman technical employees are recognized and their accomplishments celebrated (2004 to 2015).
  • Scaling up and institutionalizing the Northrop Grumman Mentor-the-Technical-Professional program, whereby 100 high-potential employees are paired with Northrop Grumman Technical Fellows for mentoring each year (2011 to 2015).
  • Scaling up and professionalizing the Northrop Grumman intellectual property management program, creating criteria for when to use patent protection (and in what countries) versus when to use trade secret methods for protecting company intellectual property (2001 to 2015).
  • Operation of the Northrop Grumman Futures Laboratory, 2001 to 2015.
  • Member, The Army Technology Panel, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, July 1998
  • Founder and Executive Editor, Northrop Grumman Technical Review Journal (1996 to 2008)
  • Member, DARPA C4I (command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence) panel (1994)
  • Judge for engineering contests: National finals for Sim City, various USC school of engineering student contest, National cyber warrior, and so forth.
  • 20 years of community outreach and sponsorship of the computer science department at California State University at Dominguez Hills.
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