William C. Ford, Jr., Ph.D.

5674 Mineral Hill Road

Sykesville, MD/21784

Phone (443) 841-8489

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OBJECTIVE

I am seeking a senior-level

technical position in the

aerospace/defense industry

which will both allow me to

utilize my experience in

modeling and simulation and

provide me the opportunity to

broaden my skill set.

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QUALIFICATIONS

• 24 years experience in aerospace/defense industry

• Subject Matter Expert in modeling and simulation VV&A

• Radar, infrared, and electro optical sensor system modeling

• Ballistic Missile Defense system modeling

• Programmatic Risk Management

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EDUCATION

• 1981-1986 Ph.D., Texas

Tech University

• 1980-1981 B.S., University

of Memphis

• 1977-1979 attended

University of Mississippi

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• Model and Simulation Verification,

Validation, & Accreditation– P-8A Poseidon Program

– F/A-18 Inventory Model

– General VV&A Guidelines for AIR 4.10

– BMDS SIM AN/TPY-2 Radar Simulation

– Price-Performance Modeling Efforts

– Secure Border Initiative

– Command Suite of Infrared Countermeasures End-

to-End Missile Model

• Organizations Supported– U.S. Navy (NAVAIR, AIR 4.10, & N-81)

– Department of Homeland Security

– Army Evaluation Center/Army Test and Evaluation

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• Sensor System Modeling &

Analysis– Missile Defense Analysis

– Evaluation of RADTRAN & MUSES

• Conversion of MUSES to run on FORTRAN PC

platform

• Found error in RADTRAN code, corrected, and

reported to model custodian

– Sensor Simulation Test Bed (SSTB) modeling

• Ballistic Missile Defense Radar

• SBIRS

– Threat analysis on foreign radar and infrared

sensor systems

– Upgraded in-house radar models for several

companies

• Organizations Supported– Missile Defense Agency

– Air Force (JSF SSE-RRP)

– Navy (Harpoon/SLAM)

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• Risk Management– JSF Risk Reduction Prototype Test Plan

– Future Combat System

• Published Major revision to the program’s risk

management plan

– Authored McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing Company

Risk Management Best Practices document

– Tomahawk Program

– Miniature Air Launched Decoy Proposal

– F-15 Advanced Missile Warning System

• Organizations Supported– Air Force

– Army

– Boeing

– Navy

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• Computer Systems– System Administrator

• DEC MicroVAX/VMS – Classified

• DEC Alpha network/UNIX – Classified

• DEC Alpha network/VMS – Unclassified

– Programming Languages

• FORTRAN (IV, 77, & 90)

• C/C++

• Object Oriented

• Eiffel

• Organizations Supported– Air Force

– Army

– Boeing

– CAS

– Navy

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SKILLS

• Excellent written communication

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– Peer-reviewed scientific publications

– Proposals

– Program Reports

• Excellent verbal communication

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– Presentations to international

scientific conferences

– Briefings to customers

– Presentations and classes taught to

adults/teens on topics in Natural

Philosophy

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• Professional

– AIAA

– U.S. Naval Institute

– IEEE

– American Physical Society

• Personal

– National Rifle Association

– The Gideons International

– The Society for Creative Anachronism