I am Associate Professor in the College of Integrated Science and Technology at
James Madison University. I directed the start-up and now serve as Technical Director of
the JMU's Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance (IIIA). Much of my
career was spent at the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) and the Defense Threat Reduction
Agency (DTRA) developing protection strategies and guidelines for strategic systems. My
primary research interests stem from my tenure as director of the Springfield Research
Facility, a national center for critical system vulnerability assessment. I am applying
lessons-learned from my DoD experience to critical civilian infrastructure and community
resilience assurance. In addition to teaching, I consult in the areas of infrastructure
assurance, high power electromagnetics, nuclear and directed energy weapon effects, and
risk assessment. I presently serve on the National Academy of Science Infrastructure
Roundtable, the Congressional EMP Commission, the Virginia Alliance for Secure Computing
and Networking, and NDIA's Homeland Security Executive Board.
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