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Speaker Bios for the Open Architecture Summit
Rear Adm. Benedict’s first assignment after graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy was to the USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17). He transferred to the Engineering Duty Officer community in 1985. Rear Adm. Benedict reported to Strategic Systems Programs in 1988. His engineering duty officer tours include: Software manager for the Navigation Branch, Strategic Systems Programs, responsible for D5 IOC navigation software development, test and implementation, 1988-1990; Assistant for missile engineering budget and contract incentives, 1990-1991; Assistant for Arms Control to the Director, Strategic Systems Programs, responsible for all aspects of implementation and compliance with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), including the Navy's coordinator for the initial Russian visit to the U.S. for the required START missile and telemetry technical exhibitions and temporary assignment to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for START negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, 1991-1993; Technical Division Director at the Program Management Office, Strategic Systems Programs, Sunnyvale, Calif., responsible for all in-factory development, production and operational support of the Navy's TRIDENT I and II missile systems, 1993-1996; Engineering Section Head in the Missile Branch, Strategic Systems Programs, responsible for all aspects of the Missile Branch's research, development, repair, instrumentation, flight test support and operational support of the TRIDENT I and II missile systems for both the U.S. and U.K. programs, 1996-1998; Naval Sea Systems Command as a Systems Engineer in the Warfare Architecture Directorate, responsible for initial development of the Navy's "System-of-Systems" engineering process, the development and integration of the Navy's Battle Force Design Reference Missions, development of Battle Force metrics and the Navy's Distributed Engineering Plant, 1998-2000; Strategic Systems Programs as the TRIDENT II Guidance and Fire Control Branch Head including the development of the design requirements for the Navy's SSGN Fire Control system, 2000-2002; Executive Assistant to the Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, 2002-2003. Rear Adm. Benedict was assigned as Technical Director, Strategic Systems Programs in January 2004-July 2007. Rear Adm. Benedict is assigned as Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), Washington, D.C. Rear Adm. Benedict’s personal decorations include the Legion of Merit (two awards), the Navy Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, and the Navy Expeditionary Medal (two awards).
1996, Walt left Lockheed Martin to lead Progeny Systems Corporation. A company focused on building systems by integrating COTS hardware and open source software to meet warfighter needs.
Robert A. Martin is the vice president and deputy of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems’ Seapower Capability Systems, the company’s business area focused on programs for U.S. and international navy customers. In this role, he is responsible for leading program execution and business growth through flawless program performance, technology innovation, and a dedicated focus on the needs and requirements of the customer. In this position, Martin leverages his extensive experience and technical expertise to deliver reliable, NoDoubt™ solutions that ensure mission success for navy customers worldwide. Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide. Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to his current role, Martin was IDS’ director of software for the Zumwalt-class destroyer program (DDG 1000). He was responsible for development and delivery of software for this revolutionary U.S. Navy destroyer. He led the national team of 33 companies, including Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, managing the system’s state-of-theart software and computing hardware environment. This team developed the Total Ship Computing Environment Open Architecture approach with the Navy, now incorporated on other surface Navy programs. Martin joined Raytheon in 1977 as an engineer, where he developed and integrated software for the Army’s Patriot and Hawk air defense systems. He moved into engineering management on Patriot, AMRAAM, Standard Missile, Stinger, Sparrow and Maverick missile systems and international programs. Since then, he assumed positions of increasing responsibility, including program manager for programs such as Air & Ground Launch Tacit Rainbow Missile Software; Patriot Software, Maintenance Engineering, Training Devices, and Integration Test Facilities; and Patriot PAC-3 Configuration 2 Hardware and Software System (more than six million software lines of code), successfully deployed in 1996. He was also director of Raytheon Corporate IT Program Management, where he led enterprise information technology initiatives including the IT strategic plan, enterprise architecture, ORION worldwide corporate network, SAP financial program infrastructure, and outsourcing of IT services. Martin is an emeritus member of the AIAA Software Systems Technical Committee. He received Raytheon’s Program Leadership Excellence Award in 2003 and 2008, Business Development Excellence Awards in 2002 and 2005, IDS President’s Award in 2006 and the Software Productivity Consortium Program Excellence Award in 2004. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer and systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was born in December 1954 in Rochester, NY.
Nan Mattai is senior vice president of Rockwell Collins Engineering & Technology. Additionally, she is a corporate officer of Rockwell Collins. Ms. Mattai is responsible for Rockwell Collins' Engineering & Technology organization, including the Advanced Technology Center. In this role she is responsible for guiding the future technology direction, technology investment decisions and the development of advanced technologies to meet the needs of various parts of the business. She was appointed to the position in November 2004. Previously, Ms. Mattai served as vice president, Government Systems Engineering, a position to which she was appointed in 2001. She joined the company in 1993 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, including senior director of Tactical Communications, Government Systems. Ms. Mattai is a member of the Advisory Board, Aviation Week Strategic Media & Conferences, an executive member of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium, a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of Women in Engineering (WIE), and a member of the Iowa State University Institute for Physical Research and Technology (IPRT) Industrial Advisory Board. Nan graduated from the University of Windsor, Canada with a Master's degree in Nuclear Physics and completed all graduate courses for a Doctorate in Physics.
Mr. O’Neill is a native of Rockville, Maryland. After graduating in 1981 from the University of Delaware with a degree in Electrical Engineering, he joined IBM Federal Systems in Manassas, Virginia, now known as Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors (MS2), where he has held a variety of challenging engineering and management positions. From 1981 until 1988, he worked on the development of several signal-processing products, including AN/UYS-1 and CSP, which were deployed on a series of Navy and Air Force platforms. In 1989, Mr. O’Neill was the engineering manager responsible for the Corporate Technical Publishing System, a graphics system developed for Ford Motor Company. From 1990 until 1994, Mr. O’Neill was engineering manager for Integrated Undersea Surveillance Programs (IUSS) and Space Electronics. This involved the development and deployment of the Fixed Distributed System (FDS, the Surveillance Direction System (SDS), and the Advanced Deployable System (ADS), as well as several radiation hardened general purpose processor products deployed on classified DoD and NASA programs. From 1995 until 1999, Mr. O’Neill was responsible for managing submarine combat system programs, including Virginia Class C3I and Acoustic Rapid COTS Insertion. In March 1999, he was appointed Vice President, Submarine Programs. In 1999, Mr. O’Neill assumed the position as Vice President, Warfare Systems and was responsible for IUSS, Maritime Air, Naval Training, Nuclear Biological and Chemical Warfare, International Submarine Combat Systems and FBM submarine electronics programs for Undersea Systems. In July 2000, Mr. O’Neill was appointed Deputy for Undersea Systems while retaining his duties as Vice President, Warfare Systems. In August 2002, Mr. O’Neill was appointed Vice President & General Manager of Undersea Systems, located in Manassas, VA., with locations in Riviera Beach, FL, Mitchel Field, NY, Irvine, CA, Niagara Falls, NY, Marion, MA and Syracuse, NY. During this time, Undersea Systems became the premier systems integrator for next-generation undersea warfare combat systems, unmanned underwater systems, and command, control, communications, and intelligence products and subsystems for domestic and international customers. The business included integrated safety & security systems, rail systems, oil and mineral exploration, and critical infrastructure protection systems. As site lead for the Manassas facility, Mr. O’Neill’s responsibilities included general oversight in the areas of facilities management, physical security and community relations. In January 2007, Mr. O’Neill became the Executive Vice President of Maritime Systems and Sensors. MS2’s portfolio of capabilities include advanced platforms; homeland security; integrated warfare systems; lifetime support; logistics and training; missile defense; network-centric warfare; sensors and surveillance; and systems integration. Its solutions are found on nearly 500 programs for U.S. and international customers, both government and civilian, in nearly 50 nations.
Michael Tweed-Kent is vice president and general manager for the Integrated Combat Systems division. The division is a global leader in delivering solutions to naval and maritime customers in the intelligence and combat information and action cycles. Employing an open architecture and open business model, the division provides sensors and payloads, systems integration, technical services, platforms and software, processors and other infrastructure. ICS serves the maritime sensing, command/control/computing and the platform/integration markets. Prior to this position, Tweed-Kent was vice president and general manager for the Command and Control Systems strategic business unit from 2001 until October 2003. Under the leadership of Tweed-Kent, the unit grew to over $300 million in sales. Significant new programs included weapon system integration for the U.S. Navy SSGN program and a key system integration role on one of the three teams selected to perform a preliminary design concept of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. Tweed-Kent was previously the vice president of programs and engineering for General Dynamics from 1998 through 2001. During this time, he was responsible for leading a high technology multi-functional organization of over 800 people. Accomplishments include the deployment of the U.S. Navy's Trident II Fire Control Modernization program, which involved the delivery of over 1.5 million software lines of code in a successful large-scale application of commercial-off-the-shelf equipment to a shipboard weapon system. As vice president of land combat programs for General Dynamics from 1997 to 1998, Tweed-Kent was responsible for the development and production of complex transmission systems for the U.S. Army's Bradley Fighting vehicle. Other previous positions include director of quality, general manager of advanced programs, technical director, and manager of hardware engineering. Tweed-Kent received his master's degree in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and a bachelor's degree in physics from Millersville State College. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, operates and maintains mission systems for defense, space, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, homeland security and homeland defense customers. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., the company specializes in ground systems, imagery processing, mission payloads, space vehicles; maritime subsurface, surface and airborne mission systems; and tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination programs for national intelligence. More information is available on the Internet at www.gd-ais.com. General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 84,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2008 revenues of approximately $29.5 billion. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.
Dr. Tim Rudolph, a Senior Level executive, is the Technical Adviser, Systems of Systems Networking and Interoperability, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. Dr. Rudolph also currently chairs the ESC Chief Technical Officers Team. In that role, he works with the senior technical representatives from each of the other acquisition wings and representatives from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and the Air Force's Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer. Additionally, as the Enterprise Director of Integration, he leads a number of initiatives collaborating across all the acquisition Wings at ESC. Dr. Rudolph gained system development experience in multiple information technology companies. In March 1994, he co-founded Paradigm Technologies, Inc., an industry partner focused on the application of technologies in creative ways for multiple services, agencies and commercial enterprises, which he managed until divesting in 2007. He is a recognized pioneer in open systems such as Posix standards as well as modeling and simulation technologies, with extensive experience leading government and industry partners to advance technologies for enterprise solutions. Dr. Rudolph has applied experience in multiple technical disciplines through all phases of the acquisition lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture, high-level design, development, integration, test, fielding and support. He has held a number of positions supporting Air Force activities. As a founding member of the ESC Enterprise Integration Team, he directed and supported wing, cross-wing, cross-system center and cross-agency integration activities. Dr. Rudolph is a Certified System Engineering Professional by the International Council on Systems Engineering.
Mr. Weiler was a Senatorial Scholarship recipient at the University of Maryland, School of Business, majoring in Information Systems Management and Business Management. He has over 30 years of experience in solution architectures, systems engineering, portfolio management, and configuration management supporting leading govt/industry institutions including Giant Food, LTV Steel, Boeing Aerospace, BAH, CACI, Oracle, Excalibur, and Kodak. During his 10 years at ICH, he has led high integrity solution architecture education and mentoring programs supporting; DHS, OMB, OSD C3I, OSD BTA, AirForce, Marine Corp, Navy, Army, PTO, GPO, CIA, DEA, GSA, DARPA and DOJ.
Geoff S. Fein covers Navy, Coast Guard and intelligence programs, acquisition, research and development, and science and technology for Defense Daily. He has been covering the Navy and military for six years. Geoff has been an award-winning journalist covering the law; land use; housing; local, state and national politics; and homeland security. He is a graduate of the California State University, Los Angeles.
John Robinson is the managing editor of Defense Daily. He has been at the publication for over 17 years, during which he has covered all the military services, the Missile Defense Agency and Congress. Robinson has covered military operations in Somalia, Bosnia, and Jordan. He also covered military exercises around the world. Most of his reporting involves major acquisition programs and policies. In his time at Defense Daily, Robinson started out as a beat reporter, later moving up to senior military editor. He was promoted to editor in May 1996 and managing editor in August 1997. He is also a frequent contributor to CNBC as a defense analyst. Robinson broke into the journalism business as a sportswriter for the Associated Press in Rome, Italy. He worked at the Pioneer Press newspaper chain in the Chicago suburbs before coming to Washington, D.C., in 1990 to study at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). After earning an M.A. from SAIS in 1991, Robinson started at Defense Daily. From 1990-96, he also worked as a part-time sportswriter for the Washington Post covering high school sports. Robinson earned a B.A. in Government from the University of Notre Dame in 1986. In 1999, he also completed the two-week Leadership Course at the National Security Studies program run by Syracuse’s Maxwell School and SAIS. He also holds a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and is a Lietenant Commander in the Navy Reserves as a public affairs officer. |
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Rear Admiral Terry Joseph Benedict
Walter P. Kitonis
Ms. Nan Mattai
John W. O’Neill
Michael Tweed-Kent
Dr. Tim Rudolph
Mr. Geoff Fein
John Robinson
