Education

Civilian Education

  • B.S. with a major in Computer Science from the United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1985. Graduated 86 out of 1170. My GPA was 3.38.

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Columbus State University in 1992. I got this degree going to school at night. My GPA was 3.63.

  • Master of Science in Computer Science from Florida State University in 1995. My thesis work was distilled and presented at the SPIE conference in Orlando in 1995. My GPA was 3.93.

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University in 2000. My GPA was 4.0. Several papers related to this research are listed in the Publications section of this page.

Military Education

  • Airborne School, 1983

  • Infantry Officer’s Basic Course, 1985

  • Ranger School, 1985-6

  • Jumpmaster School, 1986

  • Infantry Mortar Platoon Course, 1986

  • Infantry Officer’s Advanced Course, 1989

  • Pathfinder School, 1993

  • Combined Arms and Services Staff School (CAS3), 1993

  • Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle Commander’s Course, 1993

  • Command and General Staff College, 1995

  • Intermediate Systems Acquisition Course, 1997

  • Information Resources Management 101, 2001

  • Information Resources Management 201, 2002

  • Program Management Skills (PMT 352B), 2002

  • Program Management Course (PMT 401), 2003

  • Program Manager’s Skills Course (ACAT III) (PMT 403), 2003

  • Infantry Pre Command Course, 2003

  • Army Pre Command Course, 2003

  • Intermediate Systems Engineering Course, 2014

  • Program Management Professional training course, 2016