Biographical Brief:

I joined the Systems Engineering faculty in 2007. Before joining the faculty, I spent several years in this department as a graduate research assistant, and have held several positions with Honeywell and consulting firms such as Industrial TurnAround Corporation. My work and experience has frequently dealt in database systems and system model integration. In such work, I enjoy taking ideas from multiple areas and integrated them to solve a larger system problem, or simply migrating ideas for application to solve a different system need. Aside from research, I enjoy swimming, hiking, and spending time playing and reading books with my wife and children .

Research Interests:

My research interests include risk-based decision making, multiobjective tradeoff analysis, and analysis of large-scale systems. Specific research interests include geodatabases systems, multiregional analysis, strategic preparedness, and other topics related to systems engineering or regional science. Currently my research interests are broad, but I hope to focus them as I find niche areas to complete risk-based system analysis work.

Sponsored Research:

• Risk-based Identity Management for Flexible Regional Emergency Response Plans, PI, Sponsored by the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P).
• Collaborative Risk-based Preparedness for Hurricane and Pandemic Flu Scenarios in Southeastern Virginia, Co-PI, Sponsored by the Virginia Governor's Office of Commonwealth Preparedness.
• Rationale for Business Investments in Cyber-Security, Co-PI, Sponsored by Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Division.