Speakers

Dr Jim Gump, is the Senior Technical Advisor (STA) for Enterprise Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).  He is charged with advancing the initial capabilities of the AFRL’s MS&A capabilities to drive multi-domain analysis in support of the development of transformational warfighting capabilities.  He is the senior advisor to the AFRL Commander and the Director, AF Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) for planning, conducting, evaluating, and coordinating the advancement of collaborative, systems-of-systems, multi-domain, enterprise MS&A capabilities within AFRL and in collaboration with other DoD laboratories and agencies.  The STA also serves as a senior advisor to Air Force-wide, multi-disciplinary teams to develop and deliver enterprise-wide solutions for complex MS&A challenges.  These include initiatives to address multi-level security, high-availability cloud computing, geo-agnostic teaming across organizational boundaries, and other enabling capabilities.

Prior to his current assignment he supported both JHU APL and the MITRE Corporation where he worked in the National Leadership Command Capability (NLCC) area.  The NLCC includes senior leader and Nuclear C3 capabilities fully integrated to support our national leaders.  In addition, extensive development work on the nation’s premier NC3 simulation environment.

Prior to these assignments he cofounded Paradigm Technologies Inc, a successful engineering firm, considered an industry leader in modeling and simulation and C4ISR systems. While managing PTI for 20 years supported the full range of Air Force and Joint M&S programs.  He gained extensive DOD acquisition expertise while supporting a wide range of Air Force systems from ACAT I to III programs. He is also an experienced military intelligence officer having served nearly 20 years in the army reserves.

EDUCATION

1980 Basic Combat Training, Fort Dix, N.J.

1982 Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.

1984 Bachelor of Science degree Electrical Engineering (Computer Eng Option) University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.

1985 Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course, Ft Huachuca, Az.

1990 Master of Science, Engineering Management (MSEM) Western New England College, Springfield, Mass.

1992 Leadership Seminar, West Point, NY

1992 Combined Arms Services Staff School, Ft Devens, Mass.

1993 Basic Instructor Training Course, Ft Devens, MA

1993 MI Advanced Course, Ft Huachuca, AZ

2017 Doctor of Philosophy, Systems Engineering, George Washington University (GWU), Washington DC

CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1. 1980 – 1998, Reserve Military Intelligence Officer, Summary of Assignments

• Tactical Intelligence Officer (Lt) – 86th Brigade, Armor Battalion (Vermont Army National Guard)Intel Staff Officer, Rutland, Vt.

• Platoon Leader (Lt) – 505th ASA, Collections and Jamming Platoon, Ft Devens, Mass.

• Company Commander (Capt), 383rd Technical Intelligence Company, Hanscom AFB, Mass.

• Asst Course Mgr, EW, Reserve Intel School, Ft Devens, Mass.

• Staff Intel Officer (Battalion S-2), – Security Officer and Intel staff officer, Tampa, Fla.

• Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), TA-6, M&S Project Engineer, Washington DC

2. 1984 – 1987, Test Engineer, Trident SSBN, General Electric, Pittsfield, Mass.

3. 1987 - 1992, Program Manager, Airbase Operability, RJO Enterprises, Lanham, Md.

4. 1992 – 1994, Software Operations Manager, EW Programs, Lockheed Martin, Nashua, N.H.

5. 1994 - 2012, Co-Founder and Vice President, Paradigm Technologies, Inc., Bedford, Mass.

6. 2012 – 2019, JHU APL, Program Area Manager (Director Level), Lanham, Md.

7. 2019 – 2020, The MITRE Corp., Strategic Communications Lab (SCL) Execution Lead & STRATCOM NC3 Enterprise Center (NEC) Digital Engineering (DE) Co-Lead, Bedford, Mass.

8. 2020 - present, Senior Technical Advisor (STA) for Enterprise Modeling, Simulation and Analysis  (MS&A), HQ Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Smithsonian Institution, Summer Intern

Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf cluster (as well as others)

The MITRE Corporation, various awards

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

Published works include a wide range of papers:

“Reference Architecture Development and Utility for an Enterprise Explored within the Secure (Classified) Mobile Communications Application” – Published in Journal of Enterprise Architecture, 2019

“An Architecture for Agile Systems Engineering of Secure Commercial-off-the-Shelf Mobile Communications” Dissertation defended and published, 2017

“An Architecture for Agile Systems Engineering of Secure Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) Mobile Communications” – Presented at the NDIA Conference, October ’14 (also published in INCOSE for PhD)

“National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) Communications – Operational and Technical Requirements Document” authored for the Executive Committee, approved by the White House Domestic Resilience Group (DRG) with unanimous concurrence, March 20, 2015

“US Air Force Joint Synthetic Battlespace for Simulation Based Acquisition” – Presented paper at NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium, April ‘02

“Joint Integrated Mission Model (JIMM): The Next Step for Mission Level Models” - Presented paper - SPIE – Enabling Technology for Simulation Science V Conference Orlando, FL, USA, Apr ’01 and JAWS S3 Symposium, San Diego, CA, Jul ‘01

“Joint Simulation Systems (JSIMS) Development Approach” - Presented paper - 36th NATO DRG Seminar on Modeling and Simulation, , Washington DC, Sept ‘95

Co-Author – High Level Architecture (HLA) Time Management Specification – Department of Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) – Published work on Zero Lookahead And Repeatability in The High Level Architecture as well as other papers

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Mr. Phil Reed is the Director, Digital Department for Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). He has over 25 years of combined military and government civilian service. Commissioned in 1992, he served for 5 years as a Surface Warfare Officer before entering the Inactive Ready Reserve in 1997. His sea tours included assignments aboard USS Guam (LPH 9) and USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG 7). His shipboard duties included Combat Information Center Officer and Damage Control Assistant.

In 2000, he affiliated with the Navy Reserve Force when he returned to duty as a drilling Selected Reservist. For the next 18 years, Mr. Reed served in a variety of roles within the Navy Reserve in active and reserve statuses. For the last 12 years of his military career, he served on active duty as a senior HR staff officer on HQ staffs for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command.

He joined federal service in 2018 as Principal Deputy CIO for MyNavy HR (OPNAV N1) and was promoted to CIO in 2020. He was responsible for planning, programming, and budgeting for, as well as executing the development and sustainment of, all information technology capabilities supporting MyNavy HR. He transitioned from his role with MyNavy HR to NAWCTSD in July 2022.

Mr. Reed graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the United States Naval Academy in 1992. He recently relocated to Indialantic, FL with his wife Shellie and their two miniature schnauzers after residing in Annapolis, Maryland for the past 20 years.

Michael Vitale is a native of Greenville, South Carolina and received his commission to the US Navy upon his graduation from the Navy Reserve Officer Training Program in 1977 at the University of Louisville. 

VADM Vitale served in the Navy for 35 years as a Surface Warfare Officer, finishing his career as the Commander, Navy Installations Command, where he was responsible for the readiness and operation of the Navy’s 70 bases worldwide.

After retiring from the Navy in 2012, he became the Executive Director of the University of Hawaii’s Applied Research Laboratory, successfully expanding the laboratory’s research and development portfolio across the Department of Defense, particularly in the area of renewable energy.

In 2015, he joined KPMG’s Federal Advisory practice in northern Virginia as a Managing Director, providing consulting services to the US Department of Defense for emerging technologies such as 5G applications, digital business transformation, infrastructure and real property management, program management, defense strategy, data and analytics, and cyber security.

In addition to obtaining a Bachelor of Science from University of Louisville, he has a Master of Arts in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA (1986) and a Master of Science in National Security Strategy from the National War College in Washington (1995).

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