12,000+ contacts INVENTOR of Satellite AIS & INSTIGATOR of the unclassified SIGINT satellite AMBER due to launch in 2021.Initial AUTHOR of the National Maritime Security Strategy of 2005.AUTHOR of Implemetation Task #1 of US National Space Policy, June 2010.Contributing Editor, SpaceWatch GlobalUSGIF's Winner Individual Achievement Award (person of the year) 2015 (for space-based maritime awareness)Nominee for the Space Technology Hall of FameInvolved in the many facets of maritime surveillance from operator to systems test director to inventor and developer of Satellite AIS (S-AIS). Served in hostile areas on ships, submarines, and aircraft before becoming one of the first designated space operations sub-specialist in the USN. Led operational test and evaluation of two air reconnaissance systems, the Navy's EP-3E and then the USAF RC-135V/W, the Rivet Joint Block III.Conceived and initiated the development of the "Lunch box Special Signals Processor." Wrote what became the Mission Needs Statement for the Tactical Information Broadcast System (TIBS), and, 15 years later, the master plan for the creation of the Integrated Broadcast System (IBS). Participated in numerous technical war games and at sea live experiments, leading or co-leading several. Technical Lead for Fleet Battle Experiment India (2001). Paper on why and how to build a Maritime Traffic Tracking System, published in the Autumn 2003 Naval War College Review became the conceptual backbone of the initial effort to build a National Maritime Domain Awareness system. Conceived and helped design space-based AIS. Subsequently developed the "Collaboration in Space for International Global Maritime Awareness" (C-SIGMA) concept to capitalize on the capabilities S-AIS provided.. SME for DHS S&T on unclassified Earth Observation Space systems. (2015-2019)Specialties: Systems Engineering of Signals Intelligence Sensor Systems and other maritime surveillance systems. Broad-ranging experience in bringing high tech systems of systems into being.