The ADL Initiative bridges across Defense and other Federal agencies to encourage collaboration, facilitate interoperability, and promote best practices for using distributed learning to provide the highest-quality education, training, informal learning, and just-in-time support; tailored to individual needs and delivered cost-effectively, anytime, and anywhere, to increase readiness, save resources, and facilitate interorganizational collaboration.The ADL's Total Learning Architecture (TLA) was developed in collaboration with stakeholders from across the defense community, professional standards organizations, industry, and academia. It includes a set of technical specifications, standards, and policy guidance that define a uniform approach for integrating current and emerging learning technologies into a learning services ecosystem. Within this ecosystem, multiple services, and learning opportunities (of various modalities and points of delivery) can be managed in an integrated, interoperable 'plug and play' environment.As Program Manager for the ADL Initiative, Dr. Phillips directs all SETA staff, contract actions, and deliverable production for the ADL team and its subcontractors on behalf of the ADL Director.

The Navy League of the United States Central Florida Council is unique among military-oriented associations. It is a civilian organization dedicated to the education of our children and adult citizens, including our elected officials. The Navy League also supports Central Florida men and women of the sea services and their families.You need not have served in the military to be a member of the Navy League. Established in 1992, we are a chapter of the Navy League of the United States, headquartered in Washington, DC.

SoarTech's focus is in the development of intelligent software that reasons like humans do, to automate complex tasks, simplify human-machine interactions, or model human behaviors. The company philosophy is three-fold: to be an augmentation to, not a replacement of, the human; to think “top-down, not bottom-up;” and to be transparent so that decisions and processing are communicated to the human and in human-like terms.Dr. Phillips is responsible for managing project execution, business development, and transition efforts for a portfolio of science and technology projects, as well as growth in larger acquisitions. He focuses on maintaining visibility among sponsors, stakeholders, and customers, tracking opportunities for growth and new development, and for supporting broad company operations.

The Naval AEP Community exists to promote the safety and operational effectiveness of Naval aviation fleet operators and maintainers. Support focus areas include research, development, test and evaluation, program management, and a wide range of technology application areas including human systems integration for aviation platforms, personnel selection, training design, and simulation. The aim of the community is to improve the operability and maintainability of fleet weapons systems, thereby enhancing fleet readiness.As Specialty Leader, I am responsible for future capabilities development and community strategic positioning, recruiting and accession management, community meeting plans and execution, force structure shaping, community strategic communications, officer roles and capabilities management, and junior officer mentorship.

Serves as Program Manager for the Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB), the instrument used to select candidates for Naval Aviation training. Work directly with senior stakeholders at Navy Personnel Command (PERS-3) Aviation Officer Community Manager, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), Chief of Naval Air Forces (CNAF), Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC), Navy Recruiting Command (NRC), Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC), and the United States Naval Academy (USNA).Manager of the Automated Pilot Exam (APEX) secure web-based test delivery platform, used to deliver over 14,000 exams per year to Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Army examinees. Manage operations, trouble-shooting, version control, requirements definition, and IT sustainment.Diversity and testing adverse impact liaison and subject matter expert for CNAF.Supporting CNATRA and NASC curriculum revision efforts to reduce curriculum duration, improve performance measurement capabilities, and incorporate Virtual Reality (VR) training into Primary phase flight training. Supporting NASC with revision of existing Aviation Preflight Indoctrination (API) course content and test forms, delivering new psychometrically parallel forms of existing course mastery tests.

The mission of NAWCTSD is to be the principal Navy center for research, development, test and evaluation, acquisition and product support of training systems, and to provide interservice coordination and training systems support for the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and to perform such other functions and tasks as directed by higher authority.The roles of the Department of Defense, the Navy, and the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) are changing. Simulation and training are key to ensuring military preparedness and to adapting to new and changing roles and missions. These changes, coupled with diverse threat potentials, require innovative approaches to how our military trains. NAWCTSD will continue to play a vital role in maintaining the defense posture of this nation and our allies around the world, and ensure the readiness and safety of our warfighters.

The Research and Engineering Competency provides technical support to the Training Systems Divisions Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Externally Directed Teams (EDTs), including training systems research and development; front-end training systems analyses and evaluation; specification and development of courseware; technical specification, development monitoring and testing of training systems acquired under contract; and logistical and life cycle support of fielded training systems. The competency provides this support for platforms, weapons, and related support systems operated by Naval Aviation, the Marine Corps, Surface and Undersea Forces, the United States Coast Guard, the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), and other services and organizations. The competency exists to provide technical expertise and products for the acquisition of complex training systems, as well as in-house research and development to develop technologies for existing and future training systems and to maintain technical expertise within the competency. Competency staff is over 500, consisting primarily of electrical and computer engineers, psychologists, and instructional systems specialists.

As Military Deputy for the Research & Technology Directorate, I served as Program Manager for 46T Naval Innovative Science and Engineering, managing 15-30 projects annually with a budget of $2M. I also served as the NAWCTSD Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) & Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) Liaison to the Office of Naval Research.

Founded in 1977, the DoD HFE TAG exists to provide assistance, awareness and mechanism for timely exchange of HFE technical information, and to advance HFE efforts by providing working level coordination of government agencies involved in Research, Development, Design, Acquisition, & Application. Additional functions of the group are to:-Encourage and sponsor in-depth technical interaction, including subTAGs as needed-Identify HFE technical issues and technology gaps-Reduce redundant lab efforts and offerings across the Services and agencies-Assist in preparation and coordination of tri-service HFE documents and related efforts for acquisitionThe DoD HFE TAG proponent is the Director, Human Performance, Training and BioSystems Research Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering).

The mission of NAVAIR is to provide full life-cycle support of naval aviation aircraft, weapons and systems operated by Sailors and Marines. The 4.6 Human Systems Department, aligned under NAVAIR's 4.0 Research and Engineering Competency, has 838 staff members in Patuxent River MD, Orlando FL, and China Lake CA. Project roles: - Team Lead, Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial System (VTUAV) PMA-266 Air Vehicle Operator (AVO) Selection System Validation- Site Lead, Cognitive Fidelity in Synthetic Environments (CFSE) Team, Office of Naval Research Future Naval Capability Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) Training Program- Tiger Team Member At Large, Office of Naval Research Future Naval Capability, Enabling Capability: Unmanned Aerial Systems Interface, Selection, and Training Technologies (UASISTT) Program- Using Self-Regulated Learning Microanalytic Assessment and Training (SRL-MAT) in Virtual Patient Simulation for Medical Training, Uniformed Services University, Co-Investigator- Comparison of Direct and Indirect-Reporting Methods for Capturing Trait Requirements for Unmanned Aerial System Operators, NAVAIR Chief Technology Office Section 219 Project, Primary Investigator- Flight Pay & Policy Tiger Team, Analyst: Defining policy impact and requirements for Aviation Career Incentive Pay (ACIP) alternatives for Navy Aeromedical Officer communities - Acquisition Requirements Team, Ad-hoc Advisor to MSC Professional Development Goal Group: Defining acquisition requirements for Navy Medicine Research and Development for the Office of the Director of the Medical Service Corps and Defense Health Headquarters M2

The Naval AEP Community exists to promote the safety and operational effectiveness of Naval aviation fleet operators and maintainers. Support focus areas include research, development, test and evaluation, program management, and a wide range of technology application areas including human systems integration for aviation platforms, personnel selection, training design, and simulation. The aim of the program is to improve the operability and maintainability of fleet weapons systems, thereby enhancing fleet readiness.As Assistant Specialty Leader, I was responsible for future capabilities development and community strategic positioning, recruiting and accession management, community meeting plans and execution, force structure shaping, community strategic communications, officer roles and capabilities management, and junior officer mentorship.

As Operational Psychology Department Head, I was responsible for administration, maintenance, psychometric evaluation, and future capabilities development and transition for all personnel selection tools for manned naval aviation.- Fielded secure web-based test delivery platform used to administer 10,000 assessments per year worldwide- Directed Landing Craft Air Cushion personnel selection tool validation project- Defined requirements for and developed computer-adaptive delivery and evaluation environment for cognitive ability assessments- Funded and transitioned fake-resistant adaptive personality inventory, Naval Aviation Trait Facet Inventory (NATFI)

As Aviation Psychologist on the staff of Chief of Naval Air Training, I provided policy recommendations regarding student training, grade calculation, and implications for student retention and attrition, with emphasis on quantitative considerations in the calculation and use of normed grades. Projects include:- Evaluation of a flight data capture device as a training tool for the TH-57B.- Chief editor of the 2008 release of CNATRAINST 1500.4G, policy manual governing NATRACOM.- Defined requirements and evaluated deliverables for an internally constructed grade-calculation tool that yielded cumulative and block-specific normed grades for students still in a phase of training.- Defined requirements for a tool to link downstream aviation training performance to the content of upstream curriculum content in conjunction with NAVAIR Training Systems Division.- Served on the Undergraduate Military Flight Officer (UMFO) source selection team, and defined training requirements and available training task & KSA data for CNATRA, TW-6, and PMA-273.