Keith Henry Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, Ca

Responsible for collecting information, developing processes, and conducting analyses that help improve RAND's business performance.

Responsibilities:- Develop RAND's first competitive intelligence capability- Senior advisor to CTO- Evaluate intellectual property licensing and commercialization opportunitiesProjects:- Organizational design and budgeting for Qatar-led Global Dry Lands Alliance, a new international organization focused on securing ample food supplies for dry land countries around the world- Benchmark and develop strategies for improving Qatar's School Transportation System - Develop financial organizational design for Qatar National Food Security Programme - Evaluate survivability of future Remotely Piloted Aircraft for the United States Air Force

• Managed software acquisition process for graduate school, including identification of vendors, evaluation process, risk mitigation strategy and contract negotiation • Responsible for recruiting events and communications with prospective students

assisted with leadership and operations of research unit responsible for RAND's most diverse portfolio covering areas including: safety, criminal justice, transportation, space, technology, homeland security, energy, environment, economic development

• Manage the company-wide annual business planning process• Evaluate business plans and help establish financial targets• Perform special projects for senior management (e.g., process improvement, decision analyses, competitive assessment)• Ensure accurate and timely internal reporting of key financial metrics

• Conducted technology assessments and operations research for the Air Force and the Office of the Secretary of Defense • Evaluated performance, cost effectiveness, and long-term impact of utilizing various technologies (e.g., communication systems, computers, satellites, sensors, aircraft and weapons)• Presented analytical results and recommendations to corporate management and senior level clients • Responsible for recruiting, staffing and personnel issues associated with technical staff• Led development of modeling effort to efficiently allocate resources (i.e. aircraft, satellites, and sensors) under complex temporal and spatial constraints• Designed and developed analytical tools, models, and simulations • Research areas include: surveillance and reconnaissance technology and deployment strategy, value of information, ballistic missile defense, tanker and airlift analysis, weapon effectiveness, routing and traveling salesman problems, communication systems

• Defined functional requirements for system components• Led modeling and analysis efforts• Briefed project review boards on conceptual designs and effectiveness• Designed operational concepts for electro-mechanical systems• Authored technical reports, research papers, and sections of winning proposals• Designed and developed analytical tools, models, and simulations

B.S., Mathematics/Systems Science

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Master Of Science (Ms), Electrical Engineering