Over 30 years progressive experience in Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense (JIAMD) & Missile Defense (Ballistic, Hypersonic, Cruise) Systems-level Requirements Development, Missile Threat Systems, Department of the Army (DA) & Department of Defense (DoD) Program Management and Aquisition.Recognition:2010 NDIA National Bronze Medal2006 Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS) Professional of the Year Chair, 2004 Southeastern Software Engineering Conference Officer & Board of Directors, National Defense Industrial Association, 2003 - 2009Founder & President, Women In Defense, TVC, 2003 - 2004 2004 Women In Defense (WID) National President's Award 2002 Missile Defense Association Technical Achievement Award, ASMDA Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Software Maturity Capability Evaluator Certified Lean Six Sigma Green BeltAcquisition Corps Level III Professional, System Planning, Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE)Summa Cum Laude Graduate, University of Alabama, GPA 4.0 Pi Mu Epsilon, National Honorary Mathematics Society Alpha Lambda Delta, National Honor Society Gamma Beta Phi, National Honor SocietySpecialties: System of Systems Engineering; Joint Air and Missile Defense Systems; Homeland Security Technologies; Missile Defense Planning; Command & Control; Computer Engineering; Net-Centric Operations; Information Systems Security; Technology Transition; Process Improvement (Lean Six Sigma, CMMI);Defense Acquisition