1. DAVID JAMES PENWELL
917 Rowe Lane • O’Fallon, IL 62269
618-628-0844 (H) • 843-718-5572 (C) • david-penwell@uiowa.edu
______ Academic_Education ____ ____________________
B.S., Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1997
M.S., Physics, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 2004
M.B.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2004
________ DAWIA - Defense Acquisition University Certifications _ __ _
DAWIA Certifications:
Level III DAWIA Certification in SPRDE – Systems Engineering 2013
Level III DAWIA Certification in SPRDE – Program Systems Engineering 2013
DAWIA Certifications in Progress:
Level III DAWIA Certification in SPRDE – Science and Technology Management
Need two courses:
1. Intermediate S&T Management [STM 202, 3 day course]
2. Advanced S&T Management [STM 303, 4 day course]
Level III DAWIA Certification in Program Management
Need one course:
1. Program Management Office Course, Part B [PMT 3542B, 4 week course]
Level III DAWIA Certification in Test and Evaluation
Need two courses:
1. Intermediate Test and Evaluation [TST 203, 5 day course]
2. Advanced Test and Evaluation [TST 303, 5 day course]
________ __ Army Leadership Training _ ______________
CES Foundation Course, Army Management Staff College 2010
CES Basic Course - DL, Army Management Staff College 2010
CES Basic Course - Residence, Army Management Staff College 2010
CES Intermediate Course - DL, Army Management Staff College 2011
CES Intermediate Course - Residence, Army Management Staff College 2011
____________________________Security Clearance___________________________
Clearance: Top Secret (SCI - DCID 6/4) Citizenship: United States of America
Date Granted: 28 Feb 2012 Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah
________________________Summary of Qualifications________________________
I have 4.5 years of military experience as both a Light and Mechanized Infantry soldier,
which is supplemented by 15 years experience as a scientist with progressive experience
in the areas of systems engineering, process development, process improvement,
functional management and program management. I am also adept at finding, creating,
and documenting requirements in order to set the foundation for meaningful change
within an organization. My knowledge of military front line soldier requirements,
scientific/technical limitations, acquisition requirements, and DoD business processes
have made me highly effective in the realm of DoD Research and Development
programs. I have been successful as a creative problem solver and an innovative change
agent throughout my career because I constantly strive to do the right thing, and to do
things correctly the first time.
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2. _______________________________Publications______________________________
• B. Chen, D. Penwell and M. B. Kruger, The Compressibility of Nanocrystalline
Nickel, Solid State Comm., 115, 191 (2000).
• B. Chen, D. Penwell, M.B. Kruger, A. Yue, B. Fultz, "High Pressure Behavior of
Nanocrystalline Ni, Fe and Ni3Fe", APS Proc, V45, No.1, (2000) 939.
• B. Chen, D. Penwell, M. B. Kruger, A. F. Yue and B. Fultz, Nanocrystalline iron
at high pressure, J. Appl. Phys., 89, 4794 (2001).
• B. Chen, D. Penwell, L. R. Benedetti, R. Jeanloz, and M. B. Kruger, "Particle-
size effect on the compressibility of nanocrystalline alumina" Physical Review B
66 144101 (2002).
• B. Chen, D. Penwell, J.H. Nguyen and M. B. Kruger, High pressure X-ray
diffraction study of Fe2B, Solid State Comm., 129, 573 (2004).
• MS Thesis: PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF CdTe:In UNDER HIGH PRESSURE
AND LOW TEMPERATURE
_______________________________Experience_______________________________
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Scott AFB, Illinois 11/2011-Present
[Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic)]
[Business Solutions Sub-Portfolio of Business and Force Support (BFS) Portfolio]
Chief, Engineering Development (ND-1550-05, GS-15 equivalent)
Duties:
• On-site SPAWAR Liaison to USTRANSCOM J6.
• USTRANSCOM J6 Liaison to the Joint Distribution Process Analysis Center
(JDPAC).
• Only government member of the USTRANSCOM J6 Enterprise Initiatives (EI)
Team which is charged with providing organizational leadership and guidance for
all USTRANSCOM Enterprise Initiatives.
• Responsible for all elements/components of the large-scale engineering of the
Common Development Environment (CDE) and Common Computing
Environment (CCE).
• Manage the engineering and technology evolution, modernization of the
Enterprise Integration lab (EIL) Agile Transportation for the 21st Century (AT21)
capabilities improvements and Individual Engineering Change Proposals tailored
to meet specific performance, software maintenance, and cost avoidance
requirements.
• Recognized as the subject matter expert for the engineering and management of
Service Oriented Architectures (SOA).
• Provide program guidance, management and direction to Program and Division
Managers for direction and supervision of the entire Enterprise Engineering
development.
• Manage the development and Implementation of the CDE and CCE Enterprise
process to include complex acquisition events and utilize systems engineering
methodology to turn Combatant Commanders’ needs into deployed capabilities.
• Execute oversight for capability interoperability to achieve greater efficiencies in
producing and fielding a more affordable, timely and efficient operational
capability.
• Develop and manage the CDE and CCE system development process.
• Direct agile development and delivery methodologies, and quality engineering
skills required to collect, analyze and prevent designs, scopes and cost estimates.
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3. • Provide input to the USTRANASCOM’s Corporate Services Vision (CSV) for
opportunity prioritizations of functional requirements for use by developers to
create user stories.
• Manage Engineering and Technical Development resources.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, Scott AFB, Illinois 12/2009-11/2011
[Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation
Engineering Agency (MSDDCTEA)]
[Joint Distribution Process Analysis Center (JDPAC)]
Operations Research Analyst (GS-1515-13)
Duties:
• Serve as the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
Transportation Engineering Agency (MSDDCTEA) technical specialist
responsible for the independent development, planning, performing, directing,
interfacing, coordinating, controlling and/or the application of modeling and
simulation (M&S) tools and systems to transportation problems: both operational
and planning.
• Exercise professional knowledge of principles, concepts, theories, and practices of
operations research analysis, systems engineering, software engineering,
computer science, and/or military science in order to determine feasibility and
applicability of technologies to the missions and/or visions of the agency.
• Responsible for developing and reviewing concepts and initiatives that relate to
transportation planning projects and traffic management functionality.
• Leads or participates with other combat development organizations in assessing
the contributions SDDCTEA can make to meeting military requirements.
Accomplishments:
• Functional Manager and Program Manager for the Enhanced Logistics Intra-
Theater Support Tool (ELIST) software which simulates transportation
movements within theaters.
• Lead R&D proposal reviewer for the M&S branch of the JDPAC.
• Lead document reviewer for the M&S branch of the JDPAC for issues concerning
the Enterprise Integration Lab (EIL) and Advance Technologies for the 21st
century (AT21).
• Actively participated in the Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX)
community, programs, and technology demonstrations.
GS5 LLC, Falls Church, Virginia 12/2007-12/2009
Program Analyst (Contractor)
Accomplishments and Responsibilities:
• Supported the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Net-Enabled
Command Capability (NECC) Component Program Management Office (CPMO)
in the creation and the management of their CM Factory as a Capability Module
Coordinator
• Oversee/track of multiple NECC Capability Modules within the CPMO to ensure
cost, schedule, and performance objectives are met by taking advantage of
synergies between CMs
• Oversee and track NECC Work Package creation and
processing within the CPMO (proposal generation, staffing within CPMO,
execution oversight, etc.) [Trail Boss]
• Created, implemented, and maintained of the DISA NECC CPMO configuration
and change management plans [interim Configuration Management Manager]
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4. • Maintain oversight of multiple Capability Module (CM) development activates
(integration, and test activities at both contractor and government lab facilities)
• Conduct periodic progress reviews with both development activities and
government test activities
• Coordinate with Capability Module Developers to ensure compliance of
developed CMs with NECC standards and reporting requirements
• DISA NECC CPMO CM - Roles and Permissions (RAP)
• DISA NECC CPMO CM - Force Planning Data (FPD)
• DISA NECC CPMO CM - Force Readiness Data (FRD)
• DISA NECC CPMO CM – Intelligence Analysis Production
Dissemination (IAPD)
• Coordinate Engineering Change Management participation in Capability
Provisioning Events, including synchronization with CMs developed by other
CPMOs
• Support the Chief Engineer in conducting design reviews and coordinate
Capability Module participation in Capability Provisioning Events, including
synchronization with Capability Modules developed by other CPMOs
• Developed standards, evaluating methods and techniques applicable to contract
deliverables and competitive bids by contractors
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures for the creation of the DISA NECC
CPMO “CM Factory”
• Prepare and present briefings and reports to high-level managers within Program
and other Agency components
• Understand DoD acquisition regulations, policy and related acquisition guidance,
interpreting that guidance to a stated situation, and applying the concepts
presented in the guidance to Program/Section
• Gained DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting System (PPBS) experience in
the financial or programmatic performance on complex projects or programs
Reger Family of Businesses, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 10/2006-11/2007
Operator (Contractor)
Accomplishments and Responsibilities:
• Supported the United States Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF) in identifying
problems and selecting solutions to current war fighter needs as a Science and
Technology Advisor
• Responsible for developing material solutions to emerging threats
• As a member of the science and technology team within the REF I was
tasked with finding solutions to not only current threats but emerging
threats as well
• Attended the “Friday Night Fights” where commanders in theater briefed their
current needs and were briefed on the ongoing efforts to satisfy those needs.
• Member of the RDECOM Current Operations IPT, a forum which gave
commanders in theater direct reach back to all of the research labs Army-
wide
• Assess technologies
• Ensured vendors did not overstate their products capability, truth in
advertising detector
• Steered technology selection and development to address emerging threats
• Oversaw system interaction and integration tasks
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5. • The REF specializes in short term R&D projects. My role was to provide
a science POC for vendors to go to for technical clarifications and to
provide management progress reports and test data interpretation
• Recognize the potential of emerging technologies to address current or emerging
threats before a requirement is generated
• Participated on Red-Team evolutions of existing threat technologies
• ‘Red-Team’ here means the S&T group within the REF, the term ‘Red-
Team’ refers to the action of brainstorming possible future courses of
action the enemy is most likely to pursue in order to steer current
development efforts more effectively
• Conceived potential counter-measures for emerging threats as well as innovative
solutions and Blue Sky ideas
• Participated as a Subject Matter Expert (Displays) for JIEDDO BAA 07-02
Alion Science and Technology, Arlington, Virginia 4/2006-10/006
Principal Engineer (Contractor)
Accomplishments and Responsibilities:
• Supported the Office of Naval Research in identifying problems and selecting
solutions to current and future war fighter needs as an Engineering
Science Advisor
• Provided engineering, analytical support and Subject Matter Expertise to project
officers at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in support of science and
technology development of Marine Expeditionary systems (Code 30)
• Lead all Discovery & Innovation (D&I), SBIR, and STTR efforts for the
Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) Thrust Area Manager within
Code 30
• The ISR thrust area focus is to develop and leverage advanced
technologies for applications in future intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance; and to enhance situational awareness, and tactical
decision making
• Worked to solve the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) problem by
getting inside the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) loop of the
enemy; the main objective was to acquire Actionable Intelligence
• Methods used: social network modeling, data mining, tagging,
tracking, analyzing the TTP (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures)
of the enemy, etc...
• The idea was to not only be able to predict future events but to also
be able to manipulate the actions of the enemy
• Intel STO’s
• Intel STO-1: Tailored tactical sensor fields
• Intel STO-2: Mobile tactical unattended collection sensor
platforms
• Intel STO-5: Algorithms capable of translating data to
information at the point of collection
• Intel STO-7: Comprehensive all-source data fusion and
distribution
• Supported the ONR in the following areas: development of performance
specifications, design analysis, resolving technical issues, and conduct system
engineering design reviews
• http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/30/docs/thrust_org_isr.pdf
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6. ITT Industries, Abingdon, Maryland 2/2005-4/2006
Senior Scientist
Accomplishments and Responsibilities:
• Assisted in the modeling and simulation of chemical agent detectors for military
applications as a senior scientist / modeler
• Laser Interrogation of Surface Agents (LISA) is a technique based on
short-range Raman sensing that provides standoff detection and
identification of surface-deposited chemical agents
• These same techniques are currently being applied to standoff
detection of explosives
• Helped institute a methodology, using MATLAB, for creating a usable library for
various spectroscopy data collected at numerous laboratories
• Shortened the turnaround time for scene generation by changing the procedures
for running scenarios (Mid-wave IR chemical detection: plume insertion)
• Assisted other branches of the company as a MATLAB expert to assist in
spectroscopy data analysis as well as to implement the following:
• Raman spectroscopy models
• Bandpass filters
• Bessel filters
• Data smoothing models
• Background removal methods
• Large matrix multiplications
• Gained exposure to many software applications: ENVI/IDL, NCBR, HPAC,
VLSTRACK
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 10/2000-2/2005
Systems Engineer
Accomplishments and Responsibilities:
• Assisted in the modeling and simulation of Real-Time Multi Channel GPS
Simulators used to test military GPS receivers
• Automated data analysis using MATLAB
• Increased the accuracy of testing because all data is analyzed instead of a
small subset
• Reduced the analysis time from 4 days to 15 minutes
• Shortened software development cycle time as a result of automation
because the software developers were able to analyze data themselves
rather than sending the data to someone else
• Cut product development time by about 2/3
• What could have easily taken us a year to do we were able to accomplish
in about 4 months
• What is even more important is that Coup d’il is completely generic in that
it can be used by anyone who needs to analyze data from a Rockwell
Collins GPS receiver
• This enables all GPS programs to see a similar savings in time and effort
• Verified and validated numerous GPS models in C++ by merging theory and
existing FORTRAN code
• Created numerous detailed Mathcad documents and initiated a knowledge capture
database for my team
• Reference/coordinate systems and the corresponding transformation
matrices
• Spoofers: How to manipulate spoofer orbit
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7. • Satellite database creation
• Calculation of RF delays
• Various mathematical problems. I used Mathcad to rapidly solve equations that
would have been very difficult if not impossible to solve by hand
• The most recent model involved the calculation of a difficult path integral
for computing troposphere delays for pseudolites
• This work led us to uncovering an error in the original equations which
enabled us to provide a more accurate solution to the customer
• Created a common ICD to standardize simulator to receiver messages
• This ICD went a long way to clearing up confusion and extra work that
has existed in the simulator since its inception
• Reduced the development cost of creating new messages by conducting
detailed analysis and providing insightful recommendations which led to a very
streamlined design of the software
• Consulted on software implementation of various solutions to ensure efficiency in
the algorithms
• Provided mentorship and guidance to fellow engineers and managers in the areas
of data analysis, storage, and retrieval
University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 9/1997-5/2000
Graduate Research Assistant
Accomplishments and Responsibilities:
• Earned a GPA: 3.8
• Published a Thesis: Photoluminescence of CdTe:In under high pressure and low
temperature
• Published 5 articles discussing high pressure x-ray diffraction experiments on
nanocrystalline materials
• Completed 72 semester hours for a 30 semester hour degree – (get a Ph.D. or
leave)
• Extensive experience collecting and analyzing spectral data
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 9/1995-5/1997
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Accomplishments and Responsibilities:
• Taught second semester undergraduate physics laboratory classes covering
electricity and magnetism
United States Army, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii 10/1988-9/1993
Infantry Soldier
Accomplishments and Responsibilities:
• Achieved highest score in the battalion on the Skills Qualifications Test
• Earned entry into the battalion’s scout platoon
• Received Honorable discharge
__________________Credentials / Affiliations / Skills / Awards__________________
• MATLAB, Mathcad, IgorPro, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Outlook, Project, and Visio
• 2006 Time Magazine Man of the Year
• 2003 Time Magazine Man of the Year
___________________________Interests and Hobbies__________________________
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8. • My hobby is spending time with my family
• I am a pretty good chess player and I play a mean game of pool
• My ultimate goal is to obtain financial freedom so that I am able to attend college
with my son
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9. ______________________________References________________________________
Professional References:
Lon Gowen, Ph.D. (GS-15)
Agency: Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)
Title: Director of the Defense Computer Forensics Lab (DCFL)
Work: 410-981-0100
Work E-mail: Lon.Gowen@dc3.mil
Home E-mail: longowen@msn.com
Wes Schooley (GS-14)
Agency: USTRANSCOM TCJ6-PE
Title: Chief, Program Engineering Branch
Work: 618-220-4830
E-mail: Wes.Schooley@ustranscom.mil
Eric Fankhauser (GS-13)
Agency: SDDCTEA / JDPAC
Title: Functional Manager for Advanced Mobility Platform (AMP)
6 Twin Lake Ct
Swansea, IL 62226-1939
Home: 618-355-7513
E-mail: Eric.Fankhauser@ustranscom.mil
Personal References:
Michael B. Kruger, Ph.D.
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Professor (Thesis Advisor / Research Supervisor)
Phone: 816-235-5441
E-mail: KrugerM@umkc.edu
Steve Silva
Adapt Laser Systems
Engineering Manager
1218 Guinotte Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64120
Office: 816-531-7402
Cell: 720-219-7762
E-mail: stv0505@msn.com
Steve Wiebers
Rockwell Collins
Engineering Manager (Modernized Systems Engineering)
Work: 319-295-0219
E-mail: SJWIEBER@rockwellcollins.com
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10. __________________________Publication Abstracts___________________________
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