Center for Advanced Defense Studies
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The Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) is a Washington, D.C.
-based non-profit, non-governmental, and non-partisan national security group. The organization focuses on promoting research, providing education and influencing policy about global security issues. It provides academic classes, training seminars and conferences for post-graduate students and industry professionals on topics of global security and counter-terrorism
. CADS is associated with advanced degree programs at the Rochester Institute of Technology
, George Washington University
and La Sorbonne.
Publications by the Center's members and associates have also included topics such as information policy, information sharing and international law; intention awareness and cognitive science; mathematics; military information science and strategy; emerging technology; political psychology; political science and social sciences.
Lester S. Hyman, JD is the Chair of the Center's Legal Advisory Board. He is also a founding partner and Senior Counsel at the prominent Washington, D.C. law firm of Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman
. He is currently serving on a number of boards and is a sole practitioner of law. In the past he has acted as an adviser for a number of candidates vying for positions in the federal government.
Sharon Brown is the Chair of the Messaging Committee and a Member of the Center's Board. Mrs. Brown has been an active philanthropist for several years and has been actively involved in the cultural scene of Aiken, South Carolina
as an Executive Board Member and Donor to the Aiken Center for the Arts. She has also been an active supporter of the Aiken Civic Ballet, the Aiken Opera Society, the Aiken Symphonic Guild, and the Juilliard in Aiken Program, and the Historic Aiken Foundation.
April H. Foley is a Member of the Center's Board. She served as a United States Ambassador to Hungary between 2006 and 2009. Ambassador Foley has served as First Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the US, was a member of the Board of Directors of the Ex-Im Bank, and worked for 17 years as a PepsiCo. executive in strategic planning, financial management, and mergers and acquisitions. She has also held extensive volunteer leadership positions and has previously worked for Pfizer and The Reader's Digest.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Stephen Homoki, USAF is a Member of CADS' Board. Mr. Homoki is a retired Lieutenant Colonel who served for the United States Air Force
for 22 years, accumulating over 3,500 hours of flying time throughout his distinguished career. He has earned a Silver Star Medal, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, three Air Medals, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star. He has developed major war plans for NATO that are still in use today.
Sergey Kanareykin is a Senior Researcher and Member of the Board at CADS. At the Saint-Petersburg State University in Russia, he studied the influence of the Internet on world economics and international affairs and graduated with a B.A. in International Relations. From Denison University
he received another B.A. in Computer Science, as well as an M.A.
in Computer Science with a concentration in Computer Security and Information Assurance from George Washington University
. He is currently conducting research on Information Warfare
, Information Security
, and Information Policy at La Sorbonne in Paris as a doctoral student.
Honorable Sue W. Kelly
is currently a Member of the Board. She is a former member of Congress who represented the 19th District of New York from 1995 to 2006. She was on the House Committee on Financial Services, House Committee on Small Business, and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. During her congressional tenure, Mrs. Kelly was a strong advocate for veterans, supporter of the environment by working on fuel efficiently and renewable energy issues, and has worked closely with President Bush in improving Homeland Security.
Dr. Richard Wirt, Ph.D is a current Member of the Board. Dr. Wirt is also the Vice President, Intel Senior Fellow, and General Manager of Intel Corporation's Software and Solutions Group. He has been instrumental in creating and enhancing the value of Intel's silicon and platforms through innovation in software technology. Moreover, he is a frequent speaker in professional society forums such as Linux World, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Mesa Workshop, and the Intel Developer Forum.
(IIT). He received his M.Phil.
and Ph.D.
from Yale University
in Computer Science
, where he was also a Hertz Foundation Fellow. He received his Bachelor of Science
degree in Applied Mathematics
from Carnegie-Mellon University. At Bar-Ilan University
in Israel he became a Fulbright postdoctoral Fellow. His past publications have dealt with "empirical machine learning, intelligent robotics, theory revision, and natural language processing."
Drew Bewick is a Senior Fellow at CADS and an Affiliated Partner at the Oxantium Group, LLC. Mr. Bewick has served in the federal government as a Defense Department official working with venture capitalists, corporations, startups, and other government agencies in funding early stage technology development and has served as Chair of the Defense Department’s Technology Tradecraft Board, Deputy Chief Acquisition Executive at the Defense Intelligence Agency, Contract Executive for the Iraq Survey Group, and Chair of an Integrated Product Team for the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS).
Don Borelli, SA is Senior Fellow at the Center and serves as the Senior Vice-President of The Soufan Group. Before embarking on his 25-year career at the Federal Bureau of Investigation
, he was the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) where he has overseen numerous significant and fast-breaking investigations, including the kidnapping of New York Times reporter David Rohde in Afghanistan and the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates. Mr. Borelli has played an important role in other top investigations and counter-terrorism missions internationally.
John Callery, SSA is a Senior Fellow at CADS and a senior Special Agent with the Department of Justice
where he has completed tours in Los Angeles, Bangkok, Thailand and Washington, DC. As an agent he has completed complex, international investigations. He has traveled most extensively through South East Asia and speaks Thai. He has served 6 years in the United States Air Force
and has been assigned to the USAF’s Presidential Honor Guard
. He continues to travel the world giving lectures on topics such as narco-terrorism, Officer Safety and Survival, Tactical Operations and Complex Criminal Conspiracy.
Robert M. Cassidy is a Senior Fellow at CADS and a member of the Royal United Services Institute
, as well as an officer in the United States Army. He has earned his master’s degrees from Boston University
and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in international relations
and diplomacy. He also earned his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School, where he studied strategy, irregular war, stability operations, and military culture. From the French Joint Defense College at the École Militaire
, he has earned the Diplome d'Etude Supérieure de Défense. He has been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, and the Caribbean as part of operations and serves a variety of organizations as a special operations strategist, battalion commander and special assistant to U.S. Army forces Commanding General stationed in Europe.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) James Davidson is a Senior Fellow at CADS and a Senior Research Scientist at the Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) at New Mexico State University
. In his 24 years of experience, he has served Battalion and Brigade Operations Officer in the Opposing Forces Regiment of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California
, as well as a speech writer for the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Korea Combined Forces Command and later as a Professor of Military Science and Leadership at the University of Tennessee-Martin. He is responsible for developing ontologies and requirements specifications for automated decision making agents within the System of Systems Survivability Simulation (S4) model.
Mathieu Guidère
is a leading researcher on cognitive linguistics and its applications to defense and security. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center. Dr. Guidère is an associate professor at l'Université Louis Lumière (Lyon II) in Lyon, France and teaches Arabic history, culture and dialects to military personnel at the French military academy École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
.
Norman Geddes, Ph.D is a Senior Fellow at CADS. He is the founder and CEO of Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. As Director of Operator Support Systems with Search Technology, Inc., Dr. Geddes previously led the development of intelligent user interface technology as a part of the DARPA Pilot's Associate program. He holds a Master of Science
degree in Aeronautical Systems from the University of West Florida
and a Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology
. He currently serves on the Computer Science Industry Advisory Board for the Southern Polytechnical State University, after completing a 6 year tour as a U.S. Naval Aviator.
Dr. Gideon Freider, Ph.D is a Senior Fellow at the Center and the A. James Clark Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at George Washington University
. He received a B.S. in Physics, an M.S. in Theoretical Physics, and D.Sc. in Theoretical Physics-Quantum Electrodynamics from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa
, Israel
. He is a widely published author and holds multiple patents in the area of data processing.
Robert Lawrence, Ph.D is a Senior Fellow at CADS and the President of Holman & Lawrence, LLC., a company dedicated to providing innovative technical and business strategies to the national defense and aerospace
industry. He is also the Managing Director of The Unicorn Group, LLC, and has served as the Chief Technology Officer at BAE Systems Inc.
Dr. Lawrence was also the chief engineer of MITRE’s Navy Division, where he founded and directed the Signal Processing Center, a founding member of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), and was selected to be the Technical Chairman of the AFCEA Spring Symposium on Information Security.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Michael Litzelman, USA, Ph.D is a Senior Fellow at the Center. Mr. Litzelman served in Kabul
, Afghanistan
as the Senior Civil Affairs (CA) Planner for ISAF Joint Command (IJC), and later as the Deputy Director for Information Operations with 5/2 Stryker Brigade in Kandahar
, Afghanistan. He has toured Iraq twice, and has held other distinguished positions when positioned in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia. Additionally, he served as an Assistant Professor of Military Science, and its Operations Officer at Georgetown University
.
Chris Mason is a Senior Fellow at CADS. For 23 years he served as a Naval Officer and Foreign Service Officer. He holds an M.A. in Military Studies, and is a Ph.D. candidate in History at George Washington University. He regularly lectures on Afghanistan and Counterinsurgency at the Joint Special Operations University
, the Naval Postgraduate School
and the National Defense University
. He also teaches Afghan history, culture, and ethnography to military personnel deploying to Afghanistan at military posts such as Fort Bragg (North Carolina)
, Fort Carson, and Fort Drum
.
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer
of the United States Army
is a senior operations officer and Military Operations Training Course (MOTC) graduate with more than 20 years of tactical and strategic field experience and the author of Operation Dark Heart
. Prior to the consolidation of all Department of Defense Human Intelligence resources and operations under the DIA
, he was the chief of the U.S. Army’s controlled HUMINT
program, where he oversaw Army Intelligence and Security Command’s global controlled HUMINT efforts. He is the Center's External Communication's Director. He holds a B.A.
in Political Science
and Environmental Studies
from Wright State University
.
, Bulgaria
. Dr. Braynov also served as the Program Co-Chair for the Special Track on E-Commerce at the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing from 2003-2007 and as the Program Chair for the Special Track on Malicious Intelligence at the 2nd International Conference on I-Warfare and Security. He has authored many articles and reports on e-commerce and security and artificial intelligence in professional journals and other publications and has made presentations at several conferences in the US and abroad.
Capt. David Brown is a Fellow at the Center and has previously served as owner of D. B. Construction, an agency in Solon
, Iowa. He has also served as the District Chief of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department, where he established a comprehensive training program and a training academy for new firefighters. After years of working as a firefighter, he has amassed a strong track record in program implementation, budget oversight, and employee supervision.
John Champagne is a current Fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. Mr. Champagne’s career in U.S. counter-insurgency/stabilization planning, operations and program management spans more than 40 years and includes both military and civilian roles. Through the years he has as Deputy Coordinator and senior U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) liaison to the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Coordinator for Stabilization & Reconstruction (S/CRS), and has held other positions in his 24-year career at USAID, such as the Senior Advisor/Acting Director and Senior Military Advisor. Before joining USAID, Mr. Champagne was an officer with the U.S. Army Special Forces which included an operational tour in Southeast Asia.
Col. (Ret.) Bonnie Fautua, USA is a Fellow at CADS and serves as a Senior Analyst supporting the Joint Irregular Warfare Center in Suffolk
, Virginia
. Her primary mission there is to ensure that Irregular Warfare is institutionalized as a core competency of the joint force. Her intelligence assignments spanned from company to army levels providing all source analysis, targeting, collection management and operational support to the warfighter.
Dr. Edward H. Gafari, Ph.D. is a Fellow at CADS and the Founder and CEO of ICES Corporation, a technology company focused on high-end systems engineering, software engineering and communications systems. Dr. Ghafari has more than 25 years of experience in engineering, marketing and management. He directed the architecture and first deployment of DSL technology at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon), where he secured several patents. Subsequently, Edward led DSL product development and marketing at Efficient Networks, where quarterly revenue grew from $1 million to $100 million during his tenure. He is also a former President and current Director of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) for the Washington metropolitan area, and has received numerous awards for his IT projects.
Andre D. Hollis, J.D. is a current Fellow at the Center and the Chief Executive Officer of Tiger International Advisors, a global commercial due diligence and strategic business counseling company. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Hollis served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics. In that role, Mr. Hollis served as the principal civilian responsible for the Department’s 178 domestic and international counter-trafficking programs and its $1.7 billion in annual program expenditures. Prior to this position, Mr. Hollis was General Counsel for the House of Representative’s Government Reform and Oversight Committee.
Douglas M. Hosmer is a Fellow at CADS and the Vice President of Mission Systems with Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. In the past he was a Project Engineer, Program Manager and operational expert on DARPA's highly successful $43M Pilot's Associate Program at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems. For 20 years he served as an Air Force Fighter Pilot
. He holds a B.A. in Economics
from Kent State University
and an M.S. in Management
from Troy State University.
Col. (Ret.) Jon "Kip" Hunter is a Fellow at CADS, a managing partner of Eagle Executive Services International (EESI), and the Chief of Technology for 5 Stones Intelligence Corp of the Americas (5Si). A specialist in technical and management consulting, Kip has been involved in numerous classified counter-terrorism support projects with US Special Operations Command and has participated in several Homeland Security
and National Defense Studies. Mr. Hunter has served in the US Air Force (USAF) for 26 years. His extensive combat experience has seen him fly 56 combat missions during Desert Storm and over 300 combat missions as a Combat Advisor in El Salvador
.
Col. (Ret.) Robert Jones, J.D. is a Fellow at CADS. Mr. Jones has had over 26 years of active and reserve military service on record and has serves the final eight years in a wide range of critical positions within the Special Operations community, to include service in the Philippines and Afghanistan. Colonel Jones’s perspectives on Insurgency were shaped in part by his service in support of Special Operation Forces (SOF) op-erations across the Asia-Pacific region as Director of Plans, Programming and Strategy; and as the Director of Operations for Special Operations Command, Pacific. Building on that experience he spent two years as the Chief of Strategic Studies for United States Special Operations Command, playing a key role in the application of Operational Design to strategic-level problems, leading the highly acclaimed USSOCOM Strategic Appreciation, and first ever Command Strategy.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Chris Kammermann is a Fellow at the Center and the President and CEO of CLK Executive Decisions, LLC. He is also a founder and Managing Partner of Edge Solutions, LLC, and a co-founder of Team Captain Leaders, LLC. Mr. Kammermann’s leadership experience includes numerous Platoon Leader assignments while stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington in 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry and with 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He has also commanded Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and has had several notable assignments throughout his distinguished career. Mr. Kammermann’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Master Parachutist’s Badge, Air Assault Badge and Ranger Tab.
Dr. John Markey, Ph.D is a Fellow at CADS. Mr. Markey is an accomplished and widely-published leader in homeland security and defense with 35 years of experience with the U.S. Treasury, State and Homeland Security Departments. As a senior executive detailed to the Department of State, Markey managed and led several multi-state stability operations and security efforts. He is also an internationally recognized expert in the areas of the rule of law, trade and transport and economic stabilization of failed or failing states. He has led complex domestic and international information sharing efforts in the context of trade facilitation, customs and border management, information fusion, weapons of mass destruction
, human trafficking
, narcotics and transnational crime
. Dr. Markey has twice received the Secretary’s Award (Department of State) for the successful creation and implementation of several long-term, multi-country intelligence and enforcement projects such as the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative in the Balkans, the Central Asia Regional Intelligence Center in Almaty, and the Regional Center to Combat Crime and Terror in Baku.
Dr. Mishkat Al-Moumin, Ph.D is a Fellow at the Center and a well-known Iraqi lawyer and an Assistant Professor of human rights, fundamental rights, and Constitutional Law at the University of Baghdad, School of Law. Dr. Al-Moumin was handpicked by the United Nations Special Envoy to Iraq to become the first Minister of the Environment in the Interim Iraqi government of 2004-2005, where she set up the entire structure for this new ministry. She is also the founder and CEO of Women and the Environment Organization operating in Iraq
(WATEO), an NGO funded by the United Nations that works among rural women in the Iraqi Marshlands. She developed 15 projects funded by United Nations Environmental Programme, the World Bank
, and the World Health Organization
. Additionally, she has led campaigns to support Iraqi people living in environmentally dangerous areas, and initiated awareness and cleaning projects which addressed rehabilitation issues of the Iraqi Marshlands, on top of serving as consultant for private businesses, think-tanks, and government agencies.
James O'Neil is the Center's Fellow and Government Liaison. He is responsible for CADS government relations and is involved in multiple training initiatives. He served for over 20 years in the NYPD, finishing in the Intelligence Division. Following, he was a Congressional Aide for many years. For various corporate and government entities he is a consultant on counter-terrorism
and is also a member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers.
Jerrold Post is a Member of the board and Chief Scientist, Political Psychology at CADS. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs and Director of the Political Psychology Program at the George Washington University
. His career at the Central Intelligence Agency
spanned 21 years, and he is a founding member of the International Society of Political Psychology.
Ammar Qusaibaty is a Member of the Board and Senior Researcher at CADS. He has worked with Dr. Howard Newton on several publications. He is a member of the Centre de Recherches en Informatique (CRI) at the Université de Paris I, La Sorbonne. Some of the research and educational programs he directed are: the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)/CADS Masters of Science Program, the Middle East & North Africa Citizen Partnership Initiative, the Defense and Security Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the Emerging Technology Initiative. He also co-founded the Descartes Institute and is a recognized expert in cognitive computing. He works heavily with innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture investors.
Dan O'Shea is a Fellow at CADS and is the founder and President of Daniel Risk Mitigation, a security risk consultancy in Tampa
, Florida
. An asymmetric warfare specialist with extensive overseas and combat experience, O'Shea is a recognized subject matter expert in terrorism, travel safety, and kidnapping mitigation strategies. He is also a qualified Navy SEAL officer and Commander (O-5) in the US Naval Reserves is the Executive Officer for Special Operations Command CENTRAL Naval Reserve Detachment. Mr. O'Shea is currently an Associate Fellow and lecturer at the Joint Special Operations University
and member of the McCormick Tribune Foundation’s Irregular Warfare working group. In 2007, O'Shea received the Navy League’s MERITORIOUS CITATION, the organization’s highest award given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the improvement of national security.
Steve Orrin is a CADS Fellow and the Director of Security Solutions at the Intel Corporation
. He served as Chief Security Officer of Sarvega, Inc. (acquired by Intel, Inc.), a computer and network security start-up
which deployed the world's first XML appliance in production in 2001. Before his work at Sarvega, Mr. Orrin was Vice President of Security and Technology at Watchfire, Inc., a leading provider of web vulnerability assessment and software services. At Watchfire, he was responsible for the product development of Watchfire's web application security and privacy software product lines. He has also acted as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Sanctum, a company engaged in web application security testing and firewall software, and as CTO and co-founder of LockStar Inc., a provider of end-to-end security and web services solutions designed to help organizations deploy web-enabled legacy applications for e-business. Mr. Orrin co-founded LockStar after he left SynData Technologies, Inc. where he was CTO and Chief Architect of its desktop e-mail and file security product. He has also developed several patent-pending technologies covering user authentication, secure data access and steganography
and has one issued patent in steganography.
SGM. (Ret.) Rich Sanoske is a Fellow at CADS and the President and CEO of Eagle Executive Services International (EESI), a consultant firm based out of Northern Virginia. Prior to his work at EESI, Mr. Sanoske spent over 17 years in US Army Special Operations, in both classified and non-classified units. After serving with U.S. Army Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command, Rich spent the last 7 years of his career with the 1st Special Operations Detachment – (DELTA). While serving with DELTA he was the Principal Advisor for Personnel Recovery Operations to the Commander. Rich is an expert in Unconventional Recovery (UR) and Non-conventional Recovery (NAR) operations. He has served on numerous tours of duty around the globe, with the most recent being 5 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001-2006. Mr. Sanoske has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Silver Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, and Joint Service Commendation Medal for service. Mr. Sanoske maintains a Top Secret (SCI) security clearance.
Dr. Stefan E. Schmidt, Ph.D. is a CADS Fellow. He is also the CEO of Phoenix Mathematical Systems Modeling, Inc., a research group that develops mathematical solutions to resolve homeland security problems. Mr. Schmidt is a member of the graduate faculty of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at New Mexico State University (NMSU), and for the past five years, he has served as Senior Research Scientist at NMSU's Physical Science Laboratory (PSL). Dr. Schmidt has held research positions at Mainz University, in Germany; University of California at Berkeley; the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, the Shannon Laboratory of AT&T, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research includes studies on geometric algebra, order theory, combinatorics, formal concept analysis and reflexive theory applied to communication networks, agent modeling and systems of systems analysis. His recent work includes modeling and simulating terrorist recruitment via reflexive theory as well as modeling and simulating border protection via reflexive control.
Kevin D. Stringer, Ph.D. is a Fellow at CADS and a Visiting Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management. Dr. Stringer is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point Class of 1987, and has published over a dozen articles on defense, security, and diplomacy in many prestigious publications, including Joint Force Quarterly, Military Review, and Jane’s Defense Weekly. He has also served as an active and reserve component aviation officer in leadership and staff positions in the 8th Infantry Division, the Southern European Task Force, and European Command.
Rob Usey is a Fellow at CADS. Mr. Usey holds multiple patents in semantics
and has a passion for cognitive and social science and the application of game theory
to financial markets and the prediction of populations. He has served as an adviser and consultant to numerous National Security interests and commercial companies in areas of high performance data management and intelligence systems.
The Institute for Mathematics Complexity and Cognition (MC2), which deals with subjects related to cognition, complexity, and intentions. The work of this institute has implications for systems engineering and international security. Mathematical theories in cognition and complexity are examined by scientists from the government, private sector and from educational institutions. Topics studied include:
The Descartes Institute, which focuses on behavior models and codification. This institute develops new approaches for counter-terrorism, based on in-depth analysis.
in 2006). It investigates threats that effect the deployment of XML
web service
s, aiming to improve government and private sector information sharing
initiatives and systems interoperability.
Washington, D.C.
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-based non-profit, non-governmental, and non-partisan national security group. The organization focuses on promoting research, providing education and influencing policy about global security issues. It provides academic classes, training seminars and conferences for post-graduate students and industry professionals on topics of global security and counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...
. CADS is associated with advanced degree programs at the Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
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, George Washington University
George Washington University
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and La Sorbonne.
Publications by the Center's members and associates have also included topics such as information policy, information sharing and international law; intention awareness and cognitive science; mathematics; military information science and strategy; emerging technology; political psychology; political science and social sciences.
Current Board Members
Dr. Newton Howard, Ph.D, HDR is the Founder and Chairman of the Board. A leading researcher on the Physics of Cognition (PoC) and its applications to Defense and International Security, he is an active member of several research laboratories operating worldwide.He also heads the Descartes Institute for Mathematical Methods in Behavioral Codification and Global Security, focusing on behavior models and codification to develop new approaches for counter-terrorism based on in-depth analysis.Lester S. Hyman, JD is the Chair of the Center's Legal Advisory Board. He is also a founding partner and Senior Counsel at the prominent Washington, D.C. law firm of Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman LLP was a Washington, D.C.-based law firm, itself a product of the merger between D.C. law firm Swidler & Berlin and New York City's Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman LLP in 1998. The firm merged with Bingham McCutchen in 2006. At its height in 2005, Swidler...
. He is currently serving on a number of boards and is a sole practitioner of law. In the past he has acted as an adviser for a number of candidates vying for positions in the federal government.
Sharon Brown is the Chair of the Messaging Committee and a Member of the Center's Board. Mrs. Brown has been an active philanthropist for several years and has been actively involved in the cultural scene of Aiken, South Carolina
Aiken, South Carolina
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as an Executive Board Member and Donor to the Aiken Center for the Arts. She has also been an active supporter of the Aiken Civic Ballet, the Aiken Opera Society, the Aiken Symphonic Guild, and the Juilliard in Aiken Program, and the Historic Aiken Foundation.
April H. Foley is a Member of the Center's Board. She served as a United States Ambassador to Hungary between 2006 and 2009. Ambassador Foley has served as First Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the US, was a member of the Board of Directors of the Ex-Im Bank, and worked for 17 years as a PepsiCo. executive in strategic planning, financial management, and mergers and acquisitions. She has also held extensive volunteer leadership positions and has previously worked for Pfizer and The Reader's Digest.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Stephen Homoki, USAF is a Member of CADS' Board. Mr. Homoki is a retired Lieutenant Colonel who served for the United States Air Force
United States Air Force
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for 22 years, accumulating over 3,500 hours of flying time throughout his distinguished career. He has earned a Silver Star Medal, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, three Air Medals, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star. He has developed major war plans for NATO that are still in use today.
Sergey Kanareykin is a Senior Researcher and Member of the Board at CADS. At the Saint-Petersburg State University in Russia, he studied the influence of the Internet on world economics and international affairs and graduated with a B.A. in International Relations. From Denison University
Denison University
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he received another B.A. in Computer Science, as well as an M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in Computer Science with a concentration in Computer Security and Information Assurance from George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
. He is currently conducting research on Information Warfare
Information warfare
The term Information Warfare is primarily an American concept involving the use and management of information technology in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent...
, Information Security
Information security
Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction....
, and Information Policy at La Sorbonne in Paris as a doctoral student.
Honorable Sue W. Kelly
Sue W. Kelly
Sue Weisenbarger Kelly was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007, representing New York's 19th District. She is a Republican. She took over fellow Republican Hamilton Fish IV's seat after he dropped out of the 1994 race due to prostate cancer...
is currently a Member of the Board. She is a former member of Congress who represented the 19th District of New York from 1995 to 2006. She was on the House Committee on Financial Services, House Committee on Small Business, and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. During her congressional tenure, Mrs. Kelly was a strong advocate for veterans, supporter of the environment by working on fuel efficiently and renewable energy issues, and has worked closely with President Bush in improving Homeland Security.
Dr. Richard Wirt, Ph.D is a current Member of the Board. Dr. Wirt is also the Vice President, Intel Senior Fellow, and General Manager of Intel Corporation's Software and Solutions Group. He has been instrumental in creating and enhancing the value of Intel's silicon and platforms through innovation in software technology. Moreover, he is a frequent speaker in professional society forums such as Linux World, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Mesa Workshop, and the Intel Developer Forum.
Senior Fellows
Schlomo Argamon is a Senior Fellow at CADS, and an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Linguistic Cognition Laboratory at the Illinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of Technology
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(IIT). He received his M.Phil.
Master of Philosophy
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and Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
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from Yale University
Yale University
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in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, where he was also a Hertz Foundation Fellow. He received his Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree in Applied Mathematics
Applied mathematics
Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with mathematical methods that are typically used in science, engineering, business, and industry. Thus, "applied mathematics" is a mathematical science with specialized knowledge...
from Carnegie-Mellon University. At Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...
in Israel he became a Fulbright postdoctoral Fellow. His past publications have dealt with "empirical machine learning, intelligent robotics, theory revision, and natural language processing."
Drew Bewick is a Senior Fellow at CADS and an Affiliated Partner at the Oxantium Group, LLC. Mr. Bewick has served in the federal government as a Defense Department official working with venture capitalists, corporations, startups, and other government agencies in funding early stage technology development and has served as Chair of the Defense Department’s Technology Tradecraft Board, Deputy Chief Acquisition Executive at the Defense Intelligence Agency, Contract Executive for the Iraq Survey Group, and Chair of an Integrated Product Team for the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS).
Don Borelli, SA is Senior Fellow at the Center and serves as the Senior Vice-President of The Soufan Group. Before embarking on his 25-year career at the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
, he was the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) where he has overseen numerous significant and fast-breaking investigations, including the kidnapping of New York Times reporter David Rohde in Afghanistan and the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates. Mr. Borelli has played an important role in other top investigations and counter-terrorism missions internationally.
John Callery, SSA is a Senior Fellow at CADS and a senior Special Agent with the Department of Justice
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
where he has completed tours in Los Angeles, Bangkok, Thailand and Washington, DC. As an agent he has completed complex, international investigations. He has traveled most extensively through South East Asia and speaks Thai. He has served 6 years in the United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
and has been assigned to the USAF’s Presidential Honor Guard
Honor guard
An honor guard, or ceremonial guard, is a ceremonial unit, usually military in nature and composed of volunteers who are carefully screened for their physical ability and dexterity...
. He continues to travel the world giving lectures on topics such as narco-terrorism, Officer Safety and Survival, Tactical Operations and Complex Criminal Conspiracy.
Robert M. Cassidy is a Senior Fellow at CADS and a member of the Royal United Services Institute
Royal United Services Institute
The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies , officially still known by its old name, the Royal United Services Institution, is a British defence and security think tank. It was founded in 1831 by The Duke of Wellington.RUSI describes itself asIt won Prospect Magazine's...
, as well as an officer in the United States Army. He has earned his master’s degrees from Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in international relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
and diplomacy. He also earned his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School, where he studied strategy, irregular war, stability operations, and military culture. From the French Joint Defense College at the École Militaire
École Militaire
The École Militaire is a vast complex of buildings housing various military training facilities located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, southeast of the Champ de Mars....
, he has earned the Diplome d'Etude Supérieure de Défense. He has been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, and the Caribbean as part of operations and serves a variety of organizations as a special operations strategist, battalion commander and special assistant to U.S. Army forces Commanding General stationed in Europe.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) James Davidson is a Senior Fellow at CADS and a Senior Research Scientist at the Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) at New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...
. In his 24 years of experience, he has served Battalion and Brigade Operations Officer in the Opposing Forces Regiment of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, as well as a speech writer for the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Korea Combined Forces Command and later as a Professor of Military Science and Leadership at the University of Tennessee-Martin. He is responsible for developing ontologies and requirements specifications for automated decision making agents within the System of Systems Survivability Simulation (S4) model.
Mathieu Guidère
Mathieu Guidère
Mathieu Guidère is a full professor at the University of Toulouse, France since 2011. Full professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland from 2007 to 2011. Guidère specializes in the study of Islamist movements. He has published books on Al Qaeda and their activities in North Africa and the...
is a leading researcher on cognitive linguistics and its applications to defense and security. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center. Dr. Guidère is an associate professor at l'Université Louis Lumière (Lyon II) in Lyon, France and teaches Arabic history, culture and dialects to military personnel at the French military academy École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
The École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr is the foremost French military academy. Its official name is . It is often referred to as Saint-Cyr . Its motto is "Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre": literally "They study to vanquish" or "Training for victory"...
.
Norman Geddes, Ph.D is a Senior Fellow at CADS. He is the founder and CEO of Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. As Director of Operator Support Systems with Search Technology, Inc., Dr. Geddes previously led the development of intelligent user interface technology as a part of the DARPA Pilot's Associate program. He holds a Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
degree in Aeronautical Systems from the University of West Florida
University of West Florida
The University of West Florida, also known as West Florida and UWF, is a mid-sized public university located in Pensacola, Florida, United States. UWF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. The University of West Florida is a Research University, which specializes in...
and a Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
. He currently serves on the Computer Science Industry Advisory Board for the Southern Polytechnical State University, after completing a 6 year tour as a U.S. Naval Aviator.
Dr. Gideon Freider, Ph.D is a Senior Fellow at the Center and the A. James Clark Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
. He received a B.S. in Physics, an M.S. in Theoretical Physics, and D.Sc. in Theoretical Physics-Quantum Electrodynamics from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa
Haifa
Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. He is a widely published author and holds multiple patents in the area of data processing.
Robert Lawrence, Ph.D is a Senior Fellow at CADS and the President of Holman & Lawrence, LLC., a company dedicated to providing innovative technical and business strategies to the national defense and aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
industry. He is also the Managing Director of The Unicorn Group, LLC, and has served as the Chief Technology Officer at BAE Systems Inc.
BAE Systems Inc.
BAE Systems Inc. is a major subsidiary of the British defense and aerospace company BAE Systems plc. As per its Special Security Agreement, BAE Systems Inc...
Dr. Lawrence was also the chief engineer of MITRE’s Navy Division, where he founded and directed the Signal Processing Center, a founding member of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), and was selected to be the Technical Chairman of the AFCEA Spring Symposium on Information Security.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Michael Litzelman, USA, Ph.D is a Senior Fellow at the Center. Mr. Litzelman served in Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
as the Senior Civil Affairs (CA) Planner for ISAF Joint Command (IJC), and later as the Deputy Director for Information Operations with 5/2 Stryker Brigade in Kandahar
Kandahar
Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...
, Afghanistan. He has toured Iraq twice, and has held other distinguished positions when positioned in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia. Additionally, he served as an Assistant Professor of Military Science, and its Operations Officer at Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
.
Chris Mason is a Senior Fellow at CADS. For 23 years he served as a Naval Officer and Foreign Service Officer. He holds an M.A. in Military Studies, and is a Ph.D. candidate in History at George Washington University. He regularly lectures on Afghanistan and Counterinsurgency at the Joint Special Operations University
Joint Special Operations University
The Joint Special Operations University is the designated agency within USSOCOM to conduct joint Special Operations Force education and thus is tasked with and directed to provide relevant, realistic, leading-edge education opportunities to military and civilian special operations forces...
, the Naval Postgraduate School
Naval Postgraduate School
The Naval Postgraduate School is an accredited research university operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants master's degrees, Engineer's degrees and doctoral degrees...
and the National Defense University
National Defense University
The National Defense University is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level training, education, and the development of national security strategy. It is chartered by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Navy Vice Admiral...
. He also teaches Afghan history, culture, and ethnography to military personnel deploying to Afghanistan at military posts such as Fort Bragg (North Carolina)
Fort Bragg (North Carolina)
Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation, in Cumberland and Hoke counties, North Carolina, U.S., mostly in Fayetteville but also partly in the town of Spring Lake. It was also a census-designated place in the 2010 census and had a population of 39,457. The fort is named for Confederate...
, Fort Carson, and Fort Drum
Fort Drum
Fort Drum is a United States Army base in New York near the Canadian border.Fort Drum may also refer to:*Fort Drum, Florida, a nearly-uninhabited town in the United States*Fort Drum , Philippines...
.
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer
Anthony Shaffer (intelligence officer)
Anthony Shaffer is a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who gained fame for his claims about mishandled intelligence before the September 11 attacks and for the censoring of his book, Operation Dark Heart....
of the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
is a senior operations officer and Military Operations Training Course (MOTC) graduate with more than 20 years of tactical and strategic field experience and the author of Operation Dark Heart
Operation Dark Heart
Operation Dark Heart is a 2010 memoir by U.S. Army intelligence officer Lt. Col Anthony Shaffer notable for the lengths the U.S. Defense Department went in an attempt to censor information revealed within, after the book had already been distributed free of redactions.The book details Shaffer's...
. Prior to the consolidation of all Department of Defense Human Intelligence resources and operations under the DIA
Dia
Dia is free and open source general-purpose diagramming software, developed originally by Alexander Larsson. Dia uses a controlled single document interface similar to GIMP and Sodipodi.- Features :...
, he was the chief of the U.S. Army’s controlled HUMINT
HUMINT
HUMINT, a syllabic abbreviation of the words HUMan INTelligence, refers to intelligence gathering by means of interpersonal contact, as opposed to the more technical intelligence gathering disciplines such as SIGINT, IMINT and MASINT...
program, where he oversaw Army Intelligence and Security Command’s global controlled HUMINT efforts. He is the Center's External Communication's Director. He holds a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
and Environmental Studies
Environmental studies
Environmental studies is the academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. It is a broad interdisciplinary field of study that includes the natural environment, built environment, and the sets of relationships between them...
from Wright State University
Wright State University
Wright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio,...
.
Fellows
Dr. Sviatoslav Braynov, Ph.D is a Fellow at CADS and an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Springfield. He has also taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, the Washington University in St. Louis, and at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. Dr. Braynov also served as the Program Co-Chair for the Special Track on E-Commerce at the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing from 2003-2007 and as the Program Chair for the Special Track on Malicious Intelligence at the 2nd International Conference on I-Warfare and Security. He has authored many articles and reports on e-commerce and security and artificial intelligence in professional journals and other publications and has made presentations at several conferences in the US and abroad.
Capt. David Brown is a Fellow at the Center and has previously served as owner of D. B. Construction, an agency in Solon
Solon
Solon was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens...
, Iowa. He has also served as the District Chief of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department, where he established a comprehensive training program and a training academy for new firefighters. After years of working as a firefighter, he has amassed a strong track record in program implementation, budget oversight, and employee supervision.
John Champagne is a current Fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. Mr. Champagne’s career in U.S. counter-insurgency/stabilization planning, operations and program management spans more than 40 years and includes both military and civilian roles. Through the years he has as Deputy Coordinator and senior U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) liaison to the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Coordinator for Stabilization & Reconstruction (S/CRS), and has held other positions in his 24-year career at USAID, such as the Senior Advisor/Acting Director and Senior Military Advisor. Before joining USAID, Mr. Champagne was an officer with the U.S. Army Special Forces which included an operational tour in Southeast Asia.
Col. (Ret.) Bonnie Fautua, USA is a Fellow at CADS and serves as a Senior Analyst supporting the Joint Irregular Warfare Center in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. Her primary mission there is to ensure that Irregular Warfare is institutionalized as a core competency of the joint force. Her intelligence assignments spanned from company to army levels providing all source analysis, targeting, collection management and operational support to the warfighter.
Dr. Edward H. Gafari, Ph.D. is a Fellow at CADS and the Founder and CEO of ICES Corporation, a technology company focused on high-end systems engineering, software engineering and communications systems. Dr. Ghafari has more than 25 years of experience in engineering, marketing and management. He directed the architecture and first deployment of DSL technology at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon), where he secured several patents. Subsequently, Edward led DSL product development and marketing at Efficient Networks, where quarterly revenue grew from $1 million to $100 million during his tenure. He is also a former President and current Director of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) for the Washington metropolitan area, and has received numerous awards for his IT projects.
Andre D. Hollis, J.D. is a current Fellow at the Center and the Chief Executive Officer of Tiger International Advisors, a global commercial due diligence and strategic business counseling company. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Hollis served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics. In that role, Mr. Hollis served as the principal civilian responsible for the Department’s 178 domestic and international counter-trafficking programs and its $1.7 billion in annual program expenditures. Prior to this position, Mr. Hollis was General Counsel for the House of Representative’s Government Reform and Oversight Committee.
Douglas M. Hosmer is a Fellow at CADS and the Vice President of Mission Systems with Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. In the past he was a Project Engineer, Program Manager and operational expert on DARPA's highly successful $43M Pilot's Associate Program at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems. For 20 years he served as an Air Force Fighter Pilot
Fighter pilot
A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained in air-to-air combat while piloting a fighter aircraft . Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting...
. He holds a B.A. in Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
from Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
and an M.S. in Management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
from Troy State University.
Col. (Ret.) Jon "Kip" Hunter is a Fellow at CADS, a managing partner of Eagle Executive Services International (EESI), and the Chief of Technology for 5 Stones Intelligence Corp of the Americas (5Si). A specialist in technical and management consulting, Kip has been involved in numerous classified counter-terrorism support projects with US Special Operations Command and has participated in several Homeland Security
Homeland security
Homeland security is an umbrella term for security efforts to protect states against terrorist activity. Specifically, is a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S., reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do...
and National Defense Studies. Mr. Hunter has served in the US Air Force (USAF) for 26 years. His extensive combat experience has seen him fly 56 combat missions during Desert Storm and over 300 combat missions as a Combat Advisor in El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
.
Col. (Ret.) Robert Jones, J.D. is a Fellow at CADS. Mr. Jones has had over 26 years of active and reserve military service on record and has serves the final eight years in a wide range of critical positions within the Special Operations community, to include service in the Philippines and Afghanistan. Colonel Jones’s perspectives on Insurgency were shaped in part by his service in support of Special Operation Forces (SOF) op-erations across the Asia-Pacific region as Director of Plans, Programming and Strategy; and as the Director of Operations for Special Operations Command, Pacific. Building on that experience he spent two years as the Chief of Strategic Studies for United States Special Operations Command, playing a key role in the application of Operational Design to strategic-level problems, leading the highly acclaimed USSOCOM Strategic Appreciation, and first ever Command Strategy.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Chris Kammermann is a Fellow at the Center and the President and CEO of CLK Executive Decisions, LLC. He is also a founder and Managing Partner of Edge Solutions, LLC, and a co-founder of Team Captain Leaders, LLC. Mr. Kammermann’s leadership experience includes numerous Platoon Leader assignments while stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington in 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry and with 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He has also commanded Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and has had several notable assignments throughout his distinguished career. Mr. Kammermann’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Master Parachutist’s Badge, Air Assault Badge and Ranger Tab.
Dr. John Markey, Ph.D is a Fellow at CADS. Mr. Markey is an accomplished and widely-published leader in homeland security and defense with 35 years of experience with the U.S. Treasury, State and Homeland Security Departments. As a senior executive detailed to the Department of State, Markey managed and led several multi-state stability operations and security efforts. He is also an internationally recognized expert in the areas of the rule of law, trade and transport and economic stabilization of failed or failing states. He has led complex domestic and international information sharing efforts in the context of trade facilitation, customs and border management, information fusion, weapons of mass destruction
Weapons of mass destruction
A weapon of mass destruction is a weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures , natural structures , or the biosphere in general...
, human trafficking
Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...
, narcotics and transnational crime
Transnational crime
Transnational crimes are crimes that have actual or potential effect across national borders and crimes which are intra-State but which offend fundamental values of the international community...
. Dr. Markey has twice received the Secretary’s Award (Department of State) for the successful creation and implementation of several long-term, multi-country intelligence and enforcement projects such as the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative in the Balkans, the Central Asia Regional Intelligence Center in Almaty, and the Regional Center to Combat Crime and Terror in Baku.
Dr. Mishkat Al-Moumin, Ph.D is a Fellow at the Center and a well-known Iraqi lawyer and an Assistant Professor of human rights, fundamental rights, and Constitutional Law at the University of Baghdad, School of Law. Dr. Al-Moumin was handpicked by the United Nations Special Envoy to Iraq to become the first Minister of the Environment in the Interim Iraqi government of 2004-2005, where she set up the entire structure for this new ministry. She is also the founder and CEO of Women and the Environment Organization operating in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
(WATEO), an NGO funded by the United Nations that works among rural women in the Iraqi Marshlands. She developed 15 projects funded by United Nations Environmental Programme, the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, and the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
. Additionally, she has led campaigns to support Iraqi people living in environmentally dangerous areas, and initiated awareness and cleaning projects which addressed rehabilitation issues of the Iraqi Marshlands, on top of serving as consultant for private businesses, think-tanks, and government agencies.
James O'Neil is the Center's Fellow and Government Liaison. He is responsible for CADS government relations and is involved in multiple training initiatives. He served for over 20 years in the NYPD, finishing in the Intelligence Division. Following, he was a Congressional Aide for many years. For various corporate and government entities he is a consultant on counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...
and is also a member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers.
Jerrold Post is a Member of the board and Chief Scientist, Political Psychology at CADS. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs and Director of the Political Psychology Program at the George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
. His career at the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
spanned 21 years, and he is a founding member of the International Society of Political Psychology.
Ammar Qusaibaty is a Member of the Board and Senior Researcher at CADS. He has worked with Dr. Howard Newton on several publications. He is a member of the Centre de Recherches en Informatique (CRI) at the Université de Paris I, La Sorbonne. Some of the research and educational programs he directed are: the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)/CADS Masters of Science Program, the Middle East & North Africa Citizen Partnership Initiative, the Defense and Security Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the Emerging Technology Initiative. He also co-founded the Descartes Institute and is a recognized expert in cognitive computing. He works heavily with innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture investors.
Dan O'Shea is a Fellow at CADS and is the founder and President of Daniel Risk Mitigation, a security risk consultancy in Tampa
Tâmpa
Tâmpa may refer to several villages in Romania:* Tâmpa, a village in Băcia Commune, Hunedoara County* Tâmpa, a village in Miercurea Nirajului, Mureş County* Tâmpa, a mountain in Braşov city...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. An asymmetric warfare specialist with extensive overseas and combat experience, O'Shea is a recognized subject matter expert in terrorism, travel safety, and kidnapping mitigation strategies. He is also a qualified Navy SEAL officer and Commander (O-5) in the US Naval Reserves is the Executive Officer for Special Operations Command CENTRAL Naval Reserve Detachment. Mr. O'Shea is currently an Associate Fellow and lecturer at the Joint Special Operations University
Joint Special Operations University
The Joint Special Operations University is the designated agency within USSOCOM to conduct joint Special Operations Force education and thus is tasked with and directed to provide relevant, realistic, leading-edge education opportunities to military and civilian special operations forces...
and member of the McCormick Tribune Foundation’s Irregular Warfare working group. In 2007, O'Shea received the Navy League’s MERITORIOUS CITATION, the organization’s highest award given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the improvement of national security.
Steve Orrin is a CADS Fellow and the Director of Security Solutions at the Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...
. He served as Chief Security Officer of Sarvega, Inc. (acquired by Intel, Inc.), a computer and network security start-up
Start-up
Startup or start-up may refer to:* Booting, an initialization period that computers and electronics go through when first turned on;* Project commissioning, the act of starting for the first time a technical installation;...
which deployed the world's first XML appliance in production in 2001. Before his work at Sarvega, Mr. Orrin was Vice President of Security and Technology at Watchfire, Inc., a leading provider of web vulnerability assessment and software services. At Watchfire, he was responsible for the product development of Watchfire's web application security and privacy software product lines. He has also acted as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Sanctum, a company engaged in web application security testing and firewall software, and as CTO and co-founder of LockStar Inc., a provider of end-to-end security and web services solutions designed to help organizations deploy web-enabled legacy applications for e-business. Mr. Orrin co-founded LockStar after he left SynData Technologies, Inc. where he was CTO and Chief Architect of its desktop e-mail and file security product. He has also developed several patent-pending technologies covering user authentication, secure data access and steganography
Steganography
Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message, a form of security through obscurity...
and has one issued patent in steganography.
SGM. (Ret.) Rich Sanoske is a Fellow at CADS and the President and CEO of Eagle Executive Services International (EESI), a consultant firm based out of Northern Virginia. Prior to his work at EESI, Mr. Sanoske spent over 17 years in US Army Special Operations, in both classified and non-classified units. After serving with U.S. Army Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command, Rich spent the last 7 years of his career with the 1st Special Operations Detachment – (DELTA). While serving with DELTA he was the Principal Advisor for Personnel Recovery Operations to the Commander. Rich is an expert in Unconventional Recovery (UR) and Non-conventional Recovery (NAR) operations. He has served on numerous tours of duty around the globe, with the most recent being 5 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001-2006. Mr. Sanoske has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Silver Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, and Joint Service Commendation Medal for service. Mr. Sanoske maintains a Top Secret (SCI) security clearance.
Dr. Stefan E. Schmidt, Ph.D. is a CADS Fellow. He is also the CEO of Phoenix Mathematical Systems Modeling, Inc., a research group that develops mathematical solutions to resolve homeland security problems. Mr. Schmidt is a member of the graduate faculty of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at New Mexico State University (NMSU), and for the past five years, he has served as Senior Research Scientist at NMSU's Physical Science Laboratory (PSL). Dr. Schmidt has held research positions at Mainz University, in Germany; University of California at Berkeley; the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, the Shannon Laboratory of AT&T, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research includes studies on geometric algebra, order theory, combinatorics, formal concept analysis and reflexive theory applied to communication networks, agent modeling and systems of systems analysis. His recent work includes modeling and simulating terrorist recruitment via reflexive theory as well as modeling and simulating border protection via reflexive control.
Kevin D. Stringer, Ph.D. is a Fellow at CADS and a Visiting Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management. Dr. Stringer is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point Class of 1987, and has published over a dozen articles on defense, security, and diplomacy in many prestigious publications, including Joint Force Quarterly, Military Review, and Jane’s Defense Weekly. He has also served as an active and reserve component aviation officer in leadership and staff positions in the 8th Infantry Division, the Southern European Task Force, and European Command.
Rob Usey is a Fellow at CADS. Mr. Usey holds multiple patents in semantics
Semantics
Semantics is the study of meaning. It focuses on the relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotata....
and has a passion for cognitive and social science and the application of game theory
Game theory
Game theory is a mathematical method for analyzing calculated circumstances, such as in games, where a person’s success is based upon the choices of others...
to financial markets and the prediction of populations. He has served as an adviser and consultant to numerous National Security interests and commercial companies in areas of high performance data management and intelligence systems.
Industry
Some of these include:- SRA InternationalSRA InternationalSRA International, Inc. is an information technology services and solutions consulting company incorporated as Systems Research and Applications Corporation in 1976 and beginning operations in 1978. Founded by Dr. Ernst Volgenau, it is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, and employs 7200 people...
- Intel CorporationIntel CorporationIntel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...
- BoeingBoeingThe Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
- Harris CorporationHarris CorporationHarris Corporation is a Florida-based international communications equipment company that produces wireless equipment, electronic systems, and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. It is also the largest private-sector employer in...
- Network Chemistry, Inc.Network ChemistryNetwork Chemistry is a Wi-Fi security startup based in Redwood City, California. The firm was founded in 2002 by several co-founders including Rob Markovich and Dr...
Education
Some of these include:- Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester Institute of TechnologyThe Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...
(RIT) - George Washington UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityThe George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
- Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
- Les Écoles de Saint-Cyr Coetquidan (France)
- Université Lumière-Lyon 2 (France)
- University of AlbertaUniversity of AlbertaThe University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
(Canada) - Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
- International Relations and Security NetworkInternational Relations and Security NetworkThe International Relations and Security Network is part of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's Center for Security Studies, which is located in Zurich, Switzerland...
(ISN) - American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Government
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Department of DefenseUnited States Department of DefenseThe United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
- Department of JusticeUnited States Department of JusticeThe United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
- Defense Intelligence AgencyDefense Intelligence AgencyThe Defense Intelligence Agency is a member of the Intelligence Community of the United States, and is the central producer and manager of military intelligence for the United States Department of Defense, employing over 16,500 U.S. military and civilian employees worldwide...
- National Security AgencyNational Security AgencyThe National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
- Defense Information Systems AgencyDefense Information Systems AgencyThe Defense Information Systems Agency is a United States Department of Defense agency that provides information technology and communications support to the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, the military Services, and the Combatant Commands.As part of the Base Realignment and...
- Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
Institutes within CADS
There are multiple research and learning institutes within the Center itself, including:The Institute for Mathematics Complexity and Cognition (MC2), which deals with subjects related to cognition, complexity, and intentions. The work of this institute has implications for systems engineering and international security. Mathematical theories in cognition and complexity are examined by scientists from the government, private sector and from educational institutions. Topics studied include:
- Philosophy of mind
- Theories of rationality and agency
- Intention and volition
- Cybernetics and unified theory of systems
- Organizational theory
- Mathematical psychology
- Cognitive economics
- Cognitive and behavioral models
- Natural languages and linguistics
- Computation and complexity
The Descartes Institute, which focuses on behavior models and codification. This institute develops new approaches for counter-terrorism, based on in-depth analysis.
Radicalization Watch Project
The project is a weekly broadcast about radical network activities worldwide. It is also a database of documents generated by extremists and radical organizations. The database is accessible to a variety of people including the intelligence, military and federal law enforcement agencies; Federal, state, and local agencies, as well as corporations and non-governmental organizations. The purpose is to provide information on the activities of radical groups and to facilitate collaboration on interpreting it.Emerging Technology Initiative
ETI is a project that assesses new technology, and then publicizes it to close the information gap between emerging technology producers and technology buyers. ETI is believed to help increase productivity, efficiency and security by bringing small innovative researchers and their work to the public forum.Past Projects
Various Fellows and Researchers have worked on a host of projects over the last couple years. Here are just a few that have been completed:Advanced XML Security Lab
AXSL was started as a collaboration between CADS and Sarvega, Inc. (acquired by Intel CorporationIntel Corporation
Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...
in 2006). It investigates threats that effect the deployment of XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
web service
Web service
A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format...
s, aiming to improve government and private sector information sharing
Information sharing
The term "information sharing" gained popularity as a result of the 9/11 Commission Hearings and its report of the United States government's lack of response to information known about the planned terrorist attack on the New York City World Trade Center prior to the event...
initiatives and systems interoperability.
Recent publications
- "The Next-Generation Digital Workspace" published by the Center for Advanced Defense Studies – Emerging Technology Initiative in November 2008.
- "Cleantech: An Investment Approach" published by the Center for Advanced Defense Studies – Emerging Technology Initiative in August 2008.
- "Special Report on Future Economic Cities of Saudi Arabia" published by the Center for Advanced Defense Studies in May 2007.
- "The Clash of Perceptions" by Dr. Mathieu GuidèreMathieu GuidèreMathieu Guidère is a full professor at the University of Toulouse, France since 2011. Full professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland from 2007 to 2011. Guidère specializes in the study of Islamist movements. He has published books on Al Qaeda and their activities in North Africa and the...
from the University of Lyon and Dr. Newton Howard from the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. This work challenges Samuel P. HuntingtonSamuel P. HuntingtonSamuel Phillips Huntington was an influential American political scientist who wrote highly-regarded books in a half-dozen sub-fields of political science, starting in 1957...
’s well-known clash of civilizations paradigm with a proposed clash of perceptions paradigm. The authors believe the new paradigm better reflects the complexity of individual and collective interactions by building on case studies and recent cognitive science and informatics research, thus offering greater insight into the dynamics of international relations.
- "Seeking Peace in Our Time: Toward Global Defense Policy Laws" by Dr. Newton Howard from the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. This publication introduces a mathematical approach to maintaining the balance of power and perception among countries.
- "From Spirituality to Radicalization: Tableeghi Jamaat and the Potential for Transnational Violence" by Newton Howard and Ammar Qusaibaty from the Center of Advanced Defense Studies. This report was published in the Center's defense journal, Defense Concepts in January 2006. The report discusses the increase in power of a radical Islamic group and its potential to become a world threat.