Ron has been a leader in process improvement since May of 1995 when he led the development of WarPlan, the U. S. Air Force’s war-planning tool, in the Software Directorate at Air Force Headquarters in the Pentagon. WarPlan was the first project in the USAF to achieve CMM Level 2.
SEI-certified Introduction to CMMI instructor since 2005
Serves as the Standards Engineer on the Independent Verification and Validation group on the Presidential Helicopter Team since 2004
Served as the CMM Independent Standards Compliance Manager for three NAVAIR CMM Level 3 teams in 2003-2004
Chaired four CMM SEPGs leading to successful SCAMPI appraisals
Developed the abbreviated Stealth CMMI methodology, which was declared fully CMMI-compliant by the SEI at the Montreal SEPG in 2008
Published “Stealth CPI: Managing Work Products to Achieve Continuous Process Improvement” in the Jan-Feb 2010 issue of CrossTalk magazine
Past Experience
Ron’s wide and varied experience from two distinct prior careers serve him well as he spices his classroom presentations with real-world examples and on-point sea stories. President and Owner of Automated Office Management Associates
Pioneered CP/M and DOS (pre-Windows) WYSIWYG automated correspondence
Developed NAVYDOCS, MARDOCS, and HUDDOCS, award-winning software that automated and standardized Navy and HUD correspondence
Certified Office Automation Professional
Commander, United States Navy (Retired)
Combat Search and Rescue Helicopter Pilot
152 Viet Nam combat missions
Professor of Naval Science at Prairie View A&M University
Navy Program Manager for Office Automation
Education
M.S. Computer Science
Naval Postgraduate School, 1983 M.S. Aeronautical Engineering
Naval Postgraduate School, 1983 M.S. Marine Biology
Prairie View A&M University, 1975 B.S. Biology
Loyola University Los Angeles, 1966
Personal
Ron enjoys the laid-back lifestyle of the Chesapeake Bay’s Eastern Shore, which he shares with his wife Pam in Chestertown, Maryland.
CrossTalk article co-authored by Ron
Stealth CPI: Managing Work Products to
Achieve Continuous Process Improvement
Ron has been a leader in process improvement since May of 1995 when he led the development of WarPlan, the U. S. Air Force’s war-planning tool, in the Software Directorate at Air Force Headquarters in the Pentagon. WarPlan was the first project in the USAF to achieve CMM Level 2.
