Strategic Modeling Engineer Fellow with Lockheed Martin. Over 37 years combined experience in the military and industry. Master’s degrees in operations research and strategic studies, from the US Naval Postgraduate School and the US Army War College respectively, and an undergraduate degree in Business Logistics from Pennsylvania State University.  Leads Lockheed Martin Corporation Strategic Modeling and Decision Support Community of Practice and Co-chairs the Military Operations Research Society probability management Community of Practice. Active with ProbabilityManagement.org since 2013.

Vice President of Market & Provider Analytics at Highmark Health. She brings together market expertise from both payer and provider perspectives to create next generation analytics that empower providers to take on risk and improve population health. Treasurer of the YWCA Minneapolis.

Over 30 years of experience in algorithm design, signal processing, and networks. Active in local government and advises several small start-up tech companies. Holds several patents for medical instrumentation.

Senior Manager of Research for GFOA. Leader in developing the practice and technique of long-term financial planning and policies for local government.

Principal Operations Research Analyst for CANA Advisors and Chair of National Security Applications since 2014. Former Naval Postgraduate School Military Assistant Professor and Operations Research Program Officer. Graduate of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (Topgun) with numerous operational deployments during 20 years of naval service. Has taught SIPmath at the Naval Postgraduate School and co-authored several articles and models displayed on the nonprofit’s Military Readiness page.

Professor of Practice in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Research interests include decision and risk analysis and systems engineering. Co-editor of Decision Making for Systems Engineering and Management, (3rd Ed, 2022), lead author for the Handbook of Decision Analysis, (2013), and editor of Trade-off Analytics: Creating and Exploring the System Tradespace, (2017).  He has a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Retired Air Force Colonel.

Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Lone Star Analysis with over 30 years of experience leading international organizations in strategic decision-making. Led a multiyear international study defining best practices in AI, modeling, simulation, and analysis. This peer reviewed work is accepted as a definitive standard.  Invited lecturer at several graduate schools and universities and publications include papers, articles, and books. Holds patents awarded and pending.  Steve has been actively involved with ProbabilityManagement.org since 2014.

Board Member Emeritus

Vice President and Lead Tax Counsel, Walt Disney Company.

(1927-2023)

Nobel Laureate in Economics