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William D. Horton
Education
Civilian:
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Villanova Online University, Six Sigma Black
Belt, January 2006
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Villanova Online University, Six Sigma Green
Belt, September 2006
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ISO
Internal Audit Certification
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA, M.S., Physics. 1979
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University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, B.S.,
Physics, 1975
Military:
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Defense Systems Management College, Fort
Belvoir, VA, 1983
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Command and General Staff College, Fort
Leavenworth, KS, 1987
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Armor Officer Advanced Course, Fort Knox,
KY, 1979
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Armor Officer Basic Course, Fort Knox, KY,
1975
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U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning GA,
1974
Work Experience
1999 – Present.
President, Horton Technical
Consulting and Horton Technical Associates,
Inc.
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Supported the U.S. Army Materiel Systems
Analysis Activity (AMSAA) in all activities
associated with the Future Combat System (FCS)
program; highlights include:
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Independent
technical and operational assessments of all
government and commercial technologies
considered for use by FCS;
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Independent evaluation
of all FCS requirements documents and
organizational concepts;
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Decomposition of
lethality, survivability, and mobility
requirements into measurable parameters;
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White papers and
analytic methodologies to support
network-centric and
network-enabled
operations;
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Systems engineering
analyses of advanced survivability
technologies; and,
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Developed the FCS Unit
of Action Systems Book – adopted by the FCS
community as the primary FCS reference in
2002 and 2003.
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Received commendations from the Under
Secretary of the Army for Operations
Research and Commander, TRADOC Analysis
Command for quality of support provided to
the FCS program.
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Conducted technical and operational analyses
of High Energy Laser (HEL) technologies
proposed for FCS Active Protection System (APS)
applications; report was adopted and
published by AMSAA.
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Supported Department of the Army mandated
comparative analysis of two Active
Protection System (APS) concepts for AMSAA;
provided high-resolution technical,
engineering, and operational analyses of the
Integrated Army Active Protection System (IAAPS)
and Close-In Active Protection System (CIAPS)
survivability systems.
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Provided Independent Verification and
Validation (IV&V) support for the AMSAA
Active Protection Performance Model.
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Translated and ported FORTRAN-based
engineering models of low energy laser
effects (optical augmentation and damage) to
Microsoft Excel-based workbooks and to
object-oriented, Java-based code modules;
both tools were validated by AMSAA.
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Developed Microsoft Excel-based workbooks as
analytic tools representing Target
Acquisition (e.g., ACQUIRE and ACQUIRE-LC),
Direct Fire Delivery Accuracy, and IUA-based Vulnerability
Assessment methodologies; all tools were
validated by AMSAA.
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Designed, developed and received AMSAA
accreditation for the SURVIVE item-level
performance model – an integrated system
analysis tool designed to support test and
evaluation of FCS manned ground vehicles;
this software was a finalist for the New
Mexico IT Excellence Awards in 2005.
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Managed design, development, testing,
delivery, training, and support for SURVIVE;
developed and implemented software
engineering procedures that enabled a
6-person team of professional and student
programmers to deliver the
270,000-line-of-code SURVIVE model in 9
months.
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In the area of Business Process Management,
applied Six Sigma quality enhancement
methods to software engineering procedures;
designed, developed, and delivered a
380,000+ line-of-code module in 8 months;
achieved a 0.002% software defect rate at
initial delivery.
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Accepted into Sandia National Laboratory
Mentor/Protégé program in 2005; selected for
the New Mexico Flying 40 club in 2005 and
2006 (recognized as one of the top-40 high
technology companies in the state).
1996 – 1999.
Staff Scientist, Senior Scientist, and
Region Manager, OptiMetrics, Inc.
Ann Arbor MI and Las Cruces, NM.
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Wrote performance specifications for the
Army’s laser and missile warning receiver
programs (these specifications are used
today by the FCS program).
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Developed, coordinated, and managed
inter-agency and inter-national tests of
advanced Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance (ISR) technologies at White
Sands Missile Range, NM.
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Developed a reference book correlating
analytic metrics with engineering parameters
and identified technical test requirements
for threat warning receivers, tactical
countermeasures (CMs) such as evasive
maneuver and suppressive counter-fire, and
hard- and soft-kill technical CMs.
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Concurrently and successfully managed two
technical support contracts for the U.S.
Army Research Laboratory’s
Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate
at White Sands.
1996.
Countermeasure Analyst, Orion
International,
White Sands Missile Range, NM.
Provided systems engineering and technical
support to the Department of Defense
Countermeasures Directorate at White Sands
Missile Range; developed operational and
technical test plans for vehicle-mounted
electronic CMs; conducted exploitation
analyses of threat laser beam-rider antitank
guided missile systems.
1975 – 1995.
Commissioned Officer, U.S. Army (Retired
with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel).
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Successfully occupied command and staff
positions in Cavalry and Armored Cavalry
units in the United States and Federal
Republic of Germany. Developed and
implemented operational simulations for the
2d Armored Cavalry Regiment, and
participated in Maneuver Control System
(MCS) testing.
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As a Research and Development Coordinator,
managed low and high energy laser weapon
systems analyses and demonstrations;
successfully managed development and
demonstration of the first man-portable
laser weapon in 1984; supported the U.S.
Army’s Forward Area Directed Energy Weapons
Study (FADEWS).
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As Assistant Project Manager for the Aquila
Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) program,
successfully managed acceptance testing and
operational deployment of commercial RPVs to
Central America.
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As team, branch, and division chief of the
U.S. Army Armor Center’s Directorate of
Combat Developments, at Fort Knox, KY,
developed and managed field tests of
tank-mounted laser weapons, conducted
analyses and developed operational concepts
and requirements for vehicle-mounted
electronic CMs; supported fielding of the
first electronic CM designed for ground
vehicles. Participated in the M1A2 tank
program, supported requirements development
for the Inter-Vehicular Information Systems
(IVIS); participated in the Armored Family
of Vehicles, Block III Tank, Armored Systems
Modernization, and Armament Enhancement
Initiative programs. Supported four Cost and
Operational Effectiveness Analyses (now
called Analysis of Alternatives, or AoAs).
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As Assistant Project Manager for Electronic
Warfare, Office of the Project Manager for
Survivability Systems, developed, managed,
and completed 18 separate studies
documenting the operational benefits of
vehicle-mounted CMs; initiated a field test
that showed how a networked team of Abrams
tanks could realize greater survivability
and lethality by sharing information;
developed the first Army program to apply
laser and missile warning receiver
technologies to ground combat vehicles.
Memberships and Affiliations
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IEEE (Member)
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ACM (Member)
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AIAA (Member)
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Sandia National Laboratory Mentor/Protégé
Program (competitively selected)
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High Technology Consortium of Southern New
Mexico (Member)
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Professional Aerospace Contractors
Association (Albuquerque Chapter) (Member)
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New Mexico Information Technology and
Software Association (Member)
Awards and Recognitions
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Certificate of Appreciation from Deputy
Under-Secretary of the Army for Operations
Research for quality of support provided to
the Future Combat Systems Program
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Commemorative Coin and Certificate of
Achievement from Commander, TRADOC Analysis
Command (TRAC) for quality of support
provided to the Future Combat Systems SDD
Analysis of Alternatives
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SURVIVE software developed and provided to
the US Army selected as a finalist in the
2005 New Mexico IT Excellence awards
competition (2 categories: custom
applications and integrated systems)
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GANN Fellowship Recipient for Computer
Science, June 1999.
Publications
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AMSAA SURVIVE version 2.0 Analyst’s Guide,
March 2006.
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AMSAA SURVIVE version 1.0 Training Program,
June 2006.
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AMSAA SURVIVE version 1.0 Software Design
Specification Document, May 2004.
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AMSAA Division Note DN-CC-06, Analysis of
High Energy Lasers as Active Protections
Systems, January 2003.
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AMSAA Future Combat Systems Unit of Action
Systems Book, July 2001 and December 2002
(1st and 2nd editions).
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NETWARS – A Concept for Modeling the
Operational Performance of Network-Centric
Organizations, Concept Briefing, January
2002.
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Lessons Learned from Networked and
Collaborative Engagement Experiments, White
Paper, for AMSAA Armor Infantry Branch,
April 2001.
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Hit Avoidance Analysis, Test, and Combat
Effectiveness Report, April 1999.
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Laser Warning Receiver Performance
Specification, April 2006.
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Missile Warning Receiver Performance
Specification, May 2006 |
