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SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE WORKING GROUP 29 January 2015 Meeting Tennessee Valley Chapter Agenda • • • • • Welcome and Introductions SMDWG Charter Introduction of Special Guest Hugh Stanley – Kickstart Trumors Tennessee Valley Chapter Agenda • Welcome and Introductions – Host Welcome - Teledyne Brown Engineering – New Members / First Time Attendees • SMDWG Charter – Why the SMDWG exists Tennessee Valley Chapter SMDWG Charter Space and Missile Defense Working Group (SMDWG) Charter Background The SMDWG is formed to respond to our civic responsibility to assist in the decision making process on issues pertaining to space and ballistic missile defense. Scope The Scope of the SMDWG is to Educate the general population and elected representation on space and ballistic missile defense. Membership Membership is open to all individuals in government, industry, and the community. SMDWG members must belong to the NDIA or an affiliate. Tennessee Valley Chapter Guest Introduction • Introduction of Special Guest COL Terrence L. Howard Project Manager Cruise Missile Defense Systems PEO Missiles and Space U.S. Army Tennessee Valley Chapter COL Terrence Howard Colonel Howard currently serves as the Project Manager, Cruise Missile Defense Systems (CMDS), Program Executive Office, Missiles and Space. As the Life Cycle Manager for CMDS, Colonel Howard is responsible for the design, development, testing, procurement, fielding, system integration, sustainment and Foreign Military Sales for the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), Improved Sentinel Radar, STINGER Based Systems and Integrated Fire Protection Capability Increment 2–Intercept (IFPC2-I), a pre-Major Defense Acquisition Program. Tennessee Valley Chapter COL Terrence Howard COL Terrence L. Howard is a native of Kinston, North Carolina. A graduate of Winston-Salem State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, COL Howard was commissioned in the United States Army as an Air Defense Artillery Officer in June 1988. After several Air Defense Artillery assignments, a PATRIOT battery command, a PATRIOT Southwest Asia deployment, a veteran of Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraq Freedom. (14). Tennessee Valley Chapter COL Terrence Howard COL Howard joined the Army Acquisition Corps (AAC) in 1997. After joining the AAC he continued his education and earned a Level III Certification in Program Management, a Level III certification in Information Technology, and a master’s degree in Computer Resource and Information Management. He is a recent graduate of the Army’s War College Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin. Tennessee Valley Chapter COL Terrence Howard As a member of the Army Acquisition Corps, COL Howard successful served as the Product Manager for Robotics and Unmanned Sensors and the Army Acquisition Corps Branch Chief for the Human Resources Command. His other acquisition broadening assignments included: Associate Professor, Army Logistics Management College Systems Acquisition Division, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Operations Officer and Chief of Personnel for the Joint Contracting Command Iraq/Afghanistan, Baghdad, Iraq; Executive Officer, Program Executive Office, Air, Space and Missile Defense, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Assistant Product Manager, Command and Control Battle Manager Communications (C2BMC), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Product Director, PM Intelligence Fusion, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and Project Team Leader, Research, Development, & Acquisition Information Systems Agency (RDAISA), Fort Belvoir, Virginia. COL Howard continues to actively participate and mentor our acquisition corps members. Tennessee Valley Chapter COL Terrence Howard Awards and decorations earned by COL Howard include: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Army Achievement Medal. He is parachutist qualified and earned the Combat Action Badge for his bravery in Operation Iraqi Freedom. COL Howard is married to his college sweetheart, Karen Brown of Winton, North Carolina. They have two children, Terrence (20) and Justin Tennessee Valley Chapter Additional Briefings Hugh Stanley, Kick Start Report Tennessee Valley Chapter Trumors • • • • • Programs and Timelines Organization Changes Personnel/Leadership Changes Industry and Industry Leadership Changes Significant Events or Prognostications in Space and Missile Defense Tennessee Valley Chapter SMDWG Schedule • 26 February 2015 Meeting Special Guest and Location - TBD Tennessee Valley Chapter SMDWG Leadership • Officers: – Treasurer: Bob Darnall – Secretary: Mike Roddy – Deputy Chair: Ray Baker – Chair: Joe Fitzgerald Tennessee Valley Chapter