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TS&A Teaming Partner: Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA)
SPA is a medium-sized business whose mission is to provide top-level decision makers with timely and objective assessments that integrate the technical, operational, programmatic, policy, and business aspects of national security issues.
SPA has contributed to important decisions concerning major elements of the current U.S. national security establishment. SPA seeks to apply, both within and outside the defense community, their significant skills:
- Problem solving, planning, and analysis
- Systems engineering, and technical trade-offs
- Program management
- Software development
TS&A Team Members:
Name: Howard K. Schue
Degree/Functional Area Proposed: MSAE and BS / 3.1
School: MIT / U. S. Military Academy
Proposed Position: Task Managing Partner, Subject Matter Expert
Brief Description of Experience Relevant to Functional Area Within Past 3 Years:
Member, Defense Science Board Summer Studies, USAF Scientific Advisory Board; Director, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; Director, ONR Wargames
Minimum Company Qualifications to Hold Position:
Advanced degree in Aero Engineering, 40 plus years experience in System Design and Engineering, Telecommunications, Intelligence, C4I, system and sub systems requirements definition, CONOPS development for major weapons systems. |
Name: Wayne L. O'Hern
Degree/Functional Area Proposed: PhD, MBA, and BS / 3.1
School: Texas A&M 1 Florida State 1 VMI
Proposed Position: Task Managing Partner, Subject Matter Expert
Brief Description of Experience Relevant to Functional Area Within Past 3 Years:
Led research and analysis studies on UAVs and UCAVs, development and operational employment of major weapons systems, CONOPS development involving Navy and AF TACAIR, TACAIR force mix analysis, NRT targeting and engagement analysis, sensor and seeker analysis, directed technology insertion.
Minimum Company Qualifications to Hold Position:
Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, 40 plus years experience in space launch and satellites, aeronautics, radar, rocket and jet propulsion, tactical and strategic missiles, missile defense, communications, battle management, and campaign modeling. |
Name: John S. Craighill
Degree/ Functional Area Proposed: MSEE and BS / 3.1
School: NPGS/Nuclear Power School / U. S. Naval Academy
Proposed Position: Project Manager/Subject Matter Expert
Brief Description of Experience Relevant to Functional Area Within Past 3 Years:
Developed detailed CONOPS on major weapons systems, developed capabilities based analysis for EW, C4I, net centric warfare concepts
Minimum Company Qualifications to Hold Position:
Command of Nuclear Cruiser and an ASW Frigate, Advanced engineering degree, graduate Nuclear Power School, extensive operational experience. Former VP, R&D for microwave and cellular company. Former President for engineering controls company. |
Name: Jim M. LeMunyon
Degree/ Functional Area Proposed: MS and BS / 3.1
School: University of Wisconsin / Valparaiso University
Proposed Position: Project Manager/Subject Matter Expert
Brief Description of Experience Relevant to Functional Area Within Past 3 Years:
Managed Commercial Sector R&D facility, extensive background in R&D of semiconductors and applications.
Minimum Company Qualifications to Hold Position:
Degree in Physics and Math with background in implementing advanced technology applications in semiconductor design. Extensive background in export control of technologies and FMS. |
Name: Robert S. Meyer
Degree/ Functional Area Proposed: BS / 3.1
School: University of Maryland
Proposed Position: Subject Matter Expert
Brief Description of Experience Relevant to Functional Area Within Past 3 Years:
Extensive experience in technology-related research and analysis as well as analysis support to strategic planning, technology innovation, transformation and transfer to private sector (and vice versa), and defense industry expertise, including financial, technologies, business processes, etc. Developed weapons-, C4ISR-, Net-Centric Operations and EW-related Concepts of Operations for prime defense contractors; ISR expertise.
Minimum Company Qualifications to Hold Position:
Degree in Business Management and extensive experience in tactical and strategic ISR operations. Developed documentation for several high-level acquisition and technology transfer games supporting the Navy Under Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition and the Office of Naval Research efforts to improve acquisition processes, develop innovative solutions for getting combat capabilities into the fleets and improve internal program management. |
Name: Susan S. Parker
Degree/ Functional Area Proposed: 35 Years Govt experience / 3.1
Proposed Position: Project Manager/Subject Matter Expert
Brief Description of Experience Relevant to Functional Area Within Past 3 Years:
Extensive experience in technology-related research and analysis as well as analysis support to strategic planning, technology innovation, transformation and transfer to private sector and vice versa, and defense industry expertise, including financial, technologies, business processes, etc. Developed weapons-, C4ISR-, Net-Centric Operations and EW -related Concepts of Operations for prime defense contractors; ISR expertise.
Minimum Company Qualifications to Hold Position:
Developed detailed CONOPS for Offensive Electronic Operations (OEO). Conducted a Gap Analysis for OEO using the JCIDS process. Participated in wargames on LASW, Fuel Cell technology and the Marine Corps Commandant's Crisis Management. Served as program manager for supporting the NRO COMM Directorate and as the lead System Engineer for the Operational Baseline Initiative development effort. Identified the "best practices" processes to be implemented to ensure the integrity of the Operational Baseline. |
TS&A Service Experience: Functional Area, 3.1 R&D Support
Contract No.: W74V8H-O4-F-1186
Customer: Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Office of Net Assessment
Prime or Sub: Prime
Date Completed: In Progress
Performance Zones To Be Considered In: 2
Mission Area For Which Function Was Performed: National Needs
Contract No.: NOOO14-02-F-O484
Customer: Office of Naval Research (ONR) Prime or Sub: Prime
Date Completed: In Progress
Performance Zones To Be Considered In: 2
Mission Area For Which Function Was Performed: Force Level Warfare Systems; Undersea Warfare (USW) Ranges, Analysis, and Assessment; Homeland Security and Force Protection; Surface Warfare Logistics; Warfare Analyses and Modeling, National Needs; Product-Oriented Research, Exploratory and Advanced Development
Contract No.: GST0904CZ8785
Customer: Pacific Air Forces (P ACAF) Command
Prime or Sub: Prime
Date Completed: 11/15/2004
Performance Zones To Be Considered In: 2
Mission Area For Which Function Was Performed: Unmanned vehicles
Contract No.: NOOO14-01-F-0490
Title: Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Prime or Sub: Prime
Date Completed: 5/30/2002
Performance Zones To Be Considered In: 2
Mission Area For Which Function Was Performed: Force Level Warfare Systems; Warfare Analyses and Modeling, National Needs
TS&A Quality Assurance Program:
Quality management of tasks and their results is a key element of TS&A's reputation. The Project Manager will be the Single Point of Contact for the government on all task quality, performance, and schedule matters. The Project Manager has unlimited direct access to the Task Managing Partner, and thus to all TS&A resources, as needed. The TS&A team uses a single point of contact approach to manage the task and task quality, and an internal "Red Team" peer review process to ensure our products meet or exceed customer standards. In addition to our internal "Red Team", TS&A often vets its findings with outside experts to ensure credible and high quality results. TS&A's Managing Partners also carefully review our products to ensure our best efforts are presented to our customers. This multi-layered review approach is well understood and practiced by all TS&A employees and can be effectively applied even under time-sensitive conditions to assure that our customers receive quality products.
TS&A's approach to guarantee responsiveness to and cooperation with customers is based on frequent customer contact. TS&A is accustomed to satisfying customer requirements through direct and frequent communication with the technical customer and other task stakeholders. TS&A does not intend to impose a cumbersome management structure, but rather to encourage an environment that is conducive to successful task execution as well as providing for control and tracking. Simply put, our job is to ensure that the customer is completely satisfied with our work performance.
TS&A has a basic and effective approach to problem resolution. First, our goal is to avoid problems in the first place, or find them when they are small and recoverable, by establishing clear and frequent communication with the customer regarding their requirements and needs. TS&A works with the customer to gain a comprehensive understanding of the customer's expectations. TS&A has the capability to perform within the resources and contract terms provided to us upon task order acceptance. Second, TS&A has a policy of "no surprises!" with regard to communication of problems and variances to the customer. TS&A will work with the customer to resolve any conflicts, and prepare a specific problem resolution plan that both TS&A and the customer think is acceptable. We then work in communication and collaboration with the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) to resolve the problem. We have found that this approach often leads to effective collaborative solutions that were not apparent to either party previously.
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