[bioundgrd] Fwd: MIT TECHFAIR: CURRENT TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS AT DRAPER LABORATORY

[Janice Chang]

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>As part of MIT TECHFAIR?S SPEAKER SERIES
>MIT TECHNOLOGY FAIR presents...
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>Current Technical Developments at Draper Laboratory
>featuring Draper Laboratory
>presented by Jim Shields, President and CEO of Draper Laboratory
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>Tuesday, December 5, 2006
>5-7 PM
>Location: 2-190
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>All are welcome to come! Refreshments will be provided.
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>Sponsored by MIT Technology Fair, which will be bringing you a showcase of the
>latest cutting edge technologies from an expected 80 leading tech companies
>across the nation! Learn more info at http://www.mittechfair.com/
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>Mr. Jim Shield's Biography:
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>Mr. James D. Shields is the President and CEO of The Charles Stark Draper
>Laboratory, Inc.  Previously, he was the Vice President for Programs where he
>was responsible for developing and executing the Laboratory?s business and
>strategic plans. He led the organization that is responsible for identifying
>and capturing new programs.  Further, he was responsible for the successful
>execution of all the Laboratory?s research and development.
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>In addition to his operational role at Draper, Mr. Shields supports 
>a number of
>senior advisory boards and study panels including the 2002 Defense Science
>Board (DSB) Summer Study on Special and Joint Forces in Support of Countering
>Terrorism, the 2003 DSB Summer Study on DoD Roles and Missions in Homeland
>Security, the DSB Task Force on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and 
>Uninhabited
>Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs), and the Air Force Scientific 
>Advisory Board 2004
>Summer Study on Networking to Enable Coalition Operations (NECO).  Most
>recently, he supported the 2005 DSB Summer Study on Countering Weapons of Mass
>Destruction.
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>Prior to joining Draper in February 2001, Mr. Shields had 28-year career at
>TASC, Inc. distinguished by a series of positions of increasing scope and
>responsibility.  His technical experience includes integrated multi-sensor
>navigation analysis, modeling and simulation, weapon system performance
>analysis, information management systems development and logistics management.
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>From 1996 until 2001, Mr. Shields was the Vice President for Strategic
>Development at TASC where he was responsible for the planning process and the
>creation of TASC?s strategic plans.  He also managed the growth initiative
>program that identified and incubated new business investments.  Mr. Shields
>directed a formal corporate change program that redefined the strategic
>direction of the company to focus on selected government and commercial
>business areas, substantially increased competitiveness by reducing overhead
>rates, and resulted in an significantly improved growth rate.
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>From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Shields was Director of TASC?s Systems Integration
>Group where he engineered a significant turnaround by strengthening the
>management team and building new businesses in infrastructure information
>systems for the FAA, weather and environmental simulation for the DoD, and
>obsolete parts replacement for the Air Force Material Command.
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>In 1994, he was the Director of TASC?s Information Systems Sector, which
>included responsibility for all of the company?s commercial businesses.  This
>portfolio consisted of WSI, the largest weather information services 
>business in
>the world, and several startup initiatives.  In addition to 
>broadening the focus
>of the weather business, Mr. Shields reviewed the startup businesses to focus
>investment on those with long-term potential and developed exit strategies for
>the remainder.
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>Prior to 1994, Mr. Shields held a variety of technical and management and
>positions where he conceived and created a number of new businesses and won
>important programs including TASC?s first international program and the first
>large scale information systems development project.  He was named a TASC vice
>president in 1988.
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>While at TASC, Mr. Shields supported several senior advisory panels including
>Defense Science Board task forces, Air Force scientific advisory group summer
>studies, and the model field office study for the Secretary of Housing and
>Urban Development.
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>He earned the S.B. and S.M. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972.