MS Caltech 1972, Aeronautical Engineering

   Joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore,
   CA, USA in 1992.  Worked in private sector in Southern California
   1972-1992, mostly in submarine detection research.  Continued
   submarine work at LLNL through 1996.

   Member, National Ignition Facility (NIF) Start-up and Operations
   Planning Group, for 1 year.  NIF is under construction, and when
   fully activated in 2004, will be the world's most powerful pulsed
   high-energy laser, and will be used primarily for fusion
   experiments to support weapons research and other programs.

   I am responsible for putting together NIF Operations procedures
   documentation, working with NIF Project and Operations staff. My
   colleagues and I put together the NIF Operations training
   conceptual plan, and I will be responsible for overseeing its
   implementation.  I have met several members of the accelerator
   operations community in the process of performing this work.

   Colleagues Glenn Hermes and Greg Tietbohl are leaders in Nova
   Operations (existing large pulsed laser facility at LLNL), and
   oversee much of the ongoing NIF Operations planning.  Colleague
   Bruno Van Wonterghem is Chief Scientist for NIF Start-up.