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VSAT Key Player
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DAVID A. SHUMWAY
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Highlights of
Qualifications
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expertise in full scale or abbreviated training system requirements analyses for specific
training system issues. Knowledge of military, Air Force, AFMC, and ASC procedures and
policies with respect to training systems. Familiar with Distributed Mission Training
(DMT) goals and initiatives. Skilled in integration of training psychology and behavioral
sciences with training systems engineering and technical issues.
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| Skilled in
analysis, organization, and integration of complex material. Effective technical writer.
Adept at training system proposal writing and proposal evaluation, and in integration of
training development with weapon (or other) system development. Experienced with
Acquisition Strategy Panels and Capability Reviews in government, and Red Teams in
industry.
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| Knowledge and
experience with 6.1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 R&D processes and programs with Air Force and Navy
acquisition and laboratory organizations.
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| Knowledge of Air
Force, Navy, and Army similarities and differences with respect to training system and
component R&D, planning, and acquisition. Experience with Army, Navy, and Air Force
tri-service programs, and "jointness" initiatives.
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| Knowledge and
experience in technical litigation involving specifications, proposals, contracts, and
test programs.
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Recent Professional
Experience
| Conducted Training Requirements Analysis
for the B-1 Conventional Mission Upgrade Program
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| Determined the requirements for the use of
Distributed Mission Training (DMT) as the Air Force participates in a Joint Synthetic
Battlespace
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| Analyzed the use of faster than real-time
training for aircrews & maintainers
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| Developed a tri-service Training Systems
Technology Roadmap
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| Defined a concept for evaluating motion and
force cueing devices
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| Conducted an evaluation of available visual
systems
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| Assisted the ATeam Corporation, Dayton,
Ohio, as technical advisor and subject matter expert on a project to incorporate
Aeronautical Systems Center's emerging training system acquisition processes into
graphical models and IDEF0 knowledge-based model implementations.
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| Assisted the Air Force in technical
research and analysis of discovery and evidence in preparation for a case before the Armed
Services Board of Contract Appeals concerning training devices.
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| Technical consultant on ground-based
training systems to the Northrop Grumman Corporation on the Navy / Air Force Joint Primary
Aircraft Training System (JPATS) during the source selection.
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| Systems engineer for Innovative
Technologies Corporation (ITC), under a technical services contract with
Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC). Areas of contribution were training systems
requirements analyses, instructional systems development, media allocation, and system
synthesis.
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| First and second
level supervisor of civilian and military engineers, educational specialists, and training
psychologists. Included major responsibilities in definition and implementation of
instructional system development processes. Supervisor during the time that the training
system requirements analysis process was being defined and integrated with the systems
engineering process for major weapon system acquisition; therefore became familiar with
the technical, program management, and personnel issues involved.
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| Chief functional engineer (Chief, ASC/YWEE). Planning,
projecting, and assigning engineers and psychologists to support multiple programs.
Included major responsibilities in system acquisition processes. Included serving as
Project Engineer for the continuing multi-task 6.4 engineering development Project 2325,
Flight Simulator Development. Served as vice-chairman of the AIAA Working Group on
Training Simulation and on the technical paper committee for the Interservice/Industry
Training Systems Conference during this period. |
Education
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, New York.
Master of Science, Systems Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
Extensive specialized training in instructional system development, systems engineering,
acquisition management, learning theory, flight simulators, multimedia training, project
and program management, technical writing, and supervision. Some specialized training in
cost estimating, risk analysis, contracting, logistic support analysis, computer resources
acquisition, space systems, communication, team building, and leadership.
Awards Received
the Exemplary Civilian Service Award for work on training systems development processes,
and with the Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award, again primarily for years of work
on training systems.
Selected Publications
| Shumway, David
A."Directions in Flight Training Simulation: Technology and Training
Effectiveness" Military Technology July 1984.
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| Shumway, David A.
"Training Simulator R & D Directions for the Eighties" Interservice/Industry
Training Equipment Conference - 1981.
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| Shumway, David A., A
Preliminary Review of NATO AEW Flight Simulator Acquisition Approach. ASD/ENET Technical
Memorandum 78-3.
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| Shumway, David A. and
Heintzman, Richard J. "A Systematic Approach to Visual System Requirements and
Developments." NTEC/Industry Conference Orlando FL 1976.
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| Shumway, David A. and
Heintzman, Richard J. Visual System Organizational Requirements. ASD/ENCT Technical
Memorandum 73-12. December 1973 and June 1974.
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| Shumway, David A. "Visual
Simulation and Life Cycle Costing." NTEC/Industry Conference Orlando FL 1974.
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