W. Addison Woods

Assistant Teaching Professor

Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (Retired)

 

Education

  
1995 Ph.D. George Mason University Information Technology
1991 MS University of Southern California Systems Management
1990 MS Naval Postgraduate School Operations Research Systems Analysis
1980 MS United States Military Academy Mathematics
       

Professional Activities

2001 - present Member, Military Officers Association of America
1997 - 2001 Volunteer database consultant, Military Operations Research Society
1996 - present Member, Military Operations Research Society
1984 - present Member, Association of the United States Army
       

Summary of Qualifications

  • Over 25 years of experience leading teams, managing projects, and directing operations.
     
  • Supervisory and project management responsibility for technical teams including:
     
    • Systems analysis
    • Requirements specification
    • Database management
    • Knowledge management
    • Data warehousing
    • Software engineering
    • Electronic messaging
    • Network and data center design and operations

  • Former United States Army Officer. Retired from active duty as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2001 after 21 years of successful service.

  • In 1992 was one of less than 40 officers selected annually to participate in the Army's doctoral program. Conducted research in parallel computing and information retrieval resulting in 5 conference publications, 2 journal publications, and a patent application (#09/010,476) filed by the United States Army Intellectual Property Law Division.

  • Since retiring from the Army have served as Director and Vice President for start up technology companies and as an independent information technology consultant.

  • Experience using a wide range of technologies including: Fortran, APL, Pascal, C, C++, VB, VBA, ODBC, SQL, PHP, SAS, SPSS; CPM, DOS, Windows, Unix, Linux; MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS Outlook, MS FrontPage, WordPerfect, Paradox, Quattro Pro, FoxPro, Statgraphics, PGP, MySQL; SOHO Networks and Virtual Private Networks, Intel Hypercube Parallel Computing.

Employment History

2003 - present Independent Contractor  
      Gray Stone Technologies  
2002 - 2003 Director, Messaging Practice  
      Agilera, Inc. (formerly UMI)  
2001 - 2002 Vice President, Technology and Infrastructure
      United Messaging, Inc. (UMI)  
1999 - 2000 Director, Strategic and Advanced Computing Center (SACC) 
      Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), US Army
1998 - 1999 Chief, Knowledge Engineering Group  
      Strategic and Advanced Computing Center (SACC)  
1980 - 1998 Served in various Army technical and leadership assignments