Instructors
Dr. Jeff Appleget (COL, USA, Ret)
Summary
30+ Years of Professional and Hobby Gaming and Modeling | 12+ years as Operations Research and Systems Analyst | 14+ years in education
- Retired U.S. Army Colonel with 30 years of service
- Over eight years as a Field Artillery Officer
- Over 12 years as Director or Deputy Director of several analytical organizations to include TRAC, TRAC-Monterey, TRC-WSMR, and TRAC-FLVN
- Operation Analyst for over two dozen analytical efforts including:
- FORCEM Artillery Verification and Validation
- CEM-TACWAR comparison
- Desert Shield/Desert Storm analysis support using CEM*
- Senior Military Analyst, Future Combat Systems (FCS) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) using Janus and CASTFOREM***
- Developed a Land Warrior Training Simulation from COTS (Delta Force 2, NovaLogic)**
- High Level Architecture (HLA) Federation with France
- Used Dr. Wolfgang Baer’s PVNT software for FSCS-TRACER analysis
- Senior Military Analyst, FCS (the sequel), using ARENA and wargaming
- OIF Support to III Corps
- Modeling MITT team training at Ft Riley (ARENA)
- Product improvement Combat Models (Combat XXI, AWARS, OneSAF)
- Irregular Warfare mMAWG (models, Methods and Analysis Working Group)
- Senior Lecturer in the NPS Operations Research Department
- Established the Wargaming Activity Hub with Rob Burks in 2016
* CAA Director’s Award for Excellence & Wilbur B. Payne Memorial Award for Excellence in Analysis
** SMART (Simulation, Modeling, Analysis, Requirements, and Training) Award
*** Wilbur B. Payne Memorial Award for Excellence in Analysis & SMART Award
**** 2011 Army Modeling and Simulation Award (Analysis) for the TRAC IW Tactical Wargame
Mr. Fred Cameron
Summary
35+ Years: Civilian Op Research Analysis | 20+ Years: Wargaming Experience as an analyst with all three Canadian military services | 9+ Years in Education
- Retired Canadian Department of National Defence civilian Operational Research Analyst with 37 years of service with multiple Canadian organizations
- National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa (naval projects)
- Canadian NORAD Headquarters, North Bay, Ontario
- NATO’s SHAPE Technical Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands
- National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa (air force projects)
- Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters, Victoria, British Columbia (Canada’s west coast naval headquarters)
- National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa (army projects)
- Canadian Army’s “Future Concepts and Doctrine Team”, Kingston, Ontario
- Advisory Director, The Military OR Society, Alexandria, VA
- Guest Lecturer in NPS Operations Research Department
- Scientist Emeritus, Centre for Operational Research and Analysis, Ottawa
Dr. Robert Burks (COL, USA, Ret)
Summary
40+ Years of Professional and Hobby Gaming and Modeling | 17+ Years as Operations Research and Systems Analyst | 9+ Years in Education
- Retired U.S. Army Colonel with 32 years of service
- Over a decade as Enlisted Infantryman and Infantry & Quartermaster Officer
- Operations Analyst for over two dozen analytical efforts including:
- Analyst Team Leader for Interim Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)
- Strike Force
- Division XXI Mobility
- Army Medical Reengineering Initiative
- Senior Logistics Analyst for Interim Division and Future Combat System
- Assistant Professor in the NPS Operations Research Department and Associate Professor in the NPS Department of Defense Analysis
- Military Leadership Award
- Joint Service Warfare Award
- 2011 Military Operations Research Journal Award
- Established the Wargaming activity Hub with Jeff Appleget in 2016