Last fall I had the privilege of joining the world’s foremost researchers in Software Architecture at the International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Lite. The results of our time together were collected and we continued to collaborate over the next several months remotely. I am honored to be listed amongst the authors of the newly…
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Acquire Like You Fight: DAU MOSA Series
In August of 2023 I was invited to be the guest speaker for the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) “Let’s Be Modular and Open Series” of talks. Here is the video of that webinar (direct link) Let’s Be Modular and Open Webinar – MOSA Implementation with PEO Aviation | http://www.dau.edu Description: DoD MOSA is an integrated business…
The Whole Team Owns The Whole Product
This is a story about a software team. I feel like it applies to many teams, since I have adapted the principle to other startup concepts, beyond software startups to include church planting and the coffee industry. Nonetheless, it began for me with software teamwork. It has, over time and application to much broader domains,…
A Holistic Approach to Open Systems Architecture for Army Aviation
Preamble: I had the privilege to present in Philadelphia for the 75th anniversary of the Vertical Flight Society (VFS). Unfortunately, I cannot share this paper on my site because it is part of the proceedings of the VFS, however, below is the link to the technical paper itself on the Forum75 website. Note that I…
Leveraging Open Architecture in Future Vertical Lift
I recently had the opportunity to co-author a paper on Open Architecture initiatives. One comment that my co-author, Matt, and I have discussed at length includes our closing line from the executive summary: Lessons are not truly learned until they are acted upon. I hope to write more about that in the abstract sense at…
Executable Standards Keynote Presentation
For much of my career, I have worked on things I can’t really talk about. Recently, however, I have been involved with the development of the Future Airborne Capabilities Environment (FACE), an open standard in the avionics industry specifically adopted and supported by the Army program I support, Future Vertical Lift. One aspect of this…
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