December 2007
The
Sky's the Limit: A Rising Star at MITRE
Levonia Moore
Senior information systems engineer Levonia Moore enjoys a challenge—whether
it's helping the IRS modernize its Web portal, pursuing a doctorate
in IT, or running a half marathon.
November 2007
A
Hands-on Education
Kevin Gormley
For Kevin Gormley, working at MITRE has allowed him to focus on both
his career and his education—one step at a time.
November 2007
Enterprise
Modernization at Work in Baltimore
Caroline Miller
Information systems engineer Caroline Miller is helping the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services modernize its systems and processes
so that they can provide better services for beneficiaries.
October 2007
Languages
to Learn, Mountains to Climb
Tony Masalonis
His three-year assignment at MITRE's Taipei site gave CAASD engineer
Tony Masalonis a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—one he thoroughly
enjoyed.
October 2007
In Pursuit
of Cross-Service Interoperability
Dick Fox
As the liaison officer at the Joint Forces Command headquarters at
the Norfolk Naval Base, MITRE's Dick Fox is supporting the Electronic
Systems Center and the Air Force in promoting integration and interoperability
across all branches of the military.
September 2007
Breaking
the Doubt Barrier
Deborah Hall-Greene
Like the Tuskegee Airmen she has championed for so long, Deborah Hall-Greene
has dedicated her life to overcoming barriers and achieving difficult
goals—a commitment she is using to help MITRE hire and retain
the people it will need to carry out its mission.
August 2007
Helping
Others to Help Themselves
Neal Zimmerman
For MITRE multi-discipline systems engineer Neal Zimmerman, addressing
counter-narcotics, WMD trafficking, and border control challenges
in locales as far-flung as the African Union is all in a day's work.
July 2007
A Principled
Life
Rich Staats
Serving as Iraqi Security Force Support Director for the Multi-National
Corps provided Rich Staats with many opportunities to apply the management
principles he developed through is hobby in game design and honed
in his operations research and systems management work at MITRE.
July 2007
Putting
the "Human" into Human Systems Integration
Erika Darling
As a human factors engineer in MITRE's Human System Integration, Visualization,
and Decision Support Department, Erika Darling identifies strategies,
tactics and technologies that will improve the usability and effectiveness
of our customers' systems.
June 2007
From
the Gulf Coast to the Mid-Atlantic—Some Insights from Three
Sites
Cindy Sturm
Clarendon site leader Cindy Sturm shares her perspective on working
directly with her customers at MITRE's sites in Tampa, Florida, Washington,
D.C., and Clarendon, Virginia.
June 2007
A Young
Engineer Finds His Mission with the Marine Corps
Matt Ware
Intrigued since boyhood by the military, Matt Ware is fascinated by
the emerging technology that promises to enhance the capabilities
of warfighters. At MITRE, Ware is helping bring it to the forefront–just
as he always wanted to.
May 2007
Helping
Computers to "Think"
Leo J. Obrst
Artificial intelligence engineer Leo J. Obrst is working at the forefront
of MITRE's efforts to help machines learn to "think" like
people. Obrst's work on the "Semantic Web" grew out of his lifelong
passions for language and computer science.
May 2007
On A
Winding Path to Ensure National Security
Jennifer Fabius Greene
She's not your average IT professional. With a background in community
and international law enforcement, MITRE's Jennifer Fabius Greene
found her niche as an IT specialist focused on systems engineering
for national security issues.
April 2007
Inside
MITRE's Biotech Lab
Haley Smith
Working in MITRE's new biotechnology/nanotechnology lab gives Haley
Smith the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge experimental
and biological work.
April 2007
Call
to Service: Rising to Flag Rank
John Messerschmidt
MITRE's John Messerschimdt is dedicated to both his careers, one as
a MITRE systems engineer supporting Navy and submarine communication
systems and the other as a Rear Admiral in the USNR and the new Vice
Commander of Naval Submarine Forces.
March 2007
The
Road Back to MITRE Was Paved with Reinvention
Patricia Massimini
Opportunities at MITRE have helped simulation modeling engineer Patricia
Massimini reinvent her career and still find time to pursue her passion
for creating award-winning quilts.
March 2007
Seasoned
Traveler Calls Central New York Home
Probal Sanyal
An explorer at heart, Probal Sanyal, an employee at MITRE's Rome,
New York, site, has a love of learning new things that is evident
in his research work and his travels around the world.
February 2007
Professor
of Innovation
James Jones
Teaching classes to colleagues about innovation and technical negotiations
both inspires and motivates Colorado Springs' James Jones.
January 2007
Critical
Positioning
Mark Krupienski
MITRE's Mark Krupienski, formerly a technical co-op and now a full-time
integrated electronics engineer, uses his background in electronics
to contribute to the GPS modernization effort by focusing on the design,
layout and testing of more efficient power amplifiers used in GPS
satellite transmitters.
