Join us for this special speaker at our September Executive Committee Meeting!
Agenda:
5:30P - 6:00P - Brief Business Meeting
6:00P - 7:30P - Mr. Fagan presentation and questions
Location:
American Electric Power--AEP Transmission Offices
700 Morrison Drive
Gahanna, Ohio 43230
2nd Floor - Conference Room 2C
Directions
Abstract:
Tom will discuss the IEEE Congressional Science & Engineering Fellows Program; its history to date and his personal reflections on the many activities he was involved in during his tenure on Capitol Hill as a Congressional Fellow. Tom’s appointment was on the Senate Armed Services Committee where he was a Professional Staff Member on the General Procurement Subcommittee, the Arms Control Subcommittee, and the Military Construction Subcommittee. In addition he will describe a number of initiatives that were started during his term that have now been recently implemented under the rubric of Acquisition Reform and Procurement Reform. Tom will describe these changes and tell why they are good for the Defense Department, Defense Contractors, the Nation, and the US Taxpayer.
Bio:
Thomas L. Fagan P.E. serves as the Executive Vice President of Stellar Services, Inc., responsible for Business Development. He has over 45 years experience in the Defense and Aerospace Field in a career spanning classified military space, hardware, software, information systems, and C4ISR.
Prior to joining the Stellar Service Team he was the Principal Business Development Executive at Robbins-Gioia, LLC. Before Robbins-Gioia, Mr. Fagan was Associate Research Professor and Program General Manager for Drexel University’s Applied Communications and Information Networking Project, a Center of Excellence for Network Centric Warfare.
Tom has served as Corporate Vice President for several blue chip Companies including Gould Defense Electronics, ITT Defense Electronics, GEC-Marconi C4I Systems, Gestalt, LLC, and Channel Logistics, LLC. Additionally Tom has more than 21 years of senior management experience within General Electric's Aerospace Group.
Mr. Fagan served as a Congressional Science & Engineering Fellow where he was a Special Assistant for Defense for Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC), and as a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Tom has an AB in Mathematics from Franklin and Marshall College, and an MS in Statistics from Villanova University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE; Past President of the IEEE Reliability Society; Past Chairman of the IEEE Philadelphia Section; an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California (Quality Assurance); a Member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE RAMS Symposium; General Chairman of the IEEE International RADAR Conference 1995, 2000, 2005; a Life Member of the Navy League; Surface Navy Association; National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA); and a Member of the Association of Old Crows; the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA); the Association of the US Army (AUSA); and the Air Force Association (AFA). He has authored 12 technical articles and two Patent Dockets. He has an active Security Clearance (TSSI/SITK Poly Cleared Lifestyle) with NSA.