Jimmie McEver

Current

Research Scientist and Program Manager at Evidence Based Research

Past

Physical Scientist at RAND Corporation
Student at Georgia Institute of Technology

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Georgia Institute of Technology

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Industry

Military

Jimmie McEver’s Summary

National security policy analyst with 10+ years of experience in defense research organizations, much of which is focused on the opportunities and challenges that new technologies present in national security contexts, employing modeling, simulation, and the application of quantitative methodologies and frameworks from various fields to gain insight into these problems. I am also interested in the study of complex systems, analytic approaches for dealing with complexity, and the implications of complexity for the structure and behavior of organizations.

Jimmie McEver’s Specialties:

Complex adaptive systems, modeling and simulation, agent-based modeling and simulation, exploratory analysis, network centric operations, military command and control, concept development, systems engineering, complex systems engineering, program/project management

Jimmie McEver’s Experience

Research Scientist and Program Manager

Evidence Based Research

(Privately Held; Defense & Space industry)

April 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

Dr. McEver has worked with a diverse team of researchers in the areas of command and control; concept development; enterprise-wide systems engineering; operations research; and applications of modeling and simulation, including agent-based simulation, and verification, validation and accreditation. As Program Manager of EBR's support to the US DoD Command and Control Research Program, Dr. McEver supports the Director of Research for OASD/NII in activities to enable advances in the state-of-the-art and -practice in command and control, and to foster a robust community of interest across the international C2 research community. Dr. McEver was a key contributor in the development of the Net Centric Environment Joint Functional Concept for the Joint Staff (J-6A), which describes the capabilities needed to support a Joint operational vision enabled by knowledge generation and sharing, and robust socio-technical networking. Dr. McEver has also contributed to the work of the NATO SAS-065 study panel, helping to develop the NATO Network Enabled Capability C2 Maturity Model. Current R&D activities include experimentation and analysis associated with the CCRP-developed Experimental Laboratory for Investigating Collaboration, Information-Sharing and Trust (ELICIT), including development of an agent-based ELICIT simulation capability; and development and application of the Quantitative Capability Delivery Increments (QCDI) model of demand for net centric capability to support management of the Net-Centric Capability Portfolio.
Physical Scientist

RAND Corporation

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Think Tanks industry)

1997 — 2004 (7 years)

Performed policy analysis for various DoD and Service sponsors. Projects included applications of social network analysis in counterterrorism research, using complex systems theory to understand and measure the effectiveness of military information and communications networks, and the development of models for the exploratory analysis of problems of interest to DoD sponsors. Was part of the research team examining the mission effectiveness changes enabled by the employment of new structures and network-centric capabilities in the U.S. Army's Stryker Brigade Combat Team for the Office of Force Transformation.
Student

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Military industry)

1991 — 1997 (6 years)

Jimmie McEver’s Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

Ph.D. , Physics , 1991 — 1997

Activities and Societies:

Graduate Student Government (Graduate Student Body President, Graduate Senator, Graduate Student Body Vice President, Graduate Judiciary Chair), Student Advisory Council to the Georgia Board of Regents (Chair), Omicron Delta Kappa, Georgia Tech Student Foundation Board of Trustees
Harvard University

M.P.P. , Public Policy , September 1989 — June 1991

Concentration in Science, Technology and Public Policy.
Georgia Institute of Technology

B.S. , Physics , September 1985 — June 1989

Graduated with Highest Honor.

Additional Information

Jimmie McEver’s Interests:

complex adaptive systems, agent-based simulation, social and dynamic network analysis, politics, golf

Jimmie McEver’s Groups:

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Military Operations Research Society (MORS), National Defense Industry Association (NDIA)

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