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James Englund, Vice President, has over 19 years experience designing, developing, and supporting expert systems and distributed application software, as well as managing software development and customer support operations in a variety of computing environments. Jim received his B.S. in Computer Science from Michigan State University, and his M.S. in Computer Science / Artificial Intelligence from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to joining Expert Methods he worked at Software Technology, Inc. (STI), on the architecture upgrade of the GPS Operational Control Segment. Jim developed a resource allocation expert system and enhanced existing applications for hardware device monitoring & control and automated schedule execution. In addition, he led the Software Configuration Management and Product Delivery groups for STI's GPS efforts, supporting multiple system baselines for various customers of the GPS OCS Upgrade. He was also active in the STI Government Division's efforts to achieve Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Certification. Jim previously worked at Lockheed Martin's Knolls Atomic Power Lab (KAPL) where he assisted in the modernization of the Lab's Data Center as it migrated from IBM mainframe and CDC Cyber computers to Sun workstations and Cray XMP/YMP supercomputers. He then joined KAPL's newly-formed Artificial Intelligence Group where he developed several expert system based applications for the joint US Dept. of Energy / Naval Reactors Program, one of which has been granted a US Patent. Jim began his career with General Electric Corporate Information Systems, where he received training in GE's Software Engineering Program and Information Systems Management Program as well as exposure to the broad range of computer applications supporting GE's diverse operations. Jim's system and software engineering experience and technical management skills bring diversity and a solid record of success to Expert Methods, Inc. | 