Towards Simulating the Complex Nature of Asymmetric Operations in Tactical Immersive Environments

Authored By

• Paul Cummings

  Senior FellowICF International

  Paul Cummings has more than 17 years of technical and management leadership experience in the education, simulation, and training community. He has been a major contributor to several large research programs where he led the design of several live, virtual, and constructive training systems. Mr. Cummings leads the development of all of ICF’s modeling, simulation, and gaming products for clients such as the U.S. Air Force, Center for Army Leadership, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency, and Internal Revenue Service. He studied computer science and cognitive psychology at Boston University and in a New York University graduate program.

• Mick Golson

  Senior FellowICF International

  Mick Golson has more than 30 years of experience in military policy analysis and information systems management in the areas of logistics management and energy. He has done extensive work on defining U.S. Air Force (USAF) logistics capabilities needed to execute the full range of military options and has managed ICF International’s modeling and simulation (M&S) services. His knowledge of logistics and advance training systems has led to multiple contract awards with the USAF Expeditionary Center.

  Mr. Golson specializes in Department of Defense (DOD) petroleum management, military logistics, and information technology, with a focus in modeling and simulations as applied to military operations.

• Jeff Patterson

  Project ManagerICF International

  Jeff Patterson has more than 30 years of experience in the Department of Defense (DoD) as a career Marine. He is the program manager for the Command and Control Portfolio Management project for U.S. Joint Forces Command. He has expertise in irregular warfare, amphibious operations, strategic and operational planning, and training.

  He commanded the 3rd Marine Regiment and was the Chief of Staff for Marine Forces Pacific, Senior Fellow for the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Study Group XX, and Commandant of the Marine Corps Chair and Professor of Military Strategy & Logistics at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at National Defense University.