RESILIENT COGNITIVE SOLUTIONS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Founder, President, CSE Fellow

Bill Elm's career began as a Cognitive Systems Engineer designing Advanced Control Rooms for commercial nuclear power plants, including an alarm management system that still defines the state of the art. He is one of the longest practicing Cognitive Systems Engineers, combining over 40 years of applied CSE experience in domains ranging from process control to national intelligence. Currently he is focused on Advanced Decision Support using Big Data Analytics to team effectively with corresponding advances in decision-making tradecraft. Mr. Elm's military career includes an ROTC Commission in 1977 from Carnegie-Mellon University as a Distinguished Military Graduate, with further military education including Airborne, Ranger, Military Intelligence Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, CAS3, and Command and General Staff College. He has held leadership positions up to MI Battalion Command, Brigade S3, as well as Intelligence Staff Officer Positions at various levels up to Joint Command, receiving numerous decorations and awards including the Meritorious Service Medal. His military career spanned 27 years of active and reserve service, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, Military Intelligence in 2004. Mr. Elm now applies his background in ISR asset management, All Source and SIGINT Analysis, and Intelligence Operations to the design of advanced decision support systems for national and commercial customers. Education Carnegie Mellon University Distinguished Military Graduate, 1977 BS and MS in Electrical Engineering Westinghouse B. G. Lamme scholar PhD coursework in Artificial Intelligence