Data Security

G ARY S TEPHEN B LANPIED

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E XPERI EN CED L EAD S CI ENTI ST

Accomplished R&D professional with over 30 years’ experience leading technical teams solving complex

scientific and engineering problems. Secured funding support from government and private sources, proposed

and completed experimental programs at national and international laboratories. Developed and utilized cutting

edge technology and algorithms leading to the publication of more than 100 papers and 8 patents. Quality

assurance of state of the art hardware utilizing calibration and data reduction techniques. Manipulation of large

data (data scientist) sets to extract physical measurements. Designed, simulated and constructed multiple

devices to measure the passage of particles and radiation. Conceived and created commercial products in

collaborative (agile) organization.

P ROFESSIONAL E XPERIENCE

2008 2015 • Physicist and Technical Lead, detection and imaging algorithms

Decision Sciences International Corporation, Poway, CA: Provider of detection and imaging technology for

homeland security.

Led a team that took a fully functional cargo inspection system from conception to completion

Selected accomplishments:

• Spearheaded the effort to increase system sensitivity by almost 50%

• Helped organize a prototype demonstration for the United States government that was attended

by many foreign dignitaries

• Published 2 journal articles on material detection and classification.

• Developed and tested algorithms and created working C++ code that was adopted into the

released software.

• Verified through analytics and reduction of large data sets (1 Gigabyte/minute) that the detector,

electronics and software were functioning optimally for successful cargo screening.

• Eight patents covering the product development.

1979 2008 • Professor of Physics

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC: Higher education institution.

Taught popular upper division physics courses and directed PhD dissertation research. Directed undergraduate

program and led post tenure review and participated in annual review of faculty.

Selected accomplishments:

• Supervised over 10 PhD dissertation projects.

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Professional Experience Continued

• Was continuously funded since 1979 from proposals that were submitted to the US NSF, Los

Alamos National Laboratory and private corporations.

• Published nearly 100 papers on cutting edge research performed at national and international

laboratories.

Career Notes: Additional experience as a Scrum (agile) product owner and team member. Skilled at using

MATLAB, FORTRAN, C++, and python. Have utilized MS Word, Excel, and Powerpoint for more than 20 years.

E DUCATION & C REDENTIALS

1977 • PhD in Physics

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin, Texas

Dissertation title: Scattering of 0.8 GeV Protons from 12C, !3C, and 208Pb

1974 • Master of Science in Physics

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, Georgia

1973 • Bachelor of Science in Physics

AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Auburn, Alabama

P ATENTS AND P ATENT A PPLICATIONS

1. Measuring momentum for charged particle tomography

US 7838841 B2, Gary Blanpied, et al.

2. Imaging based on cosmic ray produced charged particles

US 8536527 B2, Gary Blanpied, et al.

3. Primary and secondary scanning in muon tomography inspection, Gary Blanpied, et al., WO 201-***-**** A2,

publication date 3 Apr 2014, apllication number PCT/US2013/056035.

4. Discrimination of Low Atomic Weight Materials Using Scattering and Stopping of Cosmic Ray Electrons and

Muons, G.Blanpied, Filed 5 Nov 2014, Application Number 62/075788.

5. Material Discrimination Using Scattering and Stopping of Muons and Electrons, G.Blanpied, et al., Filed 11

Aug 2014, Application No. 62/036034.

6. Portal Monitor Gamma Analysis, G. Blanpied, et al., February 2015.

7. Standoff Detector For Monitoring The Level Of Gamma Radiation And Cosmic Ray Tracking, G. Blanpied, et

al., February 2015.

8. Calibrating Modular Charged Particle Arrays, G. Blanpied, et al., Filed 19 Aug 2014, Application number

62/039253.

S ELECTED P UBLICATIONS

(More than 90 publications in refereed journals, available upon request)

1) Gary Blanpied, et al., Tomographic Imaging with Cosmic Ray Muons, Science & Global Security (2007).

2) Gary Blanpied, et al., Material Discrimination Using Scattering and Stopping of Cosmic Ray Muons and

Electrons Differentiating Heavier from Lighter Metals as well as low Atomic Weight Materials, SORMA XV,

(2014).

3) Gary Blanpied, et al., Material Discrimination Using Scattering and Stopping of Cosmic Ray Muons and

Electrons and Detection of Gamma Radiation, IEEE Seattle (2014), NSS2014 manuscript N37 6.

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