Advanced Analytics Senior Principal

Long N. Westerlund

Profile

Passionate technologist with more than 27 years of leadership and technical experience, providing thought and operational leadership in AI/ML and advanced analytics. Lead strategic planning and product delivery of advanced computing systems, predicative analytics capabilities, and products; domain expertise on virtualization, cloud, sensors, and ML to support operations and analysis; subject matter expert in life cycle management for secure cloud workloads and autonomous solutions. Strong technical leader, clear communicator, and outcome driver delivery expert.

Education

MBA, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2010

Software and Systems Sciences Certificate, George Washington University, 1997

Juris Doctor, Mississippi College School of Law, 1995

B.A., The College of William and Mary, 1992

Clearance

TS/SCI with CI polygraph

Contact

**************@*****.***; 703-***-****

Aset Partners (10/2022 – Present)

Senior Principal

Lead Architect for AI solutions and programs at DIA (CAE Program) and CISA (UAS Program)

Lead DevOps and Edge Teams for DIA’s Machine-assisted Analytic Rapid-repository System (MARS).

DevOps Team lead (OpenShift, Jenkins, kubernetes, Helm, C2S, Django, Angular, and hybrid clouds, etc).

QinetiQ (11/2019 – 10/2022)

Senior Principal

Lead for AI/ML and advanced analytics for Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), OUSD(R&E).

Lead teams developing/delivery of AI/ML systems, and oversee adoption of AI systems from R&D to operations environment and components. Responsible for strategy, engineering, and delivery.

RTI (5/2018 – 11/2019)

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Lead RTI into the future, with eye towards design, implementations, and strategies for data governance, storage, and AI and ML systems.

Lead teams in enterprise architecture, engineering, and development of DIA cloud and data re-engineering efforts.

Advise federal gov’t and oversee the establishment of data lakes for decision support systems.

Developed data strategies, build cycles, and adoption strategies for ML and data engineering capabilities.

Axiologic Solutions (7/2017 – 5/2018)

Principal Solutions Architect, DIA CIO

Lead Future State teams in delivery of advance analytics systems for DIA CIO. Responsible for developing strategy, integration/implementation, and future state plans for DIA data infrastructures.

Focus on development of algorithms, systems, and autonomous capabilities in operational environment through various methodologies. Delivered data centric solutions.

DMI Inc. (11/2016 – 7/2017)

Principal Architect, DIA CTO

Lead technical teams executing future state designs software, and mathematical modelling.

Lead architect for cloud apps and capabilities for storage, discovery, and adoption of predictive business intelligence systems. Focused on future state of operational data delivery.

Leidos (09/2015 – 10/2016)

Senior Architect, Cloud and Data Centers

Led technical teams for ODNI effort on Global Data Centers. Led strategy planning and modelling through rigorous systems planning and execution. SME on large scale data and infrastructure programs.

ATSI Inc. (04/2012 – 09/2015)

Vice President, Advanced Technologies and Chief Architect

ML Innovation leader in federal gov’t space, including DIA and US ARMY. Led technical teams in delivery of algorithms, design and development of cloud based technologies, software, and architectures.

Provided architecture and development of cloud services based upon innovative private sector solutions. Led teams that built technologies that enabled analysis of data and monitoring of systems in predictive operational environment.

MHM Innovations (08/2011 – 05/2012)

Technology Leader and Senior Leadership Advisor

Technology Advisor to Futures Directorate, US Army Intelligence and Security (INSCOM); led organizational units, integration, and implementation of cloud projects (300+ people). High-visibility, fast-paced, and required team management of DCGS-A system.

SME in cloud and large scale database engineering.

Refero Communications (03/2011 – 09/2011)

Principal

Provided C-Suite engagement services with a focus on advanced technology solutions and services.

S4 Inc. (04/2007 – 03/2011)

Chief Engineer

Chief engineer, systems architect and strategic technology advisor for various customers. Led engineering teams in development of Decision Support Systems; authored White Papers on migration to cloud, emerging cloud technologies and federated systems; SME on cloud computing.

Lockheed Martin Information Technology (06/2002 – 04/2007)

Chief Systems Engineer

Solutions architect and engineering team leadership; led teams in design of large-scale, mission-critical, enterprise information operations systems for deployment and real-time mission; managed teams with competing priorities and high visibility;

Multiple Lead Business and Technology Leadership Roles (07/2000 – 08/2001)

TAC Engineering (07/2000 – 08/2001) – Architect

Techspan.com (04/2000 – 07/2000) – Architect, Wireless

UUNet (08/1999 – 04/2000) – Software Lead and Senior Manager

Marconi Integrate Systems (07/1998 – 08/1999) – Software Team Manager

CACI Inc. (10/1996 – 07/1998) – Senior Software Engineer

Levi Perry Simmons and Loots, PC. (09/1995 – 10/1996)

Associate Attorney

Associate attorney practicing in areas of tax, business transactions, and corporations.

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