Please contact Paul Bogard at paul.bogard@gmail.com for questions or employment opportunities.
Overview
Accomplished Training Systems Engineer with extensive experience leading training simulator programs and managing contractor efforts flexibly through all steps of the acquisition process, providing an uncommon combination of deep technical knowledge and big picture understanding of end user requirements.
Experience
Lead Engineer, New Zealand C-130J Simulator (2020–Present)
United States Air Force Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Lead engineer for the New Zealand C-130J Simulator Foreign Military Sales (FMS) acquisition
- Develop program technical requirements to support future contract award
Lead Engineer, KC-46 Aircrew Training Systems (2013–Present)
United States Air Force Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Lead engineer for the $86 million KC-46 Aircrew Training System (ATS) development (up to $2.1 billion with all production options)
- Provide technical leadership on a training system developing concurrently with an aircraft in active development, requiring substantial adaptability to keep the training system capability and delivery schedule in line with end user requirements
- Manage a team of three engineers, a test manager, a configuration manager, and a security analyst to evaluate contractor submissions for technical accuracy and acceptability, review schedule and risks, ensure training system achieves cybersecurity compliance, perform all technical aspects of the directorate self-inspection process, and other technical tasks as needed
- Represent the training system program offices at design, requirement, program management, Earned Value Management, and various other reviews with contractors and MAJCOM end-users
- Oversee site surveys at contractor facilities and training sites
- Support and work with the KC-46 aircraft program office to ensure the ATS receives the OEM and flight test data required for development and to align the ATS schedule and capabilities with the overall KC-46 training environment
Lead Engineer, B-1 Training Systems (2010–2013)
United States Air Force Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Performed as lead engineer for the $101 million B-1 Training System contract, responsible for all technical aspects of seven separate types of aircrew and maintenance training systems
- Performed as Technical Factor Chief for the 2011 B-1 Training System source selection, which was awarded without protest and saved the government $75 million over 7 years
- Conducted technical evaluation training for simulator engineers new to acquisition, enabling them and their contract negotiators to avoid tens of thousands of dollars of unnecessary costs on sole-source contract change proposals
- Produced a program Systems Engineering Plan which was used as a template branch-wide
- Oversaw test events at contractor facilities and training sites
- Presented Earned Value Management briefings to division leadership
Engineer, F-16 Mission Training Center (2009–2010)
United States Air Force Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Concurrently performed as lead engineer for the F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC) Interim contract and engineer for the F-16 MTC Procurement contract
- Represented the training system program offices at design, requirement, program management, and various other reviews for both programs
- Evaluated contractor submissions for technical accuracy, feasibility, and reasonability, and developed a new technical evaluation supplemental spreadsheet format, which continues to be used to communicate technical issues to the rest of the integrated product team in an organized manner
- Led the F-16 MTC Interim contract through a new, six-month engineering self-assessment, and developed a standard documentation method for division engineers to use for this assessment
Committees
Best Paper Committee Member (2020)
I/ITSEC Orlando, Florida
- Evaluate academic papers and presentations from all conference paper subcommittees to determine the overall best paper
Paper Subcommittee Member (2013–Present)
I/ITSEC Orlando, Florida
- Review and vote to accept or reject abstracts and papers for the I/ITSEC conference and journal
- Provide guidance to authors throughout the paper acceptance process and during the conference presentations
Education
Master of Science in Computer Engineering
Wright State University Dayton, Ohio
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, Indiana
Certifications
Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering – Systems Engineering (SPRDE-SE) Level III
DAWIA Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP)
Program Management Level I
DAWIA Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP)
Test and Evaluation Level I
DAWIA Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP)
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer Science Fair Judge (2012–Present)
Multiple K–12 Schools Central and Southwest Ohio