James Larry Hayes

Huntsville, AL
jh1129482@westpost.net
256-509-5717

SUMMARY
Defense Industry senior management executive with an extensive record of achieve
ment spanning research & development, strategic planning, business development,
and program management. Dedicated, team oriented professional with skills in ana
lyzing opportunities, developing strategic alliances, and developing innovative
approaches to achieve organizational goals.
Department of Defense Security Clearance: SECRET (have held Top Secret: Origin
al date granted: 1980; Latest reinvestigation: Feb04)
PROFESSIONAL Experience
James L Hayes Consulting Co., LLC Huntsville, AL
Owner Dec 2004- Present

* Provide business development plans and program management expertise in area of

ballistic missile defense.
* Develop business and marketing plans for senior Army leadership.
Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) Huntsville, AL
Director, Huntsville Operations Dec 2003-Dec 2004
* Managed complex, multi-million dollar government programs.
* Directed all aspects of the Huntsville operations, and provide functional & te
chnical guidance to engineering staff.
* Developed and presented marketing plans to senior Army leaders.
* Led the SRC marketing at the Space & Missile Defense Conference.
James L Hayes Consulting Co., LLC Huntsville, AL
Owner May 2003- Dec 2003
* Developed Business & Marketing plans for Oceaneering Space Systems in Huntsvil
le, AL.
* Presented marketing plans to senior Army leadership.
SPARTA Huntsville AL
Senior Principal Investigator/Scientist Nov 2002- Mar 2003

* Chief Engineer for BMC3 in the Defense Programs Operation.

* Performed systems and engineering analysis of the EKV (Exoatmospheric Kill Veh
icle).
* Evaluated the impact of the evolving threats on the GMD system.
US Army Space and Missile Defense Technology Center Huntsville, AL
Director, Sensors Directorate Nov 200
1 - Dec 2002
* Managed programs to advance radar and optical technology for next generation B
MD and Army sensors.
* Managed programs for advanced focal plane development and advanced laser
communications technology.
* Developed plans for new programs and presented these to top management
in the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
US Army Space and Missile Defense Technology Center Huntsville, AL
Chief Advanced Materials and Electro-optics Technology Division, Advanced Techno
logy Directorate Jun 1994- Nov 2001
* Responsible for identifying and evaluating the feasibility of innovative conce
pts and technologies for missile defense and provided technical oversight for 20
0 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) efforts.
* Led a 25-member team in the review and pre-award selection of over 600 SBIR pr
oposals.
* Initiated a Process Action Team to streamline and compress the Space & Missile
Defense Command's entire SBIR contract execution process to award all SBIR cont
racts within four months of receipt of proposals.
* Developed high data rate laser communications and joint distributed Hardware-i
n-the- Loop demonstration with Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). Estab
lished a coalition with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC and
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California to demonstrate advanced distributed
technology in BMD test-beds.
US Army Space and Missile Defense (SMDC) Huntsville, AL
Chief, Passive Sensors Discrimination Branch Nov 1990 - Jun 1994
* Served as the acting principal program director and scientific advisor for exp
loration and development of the BMD advanced discrimination technology program w
ith a $50M annual budget. Supervised 20 engineers
* Developed and evaluated concepts, techniques, and algorithms to implement disc
rimination, kill-assessment, and related functions for BMD system decision-makin
g software.
* Created a centralized Optical Data Analysis Center for timely validation
Of Ballistic Missile Defense functions, enabling all defense agencies
and contractors to evaluated date concurrently, while reducing the data pr
ocessing time from 6 months to less than 3 months.
US Army Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Joint Program Office Huntsville, AL
Chief, Weapons Control Office Mar 1989- Nov 1990
* Established new division to plan and manage all JPO battle management developm
ent.
* Directed the conceptualization, contract strategy formulation, and prototype d
evelopment of the Weapon Control System to reduce critical program development s
chedule risks.
* Selected and Chaired a 120 member Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) for
Phase I of an anticipated $1.2 billion ASAT weapons program.
US Army Space and Missile Defense (SMDC) Huntsville, AL
General Engineer Jul 1984-Mar 1989
- Served as Program Manager of a $150M exoatmospheric flight measurement program
including planning, budgeting, contracting, and developmental phases.
- This 5-year program culminated in the launch of an exoatmospheric probe to obt
ain unique data for strategic defense.
US Army Space and Missile Defense (SMDC) Huntsville, AL
General Engineer Mar 1969- Mar 1989
* Developed and validated optical target signature models and assessed BMD requi
rements. ---Created approaches for computer simulations and managed multi-contra
ctor data analysis teams.
* Led development of first optical signatures code (OSC) and first optical discr
imination algorithms for BMD applications
Education:
Bachelor of Science Degree, Physics, Birmingham Southern College, 1963
30 hours Graduate level course (Physics & Math): Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville;
Sept 63-June 66

Professional Training & Certification

Office of Personnel Management, Washington, D.C., Knoxville, TN and Monterey, CA
:
Federal Resource Management at the Crossroads," 2/94
Executive Development Seminar, 5/93
Seminar for New Management, 7/80
U.S. Army Missile Command / Civilian Personnel Office, Huntsville, AL:
"Civilian Personnel Management for Supervisors," 1/91
Brookings Institute, Williamsburg, VA:
"New Directions in National Policy-Making," 4/92; "Priorities for U.S. Defense P
olicy," 4/86
Army Acquisition Corps
Certification, Research Systems Contracts Management, 5/91
American Graduate University, Washington, D.C.
Program Management, 11/85

Professional Memberships: Member Optical Society of America (OSA)-1966 to Presen

t
Other Memberships:
Member Huntsville Aerospace Marketing Association (HAMA): 2004-Present