Ronald P.S. Mahler is a staff scientist at Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems with over 25 years of industry experience. He earned his B.E.E. degree at the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. in Mathematics at Brandeis University. He has served on technology planning workshops for many prominent organizations, including the Electronics Division of the Army Research Office. Dr. Mahler was also a reviewer of the DARPA Dynamic Data Base (DDB) project.