Disciplined Systems Engineering for a Chaotic Tsunami Detection Design
Speaker
Jimmy H.T. Thai, Assistant Vice-President for Science & Technology, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Location (Host)
The Aerospace Corporation
2350 E. El Segundo Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90245
Directions
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Meeting Schedule:
5:30 PM Registration, Networking & Refreshments
6:20 PM Welcome, Announcements & Speaker Introduction
6:30 PM Main Presentation Abstract
Tsunamis are a worldwide phenomena and threat that have affected humankind for eons. As the world's population continues to grow and migrate towards the coast, this potential threat continues to cause terror.
The United Nations estimates three-quarters of the world's population will be living in coastal areas by 2025. Over the last 15 years, 18 major destructive tsunamis have occurred, with 11 of these resulting in the deaths of nearly 5,400 people during the six-year period from 1992 through 1998. Although each of these events were extremely tragic in their own right, affecting the lives and livelihood of tens of thousands of people, nothing prepared the world for the tragic events of December 26, 2004, when the most deadly tsunami in recorded history took the lives of over 225,000 people, severely affected over 150 million more in the region, and triggered an economic impact of nearly USD 8 billion.
That tragic event spurred the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission to call for and lead the development of a global tsunami warning and mitigation system. Under this leadership, 26 countries in the Indian Ocean region have formed a consortium called the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. Unfortunately, this large body of nations is faced with more chaos than it can handle - from technical to political to environmental to financial challenges. Armed with a disciplined systems engineering approach, the SAIC Tsunami Buoy (STB) program office was formed across four business units, and it raised $450K in internal research and development funds to design, build, test, and deploy a prototype Tsunami-Warning system. The project was completed under budget, finished ahead of schedule, and exceeded all technical specifications.
To date, the program has signed multiple contracts to provide turnkey systems for Australia, China, Thailand, Chile, and negotiation-in-progress with dozen other countries. Do you want to know its secret? Simply put - Disciplined Members - Disciplined Processes - Disciplined Tools! Biography
Jimmy Thai, Assistant Vice President for Science and Technology, is an award winning program manager for the Tsunami-Warning Systems program office with Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a FORTUNE 500(r) company with $10 billion revenue in 2008 and 45,000 employees worldwide. He has 18 years of experience in systems engineering and program execution, specializing in disciplined processes and high performance organizations in both commercial and defense acquisition. His technical expertise includes RF applications, undersea surveillance, military and commercial SATCOM, and anti-terrorism force protection.
Jimmy tried to escape Vietnam 15 times and was captured twice before turning 17. Finally, he came to America with empty hands knowing only one English word. Today, Jimmy holds MBA and MSEE degrees from California State University and BSEE from University of California. He also graduated from Defense Systems Management College and Federal Executive Institute. In addition, he teaches systems engineering courses at SAIC University and instructs Turbo Kick Boxing at Rancho YMCA.
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