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Chris Berardi

Academic Background:

• 2014 - present • MIT, ESD: PhD student in Engineering Systems
• 2013 • MIT, ESD: MS in Engineering and Management
• 2005 • United States Air Force Academy, Management: BS in Business Management

Work Experience:

Lincoln Laboratories Military Fellow: Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

Group 104—Intelligence and Decision Technologies – Lexington, Massachusetts

• Provided an operational perspective on the development of state of the art intelligence decision support systems.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE – June 2000 - Present

Program Manager / ISR Systems: Aug 2010 - Aug 2014

Operational Command and Control Division – Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts

• Developed ISR systems and products based on urgent requirements from Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Manage a team of engineers and over $300 million in assets and budget.

Deputy Director of Intelligence: Nov 2010 –May 2010

Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan / Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan

• Led a 90 person intelligence enterprise, which consisted of intelligence analysts from each branch of service and multiple national level intelligence agencies.

Intelligence Flight Commander: Feb 2009 –Nov 2010

435^th Security Forces Squadron / Sembach Air Base, Germany

• Led the United States Air Force in Europe’s busiest Intelligence Flight and delivered intelligence support to over 1,031 missions to 91 countries in Europe and Africa.

Executive Office: Aug 2008 –Feb 2009

86^th Contingency Response Group / Ramstein Air Base, Germany

• Successfully managed organizational manpower requirements for 404 subordinates across four different sub-organizations and 40 different career fields.

Chief of Intelligence: Feb 2007 –Aug 2008

786^th Security Forces Squadron / Sembach Air Base, Germany

• Led Squadron’s intelligence flight; directly supervised five Airmen.
• Provided intelligence training for 1,200 Airman annually and delivered Wing (2,200 person organization) leadership intelligence briefings on developing threats.

Research Domain:

systems architecture