Natalie M Scala Editor

Dr. Paul L. Goethals is an Academy Professor and the Director of Research for the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the United States Military Academy. He earned an M.S. degree in Mathematics from Florida State University in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University in 2011. Dr. Goethals has served 29 years of active duty service within the United States Army, most recently as a Research Scientist at the Army Cyber Institute and as a member of the Commander’s Action Group within the United States Cyber Command. He currently serves on the editorial board for the Cyber Defense Review and has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Experimental Design and Process Optimization since 2012.

Dr. Natalie M. Scala is an Associate Professor and Director of the graduate programs in Supply Chain Management in the College of Business and Economics at Towson University. She earned Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Her primary research is in decision analysis, with foci on military applications and cybersecurity. Specific projects include army unit readiness, risk in voting systems, cybersecurity metrics and best practices, naval seabasing, nuclear power plants, and workforce planning. Dr. Scala frequently consults to government clients and has extensive professional experience, to include positions with Innovative Decisions, Inc., the United States Department of Defense, and the RAND Corporation. Her first book, a co-edited volume titled Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research, was released by CRC Press in early 2020.

Dr. Daniel T. Bennett is the Senior Research and Operations Advisor for Energy Security and Resilience at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dan came to NREL from the Army Cyber Institute at the U.S. Military Academy where he led research for the Army’s cyber think tank. While at West Point, he was also an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science where he was the Academy’s recognized expert in analog, digital and wireless communications systems and networks. He also recently served a yearlong tour as Technical Director Advisor to the 2-star commander of U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force at Ft. Meade, MD. Previous experiences include 15 months as Director of the Joint Network Operations & Security Center for Combined Joint Task Force-101 in Bagram, Afghanistan. Currently he is a technical lead on the Department of Energy’s ‘5G Catalogue’.