The Edenfield Executive-in-Residence program is trying something new this academic year, and ISyE faculty and students will receive twice the usual benefit. Instead of recruiting one executive to visit campus for a short time, Dr. Rouse invited two executives who have agreed to visit once a month for a year, over a three- to four-day period.

Dr. Kenneth R. Boff is chief scientist of the Human Effectiveness Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. He will assist ISyE in designing a faculty-recruiting plan that will support growth of the School's research and education programs in human systems. Boff formerly served as chief of the Fitts Human Engineering Division Division of Armstrong Laboratory. He is internationally known for his research on understanding and remediating problems in the transition of ergonomic data and models to applications in the design of complex human-operated systems.

Boff holds a patent for rapid communication display technology and is the author and editor of numerous articles, book chapters, and technical papers. He holds a bachelor's in general psychology and a master's in experimental psychology from Hunter College of the City University of New York, and a master of philosophy and a doctorate in experimental psychology from Columbia University. Boff actively consults and provides technical liaison with government agencies, international working groups, universities, and professional societies. He is founder and technical director of the Department of Defense Human-System Information Analysis Center. He also coordinates the human factors and medicine technology area for the NATO Research and Technology Organization.

Dr. William C. Kessler, vice president of Advanced Enterprise Initiatives at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, will assist faculty in developing a vision and strategy in the broad enterprise systems areas to include interactions across all six colleges at Georgia Tech. In his position as executive organizational architect for LM Aero, Kessler is responsible for the company's overall operational concept, helping LM Aero support future aerospace power projection requirements. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin in 1997, Kessler served as the director of Air Force Manufacturing Technology. He led numerous pioneering initiatives to address the affordability of military aerospace systems. Kessler has been closely affiliated with the national Lean Aerospace Initiative since its inception in 1992, and currently serves as the Industry Co-Chair.

Kessler received the Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award from Purdue University and a Laurel Award from Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine. He holds a bachelor's and master's in aeronautical and engineering sciences from Purdue University and a doctorate in chemical engineering from Washington University. He spent a year studying and lecturing on experimental fluid mechanics at the von Karman Institute in Brussels. Kessler also attended the Harvard School of Government, the Federal Executive Institute, and the Lockheed Martin Executive Learning Institute, where he studied business management and leadership.

James C. Edenfield, BIE 1957, president of American Software, founded the Executive-in-Residence program to bring experienced and proven executives to campus each year, sharing research and education knowledge from industry. The endowment supports office space, computer equipment, software, secretarial, and student support.

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