David R. Pratt

Dr. Pratt is currently the Vice President for Technology for the Training and Simulation Solution Business Unit, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500 company. Dave's responsibilities include developing and fostering continued leading edge Information Technology (IT) and Modeling and Simulation (M&S) technologies. Supporting the Group headquarters in Orlando and offices in Tallahassee, eight other states and four overseas locations, he provides both strategic and tactical guidance in both technical and programmatic matters. Before joining SAIC, Dr. Pratt was the Technical Director for the JSIMS program. Formerly a Tenured Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School and Adjunct Teaching Instructor at the University of Central Florida, he has an extensive academic background that includes over 50 publications and $5M of external academic research funding.