Additional Instructors

Dominic J. Baca
Mr. Baca has over 10 years of experience in Air Force and Defense Intelligence Agency Measurement and Signature Intelligence collection operations and requirements management. He also has over 7 years experience as a functional and program manager of imagery-derived AGI collection analysis programs.
David M. Trask
Professor David M. Trask is the MASINT Chair at the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, CA. Retiring as a Colonel, Professor Trask accumulated over 3000 flying hours, primarily in the B-52G and RC-135V/W/U/S/X aircraft. He also commanded the 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron, the unit responsible for providing mission crews for the RC-135V/W (RIVET JOINT) and RC-135U (COMBAT SENT) aircraft. He is also the former Director of the Technology Coordination Office, which is responsible for conducting all DIA-funding MASINT R&D. Mr. Trask holds a BS in Business Economics and a MS in Aviation Management.
Dr. Brigette Martini
Coming most recently from the commercial hyperspectral field, Dr. Martini facilitates essential bridge-building between the applied, commercial geospatial industry and the AGI disciplines. Her experience ranges from advanced geophysical applications and analysis of hyper/multi-spectral data to planning and administering complex geospatial mission on five continents. She possesses expert knowledge of applied geospatial solutions for surface material identification and mapping including defense and security targets. Her roles in both the academic and commercial worlds have made her an authority in available remote sensing technologies for the unclassified user. Dr. Martini holds a BS in Geosciences (University of Arizona, 1997) and a PhD in Earth Science/Hyperspectral Imaging (University of California, Santa Cruz, 2002).
Dr. Rod Barnes
Dr. Barnes has practiced as an engineer and scientist in the areas of over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) and radio wave propagation for 20 years. His specialties in the OTHR field are propagation effects, coordinate registration (geo-location), and frequency and setup management for radar performance optimization. When working at the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organization, he led teams that developed the initial surface mode (slow target) frequency advice and a concept demonstrator coordinate registration system incorporating a real-time data driven regional ionospheric model for the Jindalee OTHR. He worked as the head of propagation and ionospheric effects on the Australian Jindalee project from 1998 to 2002 and led the Australian delegation of the US/AUS MOA meetings on OTHR from 2000-2002. Dr Barnes also represented Australia at the ITU, Geneva on spectrum issues pertaining to OTHR usage, 1999-2003. His current research interests are in the applications of modern digital hardware in expanding OTHR and support sensor capability. Dr Barnes also worked as the Defence Science Attaché in the Australian Embassy before joining Riverside Research Institute in 2006. Dr. Barnes holds a BSc (Hons) and PhD in physics (U. of Queensland) and a Grad. Certificate in Scientific Leadership (U. South Australia).
Eric P. Patterson
Mr. Patterson is a Principle Member of the Research Staff at Riverside Research Institute and has twenty-three years of experience in the Advanced Geospatial Intelligence (AGI), Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT), Collection Management, and training and education fields. His responsibilities included everything from installing and maintaining collection platforms to planning and executing worldwide collection strategies. Before retiring from the U.S. Air Force, Mr. Patterson led a Joint service team providing 24-hour crisis collection management and oversight to include data mining, fusion and multi-INT integration of intelligence for the cueing of National and Service MASINT sensors. Mr. Patterson planned, prioritized and levied MASINT collection requirements across all disciplines and redirected collection and exploitation focus in response to dynamic situations supporting ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM. Since his retirement, Mr. Patterson supported many efforts to include the MASINT Requirements System, Ballistic Missile Technical Collection Analysis of Alternatives, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency College (NGA) course development and Aircraft Mission Planning. Most recently, Mr. Patterson developed the collection planning tool for NGA used to forecast and evaluate future system capabilities to collect targets using azimuth and elevation constraints for both the collection and illumination geometry. The tool provides an efficient means of determining optimal sensor selection and location by weighing known or planned sensor characteristics against target profiles. He also authored the Synthetic Aperture Radar, Thermal-Infrared and Spectral Imaging portions of "Advanced Geospatial Intelligence - Phenomenology, Requirements, & Products (AGI PReP)" course. His degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from University of Maryland and additional degrees in Electronics Systems Technology and Instructor of Technology and Military Science. Mr. Patterson is also a Certified Technical Trainer by the Chauncey Group International (now Computing Technology Industry Association) and possesses his Occupational Instructor Certification from the Community College of the Air Force.
 
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