Dr. R. Scott Starsman is the Director for Defense Systems with Avineon, Inc. He is responsible for a portfolio of Information Technology projects supporting Defense and Federal customers. He has successfully delivered Machine Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Business Process Modeling, and advanced Geographical Information Systems solutions to demanding customers with complicated technical environments and urgent operational requirements. He is also responsible for the design and development of cutting edge technical solutions to challenging problems and has developed innovative approaches to machinery failure prediction; automated question answering systems; imagery analysis; combat systems interoperability modeling; advanced data analysis; and cross domain data replication to serve coalition partners. He completed a Naval career of 20 years serving aboard the USS CHANDLER and USS MOUNT WHITNEY and in technical leadership positions at SPAWAR, DISA, Task Force Web, and NAVSEA.