Author
Gary O. Langford teaches systems engineering and system integration, and
is a practicing systems engineer; a NASA Ames fellow; visiting lecturer in
the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford University; founder
and president of four U.S. corporations (one publicly traded on Nasdaq);
owner of an international consulting firm; earlier member of the boards of
directors of seven corporations (holding three positions as chairman of the
board); executive vice president of a merchant bank; manager of an aerospace systems engineering department; contract research scientist; foreman
of a cannery nightshift operation; and lifelong learner. His work of thinking
in systems integration spans his education in physics, astrophysics, geophysics, electrical engineering, sociology, business management, and systems
engineering. He has served as the principal investigator for contracts and
grants from the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Agency, and the Temasek Defence Systems Institute, Singapore.
In addition to extensive work with corporations and universities in the
United States, he has engaged in collaborative research with researchers
from Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, Canada,
Turkey, and France.
Gary Langford is a senior lecturer in the Systems Engineering Department
at the United States Naval Postgraduate School and a doctoral candidate at
the Defence and Systems Institute, University of South Australia, Australia.
He has an AB astronomy degree from the University of California, Berkeley
and an MS physics degree from California State University, Hayward. Since
1976, Gary Langford has worked in all facets of systems engineering and
systems integration on projects ranging from $200 thousand to $1 billion. His
research interests include the creation and sustainment of systems.
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Gary O. Langford teaches systems engineering and system integration, and
is a practicing systems engineer; a NASA Ames fellow; visiting lecturer in
the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford University; founder
and president of four U.S. corporations (one publicly traded on Nasdaq);
owner of an international consulting firm; earlier member of the boards of
directors of seven corporations (holding three positions as chairman of the
board); executive vice president of a merchant bank; manager of an aerospace systems engineering department; contract research scientist; foreman
of a cannery nightshift operation; and lifelong learner. His work of thinking
in systems integration spans his education in physics, astrophysics, geophysics, electrical engineering, sociology, business management, and systems
engineering. He has served as the principal investigator for contracts and
grants from the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Agency, and the Temasek Defence Systems Institute, Singapore.
In addition to extensive work with corporations and universities in the
United States, he has engaged in collaborative research with researchers
from Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, Canada,
Turkey, and France.
Gary Langford is a senior lecturer in the Systems Engineering Department
at the United States Naval Postgraduate School and a doctoral candidate at
the Defence and Systems Institute, University of South Australia, Australia.
He has an AB astronomy degree from the University of California, Berkeley
and an MS physics degree from California State University, Hayward. Since
1976, Gary Langford has worked in all facets of systems engineering and
systems integration on projects ranging from $200 thousand to $1 billion. His
research interests include the creation and sustainment of systems.
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