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Senior engineer Marty Meyer recognized for excellence

in SED mission support

By Tom Clark, Executive Vice President

On December 13th, MIL Senior We would also like to express our appreciation for your
Engineer Marty Meyer received a continued commitment to SED and our Partners throughout a
Letter of Appreciation from Mark challenging year of mission growth, and COVID uncertainties.
Stocker, the Deputy Director of U.S. Your professionalism and engagement are hallmarks of the
Customs and Border Protection esprit de corps that makes SED a great place for all of us to
(CBP), Office of Acquisition work.”
(OA), Systems Engineering
Prior to joining MIL in July 2021, Marty served as Chief
Division (SED), acknowledging
Engineer and Chief Risk Officer at CBP before retiring in
Marty’s outstanding support and
September 2020. Before joining CBP in 2010, Marty worked as
contributions. Marty currently
a nuclear detection systems engineer for the Domestic Nuclear
serves as a subject matter expert in
Detection Office, and also as an engineer, project manager,
MIL’s REPS Sector supporting SED under our Mission Systems
and test director for numerous U.S. Department of Defense
Engineering (MSE) contract. Through MSE, MIL supports the
(DoD) advanced technology and robotics programs. Marty
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Webster Outlying
retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel after
Field (NAWAD WOLF) as well as CBP through a Government
serving as Military Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of
Interagency Agreement between NAWCAD WOLF and CBP.
Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts in the Pentagon,
The Deputy Director’s letter reads, in part: among other critical DoD assignments. Marty received a
“On behalf of Director Patel and myself, I want to thank you for degree in Civil Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy
your contributions to the execution of the SED mission over the and an MBA from Golden Gate University, CA. He is also a
past year. Harvard University Senior Executive Fellow and a graduate
of Air Command and Staff College, Air War College, the Air
Specifically, we appreciate your work in planning and executing Force Fighter Weapons (Top Gun) School, the U.S. Army
the SED Digital Engineering (DE) Initiative. By developing the Airborne (paratrooper) School, and CBP’s “Second Level
programmatic structure and execution team for the Digital Command Preparation” and Leadership Institute programs.
Engineering Program, you have created the first-ever agency
(and DHS) Digital Engineering framework for all acquisition Please join me in recognizing and congratulating Marty for
programs. Your efforts led to the DE Program now being his dedication and success in support of NAWCAD WOLF,
executed in partnership with stakeholders within CBP and DHS CBP, and our Homeland Security mission. His expertise and
Science & Technology (S&T). The DE capability will greatly professionalism exemplify MIL’s commitment to support our
improve program managers’ abilities to see how potential customers’ goals and objectives—and in this case, both our
changes ripple through the program lifecycle. NAWCAD WOLF and CBP customers benefited greatly from
his dedication.

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