Thomas Pike

Develop and implement strategy to make Mesa the Agent Based Model Library of choice for the globe. Throughout my time as co-lead, I reformed and improved processes from management to technical processes. I improved volunteer recruitment, increasing Mesa's reliable contributor based from 2 to 7, with a corresponding doubling in occasional contributors. I improved technical workflows, making sure releases occurred faster and more effectively. I got Mesa, to be the only Agent Based Model library that is NumFOCUS affiliated. I successfully, got Mesa selected to Google Summer of Code with three interns, while most new libraries only get one or at most two their first year. I successfully created Mesa network that reaches out to academic institutions all over North America and the Europe. I developed the strategy to create the Agent Based Model ecosystem, a non-trivial challenge that if successful will be able to create a powerful new artificial intelligence approach.

Responsible for the quality of learning, curriculum and research of the Oettinger School of Science and Technology Intelligence. In my tenure, I reformed the curriculum assessment and development process. I reshaped the faculty culture to ensure processes enabled substantive thinking about the curriculum, technology integration and competitive advantage. I influenced the views of the faculty to embrace student centered learning versus teacher centered learning, improving the quality of learning so graduates would be more effective problem solvers in a increasingly complex changing world. I integrated faculty more effectively into the Intelligence Community and shaped a path for the Oettinger School to be the thoughts leaders for technology integration in the U.S. Government. I led research that looked at technology and technology integration throughout the Intelligence Community and the U.S. national security enterprise.

Develop and execute data science courses with a particular focus on application for Intelligence Community applications. Courses increased proficiency, in data cleaning and preparation, and in machine learning algorithms through interactive teaching methods and real-world examples. Served as the principal investigator for numerous research projects that created data science approaches for national security applications.

Served as a Intelligence Officer at U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Intelligence Center of Excellence (ICOE) and U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC). As the Executive Assistant for the Commander at USTRANSCOM, I coordinated responses across the command for allied partners and ensured timely and effective completion of Commander tasks. As the Executive Officer for the Director of Intelligence, USTRANSCOM, I coordinated the realignment of all transportation intelligence in the U.S. Intelligence Community. At ICOE I commanded a training company getting over 2500 Soldiers ready for combat and revamped the Basic Officers Course to prepare them counter insurgency intelligence operations. At HRC, I served as the Strategic Intelligence Career Manager, managing the recruitment, and career of over 300 officers from senior captain to lieutenant colonel.

Served as Air Assault Platoon Leader and Air Assault Executive Officer in the Republic of Korea, Bradley Platoon Leader at Fort Riley Kansas, Scout Platoon Leader Fort Riley Kansas and Ar-Ramadi Iraq. Led and trained Soldiers in air assault, mechanized and reconnaissance. Conduct over 350 combat missions in Ar-Ramadi, to include numerous personal security missions.