Mr. William Ward

Mr. Ward graduated in 1979 from William Paterson University, NJ with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and continued his graduate studies in Computer Science & Mathematics at Montclair State University, NJ. He holds a Master’s of Science in Engineering Management from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and is currently enrolled in the Systems Engineering Graduate Program at Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ.

During the Vietnam Conflict, Mr. Ward served in the U.S. Air Force, assigned to the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Tactical Air Command (TAC) and supported Operations Constant Guard VI and Linebacker II from 1972 – 1973; his unit receiving numerous awards for meritorious service, including: the Presidential Unit Citation, USAF Outstanding Unit Citation, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, RVN Vietnam Campaign Ribbon and many others.

Upon his return, and thru 2010, Mr. Ward has held professional positions as project coordinator, project manager and chief estimator for many high-profile commercial and academic projects; including Project Manager for NJIT’s Sponsored Research Department from 2006 – 2010 where he oversaw multiple 6.1 – 6.2 research initiatives for NASA, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Army and other Government Agencies.

Since rejoining the Department of Defense as a civilian in 2010, Mr. Ward has served as the Condition Based Maintenance – Plus (CBM+) Project Lead for the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Communications- Electronics Research Development & Engineering Center (CERDEC), Space & Terrestrial Communications Directorate (S&TCD); now located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

The ongoing objective of the CERDEC CBM+ Program Management Office is the development, maturation, verification and validation of the U.S. Army’s “To-Be” Common CBM+ Architecture (CCA); a fully-integrated model of the Army’s future CBM+ enabled Force Structure; compliant with guidelines established within the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF v2.02) and including the requisite communications pathways for transporting six (6) independently defined CBM+ related data categories in support of U.S. Army Maintenance, Logistics and Sustainment.