10 years of extensive successful experience in:
- Executive leadership yielding positive results involving complex, uncertain, ever evolving multi-organizational environments.
- Defining military operational capability requirements, guiding development of appropriate solutions, and navigating the DoD acquisition environment (User level up through Congressional committee staff) to achieve solution procurement.
- Rapid procurement processes for urgently needed military capabilities.
- Leader in the development and fielding of small/micro UAVs and small unmanned ground vehicles to Current Force US Army Infantry units.
Vice President Government Systems @ CyPhy Works is a "skunk works" for unmanned systems; a place where big things happen in a short time frame. Its mission is to serve as an innovation engine, providing leap ahead new capabilities by pushing technological envelopes through innovative robotic technology. From February 2010 to Present (5 years 11 months) Board Member @ Serving as a member of the Board of Directors responsible for contributing to the AUVSI mission of promoting and supporting the unmanned systems community through communication, education, and leadership. From August 2010 to August 2014 (4 years 1 month) Washington D.C. Metro AreaChief, Electronics and Special Developments, Directorate of Combat Developments @ Led, planned, organized and managed diverse, complex multi-million dollar development and sustainment material programs/efforts for the U.S. Army. Responsible for Soldier worn and weapon mounted night vision/laser systems, Infantry centric small/micro unmanned aerial vehicles, Army unmanned ground vehicle capability development strategy, and a broad array of special capability developments including systems such as, but not limited to, Sense Through the Wall, unattended ground sensors, vehicle/soldier gunshot detection, and small unit precision munitions. Innovative approaches to developing near and long term capabilities yielded approval of Programs of Record (POR) equating to over $2B in acquisition. As a prime contributor to the Army’s move to rapid acquisition for urgent wartime needs, developed novel and cross-organizational approaches yielding 37 separate “rapid acquisition” capabilities for immediate deployment overseas; exceeding $800M in acquisition. Placing a special interest in Unmanned Systems, was a founding contributor to the creation of the Rapid Equipping Force; designed to quickly provide combatant commanders with material solutions for immediate operational problems. Deployed the REF’s first material solution, the first Unmanned Ground Vehicle (PacBot) in combat with an Infantry unit and ultimately evolved it into the Army’s SUGV. In conjunction with the Joint Robotics Systems Project Office, fielded thousands of UGVs to satisfy urgent wartime needs in both OIF and OEF. Deployed the first Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SUAV) and Micro UAS in combat in an Infantry unit, ultimately resulting in the now most prolific SUAS in the Army while paving the way for insertion of a Micro UAS across the Army. Founder of US Army Joint Ground Robotics Integration Team which serves to synchronize, coordinate, and develop Unmanned Ground Vehicle capability across the Army. From July 2000 to January 2010 (9 years 7 months) Soldier and Commissioned Officer @ Infantry and Special Operations assignments From September 1983 to July 2000 (16 years 11 months)
BS, Economics, Political Science @ Lamar University From 1986 to 1990 MA, Military Operational Art and Science @ USAF ACSC Matt England is skilled in: Integration, Military, Program Management, DoD, Combat, Weapons, Command, Army, Special Operations, Leadership, Military Operations, Security Clearance, Aircraft, Operational Planning, UAV