Red Horse Steak House
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Code Breakers and Makers: WWII Management Lessons For Today’s Managers

Presented by John L. Emond

Dinner Meeting (Frederick, MD)
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This presentation highlights the use of codes throughout the ages to represent and protect information. It provides an overview of the effort of British code breakers at Bletchley Park, England and Navajo code makers during WWII who served in the Pacific Theater. Lastly, the presentation will explore some of the management decisions made establishing the code breaker and code maker communities, and how there may be lessons learned for today’s managers and leaders.
John Emond received a B.A. in History from Clark University in 1974. His early career was in the social service field primarily engaged in youth work including service as a Vista Volunteer. He received a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Connecticut in 1982. Through their graduate program Mr. Emond was nominated and became a Presidential Management Intern at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 1982-1984. He was a contract specialist at Goddard Space Flight Center from 1984-1987 when he joined NASA Headquarters Office of Commercial Programs in 1987 as a policy analyst. Since that time Mr. Emond has held positions as a senior policy analyst and program manager at NASA Headquarters. He is presently a collaboration program coordinator within the Innovative Partnerships Program office, NASA Headquarters, with a primary focus on fostering interagency collaboration in technology development and application. Mr. Emond is also the agency representative to the Federal Lab Consortium Mid-Atlantic Region. The Federal Lab Consortium is a national organization chartered by Congress to foster the transfer of technology from federal research labs to the private sector and other organizations.

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