ABSTRACTS OF SPEECHES AND BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES OF SPEAKERS FOR THE INSTITUTE ON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND DATA TRANSFER SYSTEMS

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2009
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 18, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTER FOR TECHOLOGY AND ADMINISTRATION
ABSTRACTS OF SPEECHES
and
BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES
Of
SPEAKERS
October 18'21. 1965
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Wednesday A.M.
Lt. Col. Thomas J. Freaney? Jr., USAF
Defense Supply Agency
A B S T R A C T
"THE DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY's MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM"
This presentation will emphasize user experience in the develop-
ment, implementation and maintenance of a Management Information
System designed to retain a centralized control over a decentralized
type of operation. In effect it will follow the purpose of this
session - "Retaining control through effective management of Informa-
tion and Data Transfer Systems".
The presentation will show through a series of 35 MM slides (30),
the development processes that took place in establishing the- present
DSA Management Information System and the use that is being made today
of the products of this system. These products being produced from
the Data Bank htat has been established and associated with the System.
Progress in development will be shown through the use of a manual
and later a mechanized Management Information System.
One of the important products of the MIS will-be portrayed - a
Performance Rating System. This system is designed to give a relative
standing to each field activity with the objective of creating competi-
tion between these activities and thereby resulting in the improvement
of management and management techniques e
B I O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - AB - 1938
Ohio State University Law School, Columbus, Ohio - 1940-1941,
Columbus Law School of Catholic Un.iversity,.Washington, D.C. LLB-1953
Lt, Col, Freaney was. selected to become junior executive with the
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company upon graduation from Temple University,
from which position he went on leave of absence to attend Ohio State
University Law School. He entered military. service as an Aviation
Cadet, Army Air Corps, in September, 1941. Upon receiving his wings
in April, 1942, he was assigned as an advanced flying instructor in the
Air Training Command, Until February, 1946 he served in various
flying instructor assignments, most of the time as an instructor in the
Central Instructors School at Randolph Field, Texas. In February,
1946 he was assigned to the Air Materiel Command as a Branch Chief in
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Lt. Col. Thomas J. Fre aney., Jr. (cont,d)
the Engineering Division. He was'relieved from extended active
duty and returned to civilian life in November, 1946, where he
established an importing concern bearing his name. In January,
1951 during the Korean conflict, Colonel Freaney was recalled to
active duty and was assigned as Assistant Executive Officer with
the Office of the DCS/Comptroller at HQ USAF. During this tour of
duty he completed his legal education in off-duty hours and was
admitted to the Bar for both the State of Virginia and the District
of Columbia. In January, 1955-he was assigned as Chief of Internal
Audits for the European District of the USAF Auditor General at
Rhein Main, Germany. Upon his return to the CONUS in September,
1958 he was assigned to the Directorate of Plans and Programs at
HQ Air Force Logistics Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
He was selected for' the initial increment of officers assigned to
HQ Defense Supply Agency in February, 1962 where he is currently
assigned as Chief of the Management Information System Control office
of the Comptroller.
In nonmilitary activities, he is currently serving on the Board
of Directors of two corporations.
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Wednesday A. M.
Will iar . H. Whitaker, Director of Product Management
...~,_.._ ~.v. Industrial Data-Processing Division
Control Data Corporation
AB STRACT
C r!T SSAGE? SWZTCHING AND REMOTE DATA PROCESSING
TOTAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS"
`adz: presentation will deal with implementing a computer controlled
;e ,sage ;. r . a c ai ng system and the up-grading of such a system to a Total
,a: ace)-.?F t ln_"crxna ion System. Problems associated with creating a
~
s10af;c for the system will be discussed. A management information
:_ystem y_esen::1,~ under implementation at Control Data for internal
corporaCed use will be used as an example.
L' ,l O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
Ed. cation: Li. S.EOE? - Auburn University, Graduate Studies at
,lnivers ty of Arizona.
Fr ?vi ous#xperience ; Project Engineer, Kaiser Aircraft and
Electra:iS.cs, Applied Science Representative, I,,-B.M.
P r,?',ions Positions with Control Data: Joined Control Data
e.s Sale D Engiv er in January 1960, District Manager, July 1961,
FrcducU r,anagcr?, June 1964, and Present Position, January 1965.
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Wednesday A0.M0
Murray Green, Auerbach Corporation
A B S T R A C T
THE DATA COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEM
ONE ELEMENT OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
There are basically three major elements in an effective
Management Information System. The first is data processing
equipment, which includes high speed computer systems and re-
mote located input/output terminal equipments. A second basic
element are the files of information.. The third and perhaps most
overlooked element are the communication links for data transfers.
The overall communication network associated with a Management
Information System can be considered as a subsystem. A corporation
in order to gain the competitive and managerial advantages possible
with a well planned Management Information System must recognize
the problems and possible solutions associated with data transfers
over communication links.
This presentation will discuss those areas that are related
to a nation-wide corporation getting their data communication sub-
system off the ground and into implementation reality. To accomplish
this, the areas of concern are management planning, system design,
equipment selection and system operation. In addition, the teamwork
that is essential between communications and data processing operations
for making the effective Management Information System a reality is an
important item for consideration. The discussion will also stress how
a corporation can get the most out of the communication subsystem.
B I O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
Spent three years in the U.S. Air Force teaching electronics.
Employed by IBM as customer engineer before entering Temple University
where I received a degree in Physics in 1957. From 1957 to 1963, was
at RCA where I was involved in logic design, large-scale communication
system studies and new techniques in the area of digital data links.
Since 1963 I have been 'a member of AUERBACH's Technical Staff. My
main area of activity. at AUERBACH has been in the field of data
communications for both government and commercial groups. I have been
involved in-tbe Autodin program for DCA. This involvement included
preparation of specifications, evaluation of proposals and monitoring
prime contractors in the areas of reliability and software. Recently,
I have done system studies for data communication systems for many large
scale nation-wide commercial organizations.. He is a member of the IEEE
and of Sigma Pi Sigma, the Physics Honor Society.
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Wednesday Luncheon Speaker
Dr. George P. Cressman, Director
U.S. Weather Bureau
A B S T R A C T
THE NATION'S WEATHER SERVICE -- AN INFORMATION
PROCESSING SYSTEM
The Weather Bureau can be viewed as a system having the
function of acgix.Iring, processing, and distributing information..
It;is not a closed system, since it depends on other countries
.for acquiring data, other agencies for communicating it, and on
private business for distributing the results.
The basic nature of the meteorological problem is so ideally
suited to treatment by. electronic data processing equipment that the
Weather Bureau has been active for the last ten years in converting
from manual to automatic methods of data processing. The principal
components of the system, the problems encountered, and the progress
achieved are described. Limiting conditions to progress are the
state of the art in meteorology and.in electronic data processing
equipment, as well, as the necessity. for keeping the cost-benefit
ratio of services at a very.low figure
B I OGRAPHI C S-k ETCH
Born in West. Chester, Pennsylvania, Dr`. Cressman received his
bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State College in 1941, his
master's degree from New York University in 1942, and his doctorate
from the University of Chicago in 1949.
He served in the U.S. Army.as .Meteorolgist from 1941-1946.
After leaving the Army, Dr. Cressman served as a Research Assistant
in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Chicago. From
1949-1954 he was in a civilian capacity as Consultant with the Air
Weather Service. at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. In
1954 he .assumed responsibility for establishing-the Joint Numerical
Weather Prediction. Unit. This special forecast unit, 'sponsored jointly
by the Weather Bureau, Air Force, and Navy poineered in the field of
operational forecasting procedures by numerical weather prediction
techniques. When the' Weathe r Bureau's Office of National Meteorological
Services was established in 1964, he was named Director of this Office
and was recently appointed Acting Director of the U.S. Weather Bureau
following the. recent. reorganization in the Department of Commerce.
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Wednesday P.M.
A.R. Bumsted, Special Studies Staff
Advanced Systems Division
System Development Corporation
A B S T R A C. T
TIME-SHARING AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL
A brief description of the theory of a general purpose
time-shared computer system will be presented with emphasis
on those features of time-sharing that are applicable to
management needs. Some programs now operational in the SDC
system will be used as illustrations of information retrieval
and the man-machine communication capability under time-sharing.
B I O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
Mr. Bumsted?is a computer systems specialist in the Special
Systems =Department of.the System Development Corporation. He is
also the Washington representative for SDC's Time-Sharing System
and coordinator of its use at the Falls Church office.
He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery,
presently serving as chairman of the Education and Professional
Development Committee for the Washington, D. C., chapter and is
also the chairman of the National ACM Professional Development
Committee.
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Wednesday P.M.
A.E. Speckhard, General Manager
Computer Sciences Corporation
A B S T R A C T
TIME-SHARING SYSTEMS AND THE SMALL COMPUTER INSTALLATICN
The prospect for the existence of large centrally located time-
sharing installations operating'as "computer utilities" poses
some significant management decisions for the manager of a small
computer installation. The major question I would pose might be
considered by many to be a matter of "life or death". Namely, in
the face of being able to obtain computing services from a "computer
utility", is it economically justified to operate a small scale
computer installation. I contend that this is a question which is
meaningful to ask today. I further contend that a careful review
of the situation will provide an answer in favor of the "computer
utility".
A. What is a "computer utility"?
B. Who is a user of computers?
C. What are some of the true costs associated with the operation
of a computer installation?
D. What change in attituted and techniques will be required to
successfully use a "computer utility"?
E. What advantages should be anticipated from the use of "computer
utility" services?
F. How will the "computer utility" affect the futua'e of the computer
oriented professions?
(1.4:he bulk of the discussion will involve an examin.ition of the above
listed points in the light of the question posed in the initial
paragraph.)
B I O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
Mr. Speckhard graduated from the University of Michigan in the
spring of 1954 with an A.B. degree in Math and Philosophy. In 1954,
he joined Gilfillan Bros,. Inc. of Los Angeles, California who were
at that time involved in quided missile weapons work.
From 1958 through 1962 Mr. Speckhard was employed by IBM in
Applied Sciences activities an the West Coast, responsible for much
of the early thinking and lobbying for "Direct Coupled Systems"
oriented to' machine room automation and remote access capabilities.
In late 1962 he joined Bellcomm, Inc. in Washington, D.C. (a sub-
sidiary of AT&T) an organization which provided systems engineering
supportto NASA's Apollo programs. At Bellcomm Mr. Speckhard was
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A.E. Speckhard, (cont'd) -2- Wednesday P.M.
responsible for management of their Data Processing activities.
During his stay with Bellcomm the monitor system for a direct
coupled configuration of an IBM 7040-7044 computer was developed
which is capable of providing on-line time-sharing access to the
computer from remote sources. This system is presently in operation
in Washington, D.C.
In June of this year Mr. Speckhard joined Computer Science
Corporation as Assistant General Manager of the Northwest Division
and has since been promoted to the position of General Manager.
In this capacity he is responsible for the supervision of a staff
of approximately 170 people supplying computational-support to the
Atomic Energy Commission and its contractros in Richland, Washington,
as well as our normal commercial activities in the Pacific Northwest.
The Northwest Division has the responsibility for the planning effort
within CSC leading to a "computer utility" service.
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Wednesday P.M.
Thomas W
Thomas Gorman, Jr. Product Administrator for
Time-Sharing Systems
Data Processing Division
I B M Corporation
A B S T R A C T
INTRODUCTION TO TINE-SHARING
The background and development of Time-Sharing Systems will be
discussed. The relationship of Time-Sharing, conversational facilities,
remote computing and multiprocessing will be described as well as
their role in applications currently under consideration.
B I O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
A graduate of American University Mr. Gorman specialized in the
fields of Mathematics and Statistics.
His areas of specialization in IBM have been military c'4mmand of
control systems and large scale scientific systems. Currently he is
responsible for the introduction into the market of IBM's -Ystem 360
Model 67 Time-Sharing System.
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