Author Biography

Desourdis, Bob

 

 

Biographical Notes

Bob is a Principal Engineer and Vice President with Science Applications International Corporation.

He began work in Public Safety communications in 1996 on the first year of the Public Safety Wireless Network (PSWN) program. Since that time, he has supported public safety wireless planning efforts for several states and Federal agencies. He just completed his work as the Technical Manager on the Phase I National Distress Response Modernization Program for the US Coast Guard and was the Program Manager for the development of a Strategic Wireless Plan for the Department of Justice. He is currently the Technical Manager for the National Wireless Communications Infrastructure Program (NWCIP), a national program for Public Safety wireless infrastructure upgrade, and integrating all relevant SAIC/vendor technologies and systems within a single configurable Homeland Defense System architecture.

Previous to his Public Safety work, Mr. Desourdis spent 15 years working in post-nuclear attack communications for Peacekeeper and the mobile deployment of the small ICBM.

He's published several technical papers and contributed to two books on meteor burst communications. He has co-authored an Artech House book entitled Advanced HF Radio Communications with Dr. Eric Johnson. He was just the lead author for a book entitled Emerging Public Safety Wireless Communication Systems with Artech House with Dave Smith, Don Speights, John DiSalvo, and Richard Dewey, published in November 2001.

He holds a BS in Mathematics and MS in Electrical engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MS in Technology and Policy from MIT.