Marshall T. "Tip" Slater

Deputy Director, Strategic Architecture Integrated Defense Systems, The Boeing Company

Tip Slater is Deputy Director of Strategic Architecture, an organization that is chartered to develop and integrate Network Centric Architectures and Operations for the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems business. He was named to this position in July 2001, and oversees the day-to-day operations of Strategic Architecture. Strategic Architecture provides the vision for Network Centric Operations (NCO) and the technology and processes that enable NCO, and demonstrates future possibilities within the Boeing Integration Center (BIC) for current and future customers and markets.

Prior to this position, Slater served as Director of Business Development for Government Information & Communications Systems, a former Boeing business segment that leveraged systems of systems technologies to integrate airborne sensor systems such as Airborne Warning and Control System and Airborne Early Warning and Control with communications and navigation systems. In this position he led the strategy that changed the stand-alone platform philosophy to one where platforms become integrated into a new environment proving greater capability to the platform owners at significantly lower costs. In addition, he has also worked within the Phantom Works business, supporting wide band communications programs for Connexion by Boeing.

Before joining Boeing, Slater served 27 years in the U.S. Air Force, managing information communications and command and control systems. He also had a number of assignments in flying units. During this time he developed and integrated Air Force communication and computer systems to support combat operations; implemented command, control, communications, computers (C4) systems and air traffic control projects; and developed an operational command and control airborne package.

Slater received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Lowell Technological University and a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.

Slater and his wife, Ann, currently reside in Fullerton, California and are the parents of two grown children, Tony and Scottie Ann.

Presentation

Enabling Interoperability

The primary objective of the Consortium is to better enable net-centric operations by identifying common, existing, and emerging open standards, processes and principles, together with their patterns of use and interoperability. The identification of common open standards and patterns will not only enable the acceleration of increased interoperability of current and planned systems, but will also facilitate the generation of future system architectures and reference models with increased interoperability already "built-in". The consortium will also act as an advocate for transformation and net-centricity and help increase their adoption throughout industry and governments alike. This presentation will examine how the Consortium will achieve these goals and objectives along with a status of the Consortium's technical progress to date.

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