1. Resume
William Oliver Hedgepeth, Ph.D.
Program Director, Government Contracting and Acquisitions
American Military University (AMU)/American Public University (APU)
EDUCATION
• Ph.D., Old Dominion University in Engineering Management.
• M.E.M., Old Dominion University in Engineering Management.
• B.S., Barton College in Chemistry and Mathematics.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Director of Hedgepeth Research Group from 2001 to 2008, conducting research studies in
transportation and logistics technology.
• President and CEO of Hedgepeth Transport, 2006 to 2010, a trucking company, running daily flat
bed and refrigeration contracts to the US Army Commissary Agency and private business needs.
• GRC International, Inc., Vienna, VA, 1997-2001. Title: Principal Investigator. Developed
requirements for $20,000,000 Army contract on logistics data management.
• Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Operations Research (DUSA-OR),
Department of the Army, The Pentagon, Washington, DC, 1995-1997. Title: Senior Scientist.
Oversight of $22,000,000 annual research grant for a Federally Funded Research and
Development Center.
• U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Deputy Chief of Staff for Simulations and
Analysis, Fort Monroe, VA, 1989-1995. Title: Chief, TRADOC Research Office. Oversight for all US
Army research grants and coordinator for research grant programs with RAND.
• U.S. Army Combat Support Command, Operations Research Directorate, Fort Lee, VA, 1984-
1989. Title: Chief, Artificial Intelligence Center for Logistics [a.k.a. Knowledge Engineering Group
(KEG) for Army Logistics]. Developed a series of first ever expert systems to management
logistics programs for the US Army. Developed a grant based funding system to support the
program.
• Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Operations Research, Army Models Management Office
(AMMO), Fort Leavenworth, KS, 1981-1984. Title: Principal Scientific Advisor for AMIP Data
Management. Developed the first data base management system for all DOD data being used
for Army models, simulations and wargames.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
• Since March 2014, Program Director for Government Contracting and Acquisitions.
• From 2011 to 2014, Program Director of the Reverse Logistics Management Department at
AMU/APU
• From 2010 to 2011 was Program Director of the Transportation and Logistics Department at
AMU/APU
• From 2001 to 2010, taught face-to-face and online courses as a tenured Associate Professor and
Chair (for five years) at UAA.
• From 2001 to 2006, taught graduate project management, engineering economics and logistics
courses each summer in Finland and Russia as part of a $1M grant from Department of Labor.

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INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
• Currently developing the first (in the US) totally online Batchelor’ s degree and MBA
concentration in Government Contracting and Acquisitions for American Public University (APU).
• Developed first (in the US) Batchelor and Master’s degree programs in Reverse Logistics
Management at American Public University.
• Published the first book on RFID data analysis, RFID Metrics, 2007, CRC Press.
• Obtained $1,000,000 grant and developed the first Graduate Online Certificate in Supply Chain
Management at University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) in collaboration with University of Hawaii
and University of Nevada.
• Obtained $3,000,000 grant and eestablished a graduate degree in logistics at three Russian
universities while at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
• Published in numerous peer reviewed proceedings, journals and trade magazines.
• Interviewed and testified as expert witness before technology the Alaska legislature on limits of
RFID technology.
• Completing book chapter in technology use in transportation management.
• Continuing research with NASA Ames and private company on hybrid aircraft.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
• Member, Reverse Logistics Association (RLA)
• Member, National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA)
• Member, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA)
• Member, American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)
• Previous member, Alaska World Trade Center
• Previous member, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
• Previous member, Export Council of Alaska
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
• Member, APU Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• Chair, Industry Advisory Committee for Transportation and Logistics
• Chair, Industry Advisory Committee for Defense and Military Management
• Chair, Industry Advisory Committee for Reverse Logistics
• Developed “The Last Mile” newsletter with full-time-faculty
• Chair of the Logistics Department and Assistant Professor of Logistics, College of Business &
Public Policy, University of Alaska Anchorage, August 2002-2007.
• Chair, Search Committee for Professor of Logistics vacancy
• Chair, Search Committee for President’s Professor vacancy
• Chair, Garth N. Jones Writing Award Committee
• Member, Curriculum Coordinating Committee
• Member, Information Technology Committee
• Member, Council on Scientific Research
• Member, Complexity Group
• Faculty Advisor to Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity
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3. Dr. Oliver Hedgepeth
PUBLICATIONS (2010-2014)
• Henrie, M.E. and W. Hedgepeth. (2014). “Engineering Management Journal: A Cultural Review.”
To be presented and published at the ASEM International 2014 Annual Conference. October 15-
18, 2014. Virginia Beach, Virginia.
• Hedgepeth, Oliver, “How to Define ‘The’ Problem in a Research Contract: A Case Study in the
use of RFID Tracking Technology for an Alaskan Road Construction Project. 2012 International
Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, October 17-20, 2012,
pages 599-604.
• Hedgepeth, Oliver and Morgan Henrie, “Shifting Requirements in Contracting: Review of How
Requirements Can Shift an Alaskan Construction Project Using RFID Technology.” 2011
International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, October
19-22, 2011.
• Hedgepeth, Oliver, “Airship Technology and Operations to meet Alaska Requirements,” A Panel
Discussion. Cargo Airships for Northern Operations Workshop. Sponsored by NASA Ames
Research Center and the Alaska Department of Transportation. August 24-25, 2011.
• Hedgepeth, Oliver, “New Technologies and Recovering Markets Warrant a Cautious Optimism,”
Air Cargo FOCUS, Summer 2010, pages 25 & 29.
PHD DISSERTATION
• Hedgepeth, W. O., “Comparing Traditional Statistical Models with Neural Network Models: The
Case of the Relation of Human Performance Factors to the Outcomes of Military Combat,” Old
Dominion University Press, December 1995.
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