Warline S. Bryant

Colonel Warline S. Bryant (Retired) was  born in Roanoke Rapids, NC.  She was commissioned into the Regular Army as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Elizabeth City State University as an Air Defense Artillery Officer in 1989 with a  Bachelor of Science degree in Forensic Psychology.  She also holds a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management from Webster University, Saint Louis, Missouri.  She is currently working on her Phd. in Educational Leadership.

She has served and supported a variety of positions at the Division, Corps, Army Command, and Department of the Army levels.  Colonel Bryant began her active duty career assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corp as a HAWK (High Altitude Weapons Kill) platoon leader of the 2nd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Regiment, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  She spent the next 3 years serving as Assault Platoon, Platoon leader, while deployed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.  Colonel Bryant held the position of Battery Commander, B Battery, 4th Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas where her unit deployed to Saudi Arabia in Operation Constant Vigilance, Instructor, Air Defense Artillery Officers Basic and Advanced Courses, Captains and Majors Assignment Officer, Human Resources Command, Alexandria, Virginia. Followed by Executive Officer for 2 years while assigned to 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, 11th Imperial Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas and deployed in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. Upon return of her deployment, she assumed the position of Executive Officer, Fort Bliss, Texas by the request of the Commanding General.  She attended the City of El Paso Leadership Course as part of the partnerships established with the city. The Secretary to the General Staff, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Colonel Bryant was nominated and selected to serve as a Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Army, Department of the Army Pentagon. Following this assignment, she was selected for command.  Colonel Bryant commanded a Base Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. She worked for NORTHCOM as the Chief, of Air Missile Defense for the NCR for homeland defense. She is currently serving as the Military Deputy for Army Evaluation Command.

Mike Ray

Mr. Mike Ray is the Chief Operations Officer and Executive Manager of the Army & Marine Corps Sector for SURVICE Engineering.  Mr. Ray has been with SURVICE since 1997 and is a graduate of Towson University with a BS degree in Computer Science and Mathematics.

Mr. Ray serves as the Sector Vice President overseeing SURVICE Engineering Company’s Aberdeen Area Operation and Aberdeen Research Operation both in Belcamp, MD; Huntsville Area Operation, in Huntsville, AL; Michigan Area Operation in Warren, MI; and Washington Area Operation in Dumfries, VA.  He provides key technical knowledge and management of business sectors encompassing aspects of combat threat survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, and lethality for SURVICE Sectors including Army air, ground, and C4ISR systems, Army RDT&E, and select Industry companies including ground vehicles and rotorcraft manufacturers.  He also oversees SURVICE’s composite material efforts focusing on lightweighting and electromagnetic protection for weapon systems.  Prior to joining SURVICE Engineering, Mr. Ray performed sensor and susceptibility analyses for the U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity on APG, MD

Mr. Ray currently serves on the NDIA T&E Executive Committee and previously he served as the president of the AUVSI Pathfinder Chapter.