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NDIA's tech info unit initiates apprentice program.


NDIA'S Technical Information Division has initiated a new apprentice-recognition program for individuals relatively new to the configuration and data-management disciplines. The initial group of apprentice A person who agrees to work for a specified time in order to learn a trade, craft, or profession in which the employer, traditionally called the master, assents to instruct him or her.  candidates were qualified in 2003, and the process has continued throughout 2004.

Because of recent increases in activity at the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
Department of Homeland Security

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
, many individuals are entering the CDM 1. CDM - Content Data Model
2. CDM - Code Division Multiplexing
 discipline as an avenue for applying their talents in the business world. Accordingly, TID tid 3 times a day  in 2003 launched a CDM apprentice program.

This initiative established a method for entry-level en·try-lev·el
adj.
Appropriate for or accessible to one who is inexperienced in a field or new to a market: an entry-level job in advertising; an entry-level computer. 
 individuals to be designated a CDM apprentice, which is the first step of a progression progression, in mathematics, sequence of quantities, called terms, in which the relationship between consecutive terms is the same. An arithmetic progression is a sequence in which each term is derived from the preceding one by adding a given number, d,  ladder ladder

walking under one can bring only misfortune. [Western Folklore: Leach, 598]

See : Luck, Bad


ladder

stood upon by Joseph to remove nails holding Christ to the cross.
 leading toward CDM certification after attaining NDIA'S experience requirements. It also allows those entering the discipline to become knowledgeable of all aspects of CDM and to have a basis to determine if they desire to continue oil the path toward certification. This new program has become an important aspect of the CDM certification program and a means of earning peer recognition.

During 2003, many individuals earned their professional status as certified See certification.  configuration and data managers or certified configuration and data specialists. Those who achieved the highest examination scores included Hayden Hay·den   , Robert 1913-1980.

American poet whose works, such as Heart-Shape in the Dust (1940), often explore the history and experiences of African Americans.
 L. Leon Leon

Medieval kingdom, northwestern Spain. Leon proper included the cities of León, Salamanca, and Zamora—the adjacent areas of Vallodolid and Palencia being disputed with Castile, originally its eastern frontier.
, of Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S.  Corp., at the managers' level, and Darlene In English, Darlene is a first name, and may refer to the following people:
  • Darlene Cesar
  • Darlene Conley
  • Darlene Fairley
  • Darlene Garner
  • Darlene Hard
  • Darlene Hooley
  • Darlene Love
  • Darlene Quaife
  • Darlene Rodriguez
  • Darlene Vogel
 J. Shevham, of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (Boeing IDS), based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is a unit of The Boeing Company responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. , at the specialists' level.

The following, listed by level and employer affiliation affiliation (fil´ēā´sh , were certified in 2003. Those achieving designation DESIGNATION, wills. The expression used by a testator, instead of the name of the person or the thing he is desirous to name; for example, a legacy to. the eldest son of such a person, would be a designation of the legatee. Vide 1 Rop. Leg. ch. 2.
     2.
 as a CDM Apprentice also are listed.
Certified Configuration and Data Manager

James V. Beamon                                     Consultant
Chuck Bowen                                        Matrix, LLC
Kenneth Branch                         Stewart & Stevenson TVS
Pamela Clemens                               United Defense LP
Wayne S. Coffey                  Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Steve Collier                                      BAE Systems
Doug L. Dalager               Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems
Richard R. Davis                              U.S. Coast Guard
Shelley A. Diedrich                           U.S. Coast Guard
Patricia A. Doyle                Configuration Management Inc.
Debra K. Duncan                           Alliant Tech Systems
Scott S. Ellis                      ARINC Engineering Services
Carl A. Estey                 Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems
Kathryn Fuszner                        U.S. Air Force AAC/WMRA
Katherine J. Gavin             Dynamic Telecommunications Inc.
Sheena Gilbert                                     BAE Systems
Krishna Gupta                                United Defense LP
Greg W. Hocking              Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Andrew E. Jost                           Lockheed Martin Corp.
Hayden L. Leon                          Northrop Grumman Corp.
Michael Lobster                        Stewart & Stevenson TVS
Julie K. McCloskey               Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Samuel H. McDaniel                                  Boeing Co.
Donett Murphy                              Qurent Systems Inc.
Vandana Nandwani                                     SETA Inc.
Laurie L. Nasta                                      SAIC Inc.
Michael J. Osborne                            LME Incorporated
Richard John Otto                                   Boeing Co.
Gary R. Quinn                    Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Sandra L. Randall                                   Consultant
Norman A. Robbins                             U.S. Coast Guard
Ron Simon                               General Dynamics Corp.
David Alan Smith                              U.S. Coast Guard
Ruben A. Solorio           Northrop Grumman Navigation Systems
James Stallard                      Internet Informatics Corp.
Nancy M. Taube                                 U.S. Army TACOM
Richard C. Thomas                              RCT Enterprises
James L. Tinkoff                                   BAE Systems
Thomas A. Tortes                                     NASA MSFC
Joseph Paul Treat                Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Johnny Tubbs                            Mission Research Corp.
Joyce E. Wallace                        Raytheon Systems Corp.
Frank B. Watts                                 EC3 Corporation
Peter James Watts                                  BAE Systems
Neil A. Westerberg               Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Mary Ann Whir              U.S. Air Force Wright Patterson AFB
Catherine Woodhouse                                 Consultant

Certified Configuration and Data Specialist

Geri Adams                                 Stewart & Stevenson
J. Frank Bigham                                     Boeing Co.
Ian Cairns                                         BAE Systems
Beverly Chambers                                    Boeing Co.
Dean Clayton                                       BAE Systems
Lori Dixon                                          Consultant
Andrea D. Duplechain                                  MTI Inc.
Anne T. Ernst                                       Boeing Co.
Steven L. Evans                   Lockheed Martin Astronautics
James E. Forsman                                    Boeing Co.
Janell Franklin        Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control
David Gilbert                                      BAE Systems
Josefa Gilbreath                                  Raytheon Co.
Laura B. Gordon                  Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Deana J. Henderson          Intercontinental Manufacturing Co.
Monica Ibach                                 United Defense LP
Alien R. Liebold                             United Defense LP
Charlene Luckett                                  Orkand Corp.
David MacLean                                      BAE Systems
Kimberly D. Marshall                             Sumaria Corp.
Darlene M. Odegard                           United Defense LP
J. Allen Orman                                  Boeing Company
Ilhan S. Ozulu                                      SETA Corp.
Patricia P. Poarch                  Teledyne Brown Engineering
Bertha Preston                             Stewart & Stevenson
Julie A. Ray                                  Pace & Waite Inc
Amanda R. Rissman                                 Orkand Corp.
Darlene J. Shevham           Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Dianne Stirland                                    BAE Systems
Kusum L. Taneja                                   Orkand Corp.
Mark R. Valente                  Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Dorothy A. Williams        Advanced Management Technology Inc.

CDM Apprentice

Susan G. Brock                          Mission Research Corp.
Dana L. Hollarn                          Sverdrup Technologies
Danette Poulson                                     Boeing Co.
Aaron J. Vigil                       Modern Technologies Corp.
Loren Wilkinson                                CACI Technology
Pamela O. Johnson                                   Boeing Co.
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Title Annotation:NDIA News; National Defense Industrial Association
Author:Thomas, Richard C.
Publication:National Defense
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2004
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