Randall
Hoven is a Technical Fellow at the Boeing
Corporation, where he has worked since 1982 (pre-merger McDonnell Douglas).  He is currently the lead navigation
analyst on the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) program at Boeing.  He invented “A Method and System
for Estimating Ionospheric Delays from Dual and
Single GPS Signals” (patent # 6,781,542) and applied it to SDB, the Joint
Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), and other programs, winning the 2005 Boeing
Special Invention Award.

Prior to joining McDonnell Douglas he worked at the Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory from 1979 to 1982.  He was also an enlistee in the U.S. Navy
from 1972 to 1975, serving on the U.S.S. Wichita (AOR-1) including a brief
stint in Vietnam
combat waters.

His professional interests include sensor/data fusion,
integrated GPS/INS navigation, Kalman filters, fire
control, situational awareness, decision aiding and Systems of Systems.  His experience includes Small Diameter
Bomb, F/A-18, F-23 (Advanced Tactical Fighter), and various R&D and
proprietary programs at Boeing.

His non-professional interests include piano, community theater, motorcycling, and blackjack.  He wrote the script, music and lyrics for
an as yet un-produced musical.

Education:

·
M.S. Systems Science & Mathematics, Washington
University, 1985

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M.S. Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins U.,
1982, with honors

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B.S. SSM Wash. U., 1979, cum laude