About David L. Begley

2004                        Inducted into the Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EDUCATION
1971                        AA, Engineering, Missouri Baptists COllege, Hannibal, MO
1973                        BSEE, University of Missouri, Rolla
1976                        MSEE, University of Missouri, Rolla
1978                        Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri, ROlla

WORK EXPERIENCE
2003-Present               Director of Technical & Program Development, Ball Aerospace &
                                          Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO
1999-2003                    Vice President of Strategic Management, Ball Airospace &
                                          Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO
1998-1999                    Director of Strategic Innovation & BATC Business Incubator,
                                          Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO
1996-1998                    Director of Laser Subsystems and Mechanisms, Ball Aerospace &
                                          Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO
1988-1996                    Senior Program Manager, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.,
                                          Boulder, CO
1986-1988                    Senior Technical Specialist, McDonnel Douglas Astronautics Company,
                                          St. Louis, MO
1982-1986                    Technical Specialist, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company,
                                          St. Louis, MO
1979-1982                    Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale,
                                          Carbondale, IL
1978-1979                    Development Engineer, John Deere Product Engineering Center,
                                          Waterloo, IA
1974-1978                    Graduate Assistant, University of Missouri - Rolla,
                                          Rolla, MO

OTHER

• Optical Society of America
• American Institute of Physics
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
• Sigma XI
• Eta Kappa Nu
• Laser Institute of America
• SPIE
• International Laser Communications Society (President 1990-1992)
• American Astronautical Society
• SPIE International Working Group on Laser Communications (Chairman 1992-Present)