Larry K. Wentz is on special assignment to the National Defense University (NDU) as the acting Director of the Command and Control Research Program. Prior to his assignment to NDU, he held the positions of Director of Joint Operations for the MITRE Washington C3 Center and Technical Director of MITRE's Joint and Defense-Wide Systems Division and led the U.S. National Expert support to the NATO Communications and Information System Agency (NACISA) for more than 18 years. He has extensive experience in NATO C3 and C4I support to Coalition Joint Task Force operations, including leading a number of Lessons Learned studies for operations such as Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Restore Hope. He is currently leading an NDU study of the C2 Structure and supporting C4ISR for the Bosnia operation, Joint Endeavor. Mr. Wentz has a BSEE from Monmouth College and an MS in Systems Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Pennsylvania. He has completed the Executive Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School and the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security. Mr. Wentz was awarded the AFCEA Meritorious Service Award for his contributions to international C3 and was a contributing author to the AFCEA Information Press book, The First Information War.