Maj Gen (Ret) J. Scott Goldstein, U.S. Air Force, is Senior Vice President, Parsons. His previous civilian experience includes senior executive positions in industry, academia, and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). Maj Gen (Retired) Goldstein is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Fellow of the Washington Academy of Sciences, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group, and he served on the Defense Science Board’s Air Dominance Task Force. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles/ book chapters and holds five U.S. patents on advanced topics in detection theory, information theory, data compression, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), and communications systems. He was awarded the 2019 IEEE Warren White Award for Contributions to the Design, Development and Fielding of Multi-Domain Radar, electronic warfare (EW), and Cyber Systems.
He began his military career in the U.S. Army, where he was branch-qualified Infantry and Signal. He transferred to the U.S. Air Force in 1990, serving as a developmental engineer and in space and cyberspace operations. His General Officer assignments included the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force’s Cyber, and assignments as Assistant to both the Under Secretary of the Air Force and the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. Gen Goldstein’s decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (with OLC) and the Remote Combat Effects Campaign Medal (with service star) for leading Secretary of Defense authorized space and cyberspace activities during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
George Mason University, M.S., Electrical Engineering
George Mason University, B.S., Electrical Engineering