COL (ret) Fred Stein served 27 years active-duty Army, and commanded at all levels from company though brigade. He served in multiple staff positions including Senior Communications staff, J6, for Operation Support Hope in Rwanda and Operation Enduring Freedom in Bosnia. He is the Co-Author of “Network Centric Warfare – Leveraging Information Superiority”, worked at MITRE, a Federally Funded Research and Development Corporation, as a Distinguished Engineer, and supported the Army’s Digitalization.