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Jay Bayne

Jay Bayne

  • Adjunct Professor, Computer Science

Experienced corporate technology executive with 30+ years of international CTO-class responsibilities with corporations such as ABB and JCI.

Education

  • PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1976
  • MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1971
  • BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970

Research Interests

  • Cybernetics
  • Digital innovation with intelligent production automation products and service systems
  • Adaptive systems, especially in support of industrial automation technology
  • Advanced automation and control systems and their attendant services sytems

Key Career Accomplishments

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  • Founder and Principal at Stratum 4, LLC, a boutique consultancy providing strategy and M&A guidance in field of intelligent automation systems and service systems. As a research professor, performing funded research in cybernetics, emphasis is on IoT and cyber‐physical systems.
  • As cofounder and CEO, led the Milwaukee Institute (2008‐2016), a nonprofit computational science research firm dedicated to providing SE Wisconsin government, academic and commercial organizations with high‐performance computing systems and services for collaborative modeling, simulation, visualization, and data analytics.
  • With ABB (1987‐1998), managed industrial automation systems R&D strategy, funding and coordination of programs related to the design and development of distributed control systems at research centers in US, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, India, and Japan. Responsible for technical due diligence and integration of staff, facilities and technologies acquired through several global acquisitions. Responsible for rationalizing four legacy control system product lines.
  • With Johnson Controls, Inc (JCI) (1998‐2003), managed R&D strategy, funding and coordination of programs related to commercial automation systems at research centers in US, Canada, Japan, Italy, and India. Responsible for technical due diligence and integration of staff and assets acquired through M&A activities. Developed first Internet‐enabled (cloud) version of JCI’s venerable Metasys® Building Automation system.
  • With Meta Command Systems, Inc (MCSI) (2005‐2009), won US Air Force SBIR Phase I and II funding for development if an advanced distributed command and control system resulting in two major US patents, each with 25 claims.
  • Also, with MCSI (2006‐2009), engaged as a Senior Consultant to the US Office of the Secretary of Defense, Networks, and Information Integration (NII) directorate, worked on DOD’s Global Command and Control (C2) System and its accompanying Global Information Grid (GIG) architecture.
  • In 2008, published a book, entitled Creating Rational Organizations – Theory of Enterprise Command and Control, based on work funded by the Air Force and DOD engagements, dealing with large‐scale enterprise governance and automation.
  • Over a 35‐year period (1980‐2015), published in conference proceedings and refereed journals research and application papers on topics related to computational science and industrial automation, receiving several “Best Paper” awards.
  • Through a broad executive (CTO, VP Strategic Marketing) and consulting career have engaged directly with executive‐level clients in a wide range of global manufacturing industries, including Fortune 100 companies in the Food & Beverage, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, and Power Generation & Distribution sectors. These engagements led directly to upgrades to legacy and development of new automation and control products, systems, and services.
  • With California Polytechnic State University (1973‐1984), as a tenured full Professor of Computer Science, taught and mentored some 3000 engineering and computer science students, many of whom became founders or key employees of well‐known Silicon Valley, Seattle, and San Diego area technology companies.
  • With Protocol Solutions (PSI) (1976‐1984), my first startup company, consulted with world‐class technology companies on the architecture and implementation of embedded real‐time computational systems, including systems offered by Lockheed, Hewlett‐Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation (now HP), Sun Microsystems (now Oracle), and Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
  • As a graduate student at UCSB, was a member of its Computer Systems Lab (1968‐1973), funded by the Defense Advance Research Agency (DARPA) as one of the initial five universities commissioned to design and implement the ARPANET, a precursor to today’s Internet.

Certifications and Affiliations

  • Life Senior Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
    • Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society
  • Senior Member and Distinguished Engineer, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
    • Computer Society
  • International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
  • FAA Certified Instrument‐rated Private Pilot
  • NAUI Certified Advance SCUBA Diver