James t blake biography
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Dr. James Thomas Blake
Inducted October 2018
Dr. James Thomas Blake has had a remarkable 50 year career as a military officer, academic researcher, government official, and industry leader. He is a noted expert in modeling, simulation, and training, as well as government acquisition.
Dr. Blake most recently served as Senior Vice President for Integrated Training Solutions at Cubic Corporation from 2015 through his retirement in December 2017. In that role Dr. Blake was responsible for a worldwide portfolio of training solutions and services that leverage modeling and simulation technology to improve training effectiveness, accelerate learning, and enhance readiness.
Prior to this role Dr. Blake was the US Army’s Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation from June 2005, responsible for providing materiel solutions and services in modeling, simulation, training and test/instrumentation to support warfighters. During this time, PEO STRI employed more
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Our First Program Manager Dr. James Blake Looks Back
By James T. Blake, Ph.D.
In June 1999, Dr. James Blake was appointed by Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) as ICT’s first Program Manager and was with us until March 2003. After a distinguished career, including Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI); Head of Contracting Activity (HCA); and SVP, Integrated Training Solutions, Cubic Global Defense (CGD), Dr. Blake is now an independent consultant / senior mentor (full bio below). After honoring us with his presence at ICT 25, Dr. Blake looks back at his involvement with the UARC over the years.
I was asked to comment on how I got involved in the University of Southern California (USC) research activities. Wow. That was a quarter century ago. I was amazed they remembered me, and I was honored to be asked. So, I will give it a go.
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When James T Blake was born on 30 March 1866, in Belle Rive, Jefferson, Illinois, United States, his father, William Putnam Blake, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth McReynolds, was 36. He married Mary Abigail Williams on 20 January 1887, in Belle Rive, Jefferson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Pendleton Township, Jefferson, Illinois, United States in 1910 and South Fork Township, Christian, Illinois, United States for about 23 years. He died on 10 May 1943, in Kincaid, Christian, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Bethany Cemetery, Edinburg, Christian, Illinois, United States.