Jack Sanders

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Biography

Jack grew up in Strongsville, OH, attended high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in NH, spent the summer of 1975 (between 11th & 12th grade) at a National Science Foundation summer program at the Colorado School of Mines. He left Exeter 1/2 way through his senior year to begin as a 2nd semester freshman at John Carroll University. From there he went to Washington State Univ in Pullman, WA, then back to Cleveland to work at Picker X-ray (medical imaging) and attend Case Western Reserve University to earn a PhD in physics. Next he moved to Boston to work at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. While in Boston he earned an MBA at Northeastern University and met and married Carol Ann Reed. They chose to hyphenate their last names, hence John N Sanders-Reed. After their first child, Akilah, was born, they moved to Albuquerque, NM (1994) where Jack helped start SVS, Inc. which was purchased by Boeing in 2000.

Jack is/was an adventurous soul. He took the summer of 1989 (after completing his PhD) backpacking & 4-wheel drive exploring from the Canadian Rockies to Arizona. Jack fell in love with the Rocky Mountain west during a family camping trip to Banff, Glacier, and Yellowstone when he was 7. He travelled the world for business and pleasure including the UK (many times), Canada (many times), France, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Israel, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, various diving destinations in the Caribbean. He SCUBA dove: MA/NH/ME, Johnson Strait (British Columbia), HI, The Great Barrier Reef, Palau, Truk/Chuuk, Bonaire, Caymans, Belize, Turks & Caicos. He is a double black diamond skier. Among other places he has skied Tuckerman's Ravine on Mt Washington. He has driven a race car on a road course near Albuquerque.

When their daughter was 4, Carol got a 1 year job in Northern Scotland (Cromarty) and Jack commuted: 2 mo in NM, 1 mo in Scotland, back & forth.

Professional

• Phillips Exeter Academy
• BS, physics, 1979, John Carroll Univ
• MS, physics, 1981, Washington State Univ
• PhD, physics, 1989, Case Western Reserve Univ
• MBA, 1992, Northeastern Univ (top graduate)
• Eagle Scout
• Tang Soo Do Korean karate Master (4th degree black belt, Dan #22284)
• PADI certified Rescue Diver (SCUBA)

• Boeing Technical Fellow
• Fellow: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
• Senior Member: Optical Society of America (OSA)
• Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Member: Society of Automotive Engineers (OSA)

• Author of 2 technical books
• 6 patents
• >25 technical peer reviewed or conference papers
• Chaired a series of SPIE conferences related to Advanced Vision Systems
• Developer of "Visual Fusion" image based motion analysis software

Worked at:

• Picker X-ray (medical imaging)
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Helped start SVS, Inc which was acquired by Boeing in 2000.
• Chief Technologist in the Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T) corporate research organization.
• Invited annual lecturer at MIT for video motion analysis & photogrammetry as part of a high speed imaging course

At Picker X-ray Jack developed the theory for the 1st dual energy digital radiography unit in the world and led development of the 1st laser film scanner for the medical industry.

At Lincoln Lab he developed maximum likelihood (optimal) detection theory for moving targets and developed multi-target tracking algorithms. These were eventually commercialized in his "Visual Fusion" motion analysis software.

At Boeing, Jack led development of advanced vision systems for rotorcraft & fixed wing pilots and for autonomous vehicles. He also led efforts in automated aerial refueling. As part of these activities he got to participate in various flight tests. In his role as Chief Technologist, he also led development of Technology Roadmaps for the corporation.

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by John Sanders at registration.