Dr. Barry Ezell serves as VMASC’s Interim Executive Director and founding Director for the Spectrum Advanced Training and Technology Laboratory (SATTL), where he provides senior leaders with expert guidance in modeling and simulation, multiobjective portfolio decision analysis, and risk management. Renowned for leading high-impact initiatives, Dr. Ezell has secured $33 million in project funding and has partnered with a diverse array of government agencies. His collaborators include the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, National Nuclear Security Administration, and Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
In addition to his research and advisory roles, Dr. Ezell brings a wealth of military experience from his distinguished career in the U.S. Army. A combat veteran, he has served in pivotal leadership positions—including Commanding Officer, Staff Officer, and Operations Research Systems Analyst—during assignments in South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and the Republic of Georgia. Dr. Ezell’s broad expertise and leadership have consistently delivered innovative solutions to complex challenges in both civilian and military settings.
Ph.D. in Engineering Management, 2005
Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA
M.S. in Systems Engineering, 1998
University of Virginia (UVA), Charlottesville, VA
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology, 1988
University of Mississippi (UMS), Hattiesburg, MS
VMASC, Interim Executive Director
1030 University Boulevard; Suffolk, VA
April 2026 – Present
SATTL, Director
1030 University Boulevard; Suffolk, VA
2024 – Present
VMASC, Deputy Executive Director & Director of Research Operations
1030 University Boulevard; Suffolk, VA
2018-2025
VMASC, Chief Scientist & Research Associate Professor
1030 University Boulevard; Suffolk, VA
2010-2018
VMASC, Research Assistant / Associate Professor
1030 University Boulevard; Suffolk, VA
2008-2010
Idaho National Laboratory, Part-Time Senior Critical Infrastructure Analyst
2022-2023
Innovative Decisions, Inc., Part-Time Consultant
Vienna, VA
2007 – 2019
U.S. Army Training & Doctrine Command, Deputy Director of Army School System and Deputy Chief of Studies & Analysis
Fort Monroe, VA
2003 – 2005 & 2005 – 2008
U.S. Military Academy, Assistant Professor in Systems Engineering and Deputy Director of Operations Research Center for Excellence
West Point, NY
1998 – 2001 & 2000 – 2001
U.S. Army, Commanding Officer, Staff Officer, Combat Veteran and Solider
1984 – 2008
2020 – Present
2009 – Present
Ezell, B. and Lawsure, K. (2019) . Homeland Security and Emergency Management Grant Allocation. Journal of Leadership Accountability and Ethics, Vol 16, No.4.
Young, J. and Ezell, B. (2019). Validation of Risk in Hierarchical Models. Proceedings of the 2019 Winter Simulation Conference: Simulation for Risk Management, Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center, National Harbor, MD.
Hester, P.T., Ezell, B., Collins, A., Horst, J., and Lawsure, K. (2017). Toward a method for key performance indicator assessment and improvement in manufacturing organizations. International Journal of Operations Research, 14(4), 157-167. www.orstw.org.tw/ijor/vol14no4/IJOR2017_vol14_no4_p157_p167.pdf
Ezell, B., Robinson, R., Foytik, P, Jordan, C., Flanagan, D. (2013). Cyber risk to transportation, industrial control systems, and traffic signal controllers. Environmental Systems and Decisions, DOI: 10.1007/s10669-013-9481-2. pp. 508-515
Barry Ezell, Detlof von Winterfeldt, Steven Bennett, John Sokolowski, and Andrew J. Collins, (2010). Probabilistic Risk Analysis and Terrorism Risk, Risk Analysis, Vol. 30. No.1 2010.
Barry C. Ezell (2007). Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment Model (I-VAM), Risk Analysis, Vol. 27, No. 3., 2007.
Barry C. Ezell, Yacov Y. Haimes, and James H. Lambert (2001). Risks of Cyber Attack to Water Utility Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems, Military Operations Research, Vol. 6, No. 2. 2001.
