| Working on a range of projects involving emerging organizational and decision-making concepts with applications to military policy decision-making, corporate relationships, and crisis response decisions.
Developing a range of new business initiatives including:
- Games for training and decision-making support
- New concepts for interactive personal and corporate growth
- Web-based games for training personnel in decision-making
- Scenario planning and red-team training and development
- Use of gaming and game design techniques to aid in intelligence analysis and strategic decision-making
CNA Corporation 1988-2004 1999-2004 Team Leader and Director, Evolving Security Operations Team
Director of a team dedicated to analysis of the operational aspects of evolving threats. The team's work focused on chemical and biological warfare, conventional force protection, and other evolving threat areas, including economic warfare. In less than two years he built a team of 10-15 analysts working for a wide range of existing and new clients. His teams most significant accomplishments included:
- Designing and running a game on a biological warfare event for the White House.
- Designing and running multiple games examining various aspects of the public health response to chemical or biological attacks.
- Designing and running a variety of games for the US Navy involving command decision-making, and cooperation with foreign governments.
- Running games in Qatar, Naples, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates that introduced gaming concepts to non-US decision-makers and explored joint chemical and biological response operations.
- Application of classical operations analysis techniques to the problem of defending ships and piers against attack by small boats.
- Reconstruction and analysis of a variety of real-world events, including the recent SARS outbreak for DHHS, recent biological events within the US, and the outbreak of Exotic Newcastle Disease amongst poultry flocks in the Southwestern United States.
Members of his team participated in domestic and overseas chemical and biological defense exercises, including: shipboard biological defense exercises which Dr. McGrady designed, orchestrated, and analyzed, TOPOFF I and II, where team members assisted in the scenario design, conduct and analysis of the exercise, and multinational exercises (Global Mercury with the G-8 countries, and the Eagle Resolve series with the GCC countries). His team has worked for a variety of agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the White House, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense (US Central Command, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and the United States Navy), and the Department of Homeland Security.
1988-1999 Research Analyst
As a research analyst Dr. McGrady has been involved in a variety of research projects ranging from homeland defense and chemical and biological warfare to air-to-air fighter tactics and public affairs operations. During this period Dr. McGrady designed and directed a high level decision making game on weapon system employment in NATO. The game was held overseas, and had flag level participation for the US and several other NATO countries. Dr. McGrady also served at the CNAC field representative to COMFITAEWWINGPAC where he analyzed fighter tactics and operations. He has deployed with the USS Nimitz carrier battle group during Desert Storm, was onboard USS Eisenhower for the intervention in Haiti, and participated in on-scene analysis of operations in Panama.
University of Michigan 1983-1988
Taught introduction to computer science, responsible for lecture recitation, laboratory, and grading (assigned final grades). As part of his work Dr. McGrady authored a supplement on the Pascal programming language for a popular textbook.
Proctor and Gamble Co. 1982
Intern, worked in the Paper Products Department on paper-fabric release emulsions.
Other experience 1998 - Present
Consultant National Security Studies Course, Syracuse University. Responsible for the designing and execution of a national security decision making game for 40-60 senior level students and Flag/Ambassador level role players. 1999 Consultant George Washington University. Ran national security decision making game as part of the final masters degree practicum. 1999-2002 Consultant CGH Technologies. Developed information technology integration systems for cash flow and property management for the casino gaming industry.
Education
Senior Executives in National and International Security, Harvard University, 1998
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1988
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1984
Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 1982
Security Clearance Top Secret
Professional Activities
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Xi
Publications
Thesis
"The Effect of Disperse Phase Viscosity and Interfacial Surface Tension on the Breakup and Coalescence of Droplets in Turbulent Couette Flow," E.D. McGrady, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1988.
Articles
"Air Warfare Operations," E.D. McGrady, VECTOR: The CAEWWS Newsletter , IV(3), 40, (September, 1992).
"The Kinetic Theory of Fragmentation," E.D. McGrady and Robert M. Ziff, AIChE Journal , 34(12), 2073, (December, 1988).
"'Shattering' transition in fragmentation," E.D. McGrady and Robert M. Ziff, Physical Review Letters , 58(9), 892 (March 2, 1987).
"Fundamentals of Pascal," E.D. McGrady, R.C. Canale, and S. Chapara, supplement for Introduction to Computing for Engineers , McGraw-Hill, New York, 1986.
"Kinetics of Polymer Degradation," Robert M. Ziff and E. D. McGrady, Macromolecules ,19, 2513 (1986).
"On the Validity of Smoluchowski's Equation for Cluster-Cluster Aggregation Kinetics," Robert M. Ziff, E. D. McGrady and Paul Meakin, J. Chem. Phys . , 82(11), 5269 (1985).
"The Kinetics of Cluster Fragmentation and Depolymerization," Robert M. Ziff and E. D. McGrady, J. Phys. A.: Math. and General , 18, 3027 (1985).
Selected Technical Reports
Co-author, Chemical Agent in Water: Threat to Navy Ships, CNA Annotated Briefing D0008435.A1, May 2003.
Co-author, Neon Falcon 01: Chemical and Biological Defense Lessons Learned, CNA Research Memorandum D0006857.A1, November 2002.
Co-author, Eagle Resolve 02 COORDEX Game Report, CNA Research Memorandum D0006855.A1, September 2002.
Author, Coup de Main Operations Against Governments: The Unacknowledged Mission, CNA Research Memorandum D0004218.A1, November 2001.
Author, The NBC Warfight: Concepts from the COMUSNAVCENT Experience, CNA Research Memorandum D0004562.A2, October 2001.
Co-author, Shipboard Biological Hoax, CNA Research Memorandum D0001436.A2, October 2001.
Co-author, Navy Role in Homeland Defense Against Asymmetric Threats - Volume One: Summary Report, CNA Research Memorandum D0002158.A2, September 2001.
Co-author, Biological Attack on a Pier: Neon Falcon 01 Trilateral Seminar Game, CNA Research Memorandum D0004219.A2, July 1999.
Author, A Framework for Navy Forward Fixed Site CBR Defense Requirements, CNA Research Memorandum D0002892.A3, March 2001.
Author, Military Organizations and the Navy: Facilitating Joint Communications, CNA Research Memorandum 2799011700, October 1999. http://www.cna.org/documents/D0001732.A1.pdf
Co-author, Seminar War Game: Examining the Chemical Warfare Threat to Battle Group Operations in Confined Waters, CNA Research Memorandum 9506220000, September 1999.
Author, Peacemaking, Complex Emergencies, and Disaster Response: What Happens, How Do You Respond? CNA Research Memorandum 98-176, February 1999. http://www.cna.org/documents/2798017600.pdf
Co-author, A Deep Legacy: Smaller-Scale Contingencies and the Forces That Shape the Navy, CNA Research Memorandum 98-95, December 1998. http://www.cna.org/documents/2798009510.pdf
Author, The U.S. Navy Role in Continental Defense: Overview, CNA Quick Response Report 98-5, June 1998.
Co-author, Haiti and the Future of Warfare, CNA Research Memorandum 96-126, January 1997. http://www.cna.org/documents/2796012610.pdf
Co-author, The Shipbuilding Game: A Summary Report, CNA Research Memorandum 94-84, 12 May 1994. http://www.cna.org/documents/2794008400.pdf
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