U. John Tanik

U. John Tanik is an experienced professional specializing in product innovation, development, and management in the applied technology sector across commercial and government domains, with a focus on STEM, medical, security, engineering, and business fields.

His expertise includes cyberphysical systems, Big Data grants, research partnerships, architecting, design automation, engineering design and management, venture development, resource optimization, and management.

He is actively involved in Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (STEM) career training, online education development, and the national Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS) organization development.

U. John Tanik holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, a Master's in Systems architecture and design from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Doctorate in Computer Engineering from the same institution.

His professional experience includes serving as Project Director at UAB ISC, intelligent systems consultant at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Director (co) v500 at DPSL, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University Commerce, Assistant Professor of engineering (Software/systems) at Purdue University (Fort Wayne), STEM Training and Editing assistance at Language Technologies, and Fellow at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.