Bob Slade currently oversees the configuration management (CM) activities at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates. His career has centered on production management and engineering. More recently he has worked on Integrated Logistics Support and CM. He is conversant with all widely accepted and acknowledged methods and standards for CM, including military and ISO 9000 standards. His work in the development and implementation of CM policies and procedures played a major role in MDA’s receipt of AQAP-13 certification.

Bob has developed and implemented CM plans and procedures for military, space and commercial software development programs and is considered the company’s foremost authority on CM.