Andrew Foland

Chief Technology Officer, Security Enterprise Solutions (SES) at Leidos

Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States

About Andrew Foland

Andrew Foland is Chief Technology Officer, Security Enterprise Solutions (SES) at Leidos. Location: Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States.

Technology executive and former Harvard physics professor. Award-winning industry R&D scientist, leading groups applying computing and detection hardware engineering, together with systematic machine learning development on large data sets, to a wide variety of technical problems: from commercial aviation security to antimatter oscillations to clinical genetic screening. Leading team of over 200 scientists and engineers in industry-leading security company, developing and deploying leading-edge technology for aviation and border security to protect the traveling public. Lead scientist / PI on white papers and proposals that have led to over $10MM of external research grant awards. Author or coauthor, over 200 refereed journal articles in experimental particle physics, theoretical physics, device physics, statistical analysis of data, aviation security, and clinical medical practice. Author, 1 book. Holder, eleven U.S. patents and multiple patents pending. Practiced speaker and clear communicator of technical ideas to nontechnical stakeholders; executive manager of teams, budgets, and programs. Specialties: Imaging devices, detection devices, detection algorithms, technical management

Skills

  • Physics
  • Statistics
  • Modeling

Additional experience

  • Senior Director, Science and Technology--Security Enterprise Solutions

    Leidos

    August 2021 – January 2022

Education

  • PhD, Cornell University
  • B.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign