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Wayne Nickols

Senior Program Manager at BlackLynx

Wayne Nickols has a comprehensive work experience spanning over several decades. Wayne is currently working as a Senior Program Manager at BlackLynx since August 2022. Before that, they held various roles at the Missile Defense Agency, starting as a Project Engineer/Project Manager at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division from December 1984 to February 1994. Wayne then became the Program Manager for Electromagnetic Programs in the Signatures Directorate at NSWCCD from February 1994 to May 1996, after which they were detailed to the Office of Naval Research as the Acting Associate Program Manager for Low Observables/Counter Low Observables Technology Division from May 1996 to November 1997. Wayne returned to the Office of Naval Research as an Associate Program Manager for Low Observables/Counter Low Observables Technology Division from November 1997 to April 2004.

Wayne Nickols also had a significant role as the Principal Director for Autonomy at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from October 2018 to August 2021. Prior to that, they served as the Director of Special Programs & Space Architecture at the Missile Defense Agency from August 2021 to July 2022. Additionally, they held the position of Program Director for Concept Exploration at the Missile Defense Agency from July 2014 to October 2018, and they were previously the Technical Director for Concept Exploration at the same agency from April 2004 to July 2014.

Overall, Wayne Nickols has a diverse range of experiences in program management, technical direction, and research and development in the defense industry.

Wayne Nickols obtained a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, where they studied from 1980 to 1983. Later, they pursued a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the same institution, with a completion date in 1992.

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  • Senior Program Manager

    August, 2022 - present