Mr. Tyson has developed space and military electronics and computing technology for the past 25 years at organizations including Sandia National Laboratories, Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, Mission Research Corporation, IBM's VLSI Laboratory, and Westinghouse's Advanced Technology Laboratory. More recently, Mr. Tyson was a researcher with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), serving as Chief Technology Officer and Technical Advisor for the Space Electronics and Protection Branch (VSSE) of the Space Vehicles Directorate (VS). Mr. Tyson holds 14 US patents and has published and presented extensively on semiconductor and space technology and has organized numerous conferences and workshops on space and military electronics and avionics.