Introducing Bill Lenzi

Bill Lenzi was born and raised in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Youngstown University in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics. In 1965, Bill entered the US Army as an Ordnance Officer. He attended the Missile Maintenance Officer’s Course at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama and graduated in 1966. After graduation from the OfficerÕs Course, Bill was assigned as a training instructor in the Nike Hercules High Power Acquisition Radar and Radar Simulator Branch at Redstone Arsenal. Subsequently, he was assigned as a training supervisor for the same branch.

In August 1968, Bill joined the Naval Surface Weapons Center (NSWC) at Dahlgren, Virginia as a Physicist in the Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) Program. In 1971, he began investigating spurious responses in avionics and ground support equipment that were occurring aboard aircraft carriers. Bill determined these phenomena were created by shipboard radar and communication transmitters and presented his findings to the Naval Air (NAVAIR) Systems Command. This action led to the establishment of NAVAIR’s Electromagnetic Vulnerability (EMV/ EMC intersystem) test program. In 1983, Bill was assigned as Head of Systems EM Effects Branch, F52, at NSWC, Dahlgren Division. In 1992, Bill Lenzi began addressing the problems associated with tri-service, joint operations on board Navy ships.

From 1992 to 1997 Bill was on detail from NSWC serving as the Program Manager for the Joint Spectrum Center’s Joint-Service Ordnance Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Program. In July of 1997, Bill joined the Joint Spectrum Center to lead efforts to develop and manage the Joint-Service Ordnance E3 Program. In April of 1999, Bill was assigned duties as Chief of the E3 Engineering Division at the Joint Spectrum Center. His current duties include managing the DoD Joint E3 Program.

Bill was a presenter at the 2000 IEEE Symposium on EMC in Washington, DC. His topics were “Ordnance Use in Future Joint Operations” and “Incorporating E3 and Spectrum Certification in Acquisitions.”

Bill is married to the former Merry Ellen (Ellie) Cochran from Hermitage, Pennsylvania and they have four children. His son Billy is an electronic engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren and his son Mark won two Olympic medals in 3-meter springboard diving: Gold in 1992 and Bronze in 1996. Bill’s hobbies include fishing, golfing, and hunting.

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