Test and Training Range Operational Support

By Kerry McGinley

Tens of millions of dollars and human lives are on the line on Peter Canipe’s watch. He’s the Division Manager in charge of Support Services for the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, a U.S. Navy major range test base located in the Bahamas. AUTEC is a deep-water test evaluation facility that’s 72 miles long, 24 miles wide and 6,000 feet deep. Even with that much ocean, 45 people under his supervision and 36 years on the job, Canipe has a perfect safety record. 

By Kerry McGinley

With the swipe of his finger across his smart phone, Bill Mendelsohn knows what’s up, down or offline at the U.S. Air Force Academy. 

Mendelsohn, a Lean Six Sigma master blackbelt, developed interactive digital dashboards that chart the state of facilities for the service academy near Colorado Springs. At a glance he, his staff and the client can see the state of facilities over more than 10 square miles of an installation that’s home to more than 6,000 people.