Our Team
We bring different perspectives to the table, but we’re united by a love for purposeful work, thoughtful design, and real connection.
Warren Boord
Mr. Boord founded Boord Engineering Sciences and Technology (BEST), LLC in 2023. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, and a BS Degree in Aerospace Engineering from West Virginia University. His career spans 45 years in the defense scientific and technical acquisition (S&TA), and the scientific and technical intelligence (S&TI) communities. He has 20 years of commercial private industry and laboratory employment, 15 years as a Department of Defense (DoD) federal civilian employee and six years as a USAF Officer. His professional achievements include developing proficient technical, managerial, program management, business development, supervisory, executive management and leadership skills. He is an accomplished author who is the lead co-author of “Air and Missile Defense Systems Engineering”, CRC Publishing, March 2016 and is the author and co-author on multiple missile G&C and air defense topics specifically in the AIAA Journal of Dynamics, Guidance and Control, AIAA Missile Sciences and Guidance, Navigation and Control, 4th World Congress on Nonlinear Analysis, and AIAA SciTech conferences.
President, CEO & Founder
Dr. Phillip Pace
Phillip Pace is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. He earned his B.S. and M.S. from Ohio University (1983, 1986) and his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati (1990), all in electrical and computer engineering. Prior to NPS, he worked at General Dynamics (Radar Systems) and Hughes Aircraft Company for over seven years. He has also served as an adjunct professor at SMU, a senior scientist at L3Harris Technologies, and a research staff member (adjunct) at the Institute for Defense Analyses. Dr. Pace founded the NPS Center for Joint Services Electronic Warfare (1993) and led the Navy N2/N6 Threat Missile Simulator Validation Working Group (1996–2017). His research spans RF weapon systems, electronic warfare, radar waveform design, and digital transceivers. He is the author of four textbooks published by Artech House, holds 11 patents, and has over 80 conference papers and 36 journal publications. He received the U.S. Navy Superior Civilian Service Award (1989–2019), served as an editor for IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2013–2020), and was awarded the 2024 AOC Academic Excellence and Education Award. He is a Life Member of AOC and a Life Fellow of IEEE.
Chief Scientist- Electromagnetic Systems
Chief Scientist- Aerospace SystemsDr. Wade Huebsch
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Senior EngineerAndrea Bonacci
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