Robert T. Uda

Dr. Robert T. (Bob) Uda, Ph.D., Certified Manager (CM), Certified Homeland Security Professional (CHSP), and Certified Infrastructure Liaison Officer (ILO) currently serves as president and principal consultant of Bob Uda and Associates (BU&A), a counterterrorism research firm. Bob had served previously as vice president of the West Coast Division of SIG Homeland Security, LLC, headquartered in Chester, New Jersey. Bob previously served as chairman, president, and CEO of Apollo Systems Technology, Inc., a system security engineering company in Canyon Country, California. He served in the USAF for over eight years and worked in the aerospace and defense industries for over a quarter-century.

Dr. Uda is an adjunct online professor teaching Homeland Security with the Colorado Technical University (CTU) located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is also an adjunct online instructor teaching homeland security, risk management, global terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction at Columbia Southern University (CSU) located in Orange Beach, Alabama. Additionally, he teaches communication essentials as a remote online instructor with BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho. Furthermore, he teaches introduction to project management as a remote online instructor with Ensign College in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Uda earned BS degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Oklahoma and in general business from Regents College (now called Excelsior College) of Albany, New York. He further earned an MS degree in astronautics from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and an MBA from the University of La Verne (California). Additionally, he received a diploma in The Executive Program in Management from the UCLA Graduate School of Management. In July 2012, Bob earned a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Homeland Security from Northcentral University (NCU) located in Prescott Valley, Arizona. His dissertation is on "Exploring Factors Contributing to Improvised Explosive Device (IED) terror campaigns in the United States Homeland."

Bob has prepared over 50 publications plus 17 books. He has written/published four counterterrorism books including (1) Principles of Asymmetrical Warfare: How to Beat Islamo-fascists at Their Own Game, (2) Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Victory Over Islamo-fascist Jihadists, (3) Combating Terrorists in the USA: Protecting the CONUS from Terrorists, and (4) Cybercrime, Cyberterrorism, and Cyberwarfare: Crime, Terror, and War without Conventional Weapons.

Bob is certified in the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program. He was a member of the City of San Marcos (CA) CERT and is a disaster service worker (DSW) with the Unified San Diego County Emergency Services Organization prior to moving to Texas. He earned a Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) Amateur Radio "Technician" License with call sign KI6SQW. Bob also holds the Certified Homeland Security Professional (CHSP) certification with specialization in Counter-Terrorism from SIG Homeland Security, LLC. Additionally, he received the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS) in Homeland Security from NCU.

Dr. Uda has held memberships in the International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals (IACSP), International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts, Inc. (IALEIA), International Counter Terrorism Officers Association (ICTOA), InfraGard San Diego Members Alliance, Business Espionage Controls & Countermeasures Association (BECCA), and National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). Bob is also a member of Alpha Phi Sigma, the honorary society for Criminal Justice and Homeland Security, and was awarded the 2009 Provost Scholarship Award ($500) and Certificate of Achievement from NCU.

Bob received the Honorable Mention Award in the Maritime Security Expo and NCU paper competition. The paper is titled "Detecting and Defeating Waterborne Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIEDs) Onboard Small Vessels." Further, he published an article on "Thoughts of a Volunteer Hostage" in Volume 7, Issue 3, of the Counter-Terrorism Quarterly, the official newsletter of the ICTOA. Additionally, he is past chairman of the board (COB) of the Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM) Board of Regents (BOR) headquartered at the James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.