Christopher Rouff holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Southern California. In 2005 he won the Best Research Paper Award from the NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA), Software Assurance Research Program (SARP); the Best Paper Award from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Information Systems Division (Code 580) and the Space Act Award for NASA patents. He is currently a technology manager at Lockheed Martin.