As an expert on developing and delivering solutions to the challenges of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), LMI fellow Ron Fizer improves organizations’ readiness to prevent the use and transfer of WMDs and respond to WMD hazards or chemical biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) effects. His expertise includes assessing capabilities against threats and hazards, finding gaps in organizations’ ability to accomplish their missions, delivering recommendations, and developing solutions to reduce those gaps to an acceptable risk level.

In 2020, Ron’s main objectives are to increase current and potential clients’ awareness of LMI’s capabilities in the WMD space, develop repeatable but customizable offerings to assess gaps and risk for clients that assist them in making better informed investments in capabilities, and increase our WMD talent by delivering focused training to LMIers.

Ron was drawn to LMI because he saw an opportunity to work with a diverse pool of talented individuals and a wide range of organizational capabilities, including logistics and sustainment, advanced analytics, healthcare, and national security. “LMI teams customize solutions better for WMD-related work and provide our clients with a broader range of in-house capabilities,” he says. “That was and remains exciting for me—working with talented professionals to assess client needs and deliver holistic solutions.”

As a part of rapid technology assessment and development efforts, Ron supplies synergy and velocity for innovation, resulting in capability delivery and technology solutions. Ron says, “I integrate these capabilities as part of more comprehensive solution for WMD or CBRN challenges, and I am adapting the tools and capabilities for solving WMD challenges to the unique threats or technical needs of other clients.”

LMI’s Fellows Program uniquely positions thought leaders in designated disciplines, like Ron, who provide technical expertise across the company while engaging in a direct and meaningful way with client work. Most importantly, Ron enjoys working with a diverse solutioning team. He says, “This experience helps me see across the full spectrum of a challenge and complement the depth of knowledge that our range of technical experts bring to a problem-solving team.”