Strategic Consulting, Inc.

Raymond J. Curts, Ph.D, (USN, Ret.) was born December 2, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is an American citizen. He graduated from Vandalia Community High School, Vandalia, Illinois in 1965. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1970 and was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy. In December, 1972 he earned his wings as a Naval Aviator and was assigned to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Returning to the continental United States in 1976, he served as an instructor pilot in the Navy's Advanced Jet Training Command in Beeville, Texas where he earned a Master of Arts degree in Management and Business Administration from Webster College of St. Louis, Missouri. After tours of duty in Norfolk, Virginia; Rota, Spain; and Key West, Florida, he was stationed at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in Washington, DC where he spent five years as the U.S. Navy's Electronic Warfare Architect. During this time he earned a Ph.D. in Information Technology from George Mason University. Dr. Curts is the President of Strategic Consulting, Inc.