Winn Holcombe, Course Director

Mr. Winn Holcombe is a Course Instructor for the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) School of Systems and Logistics at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio.  As Course Instructor, he teaches Life Cycle Risk Management and Management of the Systems Engineering Process.  As Course Director, he manages two continuing education courses, Introduction to Life Cycle Risk Management and Introduction to Systems Engineering.

Prior to his current assignment in AFIT/LS, Mr. Holcombe was an electronics engineer, plans and programs engineer, and aerospace engineer for Air Force intelligence conducting systems analysis on foreign unmanned aerial vehicles, aircraft, and ballistic missiles.  Mr. Holcombe is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio prior to which he was a structural engineer of mobile hydraulic cranes and a mechanical engineer in industrial hydraulic pumps.

Courses Taught

SYS 118, Introduction to Life Cycle Risk Management (LCRM)

SYS 182, Introduction to Systems Engineering

SYS 208, Life Cycle Risk Management Course

SYS 282, Management of the Systems Engineering Process

Areas of Interest

Leadership Development

Strategic Planning

Active member in Dayton Society of Professional Engineers

Education

1979 Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohi