Simone Youngblood

Affiliation

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Biography

Simone M. Youngblood is a member of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physic Laboratory’s Principal Professional Staff. Leveraging an extensive background in simulation development and credibility assessment, Simone Youngblood has served as the DoD VV&A focal point for the past 25 years. Ms. Youngblood was the editor of the DoD VV&A Recommended Practices Guide and chaired the development of several VV&A related standards including: IEEE Standard 1278.4, IEEE Standard 1516.4 and MIL-STD 3022. Ms. Youngblood has served as the V&V and/or Accreditation agent for numerous M&S efforts that span a broad organizational spectrum to include: PEO IWS 1, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), the US Naval Air Systems Command, and the US Army Medical Research and Material Command. Ms. Youngblood has a B.A. in mathematics as well as B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science.