Mike Paglione

Mike Paglione is the Branch Manager of the FAA’s Software and Systems Branch at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey.  The Software and Systems Branch conducts research in support of aircraft safety technology development and enhancement of aircraft certification procedures, airworthiness standards, operation requirements, inspection and maintenance processes, and safety oversights to achieve the next level of safety.   Before taking the current management position in April 2017, he managed the FAA's Modeling and Simulation Branch for five years and served as a FAA engineer and project lead for 13 years before that.  He has extensive experience in air traffic control automation algorithms, simulation problems, analysis of decision support software, applied statistics, and general systems engineering.  Mr. Paglione holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Rutgers University.