Dr. Stroud graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M in College Station, Texas, in 1978 and accepted a job with E-Systems in Garland, Texas. While at E-Systems, he obtained a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas in 1981. E-Systems was acquired by Raytheon in the 1990s and he remained with the new company following the acquisition. He worked on increasingly complex systems over his time with Raytheon and is now a Senior Engineering Fellow. As part of his duties, he teaches courses in Principles of Systems Engineering (PoSE), the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), and the Systems Engineering Technical Development Program (SEtdp). His responsibilities likewise became more diverse and at the present time he is supporting the acquisition of new business by the company.
