As the manager for the Decision Support Business Area, Mr. Boykin’s responsibilities include efforts related to life-cycle cost, return-on-investment and business case assessments, as well as equipment health monitoring software tools. He is also Product Manager for the Integrated Cost Estimation (ICE) and the Resource Optimization System (ROS) computer tools. As senior manager, he is responsible for identifying and developing projects to support new business and capability growth involving cost analysis methodologies, cost/affordability analysis tools and data, return-on-investment assessments, business case analysis, system portfolio optimization, and equipment health monitoring tools. In addition to top-level management, he provides technical direction and guidance for analysis efforts and software development projects. As Product Manager for the ICE cost evaluation tool and the ROS optimization tool, he is also responsible for supporting commercial sale of the tool, with all of the unique issues associated with supporting a commercial software product, including training and “help” issues.