Team leader of engineers who take new scientific technology and provide practical applications; e.g. integration of US Navy Air-to-Surface Harpoon and Standoff Land Attack Missiles (SLAM) into US Navy, Air Force aircraft.

James V. Leonard, PE, is Associate Technical Fellow at the Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems Company. He is responsible for the integration of Boeing missiles onto United States and international aircraft. He and his team performed the integration of the Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) onto the US Navy P-3C Orion Patrol Plane, including the Real Time Mission Planning System. This equipment was used successfully during the Kosovo Crisis. Leonard and his team have been granted two United States patents. In 1997 Leonard received an Honorary Professional Degree in Computer Science from the University of Missouri at Rolla (UMR). He is very active in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at the global, national, regional and local levels. He is currently on the board of directors of IEEE-USA. And he helped form the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS) Student Chapter at UMR. He is the author of over 24 technical articles, has edited four books, and is a registered Professional Engineer in both Missouri and Ohio.