SONEX Enterprises Incorporated was established in 1984 with a single focus: to adapt the Systems Engineering approach to the integration science for sophisticated systems. With a concentration on this objective, SONEX developed its proprietary Integrated System Assurance (ISA). The innovative ISA concept, which is consistent industry quality standards, introduces a business process oriented on enhancing the success of organizational objectives as well as individual technology programs. With this process at their disposal, the organizational decision makers are assured of near real-time oversight and assessment of critical enterprise objectives. Individual program managers also have near real time status of technical, life cycle and program management activities (cost and schedule).

SONEX specializes in risk management and control, life cycle support, information technology, and organizational improvement.

We have developed proven methodologies and tools to support our services. Our research and development efforts, in concert with government and academia involving expert knowledge systems, have resulted in the development of various tools to streamline the implementation of these methodologies. Our breadth and depth of technical and functional experience allows us to achieve success on projects that involve diverse sets of technologies and support requirements.

SONEX has two core competencies:

Software Engineering - SONEX has built sophisticated tools in order to support the analysis of systems. ISA has at its core, capabilities developed through internal R&D and the SBIR process. SBIR's are grants from federal agencies to research and solve a need for that agency. The product developed must also have a commercial use.

Consulting - SONEX has many years experience in applying the tools and methodology in evaluating risk within an organization or a technology initiative.

SONEX Leadership

Mr. Xenos has more than 19 years experience with business development, corporate operations, software and communications technologies, expert systems development, and project management. Prior to accepting the position as CEO, Mr. Xenos served as director of operations and systems engineering for SONEX Enterprises, Incorporated. He brings an important mix of leadership, management, and technical skill to lead SONEX.

His technical background includes research and development of advanced software centric technologies and development methodologies, quality assurance programs for voice/data switched networks and integrated system, and telecommunications management. He was critical to the conception, research and development of the company's Intelligent Agent Definition (IAD) Toolkit while serving as product software engineer and project manager of its research and development

Mr. Xenos holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering with emphasis in Information Systems from from Lehigh University and a M.S. in Software/Systems Engineering from George Mason University.

Dr. Ahmed is serving as the head of the internal research and development program of SONEX since 1997. He is responsible for providing direction of the process, methodology, and technology adopted for the development of SONEX' proprietary technological infrastructure and products. He is the principal investigator for the government contracts related to the R&D of intelligent agents' technology for the next generation C3I systems; the R&D of the Continuous Early Validation Environment; and the R&D of means for improving NASA Lessons Learned System. Dr. Ahmed is the architect for SONEX' Integrated Verification and Validation tools and architectures such as the Intelligent Agent Definition Toolkit (IADToolkit™), the Expert Test Environment for Development (EXTEND), the Artifact Tracing Tool (AT2), the Requirements Expert Analyzer (REQSPERT), and the Independent/Integrated System Assurance (ISA™) software tool suite. Technology initiatives associated with this work included the application of expert systems and other artificial intelligence technologies to requirement specification analysis, natural language processing, and decision transitivity capture.

Rounding out his 18 years of experience, Dr. Ahmed also worked as a software designer, requirements engineer, software architectural designer, and Information engineering consultant in numerous software houses overseas. Dr. Ahmed, also, worked as a professor in a number of universities in the United States as well as overseas.

Dr. Ahmed's research interests include soft computing based software engineering especially software testing, software reuse, and cost estimation; software metrics and quality models; and case-based reasoning and experience reuse within the context of decision making. He has supervised a number of theses and published a number of technical papers in refereed journals and conferences. Dr. Ahmed has been a referee for a number of technical journals and conferences. On more than one occasion, he served as a guest editor of the Information Sciences Journal. Dr. Ahmed is a member of a number of professional associations.

Dr. Ahmed holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Alexandria University, Egypt; and a Ph.D. in Information Technology (Computer Science) from George Mason University. Dr. Ahmed was classified as Outstanding Researcher by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1997.

Mr. Lewis is responsible for supporting customer required consultative services beyond those provided under the managed solution offering as well as supporting the unique needs of public sector customers. In this capacity he oversees and supports public sector business development and engagement performance management. Mr. Lewis joined the company following a successful career in test and evaluation of military systems, including a member of the test and evaluation team for the F/A-18 Program Office at the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD; a role with LOGICON, Inc. supporting the AEGIS shipbuilding Combat Systems T&E Department; Navy staff member in the OPNAV Assessment Division for Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Pentagon, Washington, DC; and a pilot for developmental test flights of weapons systems and software in the A6E Intruder for Naval Air Weapons Command China Lake. Mr. Lewis served in several operational squadrons and had multiple extended overseas deployments on aircraft carriers. Mr. Lewis retired from the US Navy in 1995.

Mr. Lewis holds a B.S. in Business from Indiana University, an M.S. in Technology Management from George Mason University, and a CIO Certificate in Federal Executive Competencies.