billwall
Bill Wall
Palm Bay, FL, United States 
Member Since: May 18, 2007
Last Login: Sep 2, 2010
Profile Views: 26158
Points: 2846
Homepage: www.offthewallchess.com
Birthday: May 11, 1951
Occupation: Systems Engineer
USCF Rating: 2000
About Me:
Professional:
Senior Information Security Systems Engineer (ISSE) at Harris Corporation, Maritime Communications Services, in Melbourne, FL (1997 to present). Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Creator of the Harris STAT Vulnerability Assessment Tool (now owned by Lumension Patchlink). Government contractor providing security to Department of Commerce, NOAA, and the National Weather Service. Retired military officer (USAF 1970-95). Former Branch and Division Chief at the Air Force Information Warfare Center, Air Intelligence Agency (1991-95). Chief analyst of the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (1995-97). Chief, Product Assessment and Certification Center (1991-1995). Computer security engineer and systems engineer for NASA (NASA/Houston Shuttle Avionics Integration Lab (SAIL) 1985, NASA/Ames Computational Flight Dynamics Facility (1985-91). Former avionics engineer for F-15, F-16 fighters, Avionics Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (1981-85). Former B-52 bomber and KC-135Q tanker crew chief (1971-74) in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Guam, Okinawa, Philippines). Degrees in physics, astrophysics, and electrical engineering (Air Force Institute of Technology). Married to Lois Hubbard Wall for over 33 years.
Chess:
Author of 31 chess books and over 700 chess articles (list can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Wall). Former Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina Chess Association (1976-1978) and Ohio Chess Association (1981-1983). President of Ohio Chess Association (1980-1981) and North Carolina Chess Association (1978-1980). Former USCF delegate and certified tournament director. Former co-editor of Ohio and NC state chess magazines. Former secretary of Chess Journalists of America (1984-1988). Former president of chess clubs in Dayton, Ohio (1980-84); Palo Alto, California (1986-1990); San Antonio, Texas (1991-1997); and Melbourne, Florida (1998-2000). 2007 Member of the Year at chess.com. Top Tactician for 2008 at chess.com. Member of USCF since 1969. Active chess.com member with blogs, articles, Online chess and Live chess. Chess patzer.
