Brian Hoden is a Senior Staff Engineer at GE Intelligent Platforms’ Mil/Aero division in Albuquerque, NM. For the past 3 years he has been responsible for the mechanical design and packaging of the group’s rugged military systems. Prior to GE, over a 23 year period, Brian has worked for Sandia National Laboratories, LATA, DOS, and Emcore designing military laser systems, nuclear shipping containers, and fiber optic laser systems. Brian has a BSME from the University of New Mexico.