1974
Mr. Tatum receives a Bachelor of Science in electrical and electronic engineering at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.
1974
Mr. Tatum becomes an electronics engineer for the U.S. Army Harry Diamond Laboratories (HDL) in Adelphi, Maryland, working in RADAR.
1988
Mr. Tatum is presented with HDL’s Wilbur S. Hinman Award for Technical Team Achievement for his work in investigating the effects of High-Power Radio Frequency/Microwave (HPM) pulses on electronics and developing mathematical models for the effect mechanisms.
1992
Mr. Tatum joins the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, Maryland as a team leader for HPM Effects and Hardening.
2004
Mr. Tatum is selected as a Fellow of the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) in Washington, D.C.
2008
Mr. Tatum participates in a team that developed and fielded a counter-measure for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which was recognized as one of the Army’s Top Ten Innovations of the Year.
2011
Mr. Tatum retires from the ARL.
2011
Mr. Tatum is employed by SURVICE Engineering Company in Belcamp, Maryland as a senior electronic system engineer for Electronic Warfare (EW), Directed Energy (DE), and Non-Lethal (NL) weapons and their effects.
2014
Mr. Tatum acts as a Subject Matter Expert on EW, DE, and NL weapons for the Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC).