Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (ePub)

Michael S. Baum JD, MBA, ATP, is an aviation consultant, and founder & Permanent Editorial Board member of the Aviators Code Initiative (ACI). He is an active participant and contributor to various forums developing manned and unmanned aviation standards and safety best practices. Previously Baum served as vice president and executive committee member at VeriSign (VRSN), IT security law and policy consultant at Independent Monitoring, LLC, and a Network Analyst at BBN Technologies (now Raytheon). Prior thereto he practiced law in Boston. He was founder and chair of the Electronic Commerce Division and Information Security Committee of the American Bar Association's Science and Technology Law Section, an observer to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), chairman, of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Paris) ETERMS Working Party, and vice chairman of the ICC Electronic Commerce Commission. He has been board member of ANSI ASC X12, The Jurimetrics Journal (ABA/ASU), The PKI Forum, and the Charles Babbage Foundation, as well as various IT enterprise advisory boards.

Previous publications include UAS Pilots Code (ACI) (co-author), Aviators Model Code of Conduct (series, ACI), Federal Certification Authority Liability and Policy (NIST/MITRE), Secure Electronic Commerce (1st & 2nd Eds., Prentice-Hall) (co-author with Ford), Digital Signature Guidelines (ABA) (co-author), Electronic Contracting, Publishing and EDI Law (Wiley) (co-author with Perritt), Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Douglas Marshall, et al. (3rd ed., CRC) (contributor), and EDI and the Law (Blenheim) (contributor). He was a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Baum has been honored with awards including: ABA Committee on Cyberspace Law's Excellence Award; National Notary Association's Achievement Award; Journal of EDI, EDI Pioneer, and LightHawk's President's Award.

Baum is a graduate of Western New England