W. Bradford Rigdon

Warren Bradford "Brad" Rigdon (born 1938) is an American former business executive at McDonnell Douglas, also known for developing the NIST Enterprise Architecture Model.

Early life and education Rigdon obtained his BA in business administration at the University of Missouri in 1961.

Career After graduation in 1961 Rigdon started his 30 years long career at McDonnell Douglas in the McDonnell Automation Company (McAuto) division. By 1966, he was a senior consultant. He then held a variety of management positions in systems services and marketing in New York, including Regional Director of the Northeast Region. he had also been a Director of Product Management, and Director of Business Applications for McAuto in long Beach.

In 1980 he was named Director of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, in 1983 Vice President of the MDC Service organization at McAuto, in 1986 General Manager of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Information Services Company (MDAIS). From 1989 until his retirement early 1990s he was Senior Vice President of R&D.

Selected publications Tattini, E. L., Stormfeltz, H. B., Smith, B. M., Rigdon, W. B., McGrath, M. F., Lepisto, B.... & Adams, C. R. (1988). "Presentations at CALS Conference (Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support). Phase 1.1. Core Requirements Held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on April 26, 1988." National Bureau of Standards (NEL), Gaithersburg, MD. Support Office. W. Bradford Rigdon (1989) "Architectures and Standards". In: Information Management Directions: The Integration Challenge E.N. Fong and A.H. Goldfine (eds). NIST Sept 1989.