Jan Hodicky has been working as the M&S Technical SME in NATO Allied Command for Transformation in Norfolk. He got his Ph.D. in the Modelling and Simulation field at the University of Defence and in 2022 he became Full Professor at the same university. From 2013 till 2016 he was Doctrine, Education and Training Branch Head in NATO Modeling and Simulation Centre of Excellence in Rome. Then he was the lead on M&S projects supporting analytical studies at Department of Strategic Studies in Czech Republic for 2 years. He is certified Modelling and Simulation Professional by NTSA. Jan advocates M&S as an independent discipline and he applies M&S mostly in the military domain. He has been active member in NATO Science and Technology Organization Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) for more than 14 years.