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Dr. Fariba Alamdari was appointed Vice President of Future Market for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in June 2006. She leads a group of more than one hundred world-class experts who maintain and shape industry-leading analysis of the commercial aviation market and direct enterprise-wide activities with respect to strategic choices to be made by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Prior to joining Boeing, Alamdari was the Head of Department of Air Transport, Cranfield University in England where she lectured and carried out research in the area of airline marketing, economics and deregulation. She was also the Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Science and Manufacturing. She has been awarded Honorary Professorship of the Civil Aviation University of China. Alamdari is the author of a large number of articles and reports on aviation related issues. She has advised airlines, airports, aircraft manufacturers, regulatory bodies and service providers worldwide on matters related to marketing and economics of aviation industry, especially on the strategic implications of airline deregulation including the development and growth of low cost airlines. Alamdari has chaired international conferences and has been the keynote speaker at several major international conferences. She obtained her PhD on the economic impact of airline deregulation, in 1988 from Cranfield University. She has a master degree from Cranfield University in transport economics and a first degree in politics and economic studies from Tehran College. She is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautic Society.
Robin Bailey is Vice President -Savannah Operations, Rolls-Royce North America Inc. In this position, he is responsible for providing a senior level local point of contact for Gulfstream and for managing the Rolls-Royce center of excellence in Savannah supporting Rolls-Royce powered corporate operators. Prior to this role, Robin was Customer Program Executive, Rolls-Royce Deutschland based in Berlin where he additionally served as Head of Aftermarket Business. Before that, he worked in a variety of increasingly senior engineering, commercial and customer service positions at Cathay Pacific Airways, Saab Aircraft AB and Westland Helicopters. Robin first joined Rolls-Royce in 1969 as an undergraduate apprentice. Born in Peterborough, UK he graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1972 with a BSc honors degree in Production Engineering and Production Management.
Executive Vice President & General Manager of Advanced Development Programs and Strategic Planning, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, tasked with formulating the strategic direction of the aeronautics sector as well as managing the famed Kelly Johnson Skunk Works. Mr. Cappuccio has nearly forty years of diverse management and engineering experience associated with "Hi Tech" products, ranging from navigational computers, missiles, to tactical fighters. Augmenting his company operational experience is his corporate experience in strategic planning, as well as acquisitions and mergers. Mr. Cappuccio began his professional career in 1968 with Sikorsky Aircraft, working on infrared suppression systems for helicopters. He then joined Hamilton Standard's Arma Division spending 10 years working on avionics products i.e., aircraft digital computers and ICBM gyroscopic systems. He joined the Lockheed Corporation (Skunk Works) as an original member of the F117 program with increasing professional responsibility, eventually serving as Vice President and Assistant General Manager of the Research, Technology and Development in the California company. In 1990, he joined Martin Marietta's "Skunk Works", serving as Program Director of Advanced Development and Technology Operations. He was responsible for classified, rapid-prototyping projects, which included smart sub-munitions, dual mode sensors, ground-based radar systems, and advanced missiles. In 1993, he joined Rockwell International, where he served as Vice President of Advanced Programs, responsible for expanding the corporation's aerospace markets in operations analysis, radar-signature suppression, as well as advanced weapon system design and development. After the Lockheed Martin merger in 1995, Frank returned to LM as Vice President of Surveillance and Command Aircraft programs in Marietta, Georgia. He progressed to Vice President for Programs and Technology for Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics Sector, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. His corporate responsibilities included oversight of the sector's wide-ranging aircraft and technology research and development efforts. Frank was assigned as Vice President and Program Manager of the Joint Strike Fighter Program (JSF). His responsibilities were three-fold. First, the successful execution of the Concept Development Phase ($ 800M) i.e., to design and fly two demonstrator aircraft, one of which introduced a new propulsion system into the military service; second, the management of the related tri-company $360M Research JSF risk mitigation program; third, the capture of the follow-on Engineering, Manufacturing and Development Program (EMD) valued at $20B. Lockheed Martin won the JSF contract in November 2001. Key to this win was Frank's leadership in integrating the technical and financial entities of BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman into a seamless F-35 program team. Mr. Cappuccio holds an MBA from Adelphi University, a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from City College of New York. He was born October 6, 1946. He and his wife, Janet, have five children.
Pierre Chao is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Renaissance Strategic Advisors, a strategy and financial advisory firm. Pierre brings over 20 years of management consulting, investment banking and policy expertise in the aerospace/defense industry. He is also a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington D.C.-based, non-partisan defense and foreign policy think tank. He was a Senior Fellow and Director of Defense-Industrial Initiatives at CSIS from 2003-2007. At CSIS he directed a team of five focused on policy issues related to the defense-industrial base, including defense industrial policy, acquisition reform, trans-Atlantic relations, export controls, and technology/innovation policy. Before joining CSIS in 2003, Pierre was a managing director and senior aerospace/defense analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1999-2003, where he was responsible for following the U.S. and global aerospace/defense industry. He remained a CSFB independent senior adviser from 2003-2006. Prior to joining CFSB, Pierre was the senior aerospace/defense analyst at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter from 1995-1999. He served as the senior aerospace/defense industry analyst at Smith Barney during 1994 and as a director at JSA International, a Boston/Paris-based management-consulting firm that focused on the aerospace/defense industry (1986-88, 1990-93). Pierre was also a co-founder of JSA Research, an equity research boutique specializing in the aerospace/defense industry. Before signing on with JSA, he worked in the New York and London offices of Prudential-Bache Capital Funding as a mergers and acquisitions banker focusing on aerospace/defense (1988-90). Over the course of his Wall Street career, Pierre participated in 31 aerospace/defense equity offerings/IPOs raising $11.7 billion and dozens of buy-side and sell-side M&A assignments. In addition, Pierre garnered numerous awards while working on Wall Street. Institutional Investor ranked Pierre's team the number one global aerospace/defense group every year eligible from 2000-02 and he was on the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team every year eligible from 1996-2002. He was ranked the number one aerospace/defense analyst by corporations in the 1998-2000 Reuters Polls, the number one aerospace/defense analyst in the 1995-99 Greenwich Associates polls, and appeared on the Wall Street Journal All-Star list in four of seven eligible years. He was a member of the 2005 Defense Science Board Summer Study (Assessment of Transformation), 2006 DSB Summer Study (Strategic Technology Vectors), the 2006/2007 DSB Task Force on the Health of the Defense Industry and the 2006 Defense Business Board Capability Requirements Identification and Development Processes Task Force. He was also a member of a National Research Council study on Critical Technology Accessibility (2006) and a member of an Army Science Board task force on Use of Venture Capital (2001). In 2000, Pierre was appointed by President Clinton to the Presidential Commission on Offsets in International Trade. He is also a guest lecturer at the National Defense University and an Intermittent Professor at the Defense Acquisition University. Chao earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Political Science and Management Science from M.I.T.
John W. Douglass is president and chief executive officer of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), which represents the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military, and business aircraft; helicopters; UAVs; space systems; aircraft engines, material, and related components; equipment services; and information technology. Mr. Douglass became the seventh full-time chief executive of the association in 1998. Before that, he served for nearly three years as assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition of defense systems for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. A nationally recognized expert in systems acquisition, Mr. Douglass has extensive acquisition experience in Congress, the Defense Department, and the executive branch as a policy authority, contracting officer, engineering officer, test and evaluation officer, program control officer, and research director. Before being named Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Douglass was a staff member of the Senate Armed Services Committee where he was foreign policy and science and technology advisor to Senator Sam Nunn and handled defense conversion and technology reinvestment programs. Earlier, Mr. Douglass completed 28 years of U.S. Air Force service and retired as a brigadier general in 1992. His numerous Air Force assignments included service as the deputy U.S. military representative to NATO as well as director of plans and policy and director of science and technology in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. He also served as special assistant to the under secretary of defense for acquisition. Within the office of the president, Mr. Douglass was director of national security programs on the National Security Council of the White House during the Reagan Administration. He was responsible for formulating policy on a broad range of national security issues. He served as President Reagan's representative to the Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management chaired by David Packard. A native of Miami, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Florida, a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from Texas Tech University and a Master of Science degree in management science from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Mr. Douglass has done postgraduate work at the Cornell University Center for International Studies where he was an Air Force Research Fellow with the Peace Studies Program. Mr. Douglass lectures in the United States and Europe on aerospace and national security issues and has taught at the Florida Institute of Technology, Cornell University, and the National Defense University. He often serves on advisory committees of various government agencies. Mr. Douglass is a member of the Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industries Association and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Center for Advanced Technologies. He served on the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry, which issued its final report in November 2002. Mr. Douglass is chairman of the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations.
Mr. Faulkner leads the development of the Rocketplane XP suborbital space vehicle. Prior to joining Rocketplane he worked with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics company. His last post with Lockheed Martin "Skunk Works" was leading the configuration development on DARPA's FALCON program. There he co-developed a unique hypersonic vehicle configuration which was instrumental in winning the sole $100+ Million FALCON Phase II award for the company. Mr. Faulkner's experience as a conceptual and preliminary designer extends to DARPA's Quiet Supersonic Platform (QSP), Navy's RATTLRS programs and other Lockheed Martin efforts. Mr. Faulkner started his career in the flight testing realm as test conductor on the F-16 and F-22 programs leading tests that often qualified as "High Risk". Before transferring from flight test he successfully planned and conducted the first AIM-9 missile shot from the F-22 at the Navy's China Lake test range. Mr. Faulkner holds a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's in Aerospace Engineering both from the University of Oklahoma.
Preston "Pres" Henne is Senior Vice President for Programs, Engineering and Test at Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. He also is a Vice President of General Dynamics Corporation. Mr. Henne began his aerospace career in 1969 at McDonnell Douglas, where he managed several advanced programs in aerodynamics and acoustics for both military and commercial aircraft. Known for his work in advanced aerodynamic technology, he was responsible for the aerodynamic design of the wing on the C-17 -- considered the most versatile aircraft in airlift history and winner of the 1994 Collier Trophy for aeronautical achievement. He later served as Chief Design Engineer for the MD-80 aircraft. In 1991, Mr. Henne became Vice President and General Manager of the MD-90 Program at McDonnell Douglas' Long Beach Douglas Aircraft facility, where he oversaw the aircraft's complete development and certification process. Joining Gulfstream in 1994, Mr. Henne is credited with the design, development, test and certification of the Gulfstream V aircraft -- which was awarded the 1997 Collier Trophy. He became a Vice President of General Dynamics in July 1999 when the company acquired Gulfstream. As Senior Vice President, Programs, Engineering and Test, he is responsible for Gulfstream's product program management, engineering, and flight operations. His organization was responsible for the development of the Gulfstream 550 - which was recognized with the Collier Trophy in 2003. Mr. Henne earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering with highest undergraduate honors from the University of Illinois in 1969 and a master's degree in engineering from California State University at Long Beach in 1974. He is a member of the Innovation Leadership Advisory Board (ILAB) at the University of Illinois College of Engineering and of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation Board of Trustees. Mr. Henne is a Fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. His awards include the AIAA Engineer of the Year Award in 1996 and the AIAA Hap Arnold Award in 2001 for excellence in aeronautical program management. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2004, and in 2005 the University of Illinois recognized him with the Alumni Award for Distinguished Service.
Dr. Bruce Holmes joined DayJet in May 2007 to work with federal and state agencies to deploy next-generation technologies that will expand the number of small airports DayJet can utilize across the country for its per-seat, on-demand jet service. For more than 30 years, Bruce has contributed to transforming American air transportation, culminating in a senior executive position as chief strategist at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. He was instrumental in the strategic development of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS), the creation of the NASA Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments (AGATE) Alliance, and the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) Project. Bruce is widely known for his strategic leadership in the emergence of small aircraft and community airports for public transportation and for championing strategies for improving future generations of personal air transportation vehicles, airspace systems and airports. Bruce has published more than 70 technical papers, received four patents, and directed several research programs fostering technical developments upon which new aviation companies have been formed. He has been honored with numerous NASA and professional society awards including the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal, The National Air Transportation Association Distinguished Service Award and others.
Maj. Gen. John C. Koziol is Commander, Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency; and Commander, Joint Information Operations Warfare Command, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. As the Commander of the AF ISR Agency, General Koziol is responsible for providing multi-source intelligence products, applications, capabilities and resources, as well as information operations forces and expertise. The agency includes the 70th Intelligence Wing, the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, the Air Force Technical Applications Center, and all Air Force cryptologic operations. In his position as AF ISR Agency Commander, General Koziol also serves as the Commander of the Service Cryptologic Organization. In this capacity, he is responsible to the Director, National Security Agency, and Chief, Central Security Service, as the Air Force's sole authority for matters involving the conduct of cryptologic activities, including the spectrum of missions directly related to both tactical warfighting and national-level operations. As Commander, Joint Information Operations Warfare Command, General Koziol is responsible to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, for its mission of planning, integrating, and synchronizing comprehensive information operations in support of Joint Force Commanders and national-level objectives. General Koziol received his commission through the Norwich University Air Force ROTC program as a distinguished graduate in 1976. He has commanded at the detachment, squadron, center, group and wing levels. In addition, General Koziol has served in several Air Staff positions to include program element monitor for national intelligence programs; executive officer to the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence; Chief of Program Development and Integration; and Deputy Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. Prior to assuming his current position, General Koziol was the Commander, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb.
Bob Lindberg has served as President and Executive Director of the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) since 2003. NIA is a non-profit research and graduate education institute established as a strategic partner with NASA Langley Research Center. He has been with NIA since its formation in 2002, and previously served as NIA's Vice President for Research and Program Development. He holds a simultaneous faculty appointment as Research Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia. Previously, he was with Orbital Sciences Corporation, where he held a variety of leadership positions including Sr. Vice President for Defense Programs, and Vice President and Program Manager for NASA's X-34 experimental rocketplane. Prior to joining Orbital, he was a research scientist and branch head in the U.S. Navy's space program at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. Dr. Lindberg earned his B.S. in Physics (with Distinction) from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, his M.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia, and his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Fellow and past president of the American Astronautical Society, and a member of Sigma Xi and Sigma Pi Sigma. He has received numerous honors including the 2003 Egleston Medal for Distinguished Engineering Achievement from Columbia University. He has published in the fields of aerospace systems design, controls, and robotics and has edited two books. He has served on committees and panels for the Naval Studies Board of the National Academies, the National Security Space Architect, and the Federal Aviation Administration, and on numerous Advisory Boards including those of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at Virginia Tech, and the Center for Aerospace Systems Analysis at Georgia Tech. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Air and Space Center, the Hampton Roads Research Partnership and the Hampton Roads Technology Council.
George Standridge was named as Vice President, F-35 Business Development and Customer Engagement in April 2007. In this position, he leads the team responsible for the pursuit and capture of F-35 aircraft and global sustainment business opportunities worldwide as well as customer communications and market strategies for the F-35. Prior to this assignment, he was Vice President & Deputy for LM Aero Business Development and was also responsible for F-16 & T-50 Business Development efforts worldwide, where he directed key international F-16 sales to Greece and Pakistan. He has previously led key new business capture efforts for the sale of F-16 fighters to Poland and Greece as well as the first international sale of the C-27J. He has held previous assignments in Washington, DC and was the Director of Lockheed Martin Asia and Pacific Region business development activities in Washington, DC. In this capacity, he was responsible for specific knowledge of Department of State, Department of Defense and National Security Council (NSC) policy issues pertaining to the sale of defense related items throughout the region. He was also a key advisor and the primary interface between Lockheed Martin business units, the USG, and foreign embassies in Washington. George joined Lockheed Martin in 1996, following his retirement from the U.S. Navy. His last assignment was Navy International Programs Office in Washington, DC, as Program Manager, Aircraft and Airborne Missiles. In that capacity, he was responsible for all international aircraft sales for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. A former U.S. Navy pilot, previous tours included operational and staff assignments in the U.S. and Europe. George is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, the Defense Systems Management College, and Averett University. George is married to the former Kay Tippett of Colton Point, Maryland. They have two sons and live in Colleyville, Texas.
Tom Vice is sector vice president, Eastern Region, for Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector. Based in Bethpage, New York, the Eastern Region business unit also has sites in Hollywood, Maryland; Charleston, South Carolina; Warner Robins, Georgia; and St. Augustine, Melbourne, and Niceville, Florida. Smaller sites are located across the country and at military installations around the world. Vice leads programs in airborne early warning, airborne ground surveillance, electronic warfare, maritime systems integration, broad area maritime surveillance and coastal warfare, airborne mine countermeasures, and battle management systems to support our military on the sea, the ground, and in the air. Eastern region key programs include the E-2C, E-2D, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance, E-8C Joint Stars, EA-6B Prowler, EA-18G Growler, and various aircraft upgrade support programs for other Northrop Grumman aircraft such as the C-2 and F-5. The Eastern Region team also works on a number of advanced development programs that offer innovative future solutions to meet emerging customer needs. A seasoned Northrop Grumman executive, Vice most recently served as vice president for Airborne Early Warning and Battle Management Command and Control - Navy programs. Before that he was sector vice president, Business Development; sector vice president, Operations; sector vice president, Materiel; and vice president, Business and Advanced Systems Development for the sector's Air Combat Systems business area. Vice joined Northrop Grumman as an engineer on the B-2 program in 1986. He was named the business unit's information technology manager and then manager of B-2 program operations and asset integration. He also served as manager of customer requirements and the B-2 business development manager for the multi-stage improvement program. Vice received his Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California. He has completed numerous advanced management programs, including the Advanced Program Management course at the Defense Systems Management College and the Corporate Strategy Management Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., is a premier aerospace and defense systems integration enterprise. One of Northrop Grumman's eight sectors, it designs, develops, produces, and supports network-enabled integrated systems and subsystems for U.S. government, civil, and international customers. Integrated Systems delivers best-value solutions, products and services to support military and homeland security missions; battle management command and control; and integrated strike warfare. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30 billion global defense and technology company with 120,000 employees worldwide.
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Fariba Alamdari
Robin Bailey
Frank J. Cappuccio
Pierre A. Chao
Natalie Crawford
John W. Douglas
David Faulkner
Preston A. Henne
Bruce Holmes
Major General John C. Koziol
Robert E. Lindberg, Eng.Sc.D.
George R. Standridge
Tom Vice
