Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Executive leader with extensive experience in developing and implementing high-impact digital transformation strategies for aerospace, space, and defense product lines. Work collaboratively across integrated teams leading organic and inorganic strategic plans and growth initiatives. Expertise in international business & corporate development, digital solutions, restructuring, and performance improvement across several related technology sectors including space systems, satellite communications and mobile connectivity, defense systems and electronics, remote sensing & geospatial intelligence, avionics, and security solutions. Areas of expertise include: - Aerospace, Defense, and Technology Strategy Execution — At Thales and Maxar, developed and implemented organic and inorganic growth strategies across several data-intensive product lines - Business & Corporate Development — large commercial and DoD program captures; private and public M&A (i.e., deal sourcing, due diligence, negotiations, post-acquisition integration); minority equity investments; joint ventures; go-to-market and new product development partnerships. Maintain extensive industry, consulting/banking and government networks across A&D and TMT markets - Digital Transformation — designed and executed digital transformation/IoT strategies with focus on mobile connectivity solutions, “SmallSat”-enabled geospatial intelligence, cybersecurity, data analytics, and AI/machine learning - Strategic Operations — distressed turnaround situations / restructuring, achieving program performance metrics, portfolio shaping/ divestitures
- Executive-level consultant with substantial US and foreign investment experience focusing on inorganic and organic growth strategies in defense and space tech. - Senior advisor to Cypress International - Former advisor to Oliver Wyman (fka Avascent)
Strategy, investment thesis, and acquisition architect for Geost, an electro-optical and infrared satellite payload integrator for US national security space missions. Its systems support a range of applications including missile warning and tracking, ISR, and multi-orbit space domain awareness. Successful exit by ATL Partners to Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB).
Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer, Space Systems / Loral - Oversaw a range of strategic activities to reposition the SSL business to address the commercial SATCOM market decline and accelerate growth in the government and Low Earth Orbit satellite business. - Provided key strategic inputs into a comprehensive restructuring plan for the business unit. - Led efforts to position the business in the nascent on-orbit satellite servicing market
- Oversaw and led strategic growth activities for Thales Group in the United States covering business development, M&A, and partnerships. During my tenure, completed 8 acquisitions / equity investments in the U.S. with a combined transaction value over $5bn. - Led organic and inorganic strategy development and implementation in key aerospace & defense technology areas including aero/maritime/land broadband connectivity, avionics, C4ISR electronics, cybersecurity, autonomous platforms, space systems and smallsat-enabled comms and imagery constellations. - Developed and executed some key "digital transformation" initiatives in the US covering disruptive use cases and technologies-- topics included cloud-based data protection, IoT security, in-flight connectivity, mobile satcom solutions, geospatial intelligence collection and analytics, smallsat manufacturing, augmented reality, and streaming data analytics.