At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CFO’ operating in the Aerospace space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Michael Galvin
Chief Financial Officer of Anduril Industries
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About Anduril Industries: Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance.
Helen Riley
Chief Financial Officer of X, the moonshot factory
As Chief Financial Officer at X, Helen leads the teams that smooth the way for moonshot technologies to become successful businesses. Helen joined X from Google where she led global finance and analytics for Google’s marketing teams, focused on products such as YouTube, Search and Android. Before joining Google, Helen was a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in San Francisco and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in London. Helen holds a B.A. & M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School. Originally from London, UK, Helen now lives with her husband and two children in California.
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About X, the moonshot factory: X, the moonshot factory invents and launches breakthrough technologies and radical solutions.
James Zrust
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of The Boeing Company
Jim Zrust is vice president, Finance and chief financial officer for Defense, Space & Security (BDS), a $31 billion business unit specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. He leads a global organization responsible for all BDS financial activities. With more than 30 years in the field, Zrust has considerable expertise working all aspects of federal and state tax issues in the United States as well as those related to major international transactions. Under his leadership, Boeing was granted certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court on a major issue involving the calculation of export benefits. He also led Boeing’s efforts to find a suitable legislative replacement for the extraterritorial income regime that was found to be out of compliance with WTO rules. Zrust has testified on various tax matters before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. He has also participated on numerous panels focused on a number of federal and international tax topics. Zrust joined Boeing in 2000 to lead the company’s worldwide tax group. He previously worked at Honeywell, Inc. in Minneapolis for 15 years in a series of progressively responsible positions, the last of which was vice president – Tax. Prior to joining Honeywell, Zrust spent time at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Zrust holds a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn., and a Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minn. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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About The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Curtis Buser
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Loren Neuenschwander
Chief Financial Officer of Endeavor Air
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About Endeavor Air: Endeavor Air is an American regional airline that operates as Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines.
Shane Wright
COO and CFO of GE Aviation
Shane Wright is the vice president and chief financial officer for GE Aviation. In this role, Shane oversees all aspects of financial strategy for GE Aviation’s $22 billion aerospace business with more than 80 facilities in 21 countries around the globe. Shane joined GE in 1988 on the Financial Management Program. He then spent six years with the Corporate Audit Staff and held global finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility for several GE businesses, including finance manager, Asia Pacific for Transportation; finance manager, Asia, Europe and Africa for Energy; financial planning and analysis manager for Oil & Gas; chief financial officer, Property & Casualty for Insurance Solutions and chief financial officer for GE Transportation. Shane also has experience in mergers and acquisition, serving as the Corporate Staff Executive for M&A in Hong Kong in 1998, and in risk management, serving as the global risk and underwriting manager for GE Insurance Solutions in 2002. Prior to joining GE Aviation, Shane served as chief financial officer for GE Healthcare International, where he was responsible for the Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Greater Asia regions for GE’s Healthcare business. Shane is the staff sponsor for GE Aviation’s Veteran’s Network, leading efforts to recruit, retain and promote high quality military veteran employees to the business. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington in 1986. In the community, Shane serves on the Board of Directors for the Cincinnati Port Authority and on the Board of Directors for 3CDC, Cincinnati’s Development Corporation.
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About GE Aviation: GE Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, is a provider of jet and turboprop engines, components, and integrated systems.
Matt Field
Chief Financial Officer of Joby Aviation
Matt Field is the Chief Financial Officer at Joby Aviation.
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About Joby Aviation: Joby Aviation is an aerospace transportation company developing electric aircrafts.
Ben Lu
Chief Financial Officer of Archer Aviation
Ben Lu is the Chief Financial Officer at Archer Aviation.
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About Archer Aviation: Archer Aviation aims to accelerate the benefits of sustainable air mobility.
Akhil Johri
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Technologies
Akhil Johri was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Technologies on January 1, 2015. Akhil returned to United Technologies after serving as Chief Financial Officer for Pall Corporation, a publicly traded leader in filtration, separation and purification solutions. Prior to joining Pall Corporation, Akhil spent 26 years at United Technologies in various executive positions of increasing responsibility. His most recent role was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for UTC Propulsion & Aerospace Systems, which includes Pratt & Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems. Before that, he led UTC’s Investor Relations and Financial Planning & Analysis groups. Akhil also had senior financial roles at UTC Fire and Security, and Carrier Corporation, including 12 years in the Asia Pacific region. Akhil is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and is a Chartered Accountant.
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About CD&R LLP, United Technologies: United Technologies provides a broad range of high-technology products and services for the aerospace.
Bill Read
Chief Financial Officer of Abaco Systems
As well as the usual responsibilities of a CFO, Bill Read’s role is to work with the Abaco leadership team to help develop strategies that will strengthen the company’s competitive position, accelerate its growth and help serve its customers. Prior to joining Abaco, Mr. Read held a number of senior financial positions with Teledyne, BBB Industries, and Harmar. He has an MBA from the Massey School at Belmont University and holds certifications as a CPA and CMA.
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About Abaco Systems, Redwire: Abaco Systems is a global leader in open architecture rugged embedded systems.
Kevin A. Messerle
Chief Financial Officer of York Space Systems
Kevin joined Summit Partners in 2015. He is a member of Summit Partners Credit Advisors, the credit affiliate of Summit Partners which addresses the borrowing needs of small and large companies. Kevin has extensive experience in leveraged finance. He currently leads the firm’s origination activities in energy, transportation, and automotive. Prior to Summit, Kevin worked for Regiment Capital, where he was responsible for credit investments across several sectors including energy and metals/mining. Previously, he worked for Davidson Kempner Capital Management as a senior distressed debt analyst covering a variety of sectors. Kevin holds a BS in mechanical engineering, with distinction, from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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About Summit Partners, York Space Systems: York Space Systems is a designer and manufacturer of spacecraft bus platforms.
Ralph Brandifino
Chief Financial Officer of Million Air
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About Million Air: A Fixed Base Operation (FBO) that is owned and operated within the Million Air FBO group.
Alvin Khoo
Chief Financial Officer of GA Telesis
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About GA Telesis: GA Telesis a world-leading commercial aviation company.
Susan Jordan
Chief Financial Officer And Senior Vice President, Administration of Quest Aircraft Company
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About Quest Aircraft Company: Quest manufactures the KODIAK 10-seat single engine turboprop airplane.
Peter Serdaru
Chief Financial Officer of Teletronics Technology
Mr. Gublo has 23 years experience in the electronic systems industry. He has been employed as the lead field service engineer and has served as project manager on selected highly-critical programs throughout the world. Responsibilities have included system installation and integration, customer training, troubleshooting and application/problem assistance in schedule-critical situations. Mr. Gublo has also managed the test engineering department at several major aerospace firms for 16 years. He directed a group of software/firmware engineers and technicians and was responsible for providing support for high-volume development and production test for a variety of high-technology equipment. Jake holds a BSEET degree from the Ohio Institute of Technology.
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About Teletronics Technology: Teletronics Technology is the total system solution provider for defense and commercial aerospace test applications.
Laura Siegal
CFO of NEO Tech
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About NEO Tech: Electronic Manufacturing Services offers contract manufacturing, medical electronic manufacturing, PCB assembly, OEM and manufacturing
John C. Fortson
CFO of AAR Corp
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About AAR Corp: AAR is a leading provider of diverse products and services to the worldwide commercial aviation and government/defense industries.
Kasey Yang
CFO of Orbit Fab
Kasey Yang is the CFO at Orbit Lab. She has over 15 years of experience in accounting and financial services for technology firms. Skilled in organizing and presenting data for financial decision.
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About Orbit Fab: Orbit Fab offers a supply of satellite propellant in Earth Orbit that expands the operational potential of new and existing space assets.
K. Christopher Farkas
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Curtiss-Wright
Mr. Farkas was named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation in 2020.
Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, he was named Vice President of Finance of Curtiss- Wright Corporation in December 2017, and previously held the
positions of Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2014, and also has served as Assistant Corporate Controller since May 2009
Prior to joining Curtiss-Wright, he spent more than 17 years in financial, technical and operational roles of increasing responsibility within Fortune 50/250
industrial companies including United Technologies Corporation and Parker Hannifin
Mr. Farkas possesses an MBA and an EMBA from two internationally ranked business schools. He holds an MBA from Purdue University. Krannert School of
Management and an EMBA from the ESCP Europe (European School of Management). In addition, he has a BS degree in Accounting from Central Connecticut
State University. He is a CPA and is a Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
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About Curtiss-Wright: Curtiss-Wright delivers engineered, critical function products and services to the commercial, industrial, defense, and energy markets.
Bob Bailey
VP, Financial Analyst Internship and CFO of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Bob Bailey is vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) and world leader in the design, manufacture and service of both commercial and military aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. Bob has global responsibility for Pratt & Whitney’s overall financial function, including accounting and controls, financial planning and analysis, cost reduction initiatives, and providing guidance and controls to ensure the company’s profitable growth. Bob began his career with Price Waterhouse in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1986 and joined United Technologies in 1992. He has held positions of increasing responsibility across several finance disciplines at Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies headquarters and Hamilton Sundstrand. Prior positions include vice president, finance and CFO, for Pratt & Whitney’s Commercial Engines business; vice president, financial planning and analysis and treasury at Hamilton Sundstrand; and vice president, finance and CFO, at Hamilton Sundstrand. Bob holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts- Amherst and is a certified public accountant.
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About Pratt & Whitney Aircraft: Pratt & Whitney, subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations.
Shaffiq Rahim
Chief Financial Officer of Helinet Aviation Services
Shaffiq Rahim is the President at Hi-Tech Engineering.
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About Creek Bridge Capital, Helinet Aviation Services, Hi-Tech Engineering: Helinet Aviation Services is a diversified helicopter transportation provider located in Van Nuys, California.
David C. Burney
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Astronics
Appointed Chief Financial Officer of Astronics in 2003, David Burney held the position of Controller for Astronics’ Aerospace segment from 1996 until his appointment as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Astronics, he held similar positions in other companies. Mr. Burney started his career with Deloitte & Touche. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Muskingum College.
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About Astronics: Astronics is a leading provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace and defense industries.
James F. McCabe
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Triumph Group
Jim McCabe serves as a Chief Financial Officer at Steel Partners Holdings.
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About Triumph Group: Triumph Group manufactures, designs, engineers, and overhauls aerospace structures, systems, and components.
Joseph T. Lower
Chief Financial Officer of B/E Aerospace
Joe Lower was appointed Chief Financial Officer of B/E Aerospace, Inc. effective December 17, 2014. Mr. Lower previously served as Vice President, Finance of B/E Aerospace since November 1, 2014. Prior to B/E Aerospace, Mr. Lower was Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for The Boeing Company, where he spent the last twelve years. In this role, Mr. Lower was responsible for the corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and transaction integration departments within Boeing. He worked closely with Boeing’s senior executive team and Boeing’s business units to assess, define and enable differentiated growth strategies. He was also a member of the International and Finance leadership teams. Prior to joining Boeing in 2002, among other finance positions, Mr. Lower spent 6 years with Credit Suisse in various investment banking roles including positions in Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Finance. Transactions completed included mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, public equity offerings, and high yield debt financings. Mr. Lower received his M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and his B.A. in Finance from the Indiana University School of Business.
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About B/E Aerospace: B/E Aerospace is the worldwide leading manufacturer of aircraft passenger cabin interior products for the commercial and business jet
Clifford C Stebe
Chief Financial Officer of LMI Aerospace
Cliff joined LMI as the Corporate Controller in June 2010, and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in November, 2013. Prior to joining LMI, Cliff worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for approximately twelve years, where he held various positions, including Senior Manager of Assurance and Business Advisory Services during his final four years at the firm. Cliff has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from St. Louis University with a double major in accounting and finance, and he is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About LMI Aerospace: LMI Aerospace, Inc. is a leading provider of structural components, assemblies and kits to the aerospace.
Geoff Ribar
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Cadence Design Systems
Geoff Ribar is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ribar is responsible for managing the company’s global finance organization, including Investor Relations, Information Technology, Workplace Resources, Order Fulfillment, Internal Audit and Controller functions. Prior to his appointment as CFO at Cadence, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Telegent Systems in Sunnyvale, California, where he led the company’s Finance, Legal, IT and HR teams in supporting a sales growth that was among the fastest ever in the semiconductor industry. Ribar has extensive experience in the semiconductor industry in both private and public companies. He held the CFO position at a number of semiconductor companies including SiRF, Matrix Semiconductor and nVidia. In addition he worked at AMD for 15 years, ending as corporate controller. During his career, Ribar has facilitated many M&A transactions, helping companies successfully scale during periods of rapid growth. Ribar received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, as well as an MBA, from the University of Michigan.
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About Cadence Design Systems: Cadence Design Systems develops electronic design automation, software, hardware and silicon intellectual property technologies.
Madhu Vijay
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aviation Capital Group
Mr. Vijay is an Executive Vice President and the company’s Chief Financial Officer. He oversees all finance and accounting functions as well as information technology and contracts and configuration management. He is also instrumental in cultivating relationships with financial institutions worldwide. Prior to joining ACG in 2001, he was the Director of Corporate Finance for Pacific Life, where he was responsible for assessing corporate investments in subsidiaries, as well as in managing the borrowing and the financing facilities. Mr. Vijay began his career at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) in 1994. Mr. Vijay received his Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree in Economics and History from the University of Rochester, New York. He earned his MBA in International Business from the American University, Washington DC, in 1994, and was awarded his CFA charter in 2000.
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About Aviation Capital Group: Aviation Capital Group (ACG) is a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Company.
Nancy DeCicco
Acting Chief Financial Officer of Top Flight Technologies
Nancy oversees the financial planning, accounting, and company policies. Her 30+ years of experience includes providing clients with solutions to their financial, structural, and organizational needs, including taxation, accounting, investment relations, and human resources. Her expertise and experience include the recent funding, corporate structure and financial strategies for several IT global start-ups. Nancy received her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Rutgers University.
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About Top Flight Technologies: Top Flight Technologies is dedicated to application-specific, cost effective commercial solutions of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs).
Michael J. Lotz
President and CFO of Mesa Air Group
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About Mesa Air Group: A multiple-time recipient of Air Transport World’s Regional Airline of the Year and Ranked No. 1 Regional
Barbara A. Niland
VP & CFO of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Barbara A. Niland is corporate vice president of business management and chief financial officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries. Named to this position in 2011, Niland is responsible for directing the business strategy and processes in support of business growth and profitability goals. She also has responsibility for corporate business management functions, including investor relations, treasury, internal audit, contracts, accounting, financial reporting, planning and analysis, rates and budgets, and business development. She also provides oversight for segment business management, contracts, and estimating and pricing.
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About Huntington Ingalls Industries: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) owns and operates two segments: Ingalls Shipbuilding and Newport News Shipbuilding.
Roy Showman
Chief Financial Officer of Consolidated Precision Products
Roy Joined CPP in January 2017 as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CPP, Roy served as Chief Operating Officer for GE Current – Digital. During his 14 year career at General Electric, Roy served in a series of financial and operating roles of increasing responsibility, including Chief Financial Officer for GE Intelligent Platforms. Previously, Roy served as Chief Financial Officer at Panther Expedited Services and as an Audit Manager at Deloitte & Touche. Roy has demonstrated success in driving operational excellence, fostering strong controllership and focusing on continuous improvement. Roy holds a BA in accounting from Bowling Green State University and an MBA from Xavier University.
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About Consolidated Precision Products: Consolidated Precision Products is a manufactures of complex aerospace components and subassemblies.
Robert Weber, Jr.
Vice chairman, CFO & Treasurer of Woodward
Robert F. Weber was designated as Vice Chairman of Woodward in October 2011. Previously, he was elected as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on August 22, 2005. Weber brings to Woodward extensive senior management experience in finance and operations from his 17-year career with Motorola, which included responsibility for strategy formulation and execution, financial reporting, analysis and controls, and new business development. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
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About Woodward: Woodward is an independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets.
Robert Starr
Senior Vice President and CFO of Kaman Corporation
Robert Starr was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 1, 2015 having previously been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer two years earlier. He had previously served as Vice President and Treasurer since 2009 leading Kaman’s treasury efforts and overseeing banking and capital markets relationships. He has more than 20 years of experience in the finance and treasury functions. He possesses a wealth of capital markets knowledge and that familiarity is extremely valuable as the company continues to implement its long-term growth strategy. Starr, a CPA, was most recently with Crane Co. He graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, and in 1997, he received an MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He, his wife, Ming, and their children live in Avon, CT.
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About Kaman Corporation: Kaman Corporation conducts business in the aerospace and distribution markets.
Kyle Ballard
Chief Financial Officer of EXOS Aerospace
Kyle Ballard is the Chief Financial Officer at EXOS Aerospace.
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About EXOS Aerospace: EXOS is a manufacturing company that specializes in biomedical research, material science, and aerospace engineering.
Brian Bharwani
CFO of PrecisionHawk
Brian Bharwani serves as the Chief Financial Officer at PrecisionHawk.
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About PrecisionHawk: Precision Hawk develops and integrates commercial drone technology that redefines aerial data collection and analysis.
Michael A. DiPoto
VP, CFO of kSARIA
Mike brings 17 years of financial and operational experience to kSARIA as a corporate, high technology financial executive. In his previous position as Chief Financial Officer at publicly held Data Translation, Inc., he led all financial, operational and administrative functions including human resources, investor relations and information technology. He helped set strategic direction, led and participated in raising $5 million in equity capital. Prior to joining Data Translation, Mike served as Corporate Controller for software start-up, NuMega Technologies, Inc. where he led the finance team through the sale of the company to Compuware. Mike has also held senior finance positions in the hardware/software industry including RVSI, Acuity Imaging, Inc. and Automatix, Inc. Mike has a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and a Masters of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.
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About kSARIA: kSARIA develops, repairs, and supports fiber optic solutions for retrofitted weapon systems and commercial aircrafts.
Eric K. Struik
Chief Financial Officer of Erickson
Mr. Struik has nearly 20 years of experience in finance, management, and executive leadership for global organizations. Prior to joining Erickson, he served as Vice President of Finance for Remy International, a leading worldwide manufacturer and distributor of power systems for the global light vehicle, commercial vehicle, and rail markets, with more than $1.1 billion in annual revenue. Prior to his tenure with Remy International, Mr. Struik was Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations for Callaway Golf, a global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of technology-driven sporting goods equipment. Prior to Callaway, Mr. Struik developed a deep and varied background in managing financial operations for manufacturing businesses, having held positions with Visteon, Lear, and Chrysler corporations.
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About Boyd Corporation: Erickson is specialize in the operation and manufacture of the Erickson.
Joachim Kalb
Chief Financial Officer of BizJet International Sales and Support
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About BizJet International Sales and Support: BizJet International Sales and Support provides business aviation solutions for aircraft.
Lawrence G. Mocniak
CFO of NSA
Lawrence G. Mocniak is Chief Financial Officer for NSA, a position he has held since January 2011. In this role he is responsible for managing NSA”s financial risks. Mr. Mocniak establishes financial policy, manages banking relationships, leads company efforts to raise capital, and is responsible for cash management, accounting and record keeping, tax planning, financial reporting and analysis, financial planning, etc. He acts as a strategic partner and advisor to the CEO, helping to develop strategy and budgets, and to evaluate, plan, and execute mergers and acquisitions.
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About NSA: NSA is a nuclear safety and licensing services platform.
Daniel Weinblatt
CFO of Opener
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About Opener: Opener is an aviation firm that built a revolutionary aircraft with triple-modular redundant flight systems.
Daniel Daffinrud
CFO of SkySkopes
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About SkySkopes: SkySkopes is a professional UAS flight operator that provides innovative solutions using drone technology for Energy verticals.
Dennis Beall
EVP & CFO of Heads Up Technologies
As Executive Vice President, CFO and a member of the Board of Directors, Dennis is responsible for several areas of operations, including financial and strategic planning, supply chain management, budgeting, financial reporting, management reporting, and financial / operational analysis across all business units, product lines and corporate departments. Prior to joining Heads Up in 2001, Dennis was a principal and senior investment advisor for Concorde Financial Corporation, where he was actively involved in the identification, analysis, negotiation and acquisition of operating companies for Concorde’s venture capital division. Dennis received his BA in accounting from Texas Tech University, where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, and a recipient of the Department of Finance Outstanding Scholarship Award.
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About Heads Up Technologies: Heads Up Technologies elevates the aviation experience by industry’s most innovative cockpit, cabin & aviation electrical solutions.
Katherine Greene
President and CFO of Archangel Systems
Katherine (Kitty) Greene is President and CFO of Archangel Systems. Responsible for contract management, accounting, export control, and human resources, Kitty has been with the company since March 1996. Before working at Archangel Systems, Kitty was a Professor in the Psychology & Education Departments at Auburn University. She also has over 10 years of experience managing various programs and research projects for the State of Alabama. Kitty holds a doctorate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of Alabama. When she is not working, Kitty spends her time traveling, gardening, cooking, exercising, and restoring her 100+ year old house.
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About Archangel Systems: Archangel Systems, Inc develops, designs, and manufactures certified sensing and control systems for air- and ground-based applications.
Mike Tharp
CFO and Co-Founder of Vigilant Aerospace Systems
Michael Tharp, CFA, CFO and co-founder of Vigilant Aerospace Systems. He is also a Cimarron Capital Partners co-founder and managing director. Cimarron is an investment firm specializing in the venture capital and private equity alternative asset sub-class. Mike has served on the advisory board of a number of venture capital and private equity funds and, through his service, has seen many investments in tech companies both fail and succeed. Cimarron affiliates have worked with hundreds of startup firms addressing promising new markets with potential solutions. He has served as an instructor for multiple years at the Venture Capital Institute and as program chairman for several years for the Institutional Limited Partners’ Association. His 30-year career has focused on creating and managing investment programs for institutional investors.
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About Vigilant Aerospace Systems: Vigilant Aerospace Systems is a flight automation and safety systems for both manned and unmanned aircraft.
Mark McKenna
Chief Financial Officer of Hazon Solutions, LLC
Mark has over 30 years of experience working with small to medium sized companies helping them implement policies and procedures to ensure proper financial reporting. He has extensive experience in new system development, implementing policies and procedures, and a solid background in manufacturing. Recently, Mark was the Chief Financial Officer of Petersendean Roofing and Solar, one of the largest privately owned roofing and solar companies the United States, and Get My Boat, an Internet based boat peer to peer Rental Company. Mark was the Vice President of Finance and Accounting for Phacil Inc., a supplier of IT services to the Federal Government. He has over 20 years of experience with government contractors in the Washington DC capital region working for: DTI Associates, Delta Resources, and HFSI. Mark has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Colorado and a MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He furthered his studies in economics at New York University, is a Certified Public Accountant and currently resides in San Francisco with his wife Patricia.
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About Hazon Solutions, LLC: Hazon Solutions develops small UAV inspection service operations, capability development, training, safety, and testing programs.
Tammy Crawford
Chief Financial Officer of Genesys Aerosystems
Tammy Crawford is the Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer of Genesys Aerosystems. She is a member of the board of directors as well as a founding partner for Genesys Aerosystems Group, Inc. Mrs. Crawford is responsible for the finance, accounting, and treasury functions and activities for the corporation. Prior to joining Genesys Aerosystems in 2010, she served at DRS Unmanned Technologies as Director of Finance/Accounting & Controller for 10 years. Crawford holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Midwestern State University.
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About Genesys Aerosystems: A Mineral Wells, Texas-based provider of avionics systems for military and civil aircraft
Lisa Gribbell
Vice President – Finance and CFO of P D I Ground Support Systems
Lisa Gribbell has been with The PDI Group since 2012 and is its Vice President of Finance and CFO. She oversees the finance and accounting department, ensuring strong cash management and budgeting targets are met. As a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), she understands the intricacies and challenges of managing cash flows, inventory, and accounting. With over twenty years of controllership experience in the manufacturing industry, Lisa brings a breadth of knowledge and best practices to PDI. Lisa resides in the western suburbs of Cleveland and has two daughters.
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About P D I Ground Support Systems: P D I Ground Support Systems is original equipment manufacturers of weapons and aircraft support equipment.
Brian Hunter
Chief Financial Officer of ECOJETS
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About ECOJETS: ECOJETS is above and beyond your standard private jet charter service.
Brian Hunter
Chief Financial Officer of ECOJETS
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About ECOJETS: ECOJETS is above and beyond your standard private jet charter service.