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AeroSat's management team is led by Michael Barrett (CEO), Frank Blanda (CTO), William McNary (Vice President Business Development), Grayson Allen (Vice President Finance), Simon Scott (Vice President Operations) and Rick Anderson (General Manager of Manufacturing, Quality, Design & Inspection). This team possesses strong knowledge of aviation and satellite communications and has a track record of managing technology development, negotiating and contracting with large strategic partners, and delivering complex products to market.
In addition to the senior management team, AeroSat's engineering and development team has a diverse background in aviation, satellite communications and antenna theory. Their experience includes all phases of aircraft subsystem development, including system design, prototype development, flight safety testing, and military and commercial system certification.
Michael J. Barrett, Chief Executive Officer; Founder; Director
Mr. Barrett has a diverse background in aviation, satellite communications and antenna theory. His experience includes all phases of aircraft subsystem development, including system design, prototype development, flight safety testing, and military and commercial system certification. He managed a team of engineers using these design tools to perform finite element modeling for advanced composite and metallic antennas. At Lockheed, Mr. Barrett also was the lead aeronautical engineer for the first conformal antennae for airborne satellite communications. Later, he supported the team that developed the first structurally embedded communications antenna system. Mr. Barrett established and managed the aircraft modifications department that oversaw the installation of power supplies, HF, VHF, UHF communications antennae, satellite communications antennae, radomes, RF processors, and navigation hardware. He also was the cost account manager of the USAF Advanced Tactical Fighter (F-22). In this role, he was responsible for the cost, performance, and delivery of the most advanced electronic warfare antennas developed for the United States Air Force. Mr. Barrett received his BS in aeronautical engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He completed coursework at Boston University's Graduate School of Engineering.
Frank Blanda, Chief Technology Officer
While at the Sanders division of Lockheed Martin, Mr. Blanda was a senior systems engineer for communications programs. His experience includes managing a team from Motorola, Telcordia Technologies, L-3 Communications, Northrop Grumman's Xetron Corporation, ViaSat Inc., Scientific Research Corporation, Lockheed Martin, and Sanders. The team, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, designed airborne wireless networks that provide personal communication and Internet-like services to mobile subscribers. Earlier, Mr. Blanda was chief architect on a team, headed by Motorola that developed the software definable radio architecture that served as the foundation for the U.S. government's Software Definable Radio initiative. Mr. Blanda has over 25 years of experience in designing, installing and testing airborne communication and intercept equipment for many military systems. Frank Blanda earned his BS in electrical engineering from Ohio State University and completed engineering graduate studies at MIT.
William McNary, Vice President of Business Development
Mr. McNary has a proven record of managing complex and diverse operations. Most recently, he directed the government business unit at Sanders, Lockheed Martin's advanced electronics development and manufacturing unit. While at Sanders he was recognized by Vice President Gore for reducing costs without layoffs and improving procurement efficiency. In addition, Mr. McNary was recruited as a leader for the Defense Acquisition Reform Team, which rewrote certain Department of Defense policies. Prior to joining Sanders, Mr. McNary held numerous high-level military positions, including business manager of the Naval Air Systems Command; strategic business planning and budget manager for the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations; inventory manager for the Naval Supply Center (Norfolk, Virginia); and advisor to the Director of Logistics of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces during the U.S. military mission to Saudi Arabia in 1982 and 1983. Mr. McNary earned his BA in economics from the University of Minnesota, attended the Armed Forces Staff College, and received his MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.
D. Grayson Allen, Vice President Finance
Prior to joining AeroSat as its Vice President of Finance, Mr. Allen was a principal at Citizens Capital, Inc., the $500 million private equity arm of Citizens Financial Group, the Rhode Island-based bank holding company and parent company of Citizens Bank. Mr. Allen was involved in analyzing, structuring and monitoring private equity investments. Before joining Citizens Capital, Mr. Allen was an analyst at US Trust Bank, where he underwrote commercial loans and other structured debt facilities for a broad array of middle-market companies based in New England. Mr. Allen graduated with high honors from Dartmouth College.
Mr. Simon Scott, Vice President of Operations
Mr. Scott was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of The Moorings, an international marine company specializing in the development, sale and charter of sail and power yachts. Mr. Scott led Moorings and achieved revenues of $100 million with 1,000 employees in 26 locations around the world.
Richard B. Anderson, General Manager of Manufacturing, Quality, Design & Inspection; Director
Mr. Anderson possesses a diversified manufacturing and management background in material control, purchasing, quality engineering, industrial engineering and program management. From 1978-1990, he held successive management positions at BFGoodrich as quality engineer, manufacturing engineer and program manager. Most recently, Mr. Anderson was program manager of space science projects for Bicron, a division of Saint-Gobain. While at Bicron, he developed and implemented management systems for the design, manufacture, documentation and qualification of space flight instruments for NASA. Mr. Anderson received a BS in Aerospace Technology Management from Kent State University and an MBA from Baldwin-Wallace College.
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