DynCorp
Hoovers whimsical profile serves well as an introduction:
“DynCorp is more than good enough for government work. One of the largest employee-owned high-tech companies in the US, DynCorp offers a variety of technical and professional services, including consulting, information technology, systems integration, operations outsourcing, logistics, and engineering services. The US government accounts for 96% of sales. Founded in 1946, DynCorp was taken private in a 1987 buyout led by company management. Employee retirement plans control nearly 85% of the company. DynCorp has sold its Management Resources unit to consultant TekInsight.com (which has changed its name to DynTek) in exchange for a 40% stake in that company.” (source)
… and from what I can tell, the other 4% of sales is made up of “Foreign Governments” (& almost certainly the CIA & NSA). In their own boast: “Since DynCorp's earliest days in the 1940s, we have worked with domestic and foreign government agencies to provide successful information, engineering and aerospace technology solutions. As a result, few companies understand the public sector like DynCorp, or can boast a government client base with the depth and breadth of ours.” What follows is an “extensive sampling” of DynCorp's Public Sector clients:
Centers for Disease Control --- Corporation for National Service --- Department of Agriculture --- Department of Commerce --- Bureau of Census --- National Weather Service --- Department of Defense --- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) --- Department of Education --- Department of Energy --- Department of Health and Human Services --- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) --- Department of the Interior --- U.S. Park Police --- Department of Justice --- Bureau of Prisons --- Drug Enforcement Administration --- Federal Bureau of Investigation --- Immigration and Naturalization Service --- U.S. Attorneys --- U.S. Marshals --- Department of Labor --- Department of State (DoS) --- Department of Transportation --- Federal Aviation Administration --- Department of Treasury --- U.S. Customs Service --- Internal Revenue Service --- Department of Veterans Affairs --- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) --- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) --- Federal Networking Council --- Food and Drug Administration --- Foreign Governments --- Military Sealift Command --- National Aeronautics and Space Administration --- National Institutes of Health --- Office of Management and Budget (OMB) --- Office of National Drug Control Policy --- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) --- Tennessee Valley Authority --- U.S. Agency for International Development --- United Nations --- U.S. Air Force (USAF) --- U.S. Army --- U.S. Navy --- U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
Financially, it’s been doing rather well for itself:
“DynCorp closed the year [2001] with revenue of $1.96 billion, up 8.4% from 2000, and backlog [contracts] of $6.8 billion.” 2002 is proving equally fruitful:
“Year-to-date revenue and
operating profit were $1.1 billion and $62.7 million, increases of 30 percent
and 25 percent respectively over the first six months of 2001. Contract backlog was $7.2 billion.” (PRNewswire,
August 26th 2002)
I only hope that Arthur Anderson, who only ended their role as auditors and accountants for Dyncorp in May 2002, didn’t have too many problems making those big sums add up.
Much of their recent megabucks is due to increased spending under the shadow of `the war on terror’:
“Company units, particularly
in the Washington and New York areas, and DynCorp-supported technologies, such
as the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service, aided in the immediate
response. Through the remainder of the year and beyond, the company saw
increased activity on a variety of tasking in support of national defense and
homeland security.
Significant contract awards
during the year included the win in recompetition of an eight-year task order,
valued at $268 million, to provide technical support to the Naval Surface
Warfare Center in Norco, Calif. The company also won key portions of the Trilogy
program, under which DynCorp is implementing client/server infrastructure that
allows more than 28,000 FBI users worldwide to see and interact with
investigative information. In a critical outsourcing win, DynCorp landed a
contract, worth nearly $300 million, to provide total base support to Maxwell
Air Force Base and Gunter Annex in Montgomery, Ala.” (source)
An article by Martin Kady of
the Washington Business Journal gives a little more insight into the companies
current activities:
“"We don't carry the guns,
but we support the logistics, supply chain, we fuel base camps, build roads, run
telecommunications," Lombardi says. "We're all over the place in the [Persian]
Gulf states."
Lombardi can't discuss most
of what Dyncorp is doing for agencies like the FBI, the Armed Forces and other
three-letter agencies around the world. But if the past is any indication,
they're in the thick of it.
Dyncorp has set up
telecommunications systems in war zones throughout Africa. It has contractors
flying missions over the cocoa fields of Columbia, destroying the plants that
produce cocaine. It refuels and runs ground support for the Air Force One fleet,
and services all the telecom for the State Department.
Indeed, defense contractors
like Dyncorp again are the center of attention in the Washington tech scene. And
suddenly, dot-com millionaires, stock options and e-commerce plays seem trivial
when compared to building bombers, setting up satellite networks and improving
wireless phone systems' emergency communications.
Since the terrorist attacks,
Dyncorp has been asked to take the government emergency telephone system
completely wireless. It has been asked by many defense agencies to help come up
with contingency plans if there is another attack. Dyncorp provided the crews
for the civilian transport ships that cruised into New York Harbor the day of
the attacks. The company runs the border stations with Mexico for the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, and has been asked to tighten security
there.
With all these tasks, the usual lumbering pace of bureaucracy has been lifted, fast-tracking the contracts for Dyncorp.” (Washington Business Journal, October 26th 2001)
Other contracts won by Dyncorp exemplify how they maintain their status as one of the Governments top contractors. Maybe the most chilling is their role in the “war against bio-terrorism”. Their subsiduary company DynPort Vacine Company “is a prime contractor” for the Department of Defense “Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program”. It is currently working on the following:
• Smallpox
Vaccine
• Vaccinia Immune
Globulin
• Botulinum Multivalent
Vaccine
• Plague
Vaccine
• Venezuelan Equine
Encephalitis (VEE) Vaccine
• Anthrax Vaccine, Next
Generation
• Tularemia
Vaccine
Those anthrax letters that – which it is now believed were carried out by a “US defence insider” – must’ve really given Dyncorp Vaccine Company a stream of steady cash. But lest it be said that Dyncorp is only in it for the $$’s, President & CEO Paul Lombardi had this to say on September 13th:
“We draw comfort from being
able to support our nation at this time. This is not about business. It’s about
helping. Helping customers with whom we’ve worked side by side for many years.
And, most importantly, it’s about helping people.
DynCorp has always been a compassionate company and our country needs our compassion today. Please join me in showing support and camaraderie with our nation. If you own an American flag, fly it proudly; volunteer in your communities; and show that our nation will not be defeated by these acts of hatred.” (source)
Indeed, the money keeps rolling in. The allegations of ex-UN human rights investigator Kathryn Bolkovac don’t seem to have made a dent in the amount of cash flowing to the company from the taxpayer. Last summer (2001) she filed a lawsuit against Dyncorp “alleging she was fired for investigating allegations of sexual misconduct in Bosnia by her fellow officers.” In addition to all its other roles, “[Dyncorp] hires U.S. officers to serve in U.N. missions around the world.”1 Nice to know, isn’t it. Bolkovac was in Bosnia to investigate the plight of women forced into prostitution – and in many cases young children. However, when there, “she began amassing evidence that some of her fellow officers were customers at Bosnia's illegal brothels and others were more deeply involved in the sex trade.”2
Sadly for Bolkovac, before long the “United Nations quashed [the] investigation earlier this year into whether U.N. police were directly involved in the enslavement of Eastern European women in Bosnian brothels, according to U.N. officials and internal documents.” David Lamb, who was investigating some of these allegations, commented: "I have to say there were credible witnesses, but I found a real reluctance on the part of the United Nations . . . leadership to investigate these allegations”3, 4 But the allegations didn’t end with Bolkovac. Ben Johnston, another Dyncorp employee, turned whistleblower after overhearing his collegues bragging: “My girl's not a day over 12."5 Dyncorp fired him and he too has filed a suit against them.
And the money kept rolling in, inspite of this. The US Government has fought much of its “war on drugs” by `outsourcing’. “[…] with the U.S. military's manpower plummeting by 40 percent since the late 1980s, Washington has been increasingly turning to private U.S. firms to carry out quasi-military missions in foreign trouble spots.” Accordingly, the State Department signed a $600 million-dollar contract with Dyncorp. Thusly hired, the company was responsible to carry out a campaign to eradicate coca plants in Columbia … Dyncorp it is now being sued by 10,000 Ecuadoran peasant farmers and Amazonian Indians, charged with “torture, infanticide and wrongful death.” Bishop Jesse de Witt, president of the International Labor Rights Fund which is filing the suit on behalf of those who suffered, wrote this in a letter to Dyncorp CEO Paul V. Lombardi:
“Imagine that scene for a
moment--you are an Ecuadorian farmer, and suddenly, without notice or warning, a
large helicopter approaches, and the frightening noise of the chopper blades
invades the quiet. The helicopter comes closer, and sprays a toxic poison on
you, your children, your livestock and your food crops. You see your children
get sick, your crops die.”
Lombardi wasn’t having any of this. He wrote back, accusing the International Labor Right Fund of being a front for the Colombian drugs cartels:
“Considering the worldwide
support for the elimination of harmful drugs from our cities and schools, it has
been suggested by those who are aware of the lawsuit that the most logical
supporters of such an action would be the drug cartels themselves. Notably,
consistent with the drug cartel's objectives, the complaint also seeks to
permanently enjoin further spraying of coca and opium poppy. […] Considering the
major international issues with which we are all dealing as a consequence of
September 11, none of us need to be sidetracked with frivolous litigation the
aim of which is to fulfill a political agenda”6
(note: sadly for Bishop de Witt, the lawsuit was filed on September 11th, thus news of it was scarce to say the lease. The entire suit can be read online here.)
This spite filled letter by Lombardi wouldn’t be quite so bad, if it wasn’t for the other accussation levelled at Dyncorp: aiding and abetting in drug trafficking. In July 2001, The Nation broke this story:
“If you take DynCorp's word
for it, any notion of the organization's being involved in drug trafficking is
ludicrous. "Whether or not you believe this, we are a very ethical company,"
said a senior DynCorp official, who insisted on being quoted off the record. "We
take steps to make sure the people we hire are ethical."
Yet the existence of a
document that The Nation recently obtained (under the Freedom of Information
Act) from the Drug Enforcement Administration--combined with the unwillingness
of virtually any US or Colombian government agency to elaborate on the
document--has some in Washington and elsewhere wondering if, like virtually
every other entity charged with fighting the drug war, DynCorp might have a bad
apple or two in its barrel. According to a monthly DEA intelligence report from
last year, officers of Colombia's National Police force intercepted and opened,
on May 12, 2000, a US-bound Federal Express package at Bogota's El Dorado
International Airport. The parcel "contained two (2) small bottles of a thick
liquid" that "had the same consistency as motor oil." The communiqu goes on to
report that the liquid substance "tested positive for heroin" and that the
"alleged heroin laced liquid weighed approximately 250 grams." (Freebase heroin,
it bears noting, is soluble in motor oil, and can therefore be extracted without
much trouble.)
But perhaps the most intriguing piece of information in the DEA document is the individual to whom it reports that the package belonged: an unnamed employee of DynCorp, who was sending the parcel to the company's Andean operations headquarters at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. More interesting still is the reluctance of DynCorp and the government to provide substantial details in support of their contention that this situation isn't really what it seems. According to DynCorp spokeswoman Janet Wineriter,the viscous liquid that the Colombians tested was not, in fact, laced with heroin; it was simply "oil samples of major aircraft components" that DynCorp technicians are required to take and send to the US "on a periodic basis." Explaining that the drug test was conducted "with apparently faulty equipment" that produced "an incorrect reading," Wineriter could not specify what testing procedures or equipment were used. She identified her source for the explanation as Charlene A. Wheeless, DynCorp's Vice President for Corporate Communications.” (The Nation, 3rd July 2001)
Dyncorp was previously held by Capricorn Holdings LLC, who managed the buyout of the company in 1987. They describe the relationship thus:
“Founded in 1946, DynCorp is among the largest company-owned technology and services companies in the United States, providing IT, outsourcing and technical solutions for public and private sectors worldwide. DynCorp's clients include the Defense and State Departments, and the Environmental Protection, among others. Capricorn distributed 70% of its DynCorp investment to its partners in early 1997. These shares then were sold to DynCorp and its ESOP. The remaining shares owned by Capricorn were distributed to the limited partners of Capricorn in September 1998.” (source)
Capricorn still maintains an extra interest in Dyncorp. Its
CEO - Herbert
S. Winokur, Jr. – and Managing Director - Dudley C. Mecum
II
–
both sit as
directors on Dyncorp’s board. Much has been said about Winokur given his role as
director at Enron and his placement within the Harvard Corporation – for more
please follow
this link.
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Chairman of the Board
Mr. Bannister began his career with DynCorp in 1953 in the company’s Aerospace Services Division. After serving as Division Manager, VP of Operations, and Executive VP he was elected DynCorp President & CEO in 1985. In February of 1997, he was named chairman of the board.
Headquartered in Reston, Va., DynCorp is a leading technology solutions firm, providing information technology, engineering, management, and technical support services to clients in government and industry worldwide.
Mr. Bannister has seen the company through some of its most challenging and successful times, including thwarting a hostile takeover attempt in 1988 that transferred the company from a NYSE publicly traded corporation to one of the largest private employee-owned companies in the nation. Later, he led an aggressive diversification and expansion program that included 15 acquisitions, changing the company’s core business to technology services and doubling revenue to $1.8 billion and 23,000 employees in 2001.
In addition to his numerous professional activities and accomplishments, Mr. Bannister is active in professional associations, community groups and charitable organizations — bringing the same determination and business savvy to bear on these organizations that he has with DynCorp.
Mr. Bannister has received numerous awards for his business and civic accomplishments, including the 2002 Earle C. Williams Award for Leadership in Technology, the 2002 Community Champion designation from Volunteer Fairfax, the 2001 Outstanding Member of the Board of Governors National ESOP Association Award, the 1995 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award, the 1995 Community Service Award from the Sales and Marketing Executives of Metropolitan Washington, the 1993 Best of Reston Man of the Year, the 1992 KPMG Peat Marwick High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year and the 1997 Junior Achievement Washington Business Hall of Fame Award.
From 1994-1997, he served as chairman of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, which represents more than 1,700 technology firms. In addition, he has served as a director of the Northern Virginia Community Foundation, the Potomac KnowledgeWay Project and the American Arbitration Association. In 2001, Mr. Bannister completed a three-year term as chairman of the American Management Association Board of Trustees. Currently, he is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Employee Ownership Foundation and the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation.
Current Affiliations:
Director, Northern Virginia Community Foundation
Board of Trustees, Falcon Foundation, USAF Academy
Chairman, Northern Virginia Roundtable
Trustee, George Mason University Foundation
Board of Governors, Tower Club
Chairman, The Employee Ownership Foundation, Inc.
Chairman Emeritus, Northern Virginia Technology Council
Board of Visitors, Marymount University
Chairman, Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation
Former Affiliations:
Chairman, Professional Services Council
Member, George Washington University Industry Advisory Council
Chairman, Easter Seal Society of Greater Washington
Chairman, Washington Metropolitan Area Combined Health Appeal
Director, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Director, Washington Airports Task Force
Member, Board of Regents, Francis Scott Key Foundation
Chairman, Northern Virginia Technology Council
Director, Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
Chairman, American Management Association
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President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Lombardi was appointed president and chief executive officer of DynCorp in February 1997.
During his tenure, DynCorp has enjoyed steady and predictable growth. Revenue grew from $1.1B to $2.0B; EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) increased from $37.5M to $96.5M and share value rose from $20.00 to $32.00/share. DynCorp will exit FY 2001 with a firm contract backlog of $6.5B up from $3.6B in 1997. During that time, DynCorp transitioned from a technical services firm to a leader in Federal outsourcing and information technology solutions.
Previously Mr. Lombardi served as chief operating officer and was responsible for all of DynCorp's federal and commercial business, as well as strategic planning, government relations and business development. Mr. Lombardi joined DynCorp in 1992 as president of DynCorp's Government Services Group, the company's largest operating group primarily focused on defense business.
During Mr. Lombardi's tenure in this position, revenue from defense business increased despite severe budget cuts within the Department of Defense. He was later elected executive vice president in 1994 and was responsible for the successful management and profitable operation of all of DynCorp's federal government business, which at that time amounted to 80 percent of the company's annual revenues.
Before his association with DynCorp, Mr. Lombardi was employed at PRC Inc., from 1981-1992, where he served in a variety of executive management positions. For the latter six years, Mr. Lombardi was senior vice president and general manager of PRC's Applied Management Group, responsible for external information technology and systems integration. Earlier, Mr. Lombardi held a number of public sector executive positions in the Department of Energy and Navy Department.
Mr. Lombardi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the New York State Maritime College and studied business at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Throughout his career, Mr. Lombardi has been an active member of numerous professional societies. He remains on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Northern Virginia Technology Council and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Command. He is presently the Chairman of the Professional Services Council, an advocacy association dealing with legislative matters affecting the services industry. He has also been recognized numerous times for his many business accomplishments, including the 1999 “CEO of the Year” award from The George Washington University as well as awards from Federal Computer Week and Government Computer News.
Mr. Lombardi also takes an active role in the community serving on the Commonwealth of Virginia Governor’s Commission of Information Technology and George Mason University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science Advisory Board.
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Vice President, Human Resources
Mr. Campbell was named vice president for Human Resources in June of 2001. In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing all DynCorp corporate human resources functions including, recruiting, employee relations, compensation and employee benefits.
Mr. Campbell joined DynCorp in June of 1999 following a 26-year career with Signet Bank in Richmond, Va. In that capacity, he was responsible for the overall management of Signet’s compensation, benefits, payroll and HR information systems operations.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and has completed the University of Michigan’s Advanced Human Resource Management and the Center for Creative Leadership’s leadership development programs.
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President, DynCorp International LLC
Mr. Cannon is president of DynCorp International (DI) LLC, a unit of DynCorp. DI was created in January 2001 to focus the company’s extensive international business in a single unit. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, DI has revenues of approximately $550 million and more than 7,500 employees worldwide.
Prior to the creation of DI, Mr. Cannon was senior vice president of International Technical Services, within DynCorp Technical Services, from 1993 to 2000. In that role he was responsible for operational and financial management, business development and strategic planning for the more than $1 billion business unit. He increased revenue by $400 million and operating profit to $25 million per year in the international customer services area. He established foreign subsidiaries and branch offices in eight countries and developed joint venture partnerships and teaming relationships with 30 international corporations.
From 1982 to 1993, Mr. Cannon held a series of increasingly responsible management positions within DynCorp Aerospace Technology, which subsequently became DynCorp Technical Services.
Mr. Cannon holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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President, DynCorp Systems & Solutions LLC
Mr. Cunningham currently serves as president of DynCorp Systems and Solutions LLC (DSS). In this capacity, he drives the leadership and strategic direction of the unit while overseeing daily operations and management of DynCorp's information technology business. Before his appointment, Mr. Cunningham served as president of DynCorp Information & Enterprise Technology, Inc. and senior vice president of Systems and Technology Services (STS), where he had profit and loss responsibility for more than 200 federal information technology contracts, as well as 3,000 employees and subcontractors.
Prior to joining DynCorp, Mr. Cunningham was vice president of Northrop Grumman's Professional Services Division where he had profit and loss responsibility for 22 federal indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts. He won 19 out of 20 competitive bids in his last two years, and as a result, he was able to grow his business area from $26 million in revenue to $80 million.
Before Northrop Grumman, Mr. Cunningham was director of Strategic Business Operations for Computer Sciences Corporation's Systems Engineering Division (SED). In this position, Mr. Cunningham directed SED's technology and demonstration center and all proposal activity. He was the capture manager/proposal manager on several Large (1B) Federal procurements, and coordinated the acquisition and merger of Atlantic Research Corporation's Professional Services Group.
Mr. Cunningham has also served as director of Business Development for several acquired professional services companies where he was responsible for establishing the bid and proposal process. Additionally, he provided strategic and tactical planning, R&D, opportunity identification, tracking and development, conflict resolution and marketing coordination, proposal support and the establishment of several technology centers.
He holds a degree in accounting and data processing from Pace University, served in the U.S. Navy and is president of Boys Town of Italy, Mid-Atlantic Committee.
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DynCorp Vice President and Controller
Mr. Fitzgerald was appointed to the position of vice president and controller in April of 1997. As corporate controller, Mr. Fitzgerald serves as head of the Controller department of DynCorp’s Finance group and is responsible for the management of all accounting, budgeting and tax functions.
Mr. Fitzgerald has more than 20 years of experience in corporate accounting, providing DynCorp with the organized efficiency that is his trademark. Prior to joining DynCorp, Mr. Fitzgerald held the position of vice president, controller of PRC Inc., in McLean, VA, where he was a member of the senior management team that executed the sale of the company to Litton Industries. Prior to joining PRC, Mr. Fitzgerald held several executive positions including vice president, Finance and treasurer, of American Safety Razor Company, vice president and controller of Clark American and vice president, Finance and treasurer of Physicians’ Pharmaceutical Service, Inc.
Mr. Fitzgerald received a B.S. in accounting from the University of Maryland and is a certified public accountant. He is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Management Accountants and the Financial Executives
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DynCorp Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. FitzPatrick was named senior vice president and chief financial officer in February 1997. In this position, he is responsible for the financial management and long-term growth strategies of the company. In addition, he serves as company treasurer and chairs the company’s Ethics Steering Committee.
Mr. FitzPatrick brings more than 25 years of financial executive and management experience to DynCorp. He was most recently chief financial officer at American Mobile Satellite Corporation (AMSC). Prior to joining AMSC, Mr. FitzPatrick was chief financial officer and senior vice president at PRC Inc., where he was instrumental in leading its sale to Litton Industries in 1996.
Earlier, Mr. FitzPatrick held several executive leadership positions, including chief financial officer of Oxford Development Corporation; president and chief operating officer of Oxford’s Real Estate Management Service Group; chief executive officer of Member Services Management Corporation; treasurer of Planning Research Corporation; and vice president of the First National Bank of Chicago.
Mr. FitzPatrick holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy. After graduation from the Naval Academy, he served on active duty for eight years. During service, he achieved the rank of lieutenant commander, was involved in the weapons system reliability testing of the Polaris Missile and qualified for command of submarines
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President and Chief Operating Officer, AdvanceMed
Edward Gaskell has over 25 years of experience in healthcare, with a solid background in leading organizations to profitably compete and succeed in the healthcare IT market. During this period, Mr. Gaskell has held senior management positions in a number of growth companies, including President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Integrated Systems Technology, Inc., Vice President and General Manager for Baxter Healthcare Corporation, and Senior Vice President of Operations for Technicon Data Systems (Eclipsys). Mr. Gaskell began his healthcare career as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a 600-bed teaching hospital, he has an in-depth understanding of healthcare information requirements and a strong working knowledge of healthcare trends and information services requirements. Mr. Gaskell has a proven record of managing complex businesses and strong management skills in team building.
Mr. Gaskell (Ted) has over twenty-six years of senior executive healthcare management experience. As AdvanceMed's president Mr. Gaskell directs operations, sales, development of new business opportunities including acquisitions, mergers, strategic affiliations and joint ventures within the federal, state and commercial healthcare sectors. Prior to joining DynCorp, Mr. Gaskell managed the Washington D.C. Government Systems Operations for Baxter International. Earlier responsibilities included, Sr. Vice President for Technicon Data Systems, a leading supplier of mainframe based hospital information systems. He also served as CIO at Maine Medical Center, a 600 bed teaching institution.
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DynCorp Vice President, Information Technology
Mr. Gopalan is currently the corporate vice president of Information Technology (IT) for DynCorp. In this role, he oversees all of DynCorp’s investments in information technology services, including e-commerce and web solutions development, operations centers, voice, data, video and wireless infrastructure, enterprise application integration and enterprise resource planning implementation.
Previously, Mr. Gopalan was senior director of DynCorp I&ET’s Business Standards Group, the organization responsible for standardizing business practices within the business unit. He was also instrumental in DynCorp’s Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model (SEI/CMM) and ISO 9000 initiatives. He began his career with DynCorp managing programs for customers such as the IRS, the Federal Communications Commission and the Navy.
Prior to joining DynCorp, Gopalan was director of the information systems division for Washington Consulting Group (WCG) and a member of the WCG Management Council. There he focused on business development and management of information technology contracts, primarily with the federal government.
Previous work included senior positions at PRC, TRW and other information technology firms. He has also been authorized as a Lead Software Capability Evaluator for the software Capability Maturity Model (CMM) by the Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.
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DynCorp Vice President and Treasurer
Mr. Graham was named corporate vice president and treasurer in November of 1997. In this capacity, he serves as head of the Treasury Department of the DynCorp Finance Group. His primary responsibilities include overseeing commercial banking, cash management, treasury functions and financing activities for the corporation.
Previously, Mr. Graham held the positions of director of Finance (1995-1997), assistant treasurer (1994-1997) and finance manager (1992-1994) of DynCorp.
Mr. Graham holds a B.S. from the University of Virginia and is a member of the Treasury Management Association and the Financial Executives Institute.
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DynCorp Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Deputy General Counsel
Mr. Hougen was elected corporate secretary and designated deputy general counsel in August 1984. He was elected a corporate vice president and secretary in July 1994. He joined DynCorp in March 1981 as group counsel, Hydrocarbon Group and became group counsel, Corporate Group in July 1983, when he also was named secretary of most of the company’s subsidiary corporations. He is also president of DynEx, Inc., the DynCorp internal stock exchange.
As deputy general counsel, Mr. Hougen is responsible for legal matters relating to corporate governance, securities, finance, bank agreements, intellectual property, transactional matters including acquisitions and divestitures, employee benefit plans, real estate and insurance.
Mr. Hougen received a B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1958 and a J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1960. He entered the U.S. Army that year and served for 20 years as an officer in the Judge Advocate General Corps, retiring with the grade of Lieutenant Colonel. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Hougen served as patent judge advocate in the office of the Judge Advocate General and as chairman of the Armed Patent Advisory Board. He received a master of law degree from the George Washington University in 1975. He is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Hougen is also a member of the Virginia State Bar and the American Society of Corporate Secretaries.
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DynCorp Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Mr. Mandell was named a Senior Vice President in November 1998. In this position he directs overall strategic business and growth plans for the company. Previously, he served as Vice President, Corporate Development and earlier, as Vice President, Business Development.
Mr. Mandell has more than 28 years of experience in managing information technology services operations in the private and public sectors. He joined DynCorp in February 1992 as Vice President, Business Development for the company's Applied Sciences Group. He was responsible for developing strategic business plans, development and setting technical direction. Prior to this position, Mr. Mandell served as a Senior Vice President for Eastern Computer, Inc., where his responsibilities ranged from developing business plans, to implementation of business development, to establishing future goals for the business.
Mr. Mandell holds an M.B.A. from the University of Hartford and a B.A. in information management from the University of Maryland.
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President, DynCorp Technical Services
Mr. Medley is president of DynCorp Technical Services (DTS) LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of DynCorp. DTS offers a wide range of services to the Department of Defense, NASA and commercial agencies in the areas of aerospace sciences, engineering design services, avionics and aviation services, contractor logistics support services and maintenance services.
Having joined DynCorp in January 2001, Mr. Medley brings 33 years' experience in the aerospace industry to his latest role. Most recently, Medley served as president of BAE Systems Flight Systems (formerly Tracor and Marconi Flight Systems), a more than $100 million company engaged in target systems, flight services, aerostructures and aircraft modification. Medley's previous positions include vice president, operations at E-Systems and vice president, aerospace operations at Tracor, Inc.
Mr. Medley earned a bachelor's degree at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas and an MBA from the University of Texas Austin.
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DynCorp Vice President, Law and Compliance
Ms. Morrel was named vice president of Law and Compliance of DynCorp in 1994. She is responsible for advising management on all legal matters arising within the company’s operations, the conduct and oversight of litigation, and managing the law department. She also heads the company's overall compliance program. Ms. Morrel has been employed by DynCorp since 1983.
Prior to her employment with DynCorp, Ms. Morrel worked as assistant counsel, Office of Counsel, Defense Supply Center, Defense Logistics Agency in Alexandria, VA; as an attorney for the Capital Legal Foundation in Washington, D.C.; and as attorney advisor, Office of the General Counsel, United States General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Morrel earned a J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University. She received a M.A. from Villanova University, a B.A. from Temple University and has completed post J.D. graduate work at The George Washington University National Law Center.
Ms. Morrel’s professional associations include the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and American Corporate Counsel Association.
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DynCorp Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Mr. Reichardt was elected senior vice president and general counsel of DynCorp in 1986. He was elected to the company's board of directors in 1988.
From 1984-1986, Mr. Reichardt served as president of a group of DynCorp subsidiaries. Before that, he was vice president and general counsel of DynCorp (1977-1983), where he directed all corporate legal affairs and managed the legal department. From 1973-1976 he was assistant general counsel and corporate secretary responsible primarily for securities law compliance and mergers and acquisitions. He originally joined the company in 1970 as staff attorney and assistant corporate secretary.
Mr. Reichardt received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina in political science. He received his L.L.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law. In his professional affiliations, he has served as member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bar Associations and the American Bar Association. He has also practiced before various federal courts. Mr. Reichardt is a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Against Drug Abuse.
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DynCorp Vice President and General Auditor
Mr. Wilson was elected general auditor of DynCorp in February 1985 and named a vice president of DynCorp in May 1985. He is responsible for internally auditing the entire corporation.
Mr. Wilson joined DynCorp in 1978 as group controller for the company’s Electrical Contracting Group and served as vice president of Finance and Administration of Dynalectric Company, a wholly owned DynCorp subsidiary, prior to assuming his present position. Mr. Wilson is a certified public accountant and was employed by Arthur Andersen & Company for 10 years as a financial auditor.
Mr. Wilson earned his B.A. from Harvard University in 1963 and an M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1965. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Institute of Internal Auditors.
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Chairman, DynCorp SARP and CAP Administrative Committee
Mr. Blanchard, age 70, served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1979 to 1997, when he retired as an active employee of the Company. He is the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Company's Savings and Retirement Plan and Capital Accumulation and Savings Plan. He is a director of Landmark Systems Corporation. His current term as a director expires in 2003.
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Vice Chairman PrivaSource Inc.
General Carns graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Following pilot training, General Carns served as a Flight Instructor at Laredo AFB, Texas. In 1961, he was appointed Aide to the Commander, Air Reserve Records Center, Denver, Colorado, then Aide to the Commander, 4th Air Force Reserve Region, Randolph AFB, Texas, followed by duty as Air Operations Officer at the same base. Following graduation from Harvard University in 1967, with a masters degree in Business Administration, he was then assigned to the 476th Tactical Fighter Squadron, George AFB, California, then the 40th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Eglin AFB, Florida. In August 1968, he was assigned to the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, where he flew 200 combat missions in the F-4E. In 1969, he was assigned to Air Force headquarters as a Plans and Programs Officer, and later, as Aide to the Air Force Chief of Staff. This was followed by tours at Torrejon AB, Spain; SHAPE Headquarters, Belgium; and, RAF Bentwaters, England. Subsequent assignments included: command of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach AFBSC; command of the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing, Nellis AFB, NV; Director of Operations, J-3, Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, later redesignated U.S. Central Command; and Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and, later, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Intelligence, HQ Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, HI. In 1986, he took command of 13th Air Force, Clark Air Base, Philippines, and was assigned in 1987 as Deputy in Chief and Chief of Staff, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, HI. In 1989, he became Director of the Joint Staff, Washington, DC. In 1991, he became Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the position he held until retirement in 1994. He put himself forward to fill the position of Director of the CIA in 1995, but was forced to retract following media allegations.
General Carns is currently vice chairman and chief operating officer of PrivaSource Inc., a Boston-based software firm providing data products and services to the healthcare industry. General Carns is a director of DynCorp. Inc., and director of Engineered Support Systems, Inc., a member of the Department of Defense Science Board and past president and executive director of the Center for International Political Economy. He is also a director of Rockwell Collins, director of Mission Research Corporation, Director of Mykrolis Corporation,
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President and Chief Executive Officer Technovation, Inc.
Exostar Management Team Profiles
Chairman and CEO of Technovation, Inc., a consulting company
dedicated to fostering innovation and the development and application of
advanced technology, Dr. Kaminski is also a Senior Partner in Global Technology
Partners, an exclusive affiliate of Rothschild North America, formed to make
acquisitions of and investments in technology, defense and aerospace-related
companies. He has also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Technology Strategies and Alliances, a technology-oriented investment banking
and consulting firm.
During his 20-year career with the Air Force, Dr. Kaminski
served as Director for Low Observables Technology, responsible for directing the
development and fielding of stealth systems and Special Assistant to the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He managed the development of
advanced space systems and new sensor technology, and was responsible for
development of inertial guidance components for the Minuteman missile and
terminal guidance systems for the first precision guided
munitions.
As Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
(1994 – 1997), Dr. Kaminski was responsible for research and development,
procurement, acquisition reform, environmental security, international programs,
dual-use technology, logistics, the defense technology, and industrial base and
military construction. He also served as Chairman of the Defense Science Board
and was a member of the Defense Policy Board.
Dr. Kaminski is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Technical Advisory Board, the Procurement Roundtable and a director at the Atlantic Council. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics. He is the Chairman of Exostar, a director of Anteon Corporation, director of DynCorp, director of General Dynamics, director of In-Q-Tel, Inc., director of DFI International, director of IntegriNautics, director of Eagle-Picher Industries and director of Veridian. He is an honorary trustee of Amtech. He is on the Board of Visitors of the National Defense University, and an advisor to LynuxWorks, Inc., MILCOM Technologies, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and Theseus Logic, Inc. He is also a trustee at RAND and a trustee at LMI.
He is also a Senior Partner in Global Technology Partners, an
exclusive affiliate of Rothschild North
America, formed to make acquisitions and investments in technology, defense,
and aerospace-related companies.
Dr. Kaminski is chairman of the National Reconnaissance Office Technology
Advisory Group, a consultant to the Office of Secretary of Defense, and a member
of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi and Sigma Gamma Tau. He has authored numerous
publications dealing with inertial and terminal guidance system performance,
simulation techniques, and Kalman filtering and numerical techniques applied to
estimation problems. Dr. Kaminski has also been the recipient of the following
awards:
- The Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public
Service (3 awards)
- The Defense Distinguished Service Medal
- The Defense Intelligence Agency Director's
Award
- Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster
- The International Strategic Studies Association Stefan T.
Possony Medal
- The Netherlands Medal of Merit in Gold
- The Air Force Systems Command Scientific Achievement
Award
Dr. Kaminski received a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, a Bachelor of Science from the Air Force Academy, Master of Science degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics, and in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Managing Director Capricorn Holdings LLC
Mr. Mecum joined Capricorn in 1997. Until September 1996, Mr. Mecum was a partner of G.L. Ohrstrom & Co., a merchant banking firm. From December 1985 to December 1987, Mr. Mecum was President of the Environmental and Engineering Services Unit and a Director of Combustion Engineering, Inc. He served as the managing partner of the New York office of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. from 1979 to 1985 and as Vice Chairman of the Western Region of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. from 1973 to 1979. Mr. Mecum is a Director of Citigroup (and director of Banamex – a Mexican subsiduary of Citicorp) director of DynCorp, director of Lyondell, director of CCC Information Services, director of Mrs. Fields Famous Brands, Inc. and director of Suburban Propane Partners, M.L.P. Mr. Mecum holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University.
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President Universal Telecommunications, Inc.
H. Brian Thompson currently heads his own private equity
investment and advisory firm, Universal Telecommunications, Inc., in Vienna,
Virginia, focused on both start-up companies and consolidations taking place in
the information/telecommunications business areas both domestically and
internationally. Thompson was previously chairman and chief executive officer of
Global TeleSystems Group,
Inc. from March 1999 through September of 2000.
As a veteran senior executive of the telecommunication
industry, Thompson has been instrumental in impacting the rise of competitive
telecommunications both in the U.S. and abroad. Thompson previously served as
chairman and CEO of LCI International. He joined LCI in 1991, and with his team,
led the turnaround of the company and its emergence as one of the fastest
growing telecommunications companies in the U.S. Subsequent to the merger of LCI
with Qwest Communications International Inc. in June 1998, Thompson became vice
chairman of the board for Qwest until his resignation in December 1998.
Under Thompson's leadership, LCI advanced from an annual
revenue run rate of US$220 million in 1991 (which had declined by 15 percent
over the previous year) to a rate of over US$2 billion in 1998, and from a
negative net worth to an enterprise value of more than US$5 billion at the time
of LCI's merger with Qwest. The company came to serve all segments of the market
- residential, business and government - providing long-distance voice and data
services in the U.S. and to more than 230 international locations. With
operations in more than 60 locations, the company also began offering local
telephone service in 1997 in key U.S. markets.
Thompson previously served as executive vice president of MCI
Communications Corporation from 1981 to 1990, with responsibility for the
company's eight operating divisions, including MCI International. During his 10
years with MCI as a senior executive, he contributed greatly to that company's
growth from $230 million to $8 billion in revenue and to the
internationalization of the company.
Prior to MCI, Thompson was a management consultant with the
Washington, D.C. offices of McKinsey & Company for nine years, where he
specialized in the management of telecommunications and technology enterprises.
His clients included ATT, GTE, Comsat and Intelsat. He currently serves as a
member of the board of directors of Bell Canada
International Inc., director
of Williams Communications
Group, Inc., DynCorp, director of ArrayComm, Inc., director
of Axcelis Technologies, Inc., and director of United Auto Group. He is also a trustee of Capitol College in Laurel, Maryland.
Thompson formerly served on the board of Comcast UK Cable
Partners Limited, as a member of the management committee of Paging Brazil
Holding Co., LLC, and is a former chairman of the U.S. Competitive
Telecommunications Association (CompTel).
Thompson serves as a co-chair of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission, a
multinational organization launched in Brussels in 1995 to chart the role of the
private sector in the developing global information and telecommunications
infrastructure. He also serves as a member of the Irish Prime Minister's
Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board. For Ireland's Department of Public
Enterprise, Mr. Thompson served as Chairman of both the Advisory Committee for
Telecommunications and, more recently, the Advisory Committee on Infocoms. For
the period January-March 1999 he served as non-executive chairman of Telecom
Eireann, Ireland's incumbent telephone company.
Thompson received his MBA from Harvard's Graduate School of Business and holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Capricorn Holdings, Inc.
As a recently ex member of the Harvard Corporation, Mr Winkour (`pug’ to his friends) is neck deep in the Enron scandal. See my profile here.