Steven F. Gaffney joined IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. (IAP) as Chairman of the Board May 2008, and was named CEO in January 2009. He also serves as a Senior Operations Director for Cerberus Capital, the majority owner of IAP.

Gaffney has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the defense industry. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of ITT and President of ITT Defense Electronics and Services. With operations in over 120 locations in 21 countries and more than 20,000 employees, Gaffney was responsible for establishing ITT’s strategic direction as well as financial and operating performances.

Under his leadership, the company grew over 60 percent as Gaffney executed both organic and acquisition strategies. He also had responsibility for driving Six Sigma and Operational Excellence across all of ITT.

Early in his career, Gaffney led a start-up business within the Integrated Systems Unit at Litton Industries, where he provided overall vision and direction including the strategic, technological and business plans, and he continually exceeded the company’s financial objectives. He implemented an Earned Value Management System and led multiple complex integrated Systems developments. Gaffney also successfully led program operations and advanced systems programs at Allied Signal and Smith Industries. He earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and is certified as a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Retired Rear Admiral Bob Phillips leads the Business Area Team for IAP’s Base Operations Support Services business.

Phillips joined IAP in 2007 after a distinguished 32 years with the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps. Prior to his role as Commander of the military’s elite fighting and construction force, the NAVY SEABEES, he served as Deputy Director of the Ashore Readiness Division on the Navy’s Staff in Washington, D.C.

Phillips also served as Vice Commander/Deputy Chief of Civil Engineers of Naval Facilities Engineering Command. He commanded Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe, Southwest, and Atlantic Divisions as well as the 2nd Naval Construction Brigade, the Civil Engineering Corps Officers School, and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5.

Laura B. Mitchell is Vice President of the Business Area Team Professional and Technical Services (PTS) for IAP Worldwide Services.

With more than 25 years of information technology and operations experience in government contracting, Mitchell is responsible for the day-to-day operations and growth strategy of PTS for IAP’s worldwide customers.

Mitchell joined one of IAP’s heritage companies in 1990 and has served as Director of Information Technology and later added responsibility for the Commercial Facilities Management Division for the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Jim Duffy leads the Global Operations and Logistics business team overseeing five business segments: Power; Construction and Engineering; Global Support Services; Air Traffic Management; and G3 Systems.

Before joining IAP, Duffy served as ITT’s Executive Program Manager for the Total Army Communications – Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and Africa contract. In this capacity he was responsible for O&M efforts of approximately 1500 people spread across 6 countries and 55 locations in support of CENTCOM and AFRICOM areas of operations worth more than $1.2 billion. Prior to his tenure at ITT, he was the Director of the Network Integration Sector for Decisive Analytics Corporation where he led a start-up division in HLS efforts related to C4 integration of military operations into civil emergencies.

Duffy was commissioned in the United States Army and served in numerous positions of leadership to include Commander, 54th Signal Battalion (Southwest Asia) USCENTCOM. A decorated officer from his 29 years of service, Duffy’s last command was in Southwest Asia during Operations Desert Thunder and Desert Fox where he was in charge of all Army and strategic communications in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Peter S. Gleave is Director of G3 Systems, a wholly-owned international subsidiary of IAP Worldwide Services.

Gleave is a Chartered Engineer with more than 25 years of program and company management expertise and is Managing Director for Program Management and Support Operations for G3 Systems Ltd. He focuses on leveraging G3’s synergy with IAP and enhancing efficiency and effectiveness with a concentration on G3’s program management and business systems and processes.

Gleave left the Royal Navy in 1986 and worked as a project manager and laterally in management of several defence and aerospace companies. In 1996, he co-founded Williams & Gleave Company Ltd., an ISO 9001 accredited interim management Company that was acquired by G3 in 2001.

Kent Brostrom joined IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. in 2006 with more than 30 years of legal, managerial, and military experience with large defense contracting firms and the U.S. Department of the Navy. At IAP, he leads, manages, and directs legal matters to include contracts, ethics and compliance, and industrial security functions in addition to serving as the corporate secretary.

Previously, Brostrom spent 20 years with BAE Systems, Inc. and its predecessor companies, where his work as senior legal counsel for BAE’s Technology Solutions and Services sector was supplemented by his service as the sector’s ethics official.

A recipient of numerous military decorations, Brostrom has a long, distinguished career with the U.S. Navy Supply Corps. Among his many tours of duty, he served as a submarine-qualified U.S. Navy officer, and commanded overseas contracting installations that supported military theater contingency efforts during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He additionally commanded the active duty and reserve military components of the Naval Audit Service.

Brostrom is admitted to practice law in Virginia, the District of Columbia, and before numerous federal judicial and administrative forums.

Charles E. Dominy became Vice President of Government Affairs for IAP Worldwide Services in July 2005. A retired Lieutenant General for the U.S. Army, Dominy managed the Washington, D.C. Government Affairs office for the Halliburton Company prior to joining IAP.

General Dominy gained extensive experience as an advisor for mergers/acquisitions, business development, marketing, and overall strategy for Kellogg, Brown & Root when it became the U.S. Army’s largest defense contractor in 2004.

During his 33 years of military experience, Dominy served as Director of Army Staff. He acted on behalf of the Chief of Staff and coordinated the activities of all agencies reporting to the Chief of Staff. He served as Chief of Legislative Liaison for all Army activities related to the U.S. Congress, was Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missouri Engineer Division and is a decorated officer from his years of service.

As Chief Financial Officer, Charles D. Peiffer oversees domestic and international financial operations for IAP Worldwide Services. He has over 32 years experience of managerial and executive experience in global finance, contracts, audit, and accounting overseas.

Before joining IAP, Peiffer was the Chief Audit Executive for ITT after serving as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Fluid Technology, a $3.8 billion sector of ITT.

Peiffer served as Vice President, Corporate Controller, and Principal Accounting Officer for Avaya Communications, a spin-off of Lucent Technologies. He has also served as Vice President, Corporate Center Chief Financial Officer for Lucent Technologies and held high-level financial positions with Allied Signal, Lockheed Martin, and General Electric.

IAP Vice President for Program Management David H. Toops focuses on implementing mission assurance, the development of Program and Project Managers, and efficient, cost-effective staff support to grow IAP’s business and deliver premier service to our customers.

Toops oversees functional staff at Cape Canaveral including Environmental Safety and Health, Facilities, Procurement, Information Technology, Small Business and Communications.

Prior to becoming Vice President of Program Management, Toops served as Vice President of Operations for Army and Air Force Programs with operational duties for project oversight, new start-ups, and project performance.

A retired U.S. Army Colonel, Toops has 27 years military experience, including services at the Pentagon as Director of Resource Management for the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management.

Dale W. Thornton is Vice President of Business Development for IAP Worldwide Services, and in that capacity he is responsible for managing and leading identification, qualifications, capture and pursuit of new business for IAP.

Thornton has more than 25 years experience managing business development and operations functions in the service-contract industry. Previous to IAP, Thornton spent 18 years with AECOM Government Services and its heritage companies focusing on key programs such as AFCAP, LOGCAP, DOE National Laboratories, the US Antarctic Program, Taji National Depot, and AFRICAP.

Thornton has been instrumental in developing and implementing business development procedures to obtain ISO 9000:2001 registration, and has been extensively involved with pre-award start-up planning, contract negotiations, and the transition of awarded contracts.

David B. Warhol brings more than 30 years experience to IAP, where he is responsible for strategic planning, management, as well as organizational development, staffing requirements, labor relations and human resources systems development.

Warhol previously worked as Director of Staffing and Workforce Development for Zachry Construction Corp, and as Director for Americas Region Staffing and Resource Development for all Halliburton Companies. Additionally, he served as Global Human Resources Director for the Government Services/Environment/Civil Unit of Brown and Root, Inc., where he was responsible for business acquisition, project support and DCAA audit response and defense from an HR standpoint.