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Leadership
To learn more about IAP’s senior leadership team,
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Steve Gaffney

 

CEO and Chairman of the Board
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.

Bob Phillips
  Senior Vice President, Base Operations Support Services
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 Mitchell
  Vice President, Professional and Technical Services
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.

Dwight Clark
  Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Logistics
Dwight E. Clark is Senior Vice President of the Business Area Team Global Operations and Logistics (GOL) for IAP Worldwide Services, and brings with him a wealth of experience in facilities programming, design, construction, operations, and project management.

He has more than 40 years facility engineering and program successes, and an in-depth understanding of the workforce and resources required to operate and maintain infrastructure and facilities. Clark also offers broad perspectives and technical skills from university and environmental teaching experience and working with foreign governments.

Clark has 27 years of services with the Air Force and 13 years in private industry that includes work with the Public Service Company of New Mexico.

Daniel Barker
  Vice President, Global Operations and Logistics
Vice President of Global Operations and Logistics Daniel J. Barker joined IAP Worldwide Services in 1997 with more than 40 years experience in various commercial and military leadership positions. After 27 years service as a civil engineer in multiple officer positions for the U.S. Air Force, Barker worked for Science Applications International Corporation as a Senior Program Manager where he developed markets and opportunities.

Barker’s work has included supervising and managing physical plant operations and maintenance, project design, construction, design-build and real estate management, architecture-engineer coordination, emergency and contingency response support, and information technology applications.

Peter Gleave
  Director, G3 Systems
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
  Vice President, General Counsel
Kent D. Brostrom possesses more than 30 years of legal, managerial and military experience in large defense contracting firms and with the U.S. Navy Supply Corps. At IAP, he oversees and manages legal matters, contracts, and industrial security functions in addition to serving as the corporate secretary and ethics official.

He joined IAP after 20 years with BAE Systems, Inc. and its heritage companies, where his work as Senior Legal Counsel for BAE’s Technology Solutions and Services sector was supplemented by his services as the sector’s ethics official.

Brostrom served as a submarine qualified U.S. Navy officer and commanded overseas contracting installations that supported military theatre contingency operations during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He additionally commanded the active duty and reserve military components of the Naval Audit Service. He is admitted to practice law practice in Virginia, the District of Columbia and before numerous federal judicial and administrative forums.

Robert M. Echols
  Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
Chief Ethics Officer
Robert M. Echols is responsible for IAP’s compliance and ethics programs, embedding the Company’s core values – Integrity, Respect, and Responsibility – into all IAP’s businesses and global operations. This includes the management of global program staffing, coordination with internal and external agencies, U.S. Government authorities, and the Company’s stakeholders. He also is charged with the development and delivery of effective training and internal audit programs throughout IAP.

Echols has over 20 years of experience in designing, implementing and directing award winning global corporate compliance and ethics programs, while holding crucial management positions in the military, the U.S. Government, and the commercial sector.

Before joining IAP, Echols served as the Director of Business Conduct for the Monsanto Company in St. Louis, Missouri, an $11 billion multinational company with some 23,000 employees doing business in over 150 countries.

Prior to his tenure at Monsanto, Echols held comparable positions for other DoD companies. He also worked in philanthropic and consulting positions and managed a global program to promote the importance of judicial independence worldwide.

Earlier in his career, Echols was civilian counsel and Designated Agency Ethics Official for the U.S. Army Security and Intelligence Command in Arlington Hall Station, Virginia. He also served as an active duty Judge Advocate General (JAG) attorney in the U.S. Army JAG Corps at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Charles E. Dominy
  Vice President, Government Affairs
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.

Charles Peiffer
  Chief Financial Officer
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.

Dave Toops
  Vice President for Program Management
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 Thornton
  Vice President, Corporate Business Development
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 Warhol
  Vice President, Human Resources
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.




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