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Mike Williams

 

Vice Chairman and CEO
Open Printer Friendly Format Michael S. Williams has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2004 and assumed the duties of Chief Executive Officer and a Vice Chairman of the Board of IAP effective January 18, 2008.

With more than 38 years of experience, Williams has served in a variety of senior leadership positions in international commercial markets as well as classified and civil government markets. From 1993 to 2001, he worked for Lockheed Martin, most recently as President and General Manager of Lockheed's Systems and Technology group. In that role, he managed an IT and communications business providing both services and full systems, including the former ComSat Laboratories in Clarksburg, Md., following Lockheed's acquisition of ComSat.

From 1979 to 1993, he worked for General Electric. During that period, he grew from managing engineering and program management functions to general P&L management. He also served as Chief Engineer in the 1980s for several large, high technology classified businesses. He began his career at the Naval Air Development Center, actively engaged in large-scale simulation, lab test, and flight test of aeronautical, avionics, and weapon control systems from 1968 to 1978.

Williams began his affiliation with Cerberus Capital, the majority owner of IAP, in early 2002 as CEO of an IT services company serving both government and commercial customers. Since then, he has also been an active participant in addressing operational issues in portfolio companies, leading operational due diligence for potentially acquired companies, and as director of four Cerberus companies, including Chairman of Multimax, an IT Services firm acquired by Harris Corporation in mid-2007.

A 1970 graduate of St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, with a B.S. in Physics, Williams also holds an MSE in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Temple University. He also authored a chapter in a graduate text book entitled Space Mission Analysis & Design through three editions from 1990-2000 and has given numerous technical and market papers in international forums in Europe, Asia, Africa (Egypt), and the United States.

Dave Swindle
  President
Dave Swindle brings 30 years of senior leadership and program management experience, including P&L responsibilities for federal and commercial defense, aerospace, national security, intelligence, homeland security, contingency operations, logistics and nuclear industries.

Swindle is an internationally recognized expert on nuclear safeguards and treaty verification. He currently serves as a senior technical advisor to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs. In September 2006, Mr. Swindle was appointed by the Secretary of the Army to the Army Science Board for a three year term. In addition, Mr. Swindle has served for 10 years following a congressional sponsorship and appointment to the Department of Energy's Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB), which advises the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management on policy and technical issues facing cleanup of radioactive and DOE sites.

Prior to joining IAP, Swindle was Vice President, Business Acquisition and National Security Programs and an Officer for Kellogg Brown and Root. In this capacity, he was responsible for the Government and Infrastructure Division's Business Development Operations for KBR Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe-Africa, and the Middle East. Previous responsibilities include various assignments as a Vice President for EG&G's Science and Engineering Division and its affiliated companies from 1996 to 2002, and as Technical Director for Martin Marietta Corporations' Energy Division during a 15 year career.

Swindle is a registered Professional Engineer in seven states. He is a 1976 Graduate in Engineering Science from Tennessee Technological University, and has a Masters Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and an M.B.A. in Industrial Management from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

Ed Hamm
  Senior Vice President, Operational Support and "Chief of Staff"
Ed Hamm is the Senior Vice President of Operations Support and Chief of Staff. He is responsible for the executive leadership and management of the Corporate Operations Support Team including Environmental, Safety and Health; Quality and Productivity; Information Technology; Small Business; and Facilities and Travel. Prior to joining IAP, Ed was Director of Corporate Management for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and he served as Chief Deputy to the Commander for all aspects of corporate management. This assignment culminated his 30 years of commissioned service in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps.

James Jennings
  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
James Jennings is a highly accomplished finance expert in the maintenance, engineering, and construction industry. Jennings was with Fluor Corporation for 30 years, and most recently was CFO of Williams Group International. He has also held senior level leadership positions in the development, implementation, and monitoring of accounting policies and procedures in addition to working directly in project accounting in the United States and internationally.

Dwight Clark
  Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Dwight Clark has extensive experience in facilities programming, design, construction, operations, and project management. He has more than 35 years of facility engineering and program successes, an in-depth understanding of workforce and resources required to operate and maintain infrastructure and facilities, and a broad perspective and technical expertise gained from environmental and university teaching experiences and working with foreign governments.

Clark completed 27 years of service with the Air Force and 9 years in private industry including work with the Public Service Company of New Mexico. He directed the implementation of the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program (AFCAP) and led RMS (Readiness Management Support, LC) to the successful completion of more than 90 task orders at numerous worldwide locations and won the re-bid of the AFCAP contract.

Kent Brostrom
  Vice President, General Counsel
Kent Brostrom possesses more that 30 years of legal, managerial and military experience in large defense contracting firms and the U.S Navy Supply Corps. At IAP, Brostrom oversees and manages the company’s legal, contracts, and industrial security functions in addition to serving the corporate secretary and ethics official.

He comes to IAP following more than twenty years of service to BAE Systems, Inc. and its predecessor companies, most recently having served as the senior legal counsel of the that company’s Technology Solutions and Services sector. In that position, he provided legal services for multiple business units and further served as the sector’s ethics official. Brostrom started out his private sector career having worked for Rockwell International Corp., based in Anaheim, CA, supporting the development and production of undersea weapons and related defense electronics programs.

In his military career, Brostrom served as a submarine qualified officer and commanded overseas contracting installations that supported active military theatre contingency operations during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. As a Navy Reserve officer, he commanded the active duty and reserve military components of the Naval Audit Service.

Charles E. Dominy
  Vice President, Government Affairs and External Relations
Chuck Dominy joined IAP in July 2005, after managing the Washington, D.C. Government Affairs Office for Houston-based Halliburton Company, a provider of energy services and products. Previously, Dominy served a highly distinguished thirty-three year career in the U.S. Army, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant General. During his tenure, Dominy served as the Director of the Army Staff, where he was responsible for the management and organization of the Army staff and coordinated the activities of all agencies reporting to the Chief of Staff. He also served as the Chief of Legislative Liaison responsible for all Army activities related to the U.S. Congress.

David Warhol
  Vice President, Human Resources
David B. Warhol brings more than 30 years of experience in executive level human resources to IAP. At IAP, Warhol is responsible for strategic planning, management and organizational development, staffing requirements, labor relations and human resources systems development. Prior to joining IAP, Warhol served as the Director of Staffing and Workforce Development for Zachry Construction Corp. in San Antonio, Texas. Previously, he was the Director for Americas Region Staffing and Resource Development for all Halliburton Companies. Prior to that, he served as the Global Human Resources Director for the Government Services/Environmental/Civil Unit of Brown and Root, Inc., where he was responsible for business acquisition, project support, and DCAA audit response and defense, from a human resources perspective.

Warhol served in the 25th Infantry Division as a Platoon Sergeant in Vietnam. He has a BBA in Organizational Behavior and Management from the University of Houston.

Dave Toops
  Vice President, FM Ops, Army/Air Force
Dave Toops provides executive leadership and overall business guidance to IAP's U.S Army and Air Force contracts, where he is responsible for all fiscal operations at these projects and participates in customer partnering and strategic planning. Previously, Toops served as Chief of the Army's Resource Integration Division, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management and as a U.S. Army Garrison Commander culminating 27 years of commissioned service.

Bob Phillips
  Vice President, FM Ops, Navy/Marine/Civilian
Retired Rear Admiral Bob Phillips provides executive leadership and overall business guidance to IAP's Navy, Marine Corps, and Civilian Agency Facilities Management Programs.

Phillips joined IAP in 2007 after a distinguished 32-year career in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps. Prior to his most recent 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. and as the 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 2nd Naval Construction Brigade, The Civil Engineer Corps Officers School, and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5.

A registered Professional Engineer, Phillips received a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Phillips is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Executive Business Programs of Carnegie Mellon and Chapel Hill.

Laura Mitchell
  Vice President, Professional and Technical Services
Laura Mitchell, Vice President, Professional and Technical Services, has more than 24 years of information technology and operations experience in government contracting. Mitchell is responsible for day-to-day operations and leading the growth of the Professional and Technical Services business for IAP's government clients worldwide.

In 1990, Mitchell joined Johnson Controls World Services (JCWS), which was later acquired by IAP. Over the years, she has served as Director of Information Technology for the JCWS Federal Services Division and later added responsibility for the Commercial Facilities Management Division (Americas, Europe and Asia). She most recently served for two years as Director of I.T. Facilities Management (Global) and Building Controls (Americas) at Johnson Controls, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Chuck Vondra
  Vice President, Global Operations and Logistics-Irmo
Chuck Vondra provides executive leadership and overall business guidance to IAP's Global Operations and Logistics-Irmo, International and Domestic Programs.

Vondra joined IAP in 2006 after a distinguished 30-year career in the U.S. Army. His Army experience includes more than 10 years as a commander in logistics and contracting organizations, the last as the Commander and Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting (PARC) for the Defense Contracting Command – Washington (Pentagon).

Immediately before joining IAP, Vondra was the Director for Operational Test and Evaluation, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. He established and led the Defense Contract Management Command activity in Saudi Arabia, a diplomatic assignment that included responsibility for the contract oversight of Foreign Military Sales programs in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Bahrain and the Arabian Gulf. He also served as the Military Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Reform (Office of the Secretary of Defense).

A certified Department of Defense Acquisition Professional in Contracting and Program Management, Vondra received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College, the Joint Service Staff College, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He is an alumnus of the Executive Business Programs of the Darden School, University of Virginia and the Harvard Business School.

Daniel Barker
  Vice President, GOL-Panama City
Daniel J. Barker, who has more than 40 years of experience in various commercial and military leadership and management positions, has worked for IAP since 1997. Barker spent 27 years in the U.S. Air Force as a civil engineering officer, holding a variety of positions ranging from engineering officer to major command civil engineer over a career that included three overseas assignments.

After leaving the Air Force, Barker worked two years for Science Applications International Corporation as a senior program manager developing markets and opportunities. In 1997, he joined Readiness Management Support, which was later acquired by IAP. Barker's work has included supervising and managing physical plant operations and maintenance; project design; construction, design-build and real estate management; architect-engineer coordination; emergency and contingency response support; and information technology applications.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and later acquired a M.S. in Facility Management. He is a commercial, instrument rated pilot with more than 1,200 hours of pilot-in-command time.

Peter Gleave
  Deputy Managing Director, G3 Systems
Peter S. Gleave, a Chartered Engineer with more than 25 years of program and company management expertise, has been promoted to Deputy Managing Director for Program Management and Support Operations for G3 Systems Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.

Gleave, who most recently worked on assignment for IAP in the Middle East, will focus on improving G3's efficiency and effectiveness with a concentration on G3's program management and business systems and processes.

After leaving the Royal Navy in 1986, Gleave worked initially as a project manager and latterly in management of several defence and aerospace companies. In 1996, he co-founded Williams & Gleave Company Ltd., an ISO 9001 accredited interim management Company which was acquired by G3 in 2001. Gleave served on the Board of Directors of G3 and as Operations Director from 2001 to 2006.




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