His father served in the U.S. Air Force and worked as a financial executive for McDonnell Douglas and other firms, and later taught accounting at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois.
One of the company’s signature products is an active protection system called Iron Curtain, which defeats rocket-propelled grenades and other shoulder-launched threats using counter-munitions.
[4] Previously, he worked at Noesis, Inc., a research and development firm later acquired by QinetiQ North America, where he set up the Advanced Real Time Information Systems (ARTIS) division.
He helped establish the RAND Critical Technologies Institute, and led its first project on machine tools in support of White House science advisor.
In October 1996, he co-wrote a book titled Shock and Awe: Achieving Rapid Dominance, published by the National Defense University Press.