Leadership
Geoffrey S. M. Hedrick
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Geoffrey S. M. Hedrick serves as the Company’s Chairman of the Board and CEO. He originally became Chief Executive Officer when he founded IS&S in February 1988. Prior to 1987, Mr. Hedrick served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Smiths Industries North American Aerospace Companies. He also founded Harowe Systems, Inc. in 1971, which was subsequently acquired by Smiths Industries. Mr. Hedrick has more than 35 years of experience in the avionics industry, and he holds a number of patents in the electronics, optoelectric, electromagnetic, aerospace and contamination-control fields.Back to Top
Roman G. Ptakowski
President
Roman G. Ptakowski has been our President since March 2003. Prior to joining IS&S, Mr. Ptakowski was employed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., a global supplier of aerospace products, where he served as Group Vice President and General Manager. Previously, Mr. Ptakowski was General Manager, Protective Relay Division of the ASEA Brown Boveri Power T&D Company, Inc. Mr. Ptakowski received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from New York University and a M.B.A. from Duke University.Back to Top
Ronald Albrecht
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Albrecht joined IS&S after a twenty-seven year career with Smiths Aerospace (UK) and later GE Aviation Systems (GEAS) following the GEAS purchase of Smiths Aerospace in 2007. He has executive experience in both operational and financial roles. Recently, he has served as Vice President and General Manager of Smiths and later GEAS’ Electro Mechanical Businesses. Prior to his operational roles, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Smiths Aerospace, based in London. In addition, he has substantial mergers and acquisition and strategic planning experience. Mr. Albrecht graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in government and economics and from Stanford University with an M.B.A. in finance.
Shahram Askarpour
Vice President of Engineering
Shahram Askarpour joined IS&S in 2003. He was instrumental in leading the team that received FAA certification of the first IS&S Large Flat Panel Cockpit Display. Prior to joining IS&S, Shahram held Managerial and Engineering positions with companies such as Smiths Aerospace, Instrumentation Technology and Marconi Avionics. Shahram has more than 25 years of industry experience and has designed a variety of avionics products such as VHF radio, GPWS, Doppler Radar Systems and Cockpit Displays. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Middlesex University, England, a MS in Systems Engineering, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Brunel University, England. He has also trained in SEI CMM at Carnegie Mellon University.Back to Top
Farhad Daghigh
Vice President of Military Business Development
Farhad Daghigh was named Vice President of Military Business Development for Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. (IS&S), Exton, PA. In this role, Farhad will be responsible for Military Sales and Marketing for the Integrated Aircraft Cockpit Display Systems. Prior to joining IS&S, Farhad worked for Smiths Aerospace as the North American Marketing Manager for Vehicle/Crew Information Systems. Farhad has also worked in Business Development roles for Orbital Sciences Corporation, L3 Communications, and Aydin Vector.Back to Top
Robert M. Hyland
Vice President of Operations
Prior to joining IS&S in 2007, Bob Hyland was the Director of Operations for the Power & Data Systems Business Unit AMETEK Aerospace and Defense Division which develops and manufactures fluid management systems, flight deck displays, and flight inspection systems. Previously he was the Director of Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement for AMETEK and holds a Master Black Belt certification. He worked at General Electric for 10 years prior to joining AMETEK. Bob Hyland has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the Pratt Institute of Technology and an MBA from Xavier University.Back to Top
Brian Urbanski
Vice President of Quality
Brian Urbanski has over 16 years of Quality Control experience in the Avionics industry. As a certified Master Black Belt, Brian manages all Six Sigma projects, and is functionally responsible for IS&S software test engineers (V&V), process engineers, quality engineers and production inspectors. Prior to joining IS&S in 1999 as Vice President of Quality, Brian was site Master Black Belt for Raytheon Corporation, and as Technical lead, was functionally responsible for all process engineers and test engineers (11) in the final assembly and test area. As Project Engineer and Technical Excellence Black Belt for Allied Signal, he successfully utilized the Six Sigma toolset to reduce cycle times, reduce variation, and increase yields on numerous programs resulting in estimated savings in excess of $1M/year
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