Manager Management

MARION H. VAN FOSSON

Berkeley Lake, Georgia *****

607-***-**** (M) • **********@***.***

EXECUTIVE-LEVEL LEADER

Highly skilled CEO/President/Vice President/General Manager with 25+ years of experience driving high technology

company growth. Expertise in aerospace, defense and information technologies industries; DoD program management;

and commercial profit and loss. Proven ability to manage technology development and sell to decision-makers in US

Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Congress, and Fortune 500 companies. Demonstrated

ability to drive turn-arounds and start-ups; to develop and lead high-performing cross-functional teams; and to drive top

line and bottom line growth. Certified DoD program manager and systems engineer. Hold current secret security

clearance; past top secret with special compartmented information clearance with special background investigation.

Leadership P&L Responsibility Visionary Execution Turnaround Change Management Strategy Growth

Operations Management Business Development Product Development and Rollout Project Management

Research & Development Risk Management Sales Forecasting Strategic Planning Mergers & Acquisitions

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

• CEO, President, Vice President, and General Manager with full profit and loss responsibilities of greater than $215

million in communications, electronics, electro-optical, power, information management and satellite

communications technology companies.

• United States Government Program Manager/Product Manager/Director of Engineering for major Army and Joint

Technology programs/organizations ranging from $950 million to $60 billion.

• Grew a business from less than $2 million to over $150 million in annual revenue.

• Recruited to turn around business that had 6 leaders in a 2 year period and lost over half of its business base;

base had atrophied to $48 million when hired. Stabilized company, restarted growth, and grew revenue to $103

million in 18 months by implementing strategic thinking and guided action plans.

• Won $1.8 billion, 8 year commercial contract for airborne-based satellite communications and DoD multi-year

contracts valued at over $1.5 billion.

• Restructured and recruited high performance management team to jump-start company growth.

• Grew EBITDA to greater than 29% in a defense business.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Warrior Management Group, LLC. Berkeley Lake, GA. 2014 -- Present

President and CEO

• Full Profit and Loss responsibility for consulting group dedicated to supporting US Warriors in the attainment of

their support and service needs.

• Developed a network of consultants in Program Management, Contract Management, Engineering Analysis,

Operational Support, Financial Management and Business Development to support leading aerospace and

defense companies.

• Coached and mentored clients in their pursuit of Research and Development contracts with DARPA, ARL,

TARDEC, CERDEC, ARDEC, and AMRDEC.

• Supporting the Wounded Warrior Program by linking soldiers with civilian job opportunities that meet their

particular (and sometimes special) needs.

ORSA Corporation. Aberdeen, Maryland. 2002 – Present.

Board Member

Telephonics Corporation, A Griffon Company. Farmingdale, New York. 2012 – 2014.

Vice President and General Manager

• Profit and Loss responsibility for the $215M per year multi-national Communications and Integrated Systems

Division of a Aerospace, Defense and Commercial Business..

• Converted the division from a product based company into a market driven business with broader systems

offerings, enabling the division to continue to grown during the downturn in the defense industry

• Developed and implemented a management operating system that provided greater accuracy, predictability and

drive within the newly created division.

• Developed and implemented a management operating system that provided greater accuracy, predictability and

drive within the newly created division.

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EMS Technologies, Defense and Space, (now a Honeywell company). Norcross, Georgia. 2010 – 2012.

Vice President and General Manager

• Maintain full profit and loss responsibility for a Space and Defense business area; grew business from

$48M in revenue per year to $103M per year in 18 months.

• Direct development and implementation of strategic operational and annual operating plan.

• Manage talent and succession planning and subordinate training.

• Coordinate business results with Board of Directors of publicly traded corporation.

• Drove all aspects of day-to-day operations, including engineering, manufacturing, business development,

program management, quality assurance, financial management, safety, and infrastructure management.

BAE Systems, Platform Solutions, Military Vehicle Systems. Johnson City, New York. 2005 – 2010.

Business Development and then Vice President and General Manager

•Maintained full profit and loss responsibility for a multi-national (US / UK) business area.

•Drove business growth from $2M to $150M+ in less than five years.

•Directed development and implementation of strategic operational and annual operating plan.

•Managed talent and succession planning and training of subordinates.

•Supervised business unit operations for one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies.

•Began as director of business development; promoted to vice president and general manager.

Litton Electro-Optical Systems, (wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman). Garland, Texas. 2001 – 2005.

Vice President for Program Management and then President

• Promoted to President when 4 senior leaders were dismissed over an export violation.

• Averted business shut-down and $100M worth of fines following a US export law violation – I was part of

the solution. Coordinated extensively with US Department of State to implement controls and procedures to

safeguard against any future violations.

• Maintained full profit and loss responsibility.

• Managed operations of 3 manufacturing plants, 2 in the Dallas Metropolitan area and one in Tempe, Arizona.

• Drove active business growth and development -- grew business from $90 to over $120 million in sales.

• Restructured business to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase speed to market.

• Improved EBITDA from 18 to 27%.

U.S. Army and Defense Advanced Research Program Agency. Arlington, Virginia. 1998 – 2001.

Program Manager, Future Combat Systems

• Hand-selected by the Chief of Staff of the US Army to start program.

• Led startup of Army and DARPA’s $60 billion (at the time) program to build an optimized combat fighting

system to replace the M1 Abrams Tank, the M2/3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and the M109 Paladin Howitzer.

• Developed program philosophy, acquisition strategy, technical concepts and technology trade-offs,

systems design and development, and formulation of operational concepts for Future Combat Systems, an

integrated high tech combat fighting system.

U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Command, Control. Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. 1995 – 1998.

Product Manager, Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (including Blue Force Tracker)

• Directed software development of $950 million Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2)

command, control, and communications systems for the Army. Controlled budget, schedule, performance, system

integration, test, logistics, and product delivery.

• Designed and developed FBCB2 software, communication and network architectural design using best

commercial practices, commercial standards, and open architecture principals.

• Developed highly mobile, terrestrial and satellite tactical internet with multiple redundancies capable of

maintaining total connectivity in a hostile communications environment.

• Fielded first operational brigade-sized unit in less than 18 months from start of the program.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

D.Sc. (ABD) in Computer Science. Colorado Technical University. Colorado Springs, Colorado.

M.S. in Physics – Laser Systems. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

B.S. in Chemistry. University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa.

Certificate. Defense Systems Management College. Executive & Advanced Program Managers Courses. Fort Belvoir,

Virginia.

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