Current Positio
President & Chief Operating Officer
MTC Technologies
4032 Linden Avenue
Dayton, OH 45432
Professional Experience 35 years
Mr. Brown has enjoyed a distinguished career as an Air Force fighter pilot, engineer, NASA astronaut, NASA manager, and corporate manager. His unique combination of operational, technical, and managerial experience made him an invaluable asset to the Air Force, NASA, and the corporations he has worked for. This was clearly demonstrated during two highly successful space shuttle missions, as a member of the Challenger Accident Investigation Team, as the senior astronaut on the Space Station Program, as a GRC International, Inc., Program Manager, as an AT&T District Manager, as a CSC Vice President and General Manager, and as the President and Chief Operating Officer of MTC Technologies.
Since joining MTC in 2006 as the Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Brown has focused on restructuring the corporation to make it more efficient and competitive. In February of 2007 he was promoted to President of the company. MTC is an industry-recognized provider of aircraft modernization and sustainment, professional services, C4ISR, and logistics solutions to the Department of Defense and national security agencies.
Work History
2006-Present: President & Chief Operating Officer, MTC Technologies
As the President & COO of MTC, Mr. Brown is responsible for the day to day operations of this 3,000 person, $450M a year company. His duties include the management, supervision, and direction of all operations of the company including all corporate and subsidiary operations. Since joining MTC in August of 2006, he has reorganized the company along functional lines, focused operations and business development around core capabilities and areas of strength, completed the integration of acquisitions, and eliminated $6M in overhead costs. Mr. Brown also represented the company in numerous meetings with customers, at conferences and trade shows, briefing analysts, and in discussions with potential buyers. On December 21st, 2007 MTC signed an agreement to be purchased by BAE Systems. This acquisition is expected to be completed in the first half of 2008.
2003-2006: Vice President and General Manager, CSC Federal Sector-Defense Group, Aerospace Division.
Mr. Brown was the overall manager of the CSC Aerospace Business Unit responsible for operations, business development, and P&L. This $200M, 1200 person and growing business unit includes information technology, logistics support, space systems, program control, finance, and intelligence support.
2002-2003: District Manager, Air & Space Programs Development, AT&T Government Solutions, Inc.
Member of the Air Force and NASA Account Teams responsible for the development and execution of a business development plan for the Air Force and NASA. Duties include marketing, business development, budget analysis, capabilities assessments, strategic planning, customer visits, and proposal support.
2000-2002: Director, Wire Integrity Programs, GRC International, Inc. an AT&T Company (GRC International was purchased by AT&T in 2001 and became AT&T Government Solutions in 2002)
Mr. Brown assembled a team of six companies in 2000 to provide the technologies needed by the airlines and military services to dramatically improve the testing used to maintain wiring in aircraft, the storage of the testing data, the analyses of the test data, and laboratory studies to understand the aging phenomenology.
1998-2000: Director of Air Force and NASA Business Development, Corporate Marketing and Business Development, GRC International, Inc.
As a member of the corporate staff, Mr. Brown actively participated in the development of new business opportunities for GRC International. His wide experience base with government and commercial business proved invaluable to GRCI in identifying new areas for technology growth and in developing solutions to customer problems.
1996-1998: Acting Director of East Coast Operations, Decision Technologies Division, GRC International, Inc.
Mr. Brown was promoted to this position in October 1996 and assumed responsibility for this $6.5M business involving NASA, the Air Force, commercial, and other government activities. Duties included full budget accounting and management of computer programmers, engineers, technicians, scientists, and administrative personnel located in three different states. Business contacts included senior NASA management, senior military officers, and members of Congress.
1995-1996: Director of Aerospace Programs, Decision Technologies Division,
GRC International, Inc.
Mr. Brown’s assignment to the Aerospace Programs group expanded his management responsibilities to include support to Air Force air and space projects in addition to NASA. This support included software development and services to the Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), the National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC), and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Responsibilities included project and group management as well as business development.
1994-1995: Director of the Program Analysis Group, Space Division,
GRC International, Inc.
Mr. Brown was the manager of the GRCI group responsible for NASW-4470 contract for NASA HQ and other support to NASA. He served as the Program Manager for NASW-4470 and led the GRCI contractor team for the recompete of this contract. Although GRC won this recompetition, NASA canceled the contract due to budget cutbacks mandated by Congress.
1993-1994: Director of Space Operations, Space Division, GRC International, Inc.
Mr. Brown retired from the Air Force and NASA during the summer of 1993 and joined GRCI as the Director of Space Operations. Duties included support to NASA through NASW-4470 to NASA HQ, Code M. This contract, on which GRCI was the prime, provided technical support to the NASA Space Station Program, NASA Hubble Space Telescope Mission, the NASA Space Shuttle Program, the Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications, and NASA HQ.
1973-1993: Officer, United States Air Force
1984-1993: NASA Astronaut
1992-1993: NASA, Deputy Chief of the Space Station and Exploration Office, Flight Crew Operations Directorate, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
Mr. Brown was assigned this position while still an astronaut due to his extensive experience and engineering skill. He represented the Astronaut Office in all Space Station Program management forums. Activities included basic design, test, and review/evaluation; program requirements definition; system analysis; program verification; and traditional management responsibilities. Mr. Brown managed a technical team that was intimately involved in determining basic space station requirements, developing and reviewing/evaluating designs, and developing operational procedures.
1991: Astronaut Mission Specialist, STS-48, 12-18 September
STS-48 was a space shuttle mission carrying the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite(UARS) which was designed to study the ozone holes in the atmosphere. Mr. Brown served as an astronaut-mission specialist responsible for the operation of the space shuttle mechanical arm and deployment of UARS. He participated in the design and flight-testing of a digital electronic still camera, structural test of a sub-scale section of the space station truss, and fluid behavior experiment. Astronaut duties, following his second highly successful space flight, included numerous public speeches and presentations plus visits to the White House with the President, Vice President and to Congress.
1990-1991: Head of the Space Station Systems Section, Flight Crew Operations Directorate, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
Mr. Brown was the manager of contractor and civil service engineers responsible for review/evaluation of Space Station Freedom design. Activities included systems design and analysis, fault tolerance analysis, safety, requirements formulation, prototype review/evaluations, procedure development, and computer display creation. The results of these review/evaluations and assessments were used to correct Space Station design deficiencies and to develop operational procedures. Mr. Brown actively participated in NASA management of this program.
1988-1989: Astronaut Mission Specialist, STS-28, 8-13 August
STS-28 was a secret Department of Defense shuttle mission. Mr. Brown, who flew as an Astronaut-Mission Specialist, was responsible for the primary satellite payload, deployed the satellite on orbit; trained to perform EVAs, and system maintenance and repair. His astronaut duties, following his highly successful first space flight, included numerous public appearances, plus visits to the White House with President Bush, Vice President Quayle, Congress, the Pentagon, and other Government agencies.
1986-1987: Astronaut representative to the Challenger Accident Investigation Team and to the Solid Rocket Motor Redesign Team.
Mr. Brown participated as an engineer and astronaut to determine the causes of the Challenger accident and return the shuttle to flight status. Activities involved extensive analysis of manufacturing techniques and procedures as well as the modification and testing of the original design. Duties also included interviews with members of the press and TV media. After this activity concluded, Mr. Brown was assigned to support the first post-accident Shuttle flight as a Systems and Procedures Engineer.
1984-1993: NASA Astronaut
1980-1984: Engineer, Shuttle Flight Operations, Flight Operations Directorate, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
Assigned to space shuttle navigation, procedures development, and malfunction analysis. Worked in Mission Control for the first eleven shuttle flights. Selected as an astronaut.
1973-1979: Air Force Pilot in T-37, T-38, T-33, and F-106 Aircraft.
Command Pilot Astronaut
Education
M.S., Astronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1980
B.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University, 1973
Valparaiso High School, 1969
Marital Status
Married: Lynne Brown, Purdue University, Art Education, 1974.
Two daughters: Kristin (27) and Karin (21)
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