As Vice President and General Manager, Patrick Antkowiak has executive responsibility for all of advanced product development and technology programs, activities and operations.

Prior to this position, Mr. Antkowiak served as Director, Space Systems in the Advanced Concepts & Technologies Division where he was responsible for the development of a wide portfolio of radio frequency and electro-optical space sensor and space superiority concepts and technologies for future Department of Defense and Intelligence programs.

Since joining Northrop Grumman in 1981, Mr. Antkowiak has held a variety of management positions, including Director of Advanced Space Development Programs, Program Director for Space-Based Radar (SBR) and Proprietary Programs. He also served as the Program Manager for SBR and Space Technology Development Programs and Engineering Manager and product development team leader for the Comanche Helicopter Mission Computer program.

In 2009, Antkowiak was appointed to Vice President of Engineering, Manufacturing and Logistics Strategy and Capability where he was responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy and discriminating capability for the Engineering, Manufacturing, & Logistics homeroom through product ownership activities, technology roadmap development, organizational efficiency, automation application, and effective liaison to business development and division business areas.

Mr. Antkowiak received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and a Masters of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland. He has also completed the General Manager’s Program at Harvard University.

Dennis brings over 25 years of Procurement and Subcontracts management experience to BAE Systems, Inc. He was most recently Vice President of Procurement for BAE Systems, Inc. Previous roles included Director of Materiel, Director of Procurement for BAE Systems Controls.  Prior to that held several positions at Lockheed Aeronautical Systems in Burbank, CA. The last position was Manager of Avionic Subcontracts for the F-22 program during the Demonstration/Validation Phase.  Dennis earned a Masters Degree from the University of Laverne and an undergraduate degree from California State University, Northridge.  He has MCIPS certification, and is a member of CIPS, ISM, NBTA and APICS.  He is currently on the Executive Committee of the Supplier Management Council for AIA, and the advisory boards of American Express, American Airlines, Corporate United and the Supplier Excellence Alliance.

Mr. Bittar is Commodity Integration Manager at Pratt & Whitney.  In his current assignment, he is responsible for integrating Supply Chain strategies for commodities across all commercial engine programs.

In over 12 years at P&W, he has held positions within Global Supply Chain; Program Management Office; Finance; Project Engineering; Manufacturing Engineering; and Design Engineering.

He holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Purdue University, and bachelor degrees in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from the University of Connecticut.

Jack Clancy is currently assigned as a Senior Principle Technical Specialist in Supplier Program Management.

Prior to this assignment Jack was the Senior Engineering Manager for Tanker Programs Advanced Design.  He was the Senior Manager for Mission Systems Supplier Management before coming to Tanker. 

Jack has worked many engineering, program and supplier management assignments on numerous NASA, McDonnell Douglas, and Boeing programs in his 39 years in the A&D industry, primarily in the flight controls, avionics and integration side of the business.   Other programs Jack has worked are the Space Shuttle, Spacelab, Space Station, F15 E, NASP, T-45, AV-8, F/A-18 A-E, and International F/A-18 A-B.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Parks College of St. Louis University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston.  He received a U.S. Patent for a tool he invented that is used aboard the Space Station.  Jack has been published in several technical publications regarding the invention, and on the business side he co-authored an article on market demand modeling for the commercial airline industry that was published by the Society of Southern Economists.

Jack and his wife Susan have been married 38 years.  Sue has been involved in Elementary Education as a teacher for 30 years.  They have three sons, Sean (a law partner) married to Jennifer, James (a marketing manager) married to Jen, Ryan (an engineer with Boeing), and 4 grandchildren (1 boy and 3 girls)

Bob Cowley joined SAP in October 2007 after serving 35 years in the US Navy, retiring as a Rear Admiral (RADM). In his last tour, RADM Cowley served as CEO of Navy Exchange Service Command, a $3B non-appropriated global retail company, where he managed an ERP program implementing all major retail operations. Bob’s senior tours included Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acquisition Management for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Senior Navy Contracting Officer, and Competition Advocate General of the Navy; and Assistant Commander for Contracts, Naval Air Systems Command. His awards include two Distinguished Service Medals, Legion of Merit, five Meritorious Service Medals, three Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal and various other unit and campaign ribbons. He is a qualified Surface Warfare Officer, Naval Aviation Supply Officer, and was a member of Navy’s Acquisition Professional Community. He is certified by Department of Defense as a Senior Contracting Officer, Logistician, and Business Financial Manager. Prior to his current position at SAP, Bob was Senior Vice President for Global Defense & Aerospace where he was responsible for establishing and executing the global SAP D&A solution portfolio driving growth through Business Network Transformation, enabling factory to operator end-to-end processes across the ecosystem. In his current position as SVP, Managing Director for US Department of Defense, Bob leads US DoD engagements focused on deployment of solutions and delivery of value to DoD customers. He orchestrates SAP’s effort to build a trusted relationship with DoD to assure long-term mutual success while building value between DoD and SAP.

Responsible for establishing the Global Delivery System supply network for LM Aero, focusing on the three F-35 variants, CTOL (Air Force), STOVL (Marine), and CV (Navy) variants in support of 9 Partner countries and 13 services, across > 150 manufacturing and operational sites, sourced by 1000’s of suppliers.

Previously led the 3000 member, multi-company/location, F-35 Airframe IPT, where he successfully managed the near-simultaneous design of the 3 F-35 variants and the generation of the electronic engineering drawings (Build-To Packages, BTP’s).  This team included designers from US, UK, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, and Canada, utilizing state of the art design tools and IT infrastructure allowing near-real time centralized product data management.

He had short tour in a company staff organization, Enterprise Productivity, which helped develop the new Company ConOPs (when 3 Aero companies merged to one), and applied lean concepts to “Above the Floor” company functional organizations.

Prior to that, most of his LM experience resided with the F-22; managing several aspects including Materials & Processes, Edge/Empennage design, Composites Manufacturing, Final Finishes and Low Observables evaluation, and finally all Manufacturing support of the Assembly line.  His team developed the Lean One-Piece-Flow concept.

His second career included the Air Force Reserves where he recently retired a Lt. Col, after 6 years of active duty and another 18 in the Reserves.  He was primarily responsible for designing modifications and repairs; holding a multitude of assignments supporting B-2 Low Observables, F-16, F-15, C-130, C-141, F-111, and T-37, with extensive experience in Aircraft Battle Damage Repair; resulting in his deployment to every major conflict.

In February 2002, he was awarded the National Black Engineer of the Year Award for Career Achievement.  He was also in honored by the National Society of Black Engineers, receiving their top award, Distinguished Engineer, at their 2002 Golden Torch Awards Ceremony.

Rick Gronemeyer has been with Rockwell Collins, Inc. for four years. He currently leads the Government Systems Precision Strike Subcontracts team and is the lead small business advocate for the Subcontracts organization. Rick has also managed the company’s Mobility and Rotary Wing Solutions Subcontracts team. Prior to joining Rockwell Collins, Rick worked for John Deere and has 23 years service combined in the active Army and the Army Reserves, holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He possesses a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY and a Master of Science degree from Central Michigan University.

Michael is the vice president of Subcontracts with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, a premier provider of manned and unmanned aircraft, space systems, missile systems and advanced technologies critical to our nation’s security.  His areas of responsibility include Subcontract management/performance, strategic initiatives, supplier intelligence, and source selection.

He has over 30 years of technical and programmatic leadership responsibility across diverse missile, airborne, and space platforms.  His prior experience/roles encompass domestic and international markets and include program management, technology development, product diversification, product line leadership, business development, major subcontracts, systems engineering, and systems design.

Before joining Northrop Grumman, Michael was the director of DoD and Civil Space Systems at Raytheon, where he was the program executive over multiple EO/RF space sensor programs.  Prior to the merger of Hughes Aircraft Company and Raytheon, Michael was the Hughes Defense Systems, Battlefield Systems product line manager.  In that capacity he fielded warfighter systems for the Army and forged teaming relationships and alliances with multi-national corporations.

Previously, Michael was Hughes Missile Systems Engineering Laboratory Manager, with responsibilities across multiple missile product lines. This organization provided the systems design/requirement’s responsibility for production programs, all new missile developments, and multiple “Star Wars” initiatives.  These responsibilities included extensive participation in prototype hardware development and software verification efforts.  Michael joined Hughes Aircraft Company in 1978 as a Member of Technical Staff.  His early engineering responsibilities included broad design and applied subsystems innovations across diverse technologies for successful integration into developmental missile systems.

Michael earned bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Biochemistry from the University of Arizona, an MBA in Finance from California State Northridge, as well as a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from USC.

Mr. Hayden is a Supplier Management professional responsible for developing and implementing a Supplier Quality Improvement Process (SQIP) across the Honeywell Aero supply base.  He is a key person in the Sourcing organization in developing and implementing the Aero Sourcing strategy and standard work. The SQIP is a process that is data driven to measure and improve the Honeywell supply base by applying Advanced Product Quality Planning, Current Supplier Quality Improvement and a defined Supplier Development Process. 

Prior to joining Honeywell, Bill had a 28-year career at General Motors Powertrain.  He held various positions including the Director of Supplier Quality and Development for Powertrain and the joint ventures between GM and Isuzu in North America, Europe and Asia.  Mr. Hayden is a graduate of Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.

Dana Hullinger is the director for Supply Chain Strategy and Early Supplier Involvement for Boeing Defense, Space & Security. He works closely with representatives from Engineering, Business Development, Finance, Program Management, and Operations & Supplier Management as well as Boeing Research & Technology and Phantom Works to shape future technology and program pursuits, align strategic make-versus-buy decisions, define long-term supplier research and development requirements and to align supply chain strategy across the enterprise. He also plays an integral role on the Operations & Supplier Management rapid response team, which supports proposal and program startup activities for key BDS pursuits and captures.

Prior to his current position, Hullinger served as director of Strategy Integration for BDS Business Development, where he was responsible for the development and integration of BDS business and enterprise strategies, market analysis and assessments. Hullinger joined Boeing in 1987, and has experiences spanning Engineering, Supplier Management and Business Development, Hullinger has proven himself as a leader in implementing sourcing strategies vital to the long-term growth objectives for BDS. Before joining Boeing, he was a manufacturing planner at the Caterpillar Tractor Company.

Dana earned a B.S. in Industrial Technology from Illinois State University and an MBA from Southern Illinois University. He also has completed more than 50 hours of Graduate Studies in Public Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri.

Dana is married to Lynnette; they have one daughter, and reside in Moro, Illinois.

Vivek Kamath is is vice president of Supply Chain Operations for Raytheon Company. He has held this position since March 2006. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2009 sales of $25 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 75,000 people worldwide.

In the Supply Chain Operations role, Kamath, in partnership with the Supply Chain leadership team in the businesses, is responsible for further refining, developing and implementing the strategic plan for Supply Chain to enable Raytheon to meet its vision. As an extension of the businesses, Kamath’s focus is on providing enterprise solutions in the areas of select direct material commodi­ties, indirect commodities, Supply Chain technologies, learning and logistics.

Previously, Kamath was vice president of Supply Chain for Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) busi­ness from November 2007 to December 2008 and was a member of the SAS leadership team. In his SAS role, Kamath was responsible for providing supply chain solutions to the business including sourcing, procure­ment, subcontract management, material program management, logistics and supplier quality.

Prior to joining Raytheon, Kamath was the director of Global Supply Chain and Supplier Management at Powerwave Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, Calif.

Before joining Powerwave Technologies, Kamath worked for Ford Motor Company where he held successive positions with increasing responsibilities ranging from strategic planning and process improvement within sourcing, procurement, transportation, logistics, supplier development and performance management and supply chain management.

Kamath holds a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University and a master’s degree in business administra­tion from the University of Detroit.

Kamath is a certified Raytheon Six Sigma™ Greenbelt and Six Sigma project manager.

Dr. Killingsworth conducts research and consulting in global enterprise operations, enterprise software and master data management, supply chain design and optimization, product lifecycle management, lean enterprise, lean manufacturing, six sigma, and new product development. Clients and research sponsors include government and defense organizations and many companies in the automotive, aviation and aerospace industries. Over the past five years, he has worked extensively on manufacturing and supply chain issues with the Army Aviation and Missile Command, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, aviation prime contractors and first, second, and third tier aviation suppliers. Dr. Killingsworth has conducted research in demand planning and forecasting, inventory strategies and integrated production planning. In addition to the aviation and aerospace industry, he is currently conducting research for automotive suppliers and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Dr. Killingsworth has been invited to give keynote addresses in Australia, Austria, Germany, Korea, UK and Russia and has spoken at many conferences including the Defense Manufacturing Conference, the AIA Product Support Conference and the Microsoft High Tech Summit.

Dr. Killingsworth has 25 years experience in management and operations consulting. He founded Killingsworth Associates, a management consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  His firm conducted consulting assignments across the United States, Europe and Africa; specializing in strategic planning, supply chain design, continuous improvement processes, business case analyses, budgeting and capitalization.

Dr. Killingsworth attended MIT for graduate school and was a National Science Foundation Fellow.  At MIT, he received the S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics specializing in optimization and control theory.  He was elected to the MIT chapter of Sigma Xi, the research honor society. His Ph.D., also from MIT, was in a joint program of the School of Engineering and the Sloan School of Management. Dr. Killingsworth received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering with highest honor from Auburn University.

Lisa Kohl is sector vice president, Global Supply Chain, for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, based in El Segundo, Calif. In this capacity, she is responsible for developing and maintaining a strong supply base for the broad set of products produced for our customer base.  The supply chain organization is not only focused on subcontracts and procurement products, but also includes supplier assessment and quality, pricing and estimating, transportation, kitting, production support, and the business system architecture design and implementation.  Development of strategic suppliers to provide products and services in a broad way to the enterprise is a focus.

Most recently, Ms. Kohl served as the sector vice president of Operations, which included oversight for Production Operations, Quality Systems & Safety, Facilities & Real Estate, IT Solutions, Business Systems Architecture, and Global Supply Chain.

In her tenure with Northrop Grumman, Ms. Kohl has held a broad array of positions of increasing responsibility focusing on the communications marketplace for both ground-based and space-based applications, military and commercial. She has served as a program manager of a multi-satellite defense program providing payload hardware and software; director of Wireless Telecommunications Products focusing on broadband wireless telecom; program director of a 400-person organization responsible for performance on more than 20 small to mid-sized contracts serving both military and commercial applications; and assistant project manager for the Electronics Support Program responsible for ground-based equipment and test systems.

From an infrastructure perspective, Ms. Kohl was vice president of Six Sigma for Northrop Grumman Space Technology, where she was responsible for the strategy and development of a tailored approach to implementing business transformation through process improvement.  As vice president and CIO, she focused on restructuring the information infrastructure, consolidating computer support organizations, revamping the customer support model, and providing a more affordable methodology for delivering essential services to the enterprise. As director of the Ground Systems Center, she was chartered with ensuring superlative program performance in the areas of ground systems hardware, software, and test sets. 

Early in her career, Kohl supported Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, focusing on integration of hardware and software at the site.

Kohl earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University and a master’s degree from Purdue University. She is a graduate of the Northrop Grumman Business Leadership Program.

Henry Livingston is an Engineering Fellow and Technical Director at BAE Systems Electronic Solutions. He is responsible for overseeing engineering activity for specifying components and evaluating their suitability for military and aerospace applications. Henry is BAE Systems Electronic Solutions’ subject matter expert (SME) in the Component Engineering field – of which the most critical and dynamic area is Electronic Component Technology and Reliability. This critical technology includes a myriad of subfields: reliability assessment methods, technical management of component obsolescence and diminishing supply sources, technology roadmaps for key components, detecting and avoiding counterfeit parts. He leads and supports a number of BAE Systems activities associated with specifying components, evaluating their suitability for military and aerospace applications, and technology roadmapping. Henry has published papers on component reliability assessment methods, obsolescence management, semiconductor industry trends and counterfeit electronic components. Henry is a member of the IEEE.

Henry Livingston and BAE Systems were recognized at the DMSMS and Standardization 2009 Conference for their leadership role in the detection, mitigation and reporting on burgeoning problem of counterfeit parts with the government and industry.

Current Responsibilities: I am responsible for the strategic sourcing and tactical procurement of all Metallic Commodities, covering approximately 35% of Honeywell Aerospace Direct Material Spend, including Raw Materials, Castings/Forgings, Machined Parts and Sheet metal components and assemblies. Main responsibilities within the supply base include supplier performance – Quality, Delivery, Cost/price, Replenishment strategies, etc.; Supplier relationships (Ultimate escalation point); Supplier Negotiations; Supplier and Commodity strategies. I have worked at Honeywell Aerospace for about 4.5 years and report to Jimmy McDonald, VP of Strategic Sourcing, part of the Materials Management and Integrated Supply Chain organizations.

Prior Roles at Honeywell Aerospace: I hired in as the Director of Strategic Sourcing for Electro Mechanical products in June 2006, which included pumps, valves, actuators, motors, bearings, ignition products, etc. In May 2007, I assumed the expanded role of Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing over the same Electro Mechanical products, while adding Sheet Metal, Composites and Plastics, Hardware, Gears, Airfoils and Aftermarket/Repair & Overhaul products and services to my team’s scope.

General Motors/Automotive Experience:   From 1981-2006, I worked in Gran Rapids, Flint and Pontiac, Michigan for several divisions of General Motors and Delphi within multiple business functions including Production Control & Logistics, Quality Control, Manufacturing, Planning, Lean, Program Management and Purchasing – both Program and Commodity Purchasing. When I left General Motors Powertrain division in 2006, I was responsible for the Strategic (Commodity) Sourcing for all transmission products globally. Prior to that, I was the Program Purchasing Manager for all new and existing Truck and V8 Car engine programs – Production readiness and Launch responsibilities. At GM, I negotiated my largest deal ever – more than $1B!

Dr. Kenneth W. Sullivan is the Associate Director of the Office for Enterprise Innovation and Sustainability in the Research Institute at University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). He has over 25 years of experience in both commercial and government sectors. His work experience includes roles as Industrial Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Manager, Supervisor, Consultant, Principal Investigator and Research Scientist. He has worked for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MFSC), Micro Craft, Inc. (now ATK) and United Technologies Corporation. Dr. Sullivan holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and a Ph.D. from UAH in Industrial and Systems Engineering with an emphasis in Engineering Management.

In his current assignment, Dr. Sullivan is performing supply chain evaluations in support of the Lean Enterprise Initiative at U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) located at Redstone Arsenal. The UA-Huntsville team performed data analysis to determine the critical items of AMCOM platforms and developed detailed, multi-level supply chain maps. The information developed in the supply chain maps was utilized to develop enterprise-level value stream maps that were utilized to determine kaizen events and other value-added activities (e.g. contractual modifications).  Dr. Sullivan and the UA-Huntsville team have visited more than 40 aerospace suppliers and interviewed numerous others at all levels of the aerospace and defense supply chain is support of this effort. His team is also assisting NASA in the development of supply chain requirements for the Ares Upper Stages program for MSFC Engineering Directorate. 

Dr. Sullivan was also instrumental in establishing UA-Huntsville as an Educational Network center for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI).  He served as the director of the center as UA-Huntsville assisted MIT in developing the Lean Academy© course in an open enrollment format. Dr. Sullivan led the implementation of the courses at various government and private locations throughout the country.

Dr. Sullivan serves as the chairman of the supply chain network committee for the National Defense Industrial Association’s (NDIA) Manufacturing Division. In this role, he leads a team consisting of aerospace and defense commercial manufacturing executives along with academic and government personnel.

Dr. Sullivan is a registered professional engineer, a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and a certified NIST Lean Manufacturing and MIT Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI) trainer.  He has published technical papers and presented at various conferences regarding lean and supply chain implementation. He has received two MSFC Director's Commendations, the 1988 San Fernando Valley Engineering Merit Award, and he was a project manager on the team that received the 1998 Grover E. Bell award.

Don Weiss is the Director of the Supply Chain organization for the Government Communication Systems Division of Harris Corp. located in Melbourne Florida. This division is comprised of 3 Business Units. The Defense and Civil Programs businesses are major developers and integrators of communications and information processing products, systems, and networks for a diverse base of government customers. The National Intelligence Program business provides surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions to improve situational awareness, data collection accuracy, and product analysis by correlating near real-time mission data for display and analysis.

Don has been with Harris for over 30 years with numerous roles in the Supply Chain and Operations function leading process and technology implementation projects contributing to Harris’ May 2009 Supply Chain Excellence award from AMR Research group for small to mid size businesses ($5B sales). He has his Bachelors degree in Industrial Technology from Buffalo State and his Masters in Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology. He is a Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM).

Andy White, Ed.D. is Director of the Aerospace and Defense MBA program in the University of Tennessee’s College of Business Administration, Knoxville, Tennessee. He also leads integrated industry outreach for a portfolio of degree and non-degree education and training programs serving the aerospace and defense industry. White serves as the senior academic and student affairs officer and a faculty member for America’s only executive-format MBA program designed exclusively for aerospace and defense professionals. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, strategic communication, public relations, and war-time media relations.

Before returning to his alma matter, White served a 20-year career as an Air Force officer, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2007. He concluded his career as Commander of the 341st Recruiting Squadron in San Antonio, Texas. During his career, Andy served as public affairs director for Air Force Special Operations Command and as public affairs (PA) director for four major Air Force installations. He also served and as a faculty and staff member at Air University. White deployed in support of contingency and combat operations six times. He served as the lead public affairs planner for the air component for the start of combat operations in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He also deployed to Iraq with Special Operations Forces in 2004.

White holds a doctorate in education leadership from the University of Southern California, an M.S. in Public Administration from Central Michigan University, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Tennessee. He is a graduate of Air Command and Staff College and a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program and the DoD Public Affairs Officer Course.