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Brigadier General Art Bloomer (U.S. Marine Corps, Ret.), Chairman

General Bloomer is Chairman of the Board of Ironhawk. He retired from 31 years of active military duty, where he was last the commanding general of the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro and the commander of Marine Corps Air Bases, Western Area. A highly decorated veteran, General Bloomer was awarded two Legions of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Bronze Star with combat V (for valor), 17 Air Medals, the Republic of China Kuang Hua Medal and numerous other campaign medals.

David A. Gomes, President & CEO

David Gomes is the president & CEO of Ironhawk Technologies, Inc., which he founded in 1999 (under the name Integrated Data Corporation or IDC). With over 20 years’ experience, ten at the helm of Ironhawk, he has directed the day-to-day operations and led key strategic growth initiatives focused on the company’s core commercial and defense-based markets. He has further overseen the overall strategy and development of Ironhawk’s proprietary intellectual property, and ensured visibility for the firm throughout the global defense, intelligence, and aerospace markets. Under Mr. Gomes’s direction, Ironhawk continues to generate record growth and profit for shareholders.

General Ronald R. Fogleman (U.S. Air Force, Ret.)

Between October 1994 and his retirement in September 1997, General Fogleman was chief of staff of the United States Air Force. During his tenure, he was known as a no-nonsense consensus builder who would have the Air Force work more cooperatively with the other military branches. He also added to the definition of global presence "to include not only...air, land, and sea forces, but...space forces and information-based capabilities." Prior to that, in August 1992, he became commander in chief of U.S. Transportation Command and commander of Air Mobility Command at Scott AFB, Ill., where he was promoted to four-star status. He previously served as deputy director of programs and evaluation at the Pentagon as well as chairman of the Air Staff Board.

General Jimmy D. Ross (U.S. Army, Ret.)

Between February 1992 and February 1994, General Ross served as commanding general for the U.S. Army Materiel Command. For four and one-half years prior, he was the deputy chief of staff for logistics for the U.S. Army and, before that the commanding general of the U.S. Army Depot System Command and the chief of staff for the U.S. Army Materiel Command, respectively. His many decades of service also include being commander of the Military Ocean Terminal, Bay Area, commanding the 4th Transportation Brigade and 2nd Support Command, VII Corps in Germany, and serving as the director for transportation, energy and troop support in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, HQDA.

General William T. Hobbins (U.S. Air Force, Ret.)

Gen. Tom Hobbins was Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, NATO Allied Air Component Command, Ramstein; and Director, Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. His responsibility for Air Force activities encompassed a theater spanning three continents, covering more than 20 million square miles, 93 countries and territories, and possessing one-fourth of the world's population and about one-third of the world's Gross Domestic Product. Gen. Hobbins is also a command pilot with more than 5,100 flying hours, primarily in combat aircraft.

Vice Admiral Lyle Bien (U.S. Navy, Ret.)

Vice Admiral Lyle G. Bien USN (Ret.) is a member of the Board of Advisors for Sentek Consulting, Inc., a San Diego-based technology company. Between March 1999 and October 2002, VADS Bien worked at Teledesic LLC, where he was responsible for all matters involving the Government customer, including incorporating DoD requirements into the Teledesic and ICO satellite system designs, products and services.

Terry M. Theodore

Based in Detroit, Mr. Theodore is a Partner of Wynnchurch Capital, a Chicago based private equity firm with $500 million under management for control equity investments in middle market, industrial manufacturing and service businesses facing complex operational performance and financial issues. As a private equity investor for over twenty years Mr. Theodore has acquired, financed and improved the operational performance of industrial companies throughout North and South America, and Europe.