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 Mr. John Epperly, General Manager
As General Manager, John Epperly is the responsible corporate officer for Innovative Concepts. He is responsible for ICI’s profit and loss as well as company growth. He is further responsible for meeting all company goals and objectives, and for leading the entire ICI staff.
John Epperly joined Innovative Concepts in November 2003 as the Vice President of Programs. In this role, John oversaw all program and project management at Innovative Concepts, including programmatic profit and loss. He also led production operations for all hardware products such as IDM, UIDM® and PCIDM®. He was responsible for customer relationship management serving as the liaison to our existing customer base. He was later promoted to Vice President of Operations, where he took on responsibility for all engineering efforts combined with program management and the corporate profit and loss.
John brings to Innovative Concepts over sixteen years of telecommunications and military experience in project and financial management, developing and improving implementation workflow, customer relationship management, and developing and managing business metrics.
Prior to Innovative Concepts, John led a geographically dispersed 180-person team at MCI Telecommunications providing post-installation support for large commercial accounts to include: network optimization and hardening; performance reporting and operational results; network trouble management and resolution of IP, frame relay, ATM, and voice issues.
John’s numerous years of active military experience as a U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry officer continues in the Virginia Army National Guard. Currently, John is a Lieutenant Colonel serving as the Division Operations Officer or G3 for the 29th Infantry Division. He recently returned from a one year combat tour in Iraq and Kuwait as the battalion commander for 3-116 Infantry, a light infantry battalion based in Northern Virginia.
John received a Bachelor of Science degree in General Engineering and International Relations from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Drexel University in Philadelphia. John is also a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College. He is currently attending the U.S. Army War College.
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 Mr.
Dan Conner, Vice President, Sales and Marketing
As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Innovative Concepts,
Dan is responsible for creating and executing the sales strategy.
He leads a team of marketing and sales professionals dedicated to
capturing work across all product lines in the commercial and defense
markets. From his service in the U.S. Army in both Operation Enduring
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Dan brings first hand knowledge
of military communications.
Dan joined Innovative Concepts in 2003 as the International Program
Manager where he attained his PMP certification. With his success
in capturing multiple international programs, he joined the business
development team and became the Account Manager for the Asia Pacific
region. Because of strong leadership skills he was tasked to also
manage the relationship with ICI’s largest customer, the U.S.
Army.
Prior to working at Innovative Concepts, Dan worked as a Project
Manager for several defense, information technology and high tech
companies. He has more than a decade of experience providing services
and product sales to the international defense community.
Dan received his Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University
of Virginia and a Masters in Science in Management Information Systems
from the University of Virginia.
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|  Mr.
Richard Harrison, Vice President,
Corporate Development
As Vice President of Corporate Development Richard Harrison oversees
the strategic direction of the company, handling the evaluation
and incorporation of new programs and technologies into the corporate
base and serving as a principal point of contact with the company’s
strategic partners.
Richard joined Innovative Concepts’ in March 1998 as its first
Vice President of Programs. He subsequently formed the IDM Technology®
Products Group to exploit ICI’s leading edge abilities in
tactical data communications and to establish the company’s
products and services in the global marketplace. In October 2002,
he assumed the role of Vice President of Corporate Business Development.
Richard's professional background spans thirty years and includes
executive management positions for various sized organizations in
corporate and government, public and private, and foreign and domestic
industries. In addition, he has founded and successfully managed
two private companies.
Richard is an active member of the International Data Links Society
and represents the company’s participation in the Network
Centric Operations Industry Consortium.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia
and a Master of Arts degree in Management from Central Michigan
University.
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|  Dr.
Richard Griffin, Senior Product Director, Airborne Mission Systems
and Services
Since joining ICI in 1999, Dr. Griffin has held increasingly responsible
positions, developing various software and hardware systems including
the Improved Data Modem, heading the Systems Engineering group,
and now leading the Airborne Mission Systems and Services team.
He has more than 15 years experience in the design and development
of signal processing and communications systems with specialized
experience in developing reliable and reusable software.
He began his professional career as a Research Physicist at the
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory developing various systems including
optical computers, laser-generated shock wave systems to study the
dynamic properties of explosives, and pattern recognition systems
for anti-submarine warfare. He then moved to the private industry
making various contributions on optical systems for industrial applications,
and lower-cost flight simulators and trainers for the F/A-18 Super
Hornet.
Dr. Griffin received his Bachelor of Science in Physics from Baylor
University. He continued his education at Purdue University where
he received his Master of Science and Ph.D. in Physics.
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Mr. Rich Barrett, Director, Mobile
Network Systems
As Director of Mobile Network Systems, Rich is responsible for the
PCIDM product line and related areas, which include Weapon Data
Links and MIL-STD-188-220. With more than fifteen years of experience
in the design and development of real-time embedded communications
systems, Rich brings a wealth of technical and management experience
to this position, including detailed knowledge of MIL-STD-188-220,
MIL-STD-2045-47001, VMF (MIL-STD-6017), MIL-STD-188-184, AFAPD,
TACFIRE, MTS, and IDL.
Rich joined Innovative Concepts in 1991 as a software engineer and
worked on embedded software engineering projects. Over the course
of his career, he has served as program manager or project engineer
on various programs and led an integrated product team in developing
the PCIDM. In 2003, he was promoted to the Director of Software
Engineering, and was responsible for over 50 software engineers.
He is currently the Director of Mobile Network Systems, focused
on the PCIDM product line, including the UIDM V2.
Rich received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science
from the University of Maryland.
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 Mr.
Charlie Woloszynski, Senior Director, Advanced Network Systems
As Senior Director of Advanced Network Systems, Charlie is responsible
for the Mobiquiti™ product line and related areas. These include
ad-hoc networking, location management solutions, embedded streaming
video solutions, scalable broadband peer-to-peer radios, and embedded
hardware platforms. With more than twenty years of experience in
the specification, design, and development of real-time embedded
data communications systems, Charlie brings a deep knowledge in
creating scalable networking systems from the physical layer through
the application layer.
Charlie joined Innovative Concepts in 2004 as a systems engineer
and worked on various low-data-rate military communications programs,
specifically the IDM program, and quickly became the lead systems
engineer for these programs. In parallel, Charlie took over responsibility
for a small R&D program related to military ad-hoc networks,
leveraging his past experience at Telcordia in their Applied Research
Division. Charlie leveraged the output of this R&D program to
create the basis for a new product line, Mobiquiti, and was promoted
to Senior Director to lead this activity.
Charlie and his team have applied Mobiquiti technology to provide
networking for Navy sea-based sensor platforms, networking solutions
for DHS first-responder solutions to track personnel within buildings,
and to network EOD robots to support range-extension and cooperative
robotic behaviors.
Charlie received his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
from Lehigh University and his Masters of Science in Electrical
Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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|  Mr.
Greg Smith, Chief Engineer
As Chief Engineer, Greg focuses on the systems analysis and architecture
design for communications and signal processing systems. Since joining
Innovative Concepts in 1987, he has been a principal contributor
to numerous key development efforts and system studies including
the Improved Data Modem (IDM) and software defined radio system
design and waveform development for the JTRS and JCIT.
Greg is a recognized expert in the application of military tactical
net radios for data communications and is a contributor to several
military and commercial working groups.
Greg received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
form SUNY Buffalo and his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Andy Feldstein, Chief Technology Officer
Andy was a founder of ICI and served as its sole President and CEO from the company’s inception in 1985. Under his leadership, Innovative Concepts maintained an impressive history of consistent technological success and continues to flourish and grow in today’s changing business environment. Andy oversaw the formation and functions of all business divisions within the company, and provided the vision and strategic planning upon which this success was predicated.
He became the company’s Chief Technology Officer when it was acquired by Herley industries in 2005 and continues in this role now that ICI has become an Elbit Systems of America company. He is a recognized expert in the field of data networking and high reliability data communication systems, supplies advice and council to the organization’s management team in the effective structuring of its strategic planning. Andy also represents the company’s interests in national and international councils and consortia formed to channel emerging technologies into productive delivery constructs supportive of the company’s customer base.
Andy has over thirty years of diverse management experience
within the high-tech industry. He has extensive experience in technical
and project management. In addition, he has great knowledge of corporate
management, including strategic planning, finance, personnel and
business development. Andy has maintained a highly visible reputation
for excellence both as a corporate leader and as a professional
within the technical community.
Prior to founding Innovative Concepts, Andy was a manager of the Satellite
Communications Systems Division at M/A-COM Linkabit’s Eastern
Operations. Under his direction, the Satellite Communications Systems
Division developed several programs key to the company’s success.
Before joining M/A-COM, Andy was a Project Manager at Wilson Hill
Associates, where he planned, designed, and pursued technical development
efforts.
He received a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Science
degree in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University
in Washington, DC. In addition, Andy holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Electrical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University
in University Park, Pennsylvania.
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