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Meet the President
On January 1, 2003, the Board of Directors of Constellation Technology
Corporation appointed William E. Swartz, Ph.D. as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Constellation Technology. Dr. Swartz had been Vice
President and Director of Analytical Services with the corporation.
Bill received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971. His technical specialty was
surface analysis using techniques such as x-ray photoelectron and Auger
spectroscopy. He held Post Doctoral positions in the Department of
Chemistry at the University of Georgia and the Center for Materials Science
at the University of Maryland before becoming Assistant Professor of
Chemistry at the University of South Florida. At USF, Bill rose through the
academic ranks and became Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Chemistry. In 1986, Bill left the
academic world and became Manager of Advanced Instrumentation and
Development at General Electric Neutron Devices Department (GENDD). GENDD
was a contractor for the US Department of Energy charged with the
production of electro-mechanical components for nuclear weapons. With time,
he managed polymer, chemical, metallurgical, ceramics, and nondestructive
evaluation laboratories for GENDD. Each of these laboratories performed
Process Development materials research relevant to the GENDD mission. When
GENDD became Lockheed Martin Specialty Components, Bill also managed the
Manufacturing Engineering group charged with making designs generated by
the DOE National Laboratory network manufacturable. In 1997, Bill joined
Constellation Technology as Manager of Analytical Services. Bill’s
leadership enabled the Analytical Services Laboratory at Constellation to
achieve accreditation by the American Association for Laboratory
Accreditation (A2LA) for chemical, mechanical and nondestructive testing.
The full, three-discipline scope of accredited analysis is perhaps the
broadest of any A2LA accredited laboratory.
Bill brings many years of technical managerial leadership and an
extensive knowledge of materials technology, process development and
analysis to the position of President and CEO at Constellation Technology.
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Meet the Board of Directors
The Constellation Board of Directors is made up of four employee members
and two outside directors. The internal members are:
The external directors are:
The links above point to the background of each director.
Brig. Gen. Gary Brown, U.S. Marine Corps. (Retired)
Brigadier General Gary Brown (Retired) is currently Director of
Programs, College of Marine Science, at the University of South Florida.
His responsibilities include analysis, revision, and ongoing restructuring
of over $20 million in government grants and contracts. He provides program
management, seeks new business opportunities, and provides assistance to
various Principal Investigators regarding government contractual
requirements and deliverables.
Prior to joining the University of South Florida, General Brown was
Director of Programs at L-3 Communications, Security Systems Division,
which develops, manufactures, installs, and maintains explosive
detection systems for screening checked airline baggage.
General Brown also held leadership positions for Lockheed Martin
including Director Rapid Response Program, Director department of Defense
Programs. Deputy General Manager-Director of Technology Transfer, and
Director-Program Management.
General Brown had a distinguished career in the Unites States Marine
Corps culminating as Commanding General–Marine Forces Southwest Asia and
Deputy Commanding General–Marine Forces Pacific.
Major Gen. Randall West, U.S. Marine Corps. (Retired)
Major General Randall L. West (ret) is currently the
Vice President of Robison International Inc., Washington, D.C. where
he serves as a consultant and advisor to industry, DoD and the Congress
primarily on matters of National Security and Policy.
He also serves on the Board of Directors for
Paralyzed Veterans of America and is a member of the White House Commission
on remembrance.
Major General West is a graduate of the University of
North Carolina. He has an MBA from Auburn University and a master’s degree
in national defense and strategic studies from the Naval War College.
General West had a distinguished career in the Marine
Corps including assignments to the Republic of Vietnam, Desert Storm, a
legislative fellow assisting the House appropriations committee with
national security and defense matters and lessons learned from Desert
Storm, and senior advisor for the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Chemical
and Biological Protection.
Salvatore Barone , Director of Programs
Mr. Barone is Director of Programs for Constellation Technology and is responsible for management of all government funded research and development programs. He has over 14 years of program and project management experience.
Prior to Constellation, Mr. Barone was Director of Product Development at Lightport.Com, an Application Service Provider (ASP) specializing in web site content management tools, on-line reporting, and site hosting for the financial and investment services industry.
Prior to Lightport.Com, Mr. Barone served as a project management consultant to Intermedia Communications application delivery group. He led application software development projects and was project manager for the group’s enterprise project management system.
Mr. Barone began his career at the Communications Electronics Command's Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CECOM RDEC) at Fort Monmouth NJ where he specialized in modeling and simulation of Command, Control, and Communications (C3) systems. Mr. Barone served as head of the Platform Simulation Branch.
Mr. Barone holds a Bachelors of Engineering Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken NJ, MS in Software Engineering from Monmouth University, West Long Branch NJ and MS in Technology Management from University of Pennsylvania's EMTM program, which is co-sponsored by the Wharton School and the School of Engineering. Mr. Barone is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Ronald Vigil, Production Manager
Ron Vigil is Production Manager for Constellation Technology and is
responsible for the manufacturing of all products. Prior to this assignment
Mr. Vigil was manager of Constellation’s Development Laboratory,
which encompasses electron beam evaporation, sputtering and filament
evaporation. These technologies are utilized both commercially and for
internal product development.
Prior to joining Constellation, Mr. Vigil managed several departments
for the Lockheed Martin DOE Pinellas Plant including equipment calibration
and maintenance, production process control, advanced process engineering,
and quality control.
Mr. Vigil has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and is a registered
professional engineer.
Gail Rogers, CFO and Director of Contracts
Ms Rogers was hired as an employee in July 2003 as the Company’s Director of Contracts and became the CFO in the spring of 2005. Most of her career (since early 80’s) has been in the government contracting industry as a CFO or a Business Management Consultant for national and international companies working for the Federal Government.
Some areas of her expertise include cost accounting, software conversions, budgets, indirect rates, proposal development, negotiating contracts, contract management and administration, DCAA audits and compliance issues, and policies and procedures. She has also participated in corporate strategic planning conferences, developed the structure of cost pools and rates for varies business and advised on the cost implications and developed a training course on Government Cost Accounting Practices for USF SBDC/PTAC.
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