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AeroAstro Management Team:

Paul LithgowPresident -- Paul Lithgow

Mr. Paul Lithgow was named President of Comtech AeroAstro, Inc. in August 2008. He was previously AeroAstro's Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining AeroAstro, Mr. Lithgow served as the Director of Advanced Concepts at Radyne and led the Advanced Programs Division at Spectrum Astro until Aug 2004. Mr. Lithgow has over 25 years of management and technical experience and, in addition to Comtech AeroAstro, Radyne, and Spectrum Astro, has held senior positions with Aegis Research Corporation and had a wide ranging Air Force career serving in airlift, acquisition, and technical intelligence positions. Mr. Lithgow has a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Arizona and an MS in Engineering from Wright State University.

Also active in his community, Mr. Lithgow is a Member of the Board of Directors for Agape Youth Ministries, developing a program and building facilities to serve at-risk teens. He and his wife founded and directed Alan Ranch for troubled teens to help them turn their lives around by working with animals and on ranch facilities.


Pat RemiasSenior Vice President and General Manager, Space Systems Group -- Patricia Remias

Ms. Pat Remias joined Comtech AeroAstro in 2001, initially serving as Program Manager for AeroAstro's STPSat-1 spacecraft program. She was subsequently promoted to Vice President of Programs and now serves as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Comtech AeroAstro's Space Systems Group. In this role, Ms. Remias has full responsibility for activities in the Space Systems Group, including ensuring outstanding performance on all Comtech AeroAstro's ongoing and planned space programs, coordinating pursuit of related business opportunities, and building engineering and corporate infrastructure.

Ms. Remias has spent her entire career in weapons system and satellite development. She has over 23 years of management experience in DoD, NASA, and commercial aerospace programs, working for entities like NAVAIR and Orbital Sciences Corporation prior to joining Comtech AeroAstro. Since 1989, she has focused primarily on small satellite system development, launch, and operation, including management of five small satellite development efforts.

Ms. Remias earned her BS in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Certificate in Engineering Management from The Catholic University of America. She has served on AIAA's National Capital Section Executive Council and is currently a member of the Advisory Board for Virginia Tech's Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering.


Craig GravelleSenior Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Planning -- Craig Gravelle

Mr. Craig Gravelle, Comtech AeroAstro's Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Planning, has over 25 years of space system development and advanced programs experience. As a member of Comtech AeroAstro's executive management team, his primary responsibilities are to generate new business, form strategic partnerships, develop new customers, and support Comtech AeroAstro's continued growth strategy.

Before joining Comtech AeroAstro, Mr. Gravelle worked for companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 global aerospace firms. He was founder and Chief Operating Officer of Signal Research Corporation (SRC), a Colorado-based provider of unique, high-value intelligence and space solutions. He has also held key operations and business development positions with Lockheed Martin, Spectrum Astro, and General Dynamics. His experience includes appointments as Director of Strategic Planning for Spectrum Astro and Vice President & General Manager of Space and Surveillance for General Dynamics Electronic Systems.

Mr. Gravelle earned his BS in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan and has taken masters level classes at the University of Colorado.


Stanley O. Kennedy, JrVice President and General Manager, Space Products Group -- Stanley O. Kennedy, Jr.

Stanley O. Kennedy, Jr. serves as the Vice President and General Manager of the Space Products Group (SPG) for Comtech AeroAstro. In this role Mr. Kennedy is responsible for developing enabling missions, technologies, components, and sensor systems to support internal Space Systems Group development and external government and commercial client's mission needs. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Kennedy was Vice President of the Comtech AeroAstro Advanced Products Group.

Mr. Kennedy has 24 years of hands-on experience in aerospace engineering; his extensive small satellite, launch vehicle, upper stage, and ground systems experience coupled with mission domain knowledge in military, intelligence, civil, and commercial markets supports Comtech AeroAstro's development of innovative solutions for key customers. Prior to joining Comtech AeroAstro, Mr. Kennedy served as the Senior Program Manager for developing innovative small satellite systems and concepts for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Denver, Colorado.

Mr. Kennedy is a recently appointed Associate Fellow and Lifetime Member, since 1983, of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Mr. Kennedy earned his BS in Aerospace Engineering at California State Polytechnic University Pomona and his Master of Engineering in Engineering Management at the University of Colorado - Boulder.








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