Brigadier General (P) Eldon A. Bargewell, USA, is the Director of the Center for Operations, Plans, and Policy, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. From 1993 to 1996 BG Bargewell was assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command as the J-3. From August 1998 to June 00, BG Bargewell was assigned as the Commanding General, Special Operations Command, EUCOM in Stuttgart, Germany. During operation ALLIED FORCE in the FRY, BG Bargewell was the Commander for JSOTF Nobel Anvil, responsible for CSAR and other special operations missions. The General’s previous assignment was the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, Stabilization Force HQ, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He has commanded special operations units from team to Special Operations Command level in Southeast Asia, Operations JUST CAUSE, DESERT STORM, RESTORE DEMOCRACY, and ALLIED FORCE.

Richard C. Barnard, VP, Executive Editor, Defense Newsis executive editor of Defense News, Space News and Federal Times, weekly newspapers about political and business issues, foreign trade, national security policies, aerospace technologies and federal management. He also is chief editor of the companion web sites for these papers, Defensenews.com, Spacenews.com and Federal Times.com Barnard has been a journalist for 28 years, and has been involved in the coverage of defense, space and federal management issues for much of that time.

Robert D. Bauerlein is Vice President, International Operations for the Government Relations Office. Mr. Bauerlein leads the development and execution of Government Relations’ strategies for Boeing international programs/issues, and has oversight of the company’s export licensing process for defense articles. Mr. Bauerlein entered federal service in 1976 in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as a budget analyst. Seven years later he moved to the State Department and worked in various capacities, first as a special assistant to the Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, and finishing, after nine years, as the Director of the Deputy Secretary’s Office of Policy and Resources. From State he moved to his position with the Air Force, as Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs. Mr. Bauerlein holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in political science from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Robin L. Beard is the president of Raytheon Company’s Government Relations. Based in Washington, D.C., Beard directs the company’s liaison within the Executive and Legislative branches of the Federal government as well as state and local government relations. Beard joined Raytheon in 1998 as president of Raytheon International Europe. In that position, Beard was responsible for all of Raytheon’s marketing activities within both government and commercial markets throughout Europe, Israel, the Community of Independent States (CIS) and Africa. Prior to joining Raytheon, Beard served as chairman of Hughes Europe and as vice president of Hughes Electronics Corporation. Beard joined Hughes in October 1995 after serving two separate terms (1984-1897 and 1992-1995) as Assistant Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based in Brussels.

Jim Blaker is a Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation. He served in various governmental positions over a 30 year career, including Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Senior Advisor to the Vice-Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and as the Personal Representative of the Secretary of Defense to the MBFR negotiations. He was a junior officer in the Army infantry during Vietnam, holds a PhD, has authored a number of articles on the American revolution in military affairs, and has taught at the University of Michigan and the George Washington University.

Gerhard Brauer is the Deputy Director of the German Liaison Office for Defense Materiel and Head of Defense Technology in Reston. He is a graduate from the Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany. During his 27-year service for the German defense organization, he held several aviation program management positions. His previous position was German Program Director for the Tiger helicopter.

Dr. Lawrence J. Cavaiola is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales, Inc. and Thales North America. Previously, Dr. Cavaiola held positions as President of the Northrop Grumman Litton Ship Systems Full Service Center and Vice President for Strategic and Business Development for Northrop Grumman’s shipbuilding sector. He also held senior positions in business and technology development and strategic planning with Loral Corporation and Lockheed Martin, as well as senior government positions with the United States Congress and Department of Defense. Dr. Cavaiola graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy, spent ten years on active duty with the US Navy, retiring in 1995 as a Captain in the US Naval Reserve. He is a member of both the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel and the Naval Postgraduate School Board of Advisors. He holds a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Operations Research from The Johns Hopkins University.

Pierre Chao is a Managing Director and Senior Aerospace/Defense Analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr Chao has been involved in numerous landmark transactions and has been on the Institutional Investor All American Research Team since eligible from 1996-2000 and his team was ranked the number one global aerospace/defense group by Institutional Investor in 2000. Mr. Chao has been ranked the number one aerospace/defense analyst in the 1995-99 Greenwich Associates polls, number one in the 1998-99 Reuters Polls and appeared on the Wall Street Journal All Star Team four times. Mr. Chao was appointed by President Clinton to the Presidential Commission on Offsets in International Trade and served on the Army Science Board. Previously Mr. Chao was associated with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Smith Barney, JSA International and Prudential-Bache Capital Funding. Mr. Chao received dual Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science & Management Science from M.I.T.

Colin Clark has been senior editor of Defense News since the beginning of August. For the previous two years he covered U.S. arms exports, NATO, the U.S. Office of Secretary of Defense, American procurement policy and South Africa for Defense News. Clark joined Defense News in September 1998 after almost two years with the U.S. newsletter, Defense Week, where he won second place for analytic reporting in 1997 from the Newsletter Publishers Foundation for his coverage of the Quadrennial Defense Review.

Colin Coleman obtained his Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney, and Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University in Astrophysics. Following an academic career in the UK, Italy and Australia, he joined the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation in 1990, working initially on missile guidance systems. He was appointed in 1994 to head the Guidance and Control Group, and subsequently the RF Seekers Group, in Weapons Systems Division. Since August 2000 he has been based in Washington as the Defence Science Attache to the United States.

Peter Dahlstrom was appointed Counselor for Defense Cooperation, Embassy of Sweden, Washington DC in 2001. Mr. Dahlstrom’s previous position, since 1996, was Vice President, Artillery Systems, Bofors Weapon Systems. He first joined the Bofors Company in 1984, and held various positions within the company. Mr. Dahlstrom became a Commissioned Officer (Artillery) in 1970. He attended the Armed Forces Staff and War College from 1976 until 1979, and was a General Staff Officer from 1979 until 1984.

Lt.Gen. Charles W. Dyke, USA (Ret) is Chairman and CEO of International Technology & Trade Associates. Since founding ITTA in 1989, General Dyke has continued to pursue a broad range of interests in defense policy, technology, development, trade policies, and international affairs. Over an Army career that included 12 years as a General Officer, General Dyke held a progression of senior positions in the Department of the Army, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army, Europe culminating in his assignment as Commanding General, U.S. Army Japan (1985-1988). In this capacity General Dyke worked with military, diplomatic, political, and business leaders in both countries to strengthen the policy and the operational dimensions of U.S.-Japan security relations. He is also a recognized authority on European and Sino-Soviet affairs.

Frank Finelli joined The Carlyle Group, a global private equity merchant bank, in December 1998, where he focuses on leveraged buyouts in the defense and aerospace sector. Previously, Mr. Finelli served as the legislative assistant responsible for defense, intelligence, and foreign affairs for Senator Dan Coats (R-IN), Chairman of the Airland Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee, and member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Mr. Finelli reviewed defense procurement and research and development programs. He also developed legislation, presented speeches and published articles associated with defense transformation and joint experimentation. Before retiring as an Army Lieutenant Colonel, Mr. Finelli served as a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). Mr. Finelli is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and member of the Washington Society of Investment Analysts.

Stephen French is the senior civilian in the British Defence Staff, but heads a mixed civilian/military team. They support the activities of a number of areas in the Ministry of Defence, most notably the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), the Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO), the Central Customer Organisation, the Central Scientific Staffs, the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) and the Central Policy Staffs. Stephen took up his post, in the grade of Under Secretary, oin August 1999, and is the senior civilian in BDS(W). He is responsible for all issues concerning US/UK defence equipment policy and support of the acquisition process. He joined the Ministry of Defence in 1975 after graduating in Natural Sciences from Fitzilliam College Cambridge. He has held posts in the UK Delegation to NATO, and as Private Secretary to the Chief of Defence Procurement.

Aaron B. Fuller, III is Vice President and General Manager in the Federal Sector Defense Group at Computer Sciences Corporation. He leads a business unit with more than 2,000 staff focused on Warfighting and Information Dominance for Air and Missile Defense and Navy/Marine Corps programs in worldwide locations.

Hal Gershanoff has been publisher and editor of the Journal of Electronic Defense for the past eighteen years. He has been involved in military electronics since 1960, installing, operating and marketing these systems on five continents. He is a member of the Association of Old Crows, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the American Society of Business Press Editors and the National Press Club. He is also a past-president of the Aviation/Space Writers Association.

H.E. Przemyslaw Grudzinski is Ambassador to the United States, Embassy of the Republic of Poland. He presented his credentials on 5 September, 2000. The Ambassador was Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland, from 1997 to 2000. From 1994-1997, he was a Professor at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch – Partenkirchen, Germany. Ambassador Grudzinski was Deputy Minister of National Defense (Policy) in Poland from 1992 – 1993. Ambassador Grudzinski was a member of NSZZ “Solidarno” (Solidarity movement) from its beginning, and a founding member of the Euro-Atlantic Association, Warsaw, in 1994; Council on Foreign Policy, Warsaw, in 1996. The Ambassador was a Fulbright Fellow, Princeton University (1998 – Fall), and a visiting Professor, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles and Center for Strategic and International Studies, UCLA.

James J. Jochum currently serves as the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He served as Senior Manager of Government Relations for Accenture, formerly known as Andersen Consulting. Prior to joining Accenture, Mr. Jochum served as Majority Counsel to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. In that capacity, he was the lead counsel for export control policy and international trade and finance issues. He also served as Legislative Director and International Trade Counsel to Senator Charles Grassley. Prior to coming to Washington, Mr. Jochum was an attorney in private practice for Foley & Lardner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Assistant Vice-President of Brenton Banks, Inc., of Des Moines, Iowa. He received a J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1990 and B.A. in political science from the University of Iowa in 1987.

Joel L. Johnson is Vice President, International, of the Aerospace Industries Association, which represents the major US aerospace manufacturers. Prior positions with the federal government include the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, Deputy Director of the Office of Trade Policy at Treasury, and Professional Staff Member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Richard G. Kirkland was named Vice President, International Programs for Lockheed Martin Corporation in April 1998. This organization serves as the primary interface between the corporation, the U.S. Government and Washington-based foreign government representatives on all international matters. Mr. Kirkland was Vice President for Business Development at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems since May 1996. He was responsible for existing customers and new business from U.S. and foreign governments and developed closely related commercial markets for the company’s aeronautical products. Before joining Lockheed Martin, he served as Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Legislative Affairs where he used experience gained as Director, Senate Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Navy. A Career Naval Officer, selected for Flag rank, he is both a designated Naval Aviator and a Surface Warfare Officer.

Richard L. Kugler is a distinguished research professor with the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, where he focuses on NATO and U.S. defense strategy. Prior to this position, Dr. Kugler held several posts at the RAND Corporation, including senior social scientist and associate director, International Security and Defense Policy Center. Dr. Kugler was director of the Strategic Concepts Development Center of National Defense University and Director, European Forces Division, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation, where he was also senior analyst in the Asia and European Division. He is the author of “Commitment to Purpose: How Alliance Partnership Won the Cold War”, “U.S.-West European Cooperation in Out-of-Area Military Operations”, and other works on NATO security.

Marvin Leibstone is the North American editor for the Monch Group, publishers of “Military Technology”, “NATO’s Nations” and “Naval Forces” magazines. He is also the publisher and editor of the defense newsletter “US and Offshore”. His column “North America Outlook” is published in Military Technology magazine every month.

Richard B. Lewis, II has nearly forty years experience leading commercial and military aviation and electronics programs. His early career focused on rotary wing technology at Sikorsky Aircraft, Lockheed, and the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command. From 1983 to 1985 he served as Director of Army Research and Technology. He then joined ITT Corporation where he was responsible for semiconductor and electronics systems operations in the U.S. and Europe. Returning to aeronautics in 1998, he is currently Chief Operating Officer for Rolls-Royce Corporation in Indianapolis. His honors and awards include decorations from Presidents Carter and Reagan, as well as the ITT Harold S. Geneen Award for Creative Management.

Dr. William L. (Bill) Macmillan was appointed the Counsellor, Defence Research and Development at the Canadian Embassy, Washington DC in August 1998. In this capacity, he represents Defence Research and Development Canada, with broad responsibilities for managing Defense Science and Technology collaboration with the United States, and with allies in multilateral programs. Dr. Macmillan has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Royal Military College of Canada, and a PhD in gas turbine technologies from the Cranfield Institute of Technology, United Kingdom. He has served as an Aerospace Engineering Officer in the Canadian Forces, and since 1980 has been a civilian Defense Scientist serving in a number of management and senior executive positions associated with defense research and development.

Richard E. Metrey is President of Defense Technology Associates, Inc. Prior to his retirement from government service in January 2001, he served as Director of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division and as Technical Director of its predecessor organization, the David Taylor Research Center, for a total of 15 years. Carderock Division is a US Navy Laboratory of 3800 employees with an annual throughput of $850M. As Director/Technical Director, he was directly responsible for the business base and for the technical program of the organization. Prior to this, Mr. Metrey served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Surface Warfare. Mr. Metrey with over 40 years of US Navy R&D experience holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from George Washington University, Washington, DC.

Brigadier General Nash is currently serving as Director, Operations Division, Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. In June 1994, he reported for duty at Camp Lejeune and has served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (G-3) for both II Marine Expeditionary Force and U.S. Marine Corps Force, Atlantic. In July 1997, Brigadier General Nash assumed command of the 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. During this period, he also served as the Operations Officer for the Downing Task Force which investigated the Khobar Towers bombing and as the Commander of Joint Task Force Auburn Endeavor, which supported Department of Energy operations in Tbilisi, Ga. In July 1998, he was assigned as Commanding General, 3d Force Service Support Group, Okinawa, Japan. In April 1999, Brigadier General Nash relinquished command of 3d Force Service Support Group and assumed command of the 3d Marine Division.

The Honorable David R. Oliver, Jr. was the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. The Senate confirmed him to the position on May 21, 1998. He served two administrations until July 2001 and is currently a consultant (Dave Oliver, Jr., Associates). In 1995, Mr. Oliver joined Westinghouse Electric Systems Group in Baltimore, Maryland as the Manager for Naval Analysis, and later, Director of a major international program. Then he moved to the position of Director of Technology and Business Development for Naval Systems following the Northrop Grumman Corporation’s acquisition of Westinghouse’s Baltimore operations.

John Roos joined Armed Forces Journaql International in 1987 as International Editor and became Editor in 1992. Prior to joining the Journal, he served 20 years as an active-duty US Army officer. He is a member of the US Army Infantry OCS Hall of Fame. He was the only defense journalist invited by US Intelligence Subcommittee staffs to comment in a closed session concerning the overhaul of the US intelligence community, and was one of five Americans invited by the German government to participate in the November 1997 NATO expansion conference in Munich.

Yitzhak Soroka has been with the Israel Ministry of Defense since 1974, and has been Head of Export Services Center and North America Division, SIBAT since December, 1999. Mr. Soroka is in charge of the center of export services which incorporate a number of services assisting the Israeli Defense Industries in their worldwide activities. Mr. Soroka’s position involves supporting the Defense Industries in the following main fields: licensing, international exhibitions and generating profound data base for the exporters and IMOD management; coordinating all the budget and manpower issues at Sibat. Previous SIBAT positions include Director of North American and Turkey Division – 1/98, Director of Central Europe Division – 1996-1998, Director of Mediterranean Division – 1992-1996. Mr. Soroka was the SIBAT representative to the United States in Washington DC from 1988-1992.

Gregory M. Suchan has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Plans and Policy in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs since May 1, 2000. His direct responsibilities include supervision of the Office of Defense Trade Controls (PM/DTC) and the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers (PM/RSAT). Overall, the arms transfers reviewed by these offices amount to over $30 billion each year. In addition, Mr. Suchan is responsible within the PM bureau for regional security issues, including conducting bilateral security dialogues with more than twenty countries every year.

David S. Tarbell was appointed on August 21, 1994, as director of the Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA) in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. On October 1, 1998, DTSA was merged into the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Mr. Tarbell is dual-hatted as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Technology Security Policy and as the Director, Technology Security Directorate, DTRA. The Technology Security Directorate in DTRA is responsible for developing and implementing DOD policies on international transfers of defense-related goods, services, and technologies by any country or entity that could be detrimental to US security.

Air Vice-Marshall J.H. Thompson CB RAF is Defence Attache and Head of the British Defence Staff (Washington). Air Vice-Marshal Thompson’s early career was spent flying fast jets in Bahrain, Germany and the UK. In 1989 he assumed command of Royal Air Force Wittering which was followed by attendance at the Royal College of Defence Studies and the Higher Command and Staff Course. In 1996 he was detached to Brussels and Sarajevo as the Military Adviser to Mr Carl Bildt. In January 1997, he was appointed Air Officer Commanding and Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. In July 1998 he was posted as the Air Officer Commanding Number 1 Group.

Alfred G. Volkman joined the Office of the Secretary of Defense in January 1987. He has served as Principal Director for Armaments Cooperation on the staff of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Dual Use Technology Policy and International programs; and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International programs. Since June 1996 he has served as the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary (Armaments Cooperation) to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (International and Commercial Programs). On January 2, 2000, Mr. Volkman’s title changed to Director, International Cooperation.

Lt.Gen. Tome H. Walters Jr. is Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Arlington, VA. The agency directs and oversees U.S. foreign military sales, foreign military financing programs, international military education and training programs, humanitarian assistance and demining. The General was born in Shreveport, LA., and graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1970. He has served in command and staff positions at Air force headquarters, the Joint Staff, Air Mobility Command, Air Training Command and Strategic Air Command. He commanded an air refueling squadron, a pilot training operations group and air refueling wing. He is a command pilot, having flown more than 3,500 hours in air refueling and trainer aircraft, including 100 combat support sorties in Southeast Asia.

General Larry D. Welch, USAF (Retired) is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) in Washington D.C. - a federally chartered research center providing operations and technical analysis, and management and information systems design and development for the Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies. Before assuming his current position, he served for 39 years in U.S. military forces from private in the U.S. Army National Guard to Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force. In addition to his IDA duties, he serves on a number of boards, panels and commissions that serve the national security establishment to include serving as Chairman of the DOD Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, the Joint DOD/DOE Joint Advisory Committee on Nuclear Weapons Surety, and as a member of the Defense Science Board, and the Rumsfeld Commission on Ballistic Missile Defense.

David Whiteree is Chairman of IDEEA, Inc., Chief Executive and founder of the ComDef series of exhibitions and symposia. IDEEA, Inc. is a full service international business development and marketing company established in Washington DC. Mr. Whiteree is founder/publisher of “Common Defense Forum”.

Quentin Whiteree has been President and Chief Operating Officer of IDEEA, Inc. since 1 January, 1999. Prior to this, he was Vice President of the company responsible for business focus, with an emphasis on emerging information and computer technologies. He joined IDEEA, Inc. in 1987 and has held a series of appointments within the company. He holds a joint BA honors degree in marketing from Strathclyde University, Scotland. Mr. Whiteree is a member of the National Press Club.