Expertise
Executive Management, Financial Management, Systems Integration, Change Leadership, Logistics Transformation
Profile
Brigadier General Gary Connor, USAF (Ret), has over 30 years of senior executive management experience leading multi-billion dollar enterprises and thousands of people to develop and field fighter, missile defense, command & control (C2), and intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance (ISR) systems for the US, NATO and Allies. General Connor is a seasoned leader and experienced manager with superior communication, organizational, execution, international relations and people skills.
Significant Career Accomplishments
As Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) director, inherited a 40%-downsized workforce with 25% less budget and inspired fielding of 50% more interceptors and two successful $150M intercept tests, and drove operational system readiness rates above 95%.
Arrested $1.1B cost overrun for $18B+ GMD program by levying strict controls and performance incentives with industry.
Crafted and implemented unique strategy to field state-of-the-art airborne signals intelligence capabilities; forged four companies into a “virtual” prime contractor. This novel technical and business model delivered $500M of integrated air and ground systems in only four years.
Crafted innovative, long-term JSTARS fleet support contract—the DOD model for performance based logistics (PBL). In the first year, exceeded availability and performance metrics, fielding 33% more aircraft with 18% less budget and achieved a deployed 98% sortie generation rate.
Key Positions
Deputy Program Manager, Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)
Program Director, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Program
Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications, Multi-National Forces, Iraq
Commander, Command & Control (C2) Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) Wing
Commander, Battle Management Systems Wing
Director, Reconnaissance Systems Program Office (SPO)
Education
MS, Computer Engineering, University of Lowell
MS, National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF)
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Lowell
Air Command and Staff College
Program Manager’s Course, Defense Systems Management College (DSMC)
Squadron Officer School
