July 03, 2009
EARLE RUDOLPH APPOINTED VP OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR MBDA INCORPORATED
Following the recent appointment of the Strategy and Business Operations Vice President, John Pranzatelli, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of MBDA Incorporated Jerry Agee approved the appointment of Earle Rudolph as Vice President of Business Development with immediate effect.
In his role Earle will provide leadership and oversight of the MBDA Incorporated Business Development function and will contribute to the vision of the company's goals to maximize revenue and growth of the U.S. based business through organic sales and partnering relationships. Along with managing the U.S. relationship with MBDA Group Sales and Business functional organization he will provide business development and customer relationship support to MBDA Group international programs that have connections to U.S. government customers or U.S. Primes.
Earle was formerly Vice President of Business Development for QINETIQ Incorporated, a .5 billion multinational technology company.
Jerry Agee, MBDA Incorporated Chairman of the Board, CEO and President, said: "Earle brings a wealth of experience from his extensive work in the government and in the defense industry. His proven record of leading and growing international and domestic business development organizations will be essential to executing our strategic plans."
Biography
- 2006-2009 QinetiQ Inc. Vice President Business Development - Research Strategy
- 2002-2005 Alliant Tech Systems Group Vice President
- 2000-2002 Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Corporate Business Development Manager
- 1998-2000 Raytheon Senior Manager electronic Systems Advanced Programs Division
- 1995-1998 Texas Instruments Program Manager, New Business Strategy Group
- 1991-1995 National Defense University Professor of Information Warfare and Strategy
- Earle served in the United States Navy for 22 years
- Graduated from the University of Arkansas
- Graduated from George Mason University
- He is a published Author
- He resides in Alexandria, Va. is married and has 2 children.
Notes to editors
With industrial facilities in the USA and four European countries, MBDA has an annual turnover of more than billion and an order book of more than billion. With more than 90 armed forces customers in the world, MBDA is a world leader in missiles and missile systems.
MBDA is the only group capable of designing and producing missiles and missile systems that correspond to the full range of current and future operational needs of the three armed forces (land, sea and air). In total, the group offers a range of 45 missile systems and countermeasures products already in operational service and more than 15 others currently in development.