Who We Are

As the Acting VP of Programs and Operations at Applied Aerospace Structures Corporation, Kevin is responsible for Aircraft and Land & Sea Program Management Teams as well as the corporate-wide shared Operations & Plant Engineering functions. Kevin also has responsibilities for maintaining all customer contracts and insuring customer requirements are entered correctly into AASC’s ERP system which drives MRP demand and correct shipping and billing requirements. Kevin has been with AASC since 1991 and has held positions as Manufacturing Engineer, Plant Engineer, Sales & Marketing Engineer, Program Manager and Director of Programs & Operations. Kevin holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, and an MBA from California State University, Stanislaus.

As the Director of Quality Assurance, Mike is responsible for Applied Aerospace Structures Corporations compliance to and continuing registration to AS9100 and Nadcap special process accreditations. In addition to his role as compliance officer, Mike also drives corporate-wide continuous improvement initiatives to improve current processes in AASC’s business management system. Mike has also worked in the role of Sr. Program Manager at AASC, since he was hired in 2004, and has been in his current position since 2008. Mike previously worked for Lockheed Missiles and Space, GTE Government Systems, and Space Systems/Loral in satellite black box design and test as well as special operations system design and integration. Mike holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from California State University, Sacramento.
Mike has played the drums since the fourth grade and enjoys playing music with other musicians. When not banging on the drums, Mike along with his wife, enjoy the company of their three daughter’s families and three granddaughters.

As the Director of Engineering, Mike is responsible for supporting and managing customer requirements for design and build contracts, concurrent engineering efforts and materials and product development and testing. Mike has more than 30 years of space flight structures and antenna experience and has been the responsible engineer on many spaceflight sub systems including antennas, arrays, and structures, many for deep space science missions. Mike has a considerable background in composites, RF and antenna design and has received several awards and patents from within the space community. Mike graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Farnborough College of Technology and worked for Marconi Space and Defense in the UK before immigrating to the US in 1984 and joining RCA Astro Electronics in Princeton NJ. Mike worked through the heritage Astro organization of RCA, GE, Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin leaving his position as a section manager in the antenna group in Newtown PA to join AASC in 1998.