Mr. Clendenin’s career with Boeing spanned thirty-four years. He served as a portfolio executive for a five hundred person engineering organization that generated $200 million to $250 million in annual revenue and maintained contract backlog of more than $1 billion.

His portfolio included equipment that performed field operations, repair and maintenance services, and the development, production and manufacturing test verification and validation for aircraft, weapons and ground vehicles.

Clendenin helped transition his team to predictive diagnosis and proactive maintenance.

They developed and deployed onboard diagnostics, health management, and data analytics toolsets. Designed to anticipate pending failures, these tools targeted the collection, analysis, and reporting of information. They refined the accuracy of repairs and improved the effectiveness of supply chain operations, thereby reducing operating and support costs.

Clendenin’s career has encompassed all phases of the product lifecycle, from design and development to installation, checkout, and support.

• He has managed transactional programs, contractor logistics services, and performance-based logistics.
• He has led support and test equipment for the sustainment programs of major platforms, and for the support equipment development programs of multidisciplined primes.
• He has orchestrated marketing campaigns that resulted in the awarding of competitive, multimillion dollar contracts for test equipment and sustainment services.
• He has conducted customer research and internally funded research and development studies.

Clendenin holds an executive MBA as well as bachelors’ and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and has completed the Executive Program Management Training at Defense Acquisition University in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Industry Associations:
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)
U.S. Air Force Logistics Officers Association (LOA)
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Association of Old Crows (AOC)

Randy’s focus is bringing to clients innovative strategies for procurement, proposals, and superior technical capabilities.

With 36 years of experience at Lockheed Martin and Chrysler Corporation. He has held critical roles in program management and engineering, and led several key Navy, Air Force, and international programs impacting the testing and sustainment of military aircraft, around the world.

Prior to joining SES, Randy served as the market segment director for Lockheed Martin’s Training and Logistics Solutions (TLS) line of business. In this role he led the contract execution and strategic growth of Lockheed Martin’s Enterprise Test Solutions and Sustainment business in Orlando, Florida and Fort Worth, Texas. The business had annualized sales of $250 million and double digit return on sales. Core was responsible for the pursuit and capture of more than $4 billion of test and logistics business during his tenure as director.

He also served as program director of the US Navy’s $300 million CASS Test Program Set (TPS) Offload Program at Lockheed Martin. Randy was responsible for all aspects of the Navy’s largest ever test program development effort for support of Navy aircraft aboard all US aircraft carriers, L-Class ships, and shore-based sites. His responsibilities spanned multiple development and production programs as well as the deployment of the capability worldwide.

Prior roles include director of hardware engineering at Lockheed Martin TLS, overseeing more than 400 engineers across Lockheed Martin’s Training and Logistics lines, and as product design engineer for the Chrysler Corporation within its Pentastar SCADA division in Huntsville, Alabama.

Core holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and completed the Executive Program Management Training at Defense Acquisition University.

With twenty-five years of industry experience, Tad Papineau is a four-time winner of the Boeing Performance Excellence Award and a highly regarded leader in aerospace and defense business administration.

With a degree in electrical engineering from Seattle University, Papineau enjoys skiing, motorcycle riding, and travel.