Davidson Technologies has distinguished itself in the aerospace and missile defense industry with an outstanding reputation for excellence. Specifically, DTI is recognized for hiring noted experts, and experienced engineers and scientists who are dedicated to providing our customers with solutions to complex problems in a timely and uniquely responsive way. DTI is dedicated to our nation's defense and our nation's exploration of space.
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Dorothy Smith Davidson is a native of Northern Virginia. After receiving a BS in Mathematics in 1956, she took a position as a Research Mathematician with the US Air Force at the Pentagon. During this period she continued her advance education in mathematics, business administration and system engineering. In 1965, Mrs. Davidson began her work in industry as a system engineer. Her employment took her to Europe where she worked with several USA and German companies. Mrs. Davidson returned to the United States after seventeen years abroad and consulted for USA companies who interfaced with European companies. She married Julian Davidson in 1981, and in 1992 they moved to Huntsville. Mrs. Davidson managed several companies and trusts, and devoted much of her time to serving on numerous boards and committees. In 2013, she took the helm of Davidson Technologies as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.
Chief Executive Officer
Chuck Greer has over 30 years of management, technology and logistics professional research, development, and acquisition experience. His training began with various Army Infantry, Ordnance, and Acquisition Corps assignments worldwide. Mr. Greer chaired NATO Army Armaments Group (NAAG) Land Group 5 (LG/5) on Army Air Defenses, 1996 to 1999. Mr. Greer graduated from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles with and MS, Systems Management and from the University of the South, Mobile, Alabama with a BS in Business Management. His career highlights include:
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Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Deputy Director and Chief of the Advanced Systems Concept Office (ASCO)
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Program Executive Office (PEO) for Tactical Missiles
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Deputy Program Executive Officer (DPEO)
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Air-to-Ground Missile Systems (AGMS) Project Office
Program Executive Office (PEO) for Tactical Missiles
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Program Manager
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Program Executive Office (PEO) for Tactical Missiles
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Special Staff Officer
143rd Ordnance Battalion
63rd Ordnance Brigade, Edgewood area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Commander
HELLFIRE/GLLD Project Office
U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Chief of Logistics Management Division and Assistant Project Manager for Logistics
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Stinger Project Office
U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Stinger Project Manager’s Representative for Europe (PMR-E)
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Kwajalein Missile Range Directorate
Kwajalein Missile Range, Marshall Islands, Pacific Theater
Range Control Officer and R&D Coordinator801st Maintenance Battalion (Direct Support)
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Sr. Vice President, Chief Business Development Officer
Austin Boyd, Chief Business Development Officer, brings a broad array of business growth experience to the Davidson team.
Prior to his work at Davidson, Boyd served as Chief Executive Officer for INERGI, a product development and low-rate manufacturing firm in Huntsville, AL. Boyd was selected as CEO in 2010 to support a restructuring of the INERGI business over a two-year period through the end of 2011. He led INERGI through a subsequent acquisition process.
Before joining INERGI, Boyd served as Business Development Manager, and then Commercial Products Transition Manager, for SAIC, a multi-billion dollar technical services firm with a major business unit in Huntsville.
Boyd served in the United States Navy, retiring in 1998 as the Director of Space Plans, with responsibility for leading naval satellite communications and missile defense planning for the Navy. He served as a pilot in ten squadrons, including flight test work on classified aircraft programs and operational tours as a mission commander in antisubmarine warfare. After his flying tours, he served in Navy and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) organizations as a spacecraft engineer, leveraging his MSEE in Spacecraft Systems Engineering. Boyd was responsible for satellite communications and classified space programs in the Pentagon and the Naval Space Command.
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Knapp has over 20 years of experience in the defense industry, working primarily in the financial planning, analysis, human resources, and the administration field. Before joining Davidson Technologies, Ms. Knapp managed Teledyne Brown's Technologies Group Business Management Unit and was responsible for overseeing the group's $90M budget.
Ms. Knapp will oversee Davidson Technologies’ finance, accounting, contracts, subcontracts, business management, security, IT, and other administrative personnel, and will be responsible for overall development of strategic business plans.
Ms. Knapp is a graduate of the Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and received a Certificate in Project Management from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Vice President, Human Resources/Corporate Secretary
Ms. Peterson has over 17 years experience in Human Resources. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She has been an active member of the North Alabama Society for Human Resource Management (NASHRM) and served on the NASHRM Board 2002-2009. She is also a member of the North Alabama Business Ethics Roundtable (NABER).
Ms. Peterson is responsible for the Human Resources Department. She is also the Corporate Secretary and serves as the Senior Corporate Ethics Officer for Davidson Technologies, Inc.
Ms. Peterson received a BBA in Human Resource Management and a BS in Psychology from Athens State University.
Vice President of BMD Operations and Information Assurance
Ms. Dobson manages contracts for GMD with Boeing and Northrop Grumman, Boeing National Team, Boeing SM3-iib, and SMDC Simulation Center. She leads her team in the disciplines of Modeling & Simulation; System Analysis; Systems Engineering & Integration; Test & Evaluation; Survivability, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM); Cyber Security Engineering and Information Assurance; and Operations and Sustainment; providing primary support to Program Integration, Interceptor, Operations and Sustainment, and Range Interface Test and Evaluation (RITE) Unit. Ms. Dobson has over 16 years experience with Missile Defense and Industry. She has previously led a team of 38 personnel providing development and engineering services for DTI.
Ms. Dobson holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Auburn University, M.S. in Management of Technology from University of Alabama in Huntsville, and a GIAC Security Leadership Certification(GSLC) from SANS. Ms. Dobson joined the firm in 2003 as an Engineer for the GMD RITE Unit, later supporting Sensors (SBX, UEWR and Cobra Dane), and Systems Engineering. She has an extensive background in Resource Management and Program Control, Systems Engineering, Software Development, Real-time Graphics, Multi-threaded Sensor and Radar Modeling and Simulation, Integration, Test, and Evaluation, Requirements Verification and Validation, Cyber and Information Assurance, Federal and Subcontract acquisitions and Program Leadership. Prior to joining DTI, Ms. Dobson worked for Titan Systems, Teledyne Brown Engineering and Southern Company Services. Ms. Dobson serves as a member of the SANS Advisory Board and a member of Women in Defense. She supports Cyber Huntsville, National Space Symposium, Space and Missile Defense Conference, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Cyber Security Summit and other Industry forums.Vice President, Tactical AMD
Mr. Lenzner served as Warrant Officer in the United States Army. He was recruited into SMDC/ARSTRAT to engineer and build the Army’s 1st SCUD Hunting Tactical Operations Centers (TOC), the predecessor to today’s AAMDC operations. In 1997 Mr. Lenzner joined the M&S group of Booz Allen Hamilton and support tactical operations/experiments to include: Ulchi Focus Lens (Army), Bright Star (Army), BCTP’s (Army), Fleet Battle Experiments D&E (Navy), ELB’s (Marines) and many more. He served as the C4ISR IPT lead for the Coast Guard Deep Water program. Mr. Lenzner also lead the V&V team supporting the GMD Communications Network (GCN). He joined Davidson in 1993 as an engineer 3 working on Space Based Interceptor (Boeing), HHA (Lockheed), Space Control Test Capability (Army/AFSPC), ISSA (AFSPC), THAAD (MDA), JRDC (MDA), IBCS (Army) and several more. He currently serves as Vice President, Tactical AMD & Western Operations.
Director of Strategic Marketing and Government Relations
Prior to joining Davidson Technologies, Mrs. McCarter worked for U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions as his north Alabama Field Director, and as his press secretary in the 2002 senatorial campaign. Before joining Senator Sessions’ staff, Mrs. McCarter was the Executive Director of the Alabama Aerospace, Science and Industry Commission (AASIC), which included members of the aerospace community in Alabama appointed by Governor Fob James.
Prior to her service with the AASIC, Mrs. McCarter worked as a political consultant in several congressional races and a presidential campaign. She worked for the Victory '96 Fundraising Committee of the Alabama Republican Party, Chaired by Senator Richard Shelby. The committee raised money for federal, state and local candidates throughout Alabama.
Ms. McCarter received a BA in Communications and Political Science from the University of Alabama, Huntsville.
Vice President NASA and Space Systems
Mr. Hastings has over 20 years experience involving systems engineering, integrated systems testing, modeling and simulation development, and hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) systems for both NASA and Missile Defense Systems. He is responsible for leading Davidson Technologies NASA business efforts.
He is currently the program manager of the Specialized Engineering and Project Support (SEPS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Task “Real-time Simulation System Development and Avionics Systems Testing” which supports MSFC’s development of Avionics HWIL Capabilities, Avionics System Testing, Heavy-Lift Vehicle Systems Engineering, and Propulsion Systems HWIL Technology Development.
Mr. Hastings has lead a team of 20+ developers in providing technical solutions to the various HWIL systems within AMCOM RDEC/McMorrow Labs. He lead a 40+ person team in developing software for the Missile Defense Integrated System Test Capability (ISTC) program while working with customers in developing ground test and pre-flight test programs.
Mr. Hastings has extensive background in the development of a broad range of models and simulations including embedded micro-controller systems, high fidelity real-time graphics, test operator simulation control systems, data recording and processing systems, and integrated multi-threaded real-time simulations distributed over multiple multi-processor systems in order to stimulate missile defense and avionics hardware.
Vice President Business Coordination
Mr. Weisberg has 25 years of Aerospace and Defense Business Development and Program Management Experience including leadership assignments for hypersonic propulsion development, X-33 Aerospike engine business development and the National Aerospace Plane. Additional positions have included formulating technology and capture strategies for such diverse technologies as future propulsion, cryogenic fluid management, advanced vehicle concepts, design, combustion devices and rotating machinery, and materials/manufacturing processes.
Previously the Lead for Marketing and Business development on Boeing’s successful NASA Ares Upper Stage Propulsion and Instrument Unit Avionics wins, he has established relationships, partnerships and advocacy across both Space and Defense market arenas throughout his career.
Mr. Weisberg has graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with both Degrees in Engineering and an MBA.
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