Charlie is the CEO and President of SkySentry, LLC.  A decorated officer, Charlie retired from the USAF in 2003 after 29 years of leading and managing military organizations engaged in challenging operations and staff activities worldwide.  He founded SkySentry, LLC in 2003 and has assembled a staff with over a century of collective experience to investigate, develop and operate high altitude airships for military and civilian applications. 

Charlie speaks at professional forums on military concepts of operations which include talks on airships, ballistic and cruise missile defense. He is a Technical Committee member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and his work has been published in numerous publications including Aerospace America, AIAA Missile Sciences Conference and DISAM Journal. 

Charles Lambert's Professional Resume

Dave is the Principal Engineer at SkySentry, LLC.  Dave retired from the USAF in 1993, earned the highest peacetime civilian decoration, the Distinguished Service Medal  and until 2003 held the position of Director of Analysis and Chief Technical Officer for United States Space Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command.  He has over forty years experience in civil, commercial, and military research, development, program management, operational analysis, and advanced technology.

Dave is an Associate of the Institute for Defense Analyses and a contributor to the Defense Science Research Council.  He has many publications and reports to his credit.  To see where Dave has been published, please review his resume under the heading Representative Recent Publications and Presentations.

Dr. David Finkleman's Professional Resume

Doug is the Vice President of SkySentry, LLC.  He has over 28 years leading and managing military organizations engaged in challenging operations and staff activities worldwide. He is the principal analyst and supervisor of operations and his duties include development of Near Space vehicle test capabilities and with subsystem and payload integration and testing.

A decorated military officer, Doug has been a professor at the US Air Force Academy, graduated in the top third of his class at the Naval War College and has been a Commander at five of his Air Force assignments.  He also has extensive experience in business development in the healthcare and education industries.  In addition, Doug has authored several white papers.

Douglas L. Miller's Professional Resume

Dean is the Logistics Manager at SkySentry, LLC.  Since graduating Magna Cum Laude from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH in 1998, Dean has accumulated a portfolio of experience that has taken him from technical consulting and project management to business development.  Dean has worked with Fortune 500 companies, private companies and defense contractors in the areas of government liaison, telecommunications, finance, Congressional Advocacy, product development and account management.

Dean's expertise allows him to provide operational leadership and technical support for the High Altitude Long Endurance Testbed aerostat flights for SkySentry, LLC. customers.

Dean Brainard's Professional Resume

D.J. is the Military Analyst at SkySentry, LLC.  He has  over twenty years of military experience leading and working with Air Force, joint, and international entities on missile operations, space operations, air operations, space program management, and fast-track program development in the Air Force Space Battle Lab. 

He has extensive experience in space operations and programs, as well as recent hands-on management of high altitude long endurance programs (HALE).  D.J. spent his early career as a missile operator, which sets a stringent and demanding performance standard.  D.J. received recognition twice as Officer of the Quarter and once as Company Grade Officer of the Year.  He gained experience as a commander of crews in the AF Space Command Command Center.  He has developed in-depth experience with the planning, programming and budgeting system as a supervisor of program element monitors, and served in various aspects of space operations and management.  Most pertinent to the Army Space Battle Lab, he also worked with Army officers in a theater combined air and space operations center, and participated in development of two HALE programs Talon Topper and the Near Space Maneuvering Vehicle.

Dennis J. Bremser's Professional Resume

Al is the Lead Programmer at SkySentry, LLC. He has over 25 years of software development experience. In addition to being both a US Air Force Academy and Harvard graduate, he was an Olmstead Fellow at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, France.  Al is fluent in French and German and can read Russian.

His work has taken him from the US Air Force to Powercon 2000, Logicon and Northrop Grumman.  He is also a professor at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Albert Glock, Jr.'s Professional Resume

Susan is the Director of Innovation Strategies at SkySentry, LLC.  She is responsible for administrative support of the High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Testbed in Ohio.  Her duties include maintaining the website, presentation preparation and special events planning and execution.  She is also responsible for managing marketing and media opportunities for the HALE Testbed and assists with Aerostat Operations in the field.

Susan has over 20 years of human resources and marketing experience.  She has worked for NASA, GRC in several progressively responsible positions, all which included her being a liaison between NASA, GRC, legislators and the community. She has run successful marketing campaigns for the Center's Business and Industry Summit, The Centennial of Flight Project, Aviation Heritage Foundation and the History and Heritage Education Council.

Susan M. Hennie's Professional Resume

Chuck is the Senior Scientist at SkySentry, LLC. He has almost 40 years of experience solving highly technical engineering design challenges on a wide variety of vehicles which include main battle tanks, fighter aircraft, aerostats, blimps and airships.  He is widely regarded as a leading international expert on lighter-than-air (LTA) vehicle and subsystem design.  He is extensively involved in the conception and construct of the Missile Defense Agency's High Altitude Airship Advanced Concept and Technology Demonstration.

Chuck's professional career is characterized by steady progression in engineering experience, expertise and public acknowledgement of outstanding accomplishment.  From a start as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Chuck continued to grow in technical sophistication and responsibility through work on guidance, power and payload systems on a wide variety of land and air vehicles, eventually performing in the most senior engineering and scientific position for the Lockheed Martin Akron division.  He was recognized by corporate Lockheed Martin as a Technical Fellow, which is the culmination of engineering and science within this leading defense contractor.

Charles K. Lavan, Jr.'s Professional Resume

Dan is the Lead Systems Engineer, SkySentry, LLC.  Dan is a multi-disciplinary corporate developer and engineer with 25 years experience in team leadership, corporate relations, engineering and operations. He has provided extensive support to government, civil, and commercial customers directly resulting in numerous accolades and customer cost savings potentially exceeding $1 billion. Particular strength in managing multi-disciplinary information and projects leading to risk reduction, cost savings and enhanced operations.

During his 17 years of service, Dan is the recipient of over 40 distinct commendations from The Aerospace Corporation, NRO, US Air Force, DARPA, NASA and commercial customers for exemplary performance and key contributions.

Dan has also authored and presented numerous professional papers for 20 domestic and 5 international conferences, as well as a technical journal article and a commissioned chapter for technical text book, Space Systems Modeling and Simulation.

Dan Oltrogge's Professional Resume