Bob DeFeo is CEO/President of DeFeo Gehri & Associates, Inc, an aerospace and defense marketing and consulting firm which he co-founded in 1998.
He is a senior executive and former USAF colonel with 37 years of experience in the USAF and hi-tech and aerospace & defense industries. His management and consulting experience includes aviation maintenance, repair, & overhaul, supply chain management, program & material management, acquisition logistics, operational support logistics, joint & combined military operations, logistics management, international security assistance programs, in-service product life-cycle support, business development, and information technology marketing. He is a DoD-certified, Level III Program Manager.
Mr. DeFeo’s USAF assignments were as Deputy Director, Logistics & Security Assistance (J4) USEUCOM; C-5 System Program Director; and Chief, HQ USAF Strategic Airlift Aircraft Logistics Programs. Commercial experience includes strategic planning, operations and marketing management within the aerospace and defense sector representing companies such as SAP Public Sector; ARINC; MxI Technologies Ltd; Systems Exchange Inc; AMPORT Inc; EVASWorldwide Inc; Suntron Corporation; JEDCO, Inc; Compass Aerospace, Inc; Laser Technologies Inc; MVL Technologies, Inc; Dynamics Research Corp; Sumaria Systems Inc; Servigistics Inc; and Dynamics Research Corporation on information technology solutions, aircraft safety equipment, site selection, metals processing, strategic marketing plans, trade show representation, and mergers and acquisitions partner introductions. He has worked with the RAND Corporation as an adjunct staff member on aging aircraft technology, supply chain management & USAF logistics policy issues.