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TCC PROFILE
Rear-Admiral (ret.) Charles Beers
Committee Members
Vice President, Maritime Systems – Lockheed Martin
United States
Charles J. (Chuck) Beers is the Vice President, Maritime Programs and the Norfolk Field Office Manager at the Lockheed Martin Corporation’s Norfolk Domestic Business Development Office. In this capacity he provides Corporate Field Marketing coverage to the important Maritime customers in the Norfolk area. He also chairs the Corporation’s Maritime Focus Team, which is designed to bring the various corporate business units together and focus on complex Maritime programs / issues across the corporation.
Before coming to Lockheed Martin, Chuck served on active duty with the US Navy. He retired in the rank of Rear Admiral in 1998.
He served as the Commanding Officer, USS MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL (SSN 708) a fast attack submarine. He returned to the staff of Commander Submarine Force as the Prospective Commanding Officer Instructor, responsible for training all submarine commanding officers. Following this tour, he relieved as Commanding Officer, USS DIXON (AS 37), a submarine repair ship.
Rear Admiral Beers and his wife, Susan, have two children. Their son, Clay, is a 1995 graduate of the Naval Academy and an F/A-18 pilot. He is currently assigned as the Naval Aide to the President of the United States. Their daughter, Irene, graduated from Colgate University in 1998 and is an adjunct professor at Gettysburg College.
The Committee
Chairman
Don McCormack
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Founding Members
Executive Advisors
Dr. John Sirmalis
Technical Director (Retired) – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Surface Committee Chair
Undersea Committee Chair
Dr. Paul Lefebvre
Technical Director – Newport Division – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Joint Systems Committee Chair
Committee Members
James van Antwerp
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Division Keyport)
United States
Jerry Bradshaw
Technical Director, Undersea Technology – Raytheon
United States
Thierry Brizard
Vice President, Research & Technology – Thales Naval Systems
France
Janis Cocking
Chief, Maritime Platforms Division – Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Australia
Johan Hägg
Director Naval Operations – Saab
Sweden
George McNamara
Chief Development Officer – Naval Undersea Warfare Centre NAVSEA
United States
Thomas Meurling
Vice President, Solution Concepts – Reson Global Group
United States
Bernard Myers
Adjunct Scientist – Office of Naval Research (ONR)
United States
Urias da Rosa Novaes
Consultant Submarines Systems, Director of Defence Systems – Atech Tecnologias Críticas
Brazil
Patricia C. Woody
Department Head, Machinery Research and Engineering, Carderock Division – Naval Surface Warfare Center
United States
George Zvara
International Program Coordinator – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Conference Administrators
Jackie Baron
Business Director – MAST Events Ltd
United Kingdom
Warren Edge
Business Director – MAST Events Ltd
United Kingdom
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