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Key Personnel
Bud Beaudry, President
Bud Beaudry is the President and Founder of BTP
Systems, a company which has doubled its annual revenue in each of the
previous two years. In that time, Bud has built a team of nine
employees including engineers, technicians and quality
professionals. To build robust design, manufacturing and testing
capabilities, Beaudry has forged meaningful and effective relationships
with third-party strategic partners.
Beaudry brings to BTP Systems 15 years of experience
building and growing the Satellite Communications Division at Millitech
Inc. 1200% from its initial size. In this capacity, Beaudry was the
program manager on all production programs, negotiated multi-year
contracts. Beaudry was responsible for all aspects of marketing and
strategic positioning of SATCOM capabilities. Also, Beaudry led the
staff growth from 6 to 42 employees and expanding facilities capabilities
from 1,200 sf to 34,000 sf.
Dave Salvage, Director of SATCOM Programs
Dave Salvage received his BS in Mechanical
Engineering from Cornell
University, and was
commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. Dave reported to the USS
Russell, a guided missile destroyer under construction, as the ship’s
first Electrical Officer. He spent a year overseeing the
installation and testing of the ship’s electrical and internal
communications systems, after which the ship was commissioned and sailed
to her home port in Pearl Harbor,
HI. Dave took over as
the ship’s Combat Information Center (CIC) Officer for a six-month
deployment to the Persian Gulf, during
which he was the principal user of the ship’s communications, radar and
weapon systems.
Dave resigned from the Navy and returned to New
England where he was a process and plant engineer at Rexam Graphics and
Dielectric Polymers. During this time Dave was certified as a Six
Sigma Black Belt and managed technical relationships with customers such
as DuPont and HP. Dave started working for Bud Beaudry as a Program
Manager at Millitech where he led the manufacture and test of satellite
antenna systems for submarines: Navy Submarine High Data Rate, Sub HDR,
and Navy EHF Satellite Program, (NESP) and the Army’s Ground Receive
Terminal (GRT). Dave joined BTP Systems in its first year and
serves as the Director of SATCOM Programs.
Rob Welsh, Principal, Electro-Mechanics
Rob Welsh joined BTP Systems in 2008 after an
illustrious 22-year career at Raytheon designing some of the most
sophisticated and successful SATCOM antenna pedestals and related
electromechanical systems currently in use by the U.S. and NATO Armed
Services. His expertise in multi-axis, actively stabilized platforms
spans programs such as MILSTAR Contingency and Airborne, NESP, GBS, WSC-6
(V)5 and (V)7, FOT, SubHDR Mast and Periscope, NMT and numerous variants
and enhancements of these systems. In his role at Principal in
Electromechanics, Rob employs his extensive skills directly on behalf of
the DoD customer to address the ongoing needs of both legacy and newly
deployed SATCOM platforms. His efforts include performance enhancements,
failure analyses, and test equipment design and manufacture.
John Leblanc, RF Test/Operations Manager
John Leblanc joined BTP Systems in 2008. He bring to
the team more than 25 years of diverse experience in the design,
manufacture and testing of millimeter and micro-wave RF products. He has
supported the development of gigabit point-to-point wireless transceivers
for both Loea and Telaxis Corporations.
As RF Test Lead, John oversees all RF testing and
responsible for their accuracy. He is the test director for our Compact
Antenna Test Range, performing tests on HDR, FOT, GBS and other satellite
communications antenna systems. He assists in the design of our
proprietary Portable Mast Test System and develops test procedures to
verify design compliance. As Operations Lead, John establishes and
manages task priorities for and supervises lower-level technicians. He
ensures that ISO, OSHA, IPC and program-specific requirements are
followed on all activities, and manages technician training, facility
resources, and operations meetings.
Sabine
Dusenberry, Subcontracts Manager
Sabine joined BTP Systems as Subcontracts Manager in
2004. She brings ten years of experience in subcontracts, purchasing,
planning, logistics and equipment maintenance to our team. She has
supervised the procurement and material management of critical antenna
pedestal components on multiple DoD programs, including SubHDR, FOT,
WSC-6, ASTRA, GBS, MMP and MILSTAR. She has extensive knowledge of
Government purchasing (Defense) and tracking of Government and Customer
assets. Sabine also manages our inventory and logistics systems. Sabine
immigrated to the United States
in 1980 from Germany.
She has a Bachelor's degree in early childhood education from the
"Staatliche Berufsfachschule Ahornberg". She is a naturalized
U.S. Citizen.
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