EXECUTIVE PROFILES

William Collins White III
President, CEO and Board of Directors

Mr. White started Defenshield in January 2002, and in less than 4 years has grown it into a multi-million dollar, multi-national government contractor saving the lives of US security forces around the globe. Mr. White spent 11 years in the US Air Force, including a tour of duty in Turkey during the first Persian Gulf War, and stationed at Upper Heyford, England and Mountain Home, Idaho. He is fully qualified and experienced in all Avionics Systems and has extensive experience with RF systems including analog and digital communications, airborne radar systems and electronic counter measures.

An Electrical Engineer by training, Mr. White received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York Institute of Technology and is currently on leave of absence from the MBA program at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. Prior to founding Defenshield, Mr. White was a Senior Manufacturing and Test Engineer at Applied Biosystems in Foster City, California and Carrier Corporation, a division of United Technologies Corporation, in Syracuse, NY. He also spent 5 years as Director of Operations for a Welding and Fabrication company in Central New York. Mr. White is a long-time active member of the IEEE, ASME, and SAE.

When not running the business, Collins fine tunes his marksmanship and reloading skills, from the .17 HMR to the .50 BMG. He is also an enthusiastic hunter of clay pigeons; enjoys sailing, skiing and snowboarding; and is an avid racer of cars and motorcycles.