EDO Corp gets a new spook boss
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There has been a campaign against EDO MBM, a trading unit of EDO Corp in Brighton, for the last four years
There has been a campaign against EDO MBM, a trading unit of EDO Corp in Brighton, for the last four years
General (Ret.) John A. Gordon Joins EDO Board
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General (U.S. Air Force, Retired) John A. Gordon has been elected to the Board of Directors of EDO Corporation. (Photo: Business Wire)
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of EDO Corporation (NYSE:EDO) has elected General (U.S. Air Force, Retired) John A. Gordon, 60, to the company’s Board. This brings the number of Board members to 12, of which 11 are independent directors.
From October 1997 until June 2000 General Gordon served the U.S. Intelligence Community as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. He had earlier served as Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support.
“John Gordon has an extensive background in areas of strategic importance to EDO, especially in relation to the intelligence community,” said Chairman of the Board James M. Smith. “We will look to his professional expertise and diverse military experience as we proceed with our newly-established business sector.”
Over the past two years, EDO has acquired three companies that serve the intelligence community, which have now been combined to form the new Intelligence and Information Warfare business sector. This market was a priority that was identified during the company’s strategic planning process.
General Gordon has a long and distinguished career in military and government service. In June 2000 he was confirmed by the Senate as the Undersecretary of Energy and the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, responsible for the entirety of DOE’s nuclear weapons program. Subsequently he served at the White House as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Counter Terrorism and the National Director for Counter Terrorism. In his last government position, Gordon was the Homeland Security Advisor to President Bush, from June 2003 until June 2004.
General Gordon’s early assignments in the Air Force included research, development and acquisition responsibilities involved in improving the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. He has served with the National Security Council and as director of operations for Air Force Space Command.
General Gordon was commissioned in 1968 following graduation from the University of Missouri, Columbia with a bachelor of science degree with honors in physics. He earned a master's degree in science from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. in 1970. He also earned a master’s of arts degree in business administration from New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas.
EDO Corporation designs and manufactures a diverse range of products for aerospace
and defense, intelligence, and commercial markets. Major product groups include: Professional and Engineering Services, Defense Electronics, Communications, Aircraft Armament Systems, Undersea Warfare, and Integrated Composite Structures. EDO’s advanced systems are at the core of the transformation to lighter, faster, and smarter defense capabilities.
With headquarters in New York, EDO Corporation (www.edocorp.com) employs 4,000 people worldwide. The company was founded in 1925 and had revenues of $648 million in 2005.
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General (U.S. Air Force, Retired) John A. Gordon has been elected to the Board of Directors of EDO Corporation. (Photo: Business Wire)
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of EDO Corporation (NYSE:EDO) has elected General (U.S. Air Force, Retired) John A. Gordon, 60, to the company’s Board. This brings the number of Board members to 12, of which 11 are independent directors.
From October 1997 until June 2000 General Gordon served the U.S. Intelligence Community as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. He had earlier served as Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support.
“John Gordon has an extensive background in areas of strategic importance to EDO, especially in relation to the intelligence community,” said Chairman of the Board James M. Smith. “We will look to his professional expertise and diverse military experience as we proceed with our newly-established business sector.”
Over the past two years, EDO has acquired three companies that serve the intelligence community, which have now been combined to form the new Intelligence and Information Warfare business sector. This market was a priority that was identified during the company’s strategic planning process.
General Gordon has a long and distinguished career in military and government service. In June 2000 he was confirmed by the Senate as the Undersecretary of Energy and the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, responsible for the entirety of DOE’s nuclear weapons program. Subsequently he served at the White House as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Counter Terrorism and the National Director for Counter Terrorism. In his last government position, Gordon was the Homeland Security Advisor to President Bush, from June 2003 until June 2004.
General Gordon’s early assignments in the Air Force included research, development and acquisition responsibilities involved in improving the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. He has served with the National Security Council and as director of operations for Air Force Space Command.
General Gordon was commissioned in 1968 following graduation from the University of Missouri, Columbia with a bachelor of science degree with honors in physics. He earned a master's degree in science from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. in 1970. He also earned a master’s of arts degree in business administration from New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas.
EDO Corporation designs and manufactures a diverse range of products for aerospace
and defense, intelligence, and commercial markets. Major product groups include: Professional and Engineering Services, Defense Electronics, Communications, Aircraft Armament Systems, Undersea Warfare, and Integrated Composite Structures. EDO’s advanced systems are at the core of the transformation to lighter, faster, and smarter defense capabilities.
With headquarters in New York, EDO Corporation (www.edocorp.com) employs 4,000 people worldwide. The company was founded in 1925 and had revenues of $648 million in 2005.
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Dennis C Blair and John A. Gordon SAFE jobs.
01.03.2007 00:44
Ex EDO Director Admiral Blair and replacement EDO Director General Gordon are both members of the Energy Security leadership Council.
Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE).
SAFE is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization committed to
reducing America's dependence on oil and improving U.S. energy security to
bolster national security and strengthen the economy.
Energy Security Leadership Council
Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO, FedEx Corp. (co-Chair)
General P.X. Kelley, USMC (Ret.), 28th Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps (co-
Chair)
*Admiral Dennis Blair, USN (Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, United States
Pacific Command
Admiral Vern Clark, USN (Ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations
Michael L. Eskew, Chairman and CEO, UPS, Inc.
Adam M. Goldstein, President, Royal Caribbean International
*General John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), former Homeland Security Advisor to
the President
Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
Admiral Gregory G. Johnson, USN (Ret.), former Commander, U.S. Naval
Forces, Europe
Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs (International)
Herbert D. Kelleher, Executive Chairman, Southwest Airlines Co.
John F. Lehman, former Secretary of the U.S. Navy
Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
General Michael E. Ryan, USAF (Ret.), 16th Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
Jeffrey C. Sprecher, Chairman & CEO, IntercontinentalExchange, ICE
David P. Steiner, CEO, Waste Management, Inc.
General Charles F. Wald, USAF (Ret.), former Deputy Commander, United
States European Command
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The spy who loved EDO Corp.
02.03.2007 09:38
By Ambrose Clancy
Business News. Friday, March 2, 2007
New York-based EDO Corp., which has extensive operations in North Amityville, has a spy in its midst.
EDO recently announced the appointment of a man who has spent years in the world of espionage to its board of directors. John A. Gordon, 60, a retired U.S. Air Force general, has served every president since Ronald Reagan in various national security capacities.
From October 1997 to June 2000, he was the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
He also worked in the CIA for military support operations, served President Bill Clinton as national director for counterterrorism and served President George W. Bush as homeland security advisor.
Gordon was also appointed by President Clinton – and confirmed by the Senate – to be undersecretary of energy and the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, where he was responsible “for the entirety of the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons program,” according to EDO spokeswoman Sara Banda.
Gordon brings obvious expertise and countless intelligence community contacts to EDO’s 12-member board. In the past three years, EDO has acquired three companies and formed them into what the company calls its Intelligence and Information Warfare division, according to Banda.
It’s too early to speculate what committees of the EDO board Gordon would be appointed to, he said this week.
His knowledge of how the intelligence community works will be his most valuable asset, Gordon added, but he also brings long experience of navigating through a huge bureaucracy.
“In a bureaucracy, it’s valuable to know when it’s a good time to make a proposal and when to bring up any issue,” Gordon said.
Another lesson learned by being part of any enormous undertaking is patience. In the business world, “you tend to jump in on a matter very quickly, but I’ve learned to be cautious, to understand that there is more than one decision-maker,” Gordon said.
The Department of Homeland Security has had its problems, he noted; bringing so many intelligence agencies under one roof in a short period of time made for a rocky start, and some of the criticism DHS has received “is deserved.”
“There’s still a lot to be done and DHS has a ways to go,” he said. “But there are pretty good lanes in the road.”
The idea that there are turf wars among intelligence agencies has a bit of truth to them, Gordon added, but most stories about internecine battles “have been exaggerated.” Although there are differences on “views about how intelligence is conducted and differences on what’s important,” people within the community have to focus on “how you get information to people who need it,” he said.
Of the different presidents he’s served, Gordon said each was “interesting, powerful and creative.” He didn’t work closely with President Reagan but thought highly of him; George H.W. Bush, a former director of the CIA, “probably had a better grasp” of intelligence briefings and “was very comfortable to be around.” His son “is a little more businesslike and precise,” while President Clinton “is very brilliant, an interesting man and fun to be around.”
All the chief executives he observed up close were men “who were ready for the job,” Gordon added.
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