Executive Team
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Mr. O’Neill has held Senior-level management positions with seven leading corporations:
- Siemens - Chief Executive Officer – Enterprise Communications Group – turned around Enterprise Communications Group from half billion Euro annual loss to break-even with annual revenue of 4 billion Euros. Consolidated operations from 86 nations to 21 nations
- CompuDyne - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Corporation – grew annual revenue from $200 million to $270 million dollars in 18 months. Won $150 million dollar contract with Houston, the firm’s largest contract ever
- Northrop Grumman - Corporate Vice President and President – Information Technology Sector – grew annual revenue of TASC division from $428 million to $1 billion dollars in 23 months. Subsequently, grew information-technology sector business (including TASC) from $4 billion to $7 billion dollars in five years
- Oracle - Senior Vice President – Communications and Utilities – grew yearly revenues from $200 million to $320 million dollars in 12 months
- Lucent Technologies - President – GovernmentSolutions – secured $1 billion dollar contract with U.S. Navy. Sold firm’s Advanced Technology Systems Group to General Dynamics for $500 million dollars. Responsible for $2 billion dollars in annual sales
- Digital Equipment Officer - Vice President and General Manager – Grew revenue from $200 million to $1.5 billion dollars in less than five years, the largest growth rate in firm’s history. Accomplished in the highly competitive Federal Government market, including intelligence
- Sanders/Lockheed Martin - Director of Contracts – Promoted to vice president of contracts at age 33 (with seven peers in their sixties). Won the largest production contract from IBM to manufacture its 3250 and 5080 computers. Achieved approximately one-half-billion dollars in revenue yearly. Negotiated three-largest contracts in firm’s history
For more information you may view his full resume here: James R. O’Neill Resume
James R. O’Neill
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Parker is the President and Founder of XiDrone Systems Inc., a Florida-based Counter-Drone and Intellectual Property technology corporation. He has 27 years of commercial aviation and law enforcement experience. His aviation background includes working as a law enforcement helicopter pilot, a contract helicopter pilot for VIP clients, and an EMS helicopter pilot. He also has extensive experience working with local, state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Military, FAA, FBI, TSA and U.S. Customs.
Mr. Parker’s experience with both law enforcement and commercial aviation has provided him with the vision and skills necessary to envision and develop revolutionary counter-drone and drone integration solutions. His vision has led XiDrone Systems to be the first company in the U.S. and Europe to obtain multi-sensor counter-drone patents.
Mr. Parker retired from law enforcement aviation in 2018 in order to dedicate all of his time to building XiDrone Systems into a leading Counter-Drone technology company. He remains active in the commercial helicopter industry as the President of Southwest Florida Helicopters, and he is an appointed Lead Safety Representative for the FAA’s Safety Team (FAASTeam) in Southwest Florida. Mr. Parker is a veteran of the U.S. Army and currently resides in Naples, Florida.
Dwaine A. Parker
President and Founder
Mr. Stern retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and continued his career in the civilian sector working with the Department of Defense as a Senior System Engineer.
Mr. Stern has over 30 years of Project Management expertise for the US Military and Department of Defense (DoD) with an exemplary track record managing complex multimillion-dollar Information Technology (IT) projects, increasing effectiveness, efficiency in the United States and abroad.
While serving in the U.S. Army and the DoD, Mr. Stern has been recognized as a specialist in the following areas:
- Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) network architecture, systems, resources allocation, budget development/contract negotiations, daily operations, scheduling, team building, and Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
- ISR system/platforms on variety of government and commercial networks with expertise on designing and fielding variety of ISR system/platforms using both government off the shelf technology (GOT) and commercial off the shelf technology (COT)
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) on integrating and fielding Counter Unmanned Airborne Systems (CUAS) for DoD
- SME on Military and DoD Communications, Command, Control and Coalition ISR (C5ISR) communications networks, systems and architectures
- Planning, testing and integrating Intel systems applications for government and commercial networks
- SME designing and implementing Full Motion Video (FMV) network/architectures supporting the dissemination of Manned/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and other multi-sensors
- Planning LAN, WAN, Voice over IP Planning (VOIP) networks in support of Intelligence Community (IC)
- Implementing satellite and fiber optic architectures in support of Airborne ISR platforms supporting Combat Support Agencies (CSA) Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) Centers
Additionally, Mr. Stern has extensive professional experience in the following areas:
- Senior C4ISR system IT engineer for the DoD responsible for planning and designing communications and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Architectures and networks for the Combatant Commands (COCOM) Area of responsibility (AOR)
- Manages the DoD Intelligence IT requirements process for the Intelligence Directorate (J2), and forward Area of Responsibility (AOR) acting as the focal point for requirements, information systems analysis, design, testing, and implementation
- Integration of new applications with existing information systems, maintaining data integrity; translation of strategic planning objectives into tactical process plans
- Coordination of applications development, special information systems projects, and new computer programs
- Project Manager overseeing the installation IT and specialized Intel systems for variety Special Compartmentalized Intel Facilities (SCIF) in CONUS and OCONUS
- Fostered productive working relationships with senior leaders throughout DoD and within the Pentagon (to include ISR Task Force, JIEDDO, OSD (CA&PE), OSD (ASD/NII), OSD (Policy), OSD (AT&L), COCOMS, and Service Departments), as well as inter-agencies in coordinating important participation in multiple working groups.
For more information you may view his full resume here: D Stern Resume 2017
Damon E. Stern
Sr. Vice President and Co-Founder
Mr. Pierce has over 30 years of professional experience in engineering and program management. Mr. Pierce has led engineering teams responsible for the development of major defense systems, commercial programs and individual components as well as complete “concept to completion” integrated systems.
Mr. Pierce has an extensive background in developing cutting edge systems with technology relating to communications, information distribution, and unmanned aviation. His commitment to his discipline and staff has led to the development of patented hardware bringing needed value in wide area networks, specialized sensors and unmanned aviation platforms.
Mr. Pierce has experience with International Program Management with multi-national forces in military development activities and was instrumental in harmonizing varying national requirements to insure sovereign concerns were resolved successfully.
Additionally, his experience includes development of a Multinational Memorandum of Agreement (MMA) requiring concurrence between the US, French, German, and Italian governments, resulting in the creation of a NATO agency chartered to develop an air defense system.
Mr. Pierce has over 20 years of service in the US Army (Air Defense) that has generated an in-depth understanding of the needs of a military force. His operations background coupled with his technical vision resulted in significant success in a variety of difficult environments. His military mentors include senior officers such as a former Chief of Staff of the US Army and a former Army Material Acquisition commander. Mr. Pierce retired as a Lt. Colonel and received numerous awards for both service and operations during his military tenure.
After leaving the Military Mr. Pierce founded and is the President of enrGies Inc, which is a Service Disabled Veteran owned Small Business currently performing avionics and electro-mechanical integration support for a variety of commercial and government customers. Core capabilities include manned and unmanned aviation, complex integration, command and control.
L. Steven Pierce
Vice President of Technology and Co-Founder