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Dennis Mills
Director of Strategy & Business Development
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
It was under Dennis Mills’ leadership as the Director of Strategy & Business Development that
United Technologies Corporation, the parent company of Pratt & Whitney, acquired
Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power from The Boeing Company in August 2005,forming Pratt &
Whitney Rocketdyne, the world’s premier space propulsion and power company. As Director,
Strategy & Business Development for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne since January 2005, Mr. Mills
plays a pivotal role in leading this new and vibrant company in providing superior support to the
U.S. Government space launch industry and NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration. Since joining
Pratt & Whitney in 1976 in the Engineering Stress & Dynamics group, Mr. Mills has held positions
of increasing responsibility. He has 30 years of gas turbine, rocket and hypersonics systems
engineering experience. Mr. Mills is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri at Rolla where he holds a bachelor’s
degree in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering. Management Business Development studies at
the University of Virginia, Darden Business School.
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Peter Ladyko
General Manager
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Pete manages all operations at the Sikorsky Aircraft Development Flight Test Center in Florida. He
is responsible for flight and ground operations support on all programs at associated with the
Development Flight Center and the Production activities associated with the Blackhawk & S92
derivative center. He has established a dedicated, team-oriented organization. A few of the
milestones that have been accomplished to the credit of his team were EH&S / Accident &
Incident free flight operations for all programs conducted last year, the completion of
quality/process improvements for the Internal Quality Audit ADRs, FAA RAMP Audit, System
Safety and DCMA Flight Operations Inspections. The number one priority of the Operations
Department is Safety and number two is to fly aircraft. The Operations department is proud of
their track record for supporting aggressive schedules and getting the job done. Pete is a 27-year
veteran of Sikorsky, and has held positions in both engineering, and operations. He holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton, Ohio and a
Master of Aviation Administration degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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Ron Atchley
Vice President & General Manager
Belcan Corporation
Mr. Atchley has over 40 years experience in the gas turbine industry, 34 years with Pratt &
Whitney. He is customer focused and technically oriented with an extensive background in
technical and financial management of high profile programs. He provided development
engineering, marketing, and program management expertise during key assignments at Pratt &
Whitney. While at P&W, Ron was Technology Integration Engineering Manager for all Large
Military Engine programs including F119/F22/JSF and F100/F15/F16. Prior to this, he was the
initial propulsion Program Manager for the Boeing JSF and played a major role in Boeing being
selected as a finalist in this major military aircraft competition. His early experience included
program management responsibility for a Navy variant of the F-22 engine, and he also served five
years as P&W’s Long Island Field Office Manager in Bethpage, NY, responsible for
customer/company coordination at Grumman. Mr. Atchley joined Belcan Corporation in 2001 as
Vice President/General Manager of its Advanced Engineering Technology Division in Florida.
Under Ron’s direction, the Florida office has grown to 400 highly skilled engineers specializing in
the design of turbine engine combustors, exhaust systems, controls, integration, materials
repairs, and turbine and compression systems. Mr. Atchley has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jim Brostmeyer
Chief of Operations
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.
Jim Brostmeyer is responsible for day to day operations at Florida Turbine Technologies. FTT is a
growing company with more than 160 employees and $23M in revenue of gas turbine
engineering/lab/manufacturing. Mr. Brostmeyer directly manages the Office/IT/Finance
departments and oversaw the construction, build-out and company move into their 188K sq ft
multi-use facility. Mr. Brostmeyer led the team that created a proposal which won them the
State of Florida’s 2006 Business Growth award which was presented by Gov. Bush. The company
was also recognized with the State of Florida’s QTI and Palm Beach County’s Job Growth
incentives package. Mr. Brostmeyer is responsible for internal operations and cost reduction
initiatives. He is also responsible for the company maintaining and expanding ISO and US
government accounting certifications. Prior to FTT he has design mechanisms for McDonnell
Douglas in orbit on the International Space station and started up manufacturing plant in Asia. He
holds a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Walla Walla College, WA and
Engineering Management from University of California, Irvine and a Professional Engineer
License, CA.
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PBC Aerospace/Aviation/Engineering Market
A/A/E Employment in PBC
Engineering
Services , 5%
9 Over 175 businesses
Airports &
Infrastructure,
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Aircraft &
Components,
38%
• 38 A/A/E members
9 Over 5000 high-tech jobs
9 Strong diverse aerospace base
Aviation , 16%
Martin County
9 Continued Engineering Services
provides bench strength for entire
industry
Palm Beach County
9 Growing industry/academia
partnerships
Broward County
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• Established Development Flight Center in 1977
• Co-located with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
on 7000 acres in western PBC
• Employees over 460 high tech positions
• Business focus
– Experimental Flight Test
– Production Manufacturing Ops
• Over 200K sq. ft. facility
• Committed to Achieving Competitive Excellence
• UTC employee scholar program
• Community involvement engagement
“We pioneer flight solutions that bring
people home everywhere… every time”
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Belcan Corporation
► Founded in 1958 by Ralph G. Anderson,
Owner & Chairman
► Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH
► Full service engineering company,
providing global out source or contract
solutions
► Provide full range of engineering services
and task related support to customers with
wide variety of project ,design and
program needs.
► 6000 employees with 60 offices and design
centers world wide.
► Over 1900 direct engineering employees
► The Florida facility, established in 2001,
currently employees 430
► Currently 75% of the Florida business is
gas turbine design. Florida is diversifying
into related fields
► ISO 9001:2000 Registered
► Six Sigma Certified
Volume User Experience
Agfa Corporation
Aimco Products
AK Steel Corporation
Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.
Alcoa
Allen Bradley
Allison Transmission Division
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Applied Research Laboratories
Ardent Pharmaceuticals
Autoliv North American Inc.
Aventis CropScience
Barnes Aerospace
Barr Laboratories
Bayer Corporation
Biomerieux, Inc.
Calgon Carbon Corporation
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
Caterpillar, Inc.
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Milacron
Cinergy Corporation
Clark Steel Framing
Clopay Corporation
Conoco
Continental Plastic Containers
Cummins Engine Company
Daimler Chrysler
Dassault Falcon Jet
Delco Remy America, Inc.
Delphi Harrison Thermal System
Dinagraphics (Jefferson Smurfit)
Dow Agrosciences
Dow Automotive
Dresser-Rand
Eaton
E.I. DuPont de Nemours
Eclipse Aviation Corporation
Elano Corporation
Ericsson Inc.
Ethicon
Federated Department Stores
Fluor Daniel
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Manufacturing Sys.
Ford Scientific Research Lab.
GE Aircraft Engines
GE Appliance
GE Lighting
GE Power Systems
General Motors
Goodrich Aerospace
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Health Alliance
Henkel Surface Technologies
Holophane Lighting Company
Honda Engineering N.A.
Honeywell
IDEM
International Paper
Jacobs Engineering
KDI Precision Products, Inc.
Kroll O’Gara Hess &
Eisenhardt
Kwikset (Black and Decker)
Liebert Corporation
Lockheed Martin
Lockwood Greene
Marquette University
MCI
Mead
Miller Brewing Company
Mitsubishi Motor R&D of Am.
Moen Incorporated
Monsanto Agricultural Group
Monsanto Company
Moraine Truck Group
North Carolina DOT
Northrop Grumman I.T.
Nutone
Owens Illinois
Oxford Automotive
Pharmacia Hepar, Inc.
Pfizer
PPG Industries
Procter & Gamble
Pratt and Whitney
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Raytheon Tech Services
Reliance Medical Products
Rhone-Poulenc
Rolls-Royce/Allison
Salix Pharmaceuticals
Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
Scynexis Chemistry &
Automation
Scott Laboratories
Siemens Automotive Corp.
Sikorsky
Solutia, Inc.
Steris Corp.
Sundstrand
Texas Instruments
The Boeing Company
The Verst Group
TNO-Madymo North America
Toyota Motor Mfg., N.A. Inc.
TRW-Lucas Aerospace
Turbomeca Microturbo
Twin Rivers Technology
UBE Automotive
Union Pacific Railroad
United Technologies
United Steel Fabricators, Inc.
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois
University of South Carolina
Van Leer
Washington University
Western Southern Life
Insurance
Worldcom
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Florida Turbine Technologies
Important Milestones
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Continued growth (15% average)
Number of
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Employees
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Hydrocarbon Boost (AF w/Aerojet $109 million / 8 yrs)
ISO-9001 Assembly & Test Certified
Winner of FL Governor’s Business Diversification Award
Move to 188,000 sq ft multi-use facility
Palm Beach Cty Job Growth Incentive and FL Qualified Grants
CFD Tool designed for Next Generation Launch Technologies
High Efficiency Turbine Engine award (Army - $7.6 million / 5 years)
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VAATE ID/IQ award (Air Force - $10 million / 8 years)
First SBIR Phase I award (AFRL)
First full turbine rig contract awarded (NASA)
First patent awarded – 308 now pending!
ISO-9001 Certified
First DOD contract
awarded (AFRL)
Founded for design and analysis of gas turbine engines and components
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Cost of Business
• Insurance costs
• Health
• Home
• Hurricane
• Taxes
• Facility costs
• Construction
• Location
• Operating
• Housing costs
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High cost of living / housing
Attracting experienced personnel very difficult
Attracting recent college graduates easier
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Technical labor pool limited in Palm Beach County
Retired technical personnel (like P&W) currently employed
Palm Beach County not nationally recognized as technology center
Local competition for limited labor pool
High fixed costs to conduct business limits salaries
Offshore / subsidized competition limits pricing and growth
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Young College Professionals can’t afford housing entry
Housing / taxes / insurance too expensive for experienced employees
Perception of secondary school systems
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Florida Turbine Technologies
Competitive Challenges
• Highly Competitive Aerospace Sector – Outsourcing to
lower labor and facilities cost areas has become
increasingly more prevalent, which is impacting PBC’s
ability to compete in maintaining and creating hi-tech
jobs in the area - will always be pressure
• Lack of Matching Grants - Many other states offer
matching federal Small Business Innovative Research
(SBIR) grants to help win and further spur growth in hitech area – offering matches will compound growth in
our area
• Complex Incentive Process - FTT has aggressively
pursued state and county incentives, and these efforts
are not without costs due to the time involved and the
complexity of the process – need to simplify
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Growth Potential
• Sikorsky
Aircraft committed to doubling current
revenues by 2010
• 5 major development programs to be executed in the
next year
• Manpower doubled in the past 1 ½ years
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Belcan Corporation
Growth Potential
Belcan Florida grew from 1 employee to 430 in 6 years
Advances in IT communication technologies has made the
virtual office a true reality, allowing large companies to
remotely operate in Palm Beach county successfully.
The gas turbine experience base in Palm Beach County has
allowed Belcan to become highly capable in many related
fields.
Industrial Engines
Control/Avionics
Irrigation Systems
Technical Publications
Others
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Florida Turbine Technologies
Growth Opportunities
• Over 160 Employees and 2,700 Years of Combined Engineering
Experience and >15% growth since founded
• Utilizing State-of-the-Art Design Tools and Innovative Design for
the growing aerospace areas in:
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Aircraft Engines (Transportation)
Industrial Gas Turbines (Power Generation)
Cruise Missiles, Other Munitions, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Space Propulsion Systems
Clean Energy (Biomass, Biofuel, and Renewables)
• Working with local High Schools and Florida Universities to
Engineer and Maintain High Technology Gas Turbine Technologies
in Florida
• To maintain business and future growth, FTT needs PBC to
understand business challenges and provide targeted support to
sector to continue to provide hi-tech and high paying jobs for our
residents
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Industry Insights:
Aviation, Aerospace & Engineering
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