BRIGGS DEVELOPMENT GROUP STAFF
Dr. Kamal Raychaudhuri
Director of Advanced Technology and Business Development
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Director of Advanced Technology and Business Development
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Dr. Mo Fatehi
Director of Scientific Research and Development
Director of Scientific Research and Development
Leonard C. Briggs II, MSEE, PE
Electrical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Michelle F. Speiler
Clerk
Clerk
Dr. William M. Paul
Board Member
Board Member
Our Partners
· Concept Development Group
· Aliand LLC
· SIP Telecom
· JRH2 Consulting International, LLC
· Do It RIght LLC
· Concept Development Group
· Aliand LLC
· SIP Telecom
· JRH2 Consulting International, LLC
· Do It RIght LLC
ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS
Briggs International, Inc. is headed by the distinguished Dr. Aubrey C. Briggs, the world’s leading designer of heavy duty ship and barge loading equipment. Dr. Briggs lives outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Briggs is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, Chartered Professional Engineer and member of the National Professional Engineers Register. He graduated with the equivalent of a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, and his many post graduate studies include Advanced Strength and Elasticity of Materials from Melbourne University, and Fundamental Design and Science of Computers from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Dr. Briggs was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Chancellor College of the University of Malawi.
Dr. Briggs’ long and distinguished engineering and design career has resulted in many notable designs and inventions, including:
• Heavy Materials Handling: The world’s largest loading/unloading machines
• Involute Gearing – new gear design in heavy industrial machinery
• Equipment used on NASA Apollo missions and moon landing
• Energy Recycling Self-Cooled Containment Building
• Supersonic Air Knife
RELEVANT PAST PERFORMANCE: WORLD’S LARGEST MACHINES
Dr. Briggs’ extensive experience in the design of cranes, ship loaders/unloaders, and conveyors is highly relevant to the present project, as both involve similar engineering principles and incorporate common design elements.
Dr. Briggs’ groundbreaking ideas and insight ushered in the development of a new generation of stacker/reclaimers, ship unloaders and loaders, and ore bridges that eventually elevated his company to the international leadership position it enjoyed for many years. Briggs secured the patents for these unique material handling technologies.
OTHER NOTABLE INVENTIONS
Briggs’ innovation was not confined to heavy materials handling alone. Below we highlight some examples of his inventions that attest to his unbridled creativity and ability to view a problem from a different perspective.
INVOLUTE GEARING
Briggs created a novel approach to the design of involute gearing. He developed a new formula which was able to predict when existing gears would fail due to metal fatigue. This he applied to the development of specialized gearing for heavy duty industrial equipment. This revolutionary new gear substantially extended the operating life of heavy duty equipment such as ore bridges, ship unloaders, cranes and the like. This technology continues to influence the design of mechanical equipment in many parts of the industrialized world. The Briggs formula is used in many countries of the world because it provides much greater reliability at reduced cost.
SINGLE THRUST BALL BEARING
Briggs replaced the complex system of equalized wheels by a single thrust ball bearing (see figure), in some applications reaching a diameter of 30 feet. The standard thrust bearing offered by the industry is currently limited to 11.5 inches.
A significant feature of this giant bearing is its ability to tolerate a support structure that is less than perfectly smooth. The manufacturing cost of this unique ball bearing is a fraction of the conventional equalized wheel clusters.
SELF-COOLED CONTAINMENT BUILDING
Briggs has been granted a patent for, and is poised to introduce the “Self-Cooled Containment Building”. This unique building is designed to seal and protect the environment from hazardous products, as they occur, from certain processes that produce substantial quantities of particulate matter, toxic fluids and poisonous gases in company with vast quantities of heat. The building will prevent the escape of these products while cleanup and cooling is taking place. The removal of the enormous amount of generated heat is accomplished by using the very heat that would cause a problem as an energy source to remove the problem. This new technology is directed toward the coke making industry and the waste incineration industry as well as others with similar environmental problems.
SUPERSONIC AIR KNIFE FOR EXCAVATING GAS AND ELECTRIC LINES WITHOUT RISK OF DAMAGE AND REMOVING LAND MINES SAFELY
Briggs introduced to the world the “damage free” technology that guaranteed safety to those involved in excavating gas lines, electrical cables, fiber-optic lines and the like. This was achieved by creating and harnessing a supersonic air jet. The supersonic air knife was born, quickly followed by the supersonic vacuum tube and the “soft” excavator.
In a completely different activity Briggs designed a hypervelocity water cannon that can shatter rock an order of magnitude faster than existing equipment. This research has spanned almost a decade.
AIRBAG BELT
Most recently, Briggs has patented (and is currently refining the design of) an airbag belt to protect the elderly in case of falls. This work is ongoing.
PATENTS
Briggs holds 31 Patents, including the following :
1. Barge Handling and Unloading System, #3,420,388, January 1,1969
2. Bulk Material Handling Apparatus, #3,746,150, July 10,1973
3. Material Handling Apparatus, #3,756,375, September 4,1973
4. Stacker Reclaimer Material Handling Unit, #3,767,030, October 23, 1973
5. Bucket Assembly for use in a Material Handling Apparatus, #3,767,060, October 23, 1973
6. Material Digging and Transporting Apparatus, #3,847,270, November 12,1976
7. Reeving System for a Scissors-Type Clamshell Bucket, #3,975,044, July 17,1976
8. Material Handling Apparatus with Load Compensated Counterweight System, #4,004,496, January 25,1977
9. Bulk Material Dislodging and Gathering Apparatus, #4,058,203, November 15,1977
10. Conveying Apparatus, #4,217,981, August 19,1980
11. Combination Impact and Pressure Liquid Rock Drill, #4,290,496, September 22,1981
12. Self-Adjusting Rail Clamp Mechanism, #4,377,220, March 22,1983
13. Self-Training Belt Conveyor with Digging Elements, #4,506,781, June 7, 1983
14. A Tethered Vehicle for Moving Bulk Material, #4,548,315, October 22, 1985
15. Accelerating Slugs of Liquid, #4,571,637, March 4,1986 AnU J-f7
16. Method and Apparatus for Conveying Solids using High Velocity Vacuum, #4,776,731, October 11,1988
17. Methods and Apparatus for Excavating Soil and Like using a Supersonic Gas, #8,613,220 (Franc®), April 28, 1989
18. Pollution Control Apparatus for Industrial Processes and the Like, #9,100,937, July 9, 1992
Dr. Briggs operates in many countries of the world. His skills lie in essentially five areas:
1. The science of dynamic structures
2. Advanced Mechanical Engineering
3. Bulk Materials Handling
4. Hydro Dynamics
5. Thermo Dynamics
PHILANTHROPY
Last but not least, Dr. Briggs is a philanthropist, and has given generously of his own time and financial resources to benefit the needy and impoverished on an international scale.
The following are excerpts from a selection of recent articles featuring the work of Dr. Briggs, also in Malawi, also on an engineering project – not only does this show that he is a philanthropist, it also serves to underscore his familiarity with Malawi and its unique challenges.
MAN DETERMINED TO UPLIFT POOR
By Bill Zlatos, Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Sept 15, 2012
http://www.questia.com/library/1P2-33653725/man-determined-to-uplift-poor
“On a religious mission to the African nation of Malawi, Aubrey C. Briggs noticed women balancing 50-pound buckets of water on their heads while walking two 4-mile round trips each day.
Briggs, 91, of Sewickley Heights vowed to pay for and create a water system to ease their plight.
Nineteen years later, on Sept. 24, he will receive the first World Mission Initiative Award from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in East Liberty for making good on that promise.”
RETIRED SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS ENGINEER'S DEVOTION TO OTHERS GETTING QUITE A WORKOUT IN MALAWI
By Ann Rodgers / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 24, 2012
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-north/retired-sewickley-heights-engineers-devotion-to-others-getting-quite-a-workout-in-malawi-654693/
“In the village of Domasi, Malawi, where women once carried 53-pound buckets of water on their heads for miles, a pipeline now winds down a mountain carrying clean water to their homes.
It wouldn't have happened if Sewickley Heights resident Aubrey Briggs hadn't wanted to play tennis as a youth in Australia. Nor would it have happened without a 21-year partnership between Pittsburgh Presbytery and the Synod of Blantyre, Malawi, of the Presbyterian Church of Central Africa
Dr. Briggs, 92, a "retired" engineer, will receive an award tonight from the World Mission Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary for his Living Waters Project. He designed it, oversaw construction and put in $300,000 of his own money.”
SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS MAN HOPES TO FINISH WORK IN MALAWI
By Ervin Dyer, Post-Gazette, Monday, June 24, 2002
http://triblive.com/home/2589745-74/briggs-malawi-bill-deep-designed-engineer-government-mission-pay-system#axzz2i7eMjSMW
“Wanted: bulldozer operator. Must be experienced, willing to work for free, able to travel thousands of miles and have a heart of gold. Sound like you?
If so, you're needed to help complete a $300,000 water system in a small, rural area in Malawi, a landlocked nation in southeast Africa.”
LOCAL ENGINEER HELPS BRING WATER TO MALAWI
Pittsburg CBS feature, KDKA TV station, September 24, 2012 11:17 PM
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/09/24/local-engineer-helps-bring-water-to-malawi/
“While helping rebuild a Presbyterian church in Malawi 20 years ago, Aubrey Briggs of Sewickley Heights was shocked to see women carrying water several miles to make concrete.
“With the bucket and the water it was 53 pounds on their head,” the 92-year-old engineer recalls. “And sometimes one or two babies on their hips. And this seemed to me very wrong. And so I decided there and then really to try and find another way.”
Briggs International, Inc. is headed by the distinguished Dr. Aubrey C. Briggs, the world’s leading designer of heavy duty ship and barge loading equipment. Dr. Briggs lives outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Briggs is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, Chartered Professional Engineer and member of the National Professional Engineers Register. He graduated with the equivalent of a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, and his many post graduate studies include Advanced Strength and Elasticity of Materials from Melbourne University, and Fundamental Design and Science of Computers from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Dr. Briggs was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Chancellor College of the University of Malawi.
Dr. Briggs’ long and distinguished engineering and design career has resulted in many notable designs and inventions, including:
• Heavy Materials Handling: The world’s largest loading/unloading machines
• Involute Gearing – new gear design in heavy industrial machinery
• Equipment used on NASA Apollo missions and moon landing
• Energy Recycling Self-Cooled Containment Building
• Supersonic Air Knife
RELEVANT PAST PERFORMANCE: WORLD’S LARGEST MACHINES
Dr. Briggs’ extensive experience in the design of cranes, ship loaders/unloaders, and conveyors is highly relevant to the present project, as both involve similar engineering principles and incorporate common design elements.
Dr. Briggs’ groundbreaking ideas and insight ushered in the development of a new generation of stacker/reclaimers, ship unloaders and loaders, and ore bridges that eventually elevated his company to the international leadership position it enjoyed for many years. Briggs secured the patents for these unique material handling technologies.
OTHER NOTABLE INVENTIONS
Briggs’ innovation was not confined to heavy materials handling alone. Below we highlight some examples of his inventions that attest to his unbridled creativity and ability to view a problem from a different perspective.
INVOLUTE GEARING
Briggs created a novel approach to the design of involute gearing. He developed a new formula which was able to predict when existing gears would fail due to metal fatigue. This he applied to the development of specialized gearing for heavy duty industrial equipment. This revolutionary new gear substantially extended the operating life of heavy duty equipment such as ore bridges, ship unloaders, cranes and the like. This technology continues to influence the design of mechanical equipment in many parts of the industrialized world. The Briggs formula is used in many countries of the world because it provides much greater reliability at reduced cost.
SINGLE THRUST BALL BEARING
Briggs replaced the complex system of equalized wheels by a single thrust ball bearing (see figure), in some applications reaching a diameter of 30 feet. The standard thrust bearing offered by the industry is currently limited to 11.5 inches.
A significant feature of this giant bearing is its ability to tolerate a support structure that is less than perfectly smooth. The manufacturing cost of this unique ball bearing is a fraction of the conventional equalized wheel clusters.
SELF-COOLED CONTAINMENT BUILDING
Briggs has been granted a patent for, and is poised to introduce the “Self-Cooled Containment Building”. This unique building is designed to seal and protect the environment from hazardous products, as they occur, from certain processes that produce substantial quantities of particulate matter, toxic fluids and poisonous gases in company with vast quantities of heat. The building will prevent the escape of these products while cleanup and cooling is taking place. The removal of the enormous amount of generated heat is accomplished by using the very heat that would cause a problem as an energy source to remove the problem. This new technology is directed toward the coke making industry and the waste incineration industry as well as others with similar environmental problems.
SUPERSONIC AIR KNIFE FOR EXCAVATING GAS AND ELECTRIC LINES WITHOUT RISK OF DAMAGE AND REMOVING LAND MINES SAFELY
Briggs introduced to the world the “damage free” technology that guaranteed safety to those involved in excavating gas lines, electrical cables, fiber-optic lines and the like. This was achieved by creating and harnessing a supersonic air jet. The supersonic air knife was born, quickly followed by the supersonic vacuum tube and the “soft” excavator.
In a completely different activity Briggs designed a hypervelocity water cannon that can shatter rock an order of magnitude faster than existing equipment. This research has spanned almost a decade.
AIRBAG BELT
Most recently, Briggs has patented (and is currently refining the design of) an airbag belt to protect the elderly in case of falls. This work is ongoing.
PATENTS
Briggs holds 31 Patents, including the following :
1. Barge Handling and Unloading System, #3,420,388, January 1,1969
2. Bulk Material Handling Apparatus, #3,746,150, July 10,1973
3. Material Handling Apparatus, #3,756,375, September 4,1973
4. Stacker Reclaimer Material Handling Unit, #3,767,030, October 23, 1973
5. Bucket Assembly for use in a Material Handling Apparatus, #3,767,060, October 23, 1973
6. Material Digging and Transporting Apparatus, #3,847,270, November 12,1976
7. Reeving System for a Scissors-Type Clamshell Bucket, #3,975,044, July 17,1976
8. Material Handling Apparatus with Load Compensated Counterweight System, #4,004,496, January 25,1977
9. Bulk Material Dislodging and Gathering Apparatus, #4,058,203, November 15,1977
10. Conveying Apparatus, #4,217,981, August 19,1980
11. Combination Impact and Pressure Liquid Rock Drill, #4,290,496, September 22,1981
12. Self-Adjusting Rail Clamp Mechanism, #4,377,220, March 22,1983
13. Self-Training Belt Conveyor with Digging Elements, #4,506,781, June 7, 1983
14. A Tethered Vehicle for Moving Bulk Material, #4,548,315, October 22, 1985
15. Accelerating Slugs of Liquid, #4,571,637, March 4,1986 AnU J-f7
16. Method and Apparatus for Conveying Solids using High Velocity Vacuum, #4,776,731, October 11,1988
17. Methods and Apparatus for Excavating Soil and Like using a Supersonic Gas, #8,613,220 (Franc®), April 28, 1989
18. Pollution Control Apparatus for Industrial Processes and the Like, #9,100,937, July 9, 1992
Dr. Briggs operates in many countries of the world. His skills lie in essentially five areas:
1. The science of dynamic structures
2. Advanced Mechanical Engineering
3. Bulk Materials Handling
4. Hydro Dynamics
5. Thermo Dynamics
PHILANTHROPY
Last but not least, Dr. Briggs is a philanthropist, and has given generously of his own time and financial resources to benefit the needy and impoverished on an international scale.
The following are excerpts from a selection of recent articles featuring the work of Dr. Briggs, also in Malawi, also on an engineering project – not only does this show that he is a philanthropist, it also serves to underscore his familiarity with Malawi and its unique challenges.
MAN DETERMINED TO UPLIFT POOR
By Bill Zlatos, Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Sept 15, 2012
http://www.questia.com/library/1P2-33653725/man-determined-to-uplift-poor
“On a religious mission to the African nation of Malawi, Aubrey C. Briggs noticed women balancing 50-pound buckets of water on their heads while walking two 4-mile round trips each day.
Briggs, 91, of Sewickley Heights vowed to pay for and create a water system to ease their plight.
Nineteen years later, on Sept. 24, he will receive the first World Mission Initiative Award from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in East Liberty for making good on that promise.”
RETIRED SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS ENGINEER'S DEVOTION TO OTHERS GETTING QUITE A WORKOUT IN MALAWI
By Ann Rodgers / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 24, 2012
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-north/retired-sewickley-heights-engineers-devotion-to-others-getting-quite-a-workout-in-malawi-654693/
“In the village of Domasi, Malawi, where women once carried 53-pound buckets of water on their heads for miles, a pipeline now winds down a mountain carrying clean water to their homes.
It wouldn't have happened if Sewickley Heights resident Aubrey Briggs hadn't wanted to play tennis as a youth in Australia. Nor would it have happened without a 21-year partnership between Pittsburgh Presbytery and the Synod of Blantyre, Malawi, of the Presbyterian Church of Central Africa
Dr. Briggs, 92, a "retired" engineer, will receive an award tonight from the World Mission Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary for his Living Waters Project. He designed it, oversaw construction and put in $300,000 of his own money.”
SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS MAN HOPES TO FINISH WORK IN MALAWI
By Ervin Dyer, Post-Gazette, Monday, June 24, 2002
http://triblive.com/home/2589745-74/briggs-malawi-bill-deep-designed-engineer-government-mission-pay-system#axzz2i7eMjSMW
“Wanted: bulldozer operator. Must be experienced, willing to work for free, able to travel thousands of miles and have a heart of gold. Sound like you?
If so, you're needed to help complete a $300,000 water system in a small, rural area in Malawi, a landlocked nation in southeast Africa.”
LOCAL ENGINEER HELPS BRING WATER TO MALAWI
Pittsburg CBS feature, KDKA TV station, September 24, 2012 11:17 PM
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/09/24/local-engineer-helps-bring-water-to-malawi/
“While helping rebuild a Presbyterian church in Malawi 20 years ago, Aubrey Briggs of Sewickley Heights was shocked to see women carrying water several miles to make concrete.
“With the bucket and the water it was 53 pounds on their head,” the 92-year-old engineer recalls. “And sometimes one or two babies on their hips. And this seemed to me very wrong. And so I decided there and then really to try and find another way.”
This behemoth handles iron ore and coal at 6000 tons per hour. It runs on 64 wheels on a railway-type track sitting on a sand base.
(Dr. Briggs may be seen standing in the lower triangle in the upper right of the picture. This also gives an idea of the size of the machine.)
(Dr. Briggs may be seen standing in the lower triangle in the upper right of the picture. This also gives an idea of the size of the machine.)
This continuous unloader is designed to discharge 6000 tons per hour of iron ore from ships up to 350,000 DWT
Located in Tampa, Florida, USA, this coal unloader handles 6000-9000 tons per hour and is reputed to be the largest of its kind in the world.
Located in Sydney, Australia, this clamshell coal unloader bridge is reputed to be the last totally riveted structure of its type in the Western World.
2015-Present Senior Pastor, Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham (AL)
2005-2015 President, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (PA)
1983-2005 Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Dallas (TX)
2000-Present Ethics Consultant to major corporations including Gruma, Mission Foods and Azteca Milling as well as Duke University Medical Center; ethics advisor on the Medical Advisory Board of Organ Transport Systems
2000-Present Lectures on the Brain at medical schools, medical conferences and Grand Rounds at major hospitals on the following topics: “Brains, Bodies, Beliefs and Behavior,” “Brains, Bodies, Cancer and Hope,” and “Faith, the Brain and Pain.”
1990-Present Lectured in China, Russia, India, Korea, Taiwan, South Africa, Canada, Germany and England; spoken at Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Cornell, Boston University and numerous other schools world-wide.
1970-1977 Graduate of University of Tulsa (B.S.), Louisville Presbyterian Seminary (M.Div.), University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
1979-Present Published eight books, two of which are translated into Korean, and 75 articles.
Member of the International Neuroethics Society and the National Association of Corporate Directors
Served on numerous academic and healthcare boards
Served as Guest Chaplain of the United States Senate with one sermon published in The Congressional Record
Honorary Doctorates in Science, Humane Letters, and Divinity
Harvard Graduate School of Education—successfully completed the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents
Retreat Master for U.S. military officers and troops in Berchtesgaden, Germany and Golden, Colorado
2005-2015 President, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (PA)
1983-2005 Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Dallas (TX)
2000-Present Ethics Consultant to major corporations including Gruma, Mission Foods and Azteca Milling as well as Duke University Medical Center; ethics advisor on the Medical Advisory Board of Organ Transport Systems
2000-Present Lectures on the Brain at medical schools, medical conferences and Grand Rounds at major hospitals on the following topics: “Brains, Bodies, Beliefs and Behavior,” “Brains, Bodies, Cancer and Hope,” and “Faith, the Brain and Pain.”
1990-Present Lectured in China, Russia, India, Korea, Taiwan, South Africa, Canada, Germany and England; spoken at Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Cornell, Boston University and numerous other schools world-wide.
1970-1977 Graduate of University of Tulsa (B.S.), Louisville Presbyterian Seminary (M.Div.), University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
1979-Present Published eight books, two of which are translated into Korean, and 75 articles.
Member of the International Neuroethics Society and the National Association of Corporate Directors
Served on numerous academic and healthcare boards
Served as Guest Chaplain of the United States Senate with one sermon published in The Congressional Record
Honorary Doctorates in Science, Humane Letters, and Divinity
Harvard Graduate School of Education—successfully completed the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents
Retreat Master for U.S. military officers and troops in Berchtesgaden, Germany and Golden, Colorado
Dr. Kamal Raychaudhuri is the Director of Advanced Technology and Business Development at Briggs International. Previously, Dr. Raychaudhuri had held positions of Director and Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies, and Vice-President of Technology and Marketing, and Chief Technical Officer of EMW, Inc. He has a Ph.D. in Physics and an MSE in Computer and Information Science, both from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Dr. Raychaudhuri has made important contributions in the telecommunications technology areas of self-healing ring and mesh network architectures, having worked on network evolution and advanced feature planning for synchronous and optical networks. Dr. Raychaudhuri's physics research includes ground-breaking experiments in lepton and hadron collisions performed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the USA. At EMW, Dr. Raychaudhuri was instrumental in winning numerous bids, and also held leadership roles in the establishment of the company’s ISO 9000 and 20000 programs.
Dr. Raychaudhuri has two patents in telecommunications, and has numerous papers and publications in diverse fields. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Dr. Raychaudhuri has made important contributions in the telecommunications technology areas of self-healing ring and mesh network architectures, having worked on network evolution and advanced feature planning for synchronous and optical networks. Dr. Raychaudhuri's physics research includes ground-breaking experiments in lepton and hadron collisions performed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the USA. At EMW, Dr. Raychaudhuri was instrumental in winning numerous bids, and also held leadership roles in the establishment of the company’s ISO 9000 and 20000 programs.
Dr. Raychaudhuri has two patents in telecommunications, and has numerous papers and publications in diverse fields. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Summary
Extensive broad experience in all areas of corporate operations, business management, and business development . Dynamic oral and written communicator; experienced in development of technical and marketing documentation and oral presentations. Demonstrated record of effective management of personnel and resources to achieve goals on time and within budget and used to simultaneous management of multiple corporate level responsibilities including profit & loss. Widely traveled with experience in both international and domestic business; including four years residency in Europe. Organized and managed multinational consortia for projects in Western and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Fluent in German, and can speak and read French. Currently Senior Advisor to client organizations pursuing International Business Opportunities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Also serve as Consultant to Senior Client Company Officials on general business practices and projects in the US. Formerly, as Senior Vice President, International Business and in other key Corporate Level positions in several companies for over 20 years, responsible for business development with international clients, establishment of teaming agreements and strategic alliances with foreign companies for the pursuit of international opportunities, and overseeing Capture and Proposal activities. Also as necessary, monitor, provide Quality Assurance and intervention in ongoing Projects and Programs to assure success. Focus included the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with other clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
President
JRH2 Consulting International, LLC
February 2014 – Present (Over 2 years)
Currently engaged with companies to provide Consultation and Counsel for developing and executing successful business with NATO, with other business sectors in Europe, and in the Middle East and Africa. Also serve as Advisor to Senior Client Company Officials on Domestic Projects and General Business Practices.
Senior Vice President, International Business
EMW, Inc.
March 2004 – February 2014 (10 years)
Responsible for business development with international clients, establishment of teaming agreements and strategic alliances with US and foreign companies for the pursuit of international opportunities, and overseeing Capture and Proposal activities. Also as necessary, monitor and provide Quality Assurance and intervention in ongoing Projects and Programs to assure success.
Was brought into Company both to change Company Focus from Subcontracting to becoming a Prime Contractor, and to develop the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a major EMW customer, as well as develop other clients in Europe and The Middle East. From standing start, developed and led Team whose efforts over a 10 year period resulted in the award of over 30 contracts.
ASEC/ACS Defense/Lockheed Martin
1979 – 2004
Started with firm as System Engineer (6 months); held successive positions as Program Manager (7 years), Director of European Projects (12 years) and Director, International Business (6 years). As Director, International Business, primarily responsible for business development of International and Security sectors of firm. Formed and managed multinational consortia to capture business with international clients. Found, established, and managed local in-country marketing, sales and support channels. Negotiated and formed national and international strategic business alliances.
Opened from standing start, new markets for company in NATO, Kuwait, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. Have established world-wide network of corporate level contacts to facilitate business capture in any country. Also served as proposal manager on numerous proposals and on Corporate level proposal review committee for proposals in other company sectors. Provided business development support to other company sectors as requested. Developed Five Year Business Plans for four company divisions
Education
US Military Academy, West Point, New York, USA
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Engineering
1963 – 1967
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Master of Arts (M.A.), German, Completed all requirements for PhD, but Dissertation.
1971 – 1975
Dartmouth College
Studies in Liberal Arts and Sciences
1962 – 1963
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire USA
Diploma
1958 – 1962
Extensive broad experience in all areas of corporate operations, business management, and business development . Dynamic oral and written communicator; experienced in development of technical and marketing documentation and oral presentations. Demonstrated record of effective management of personnel and resources to achieve goals on time and within budget and used to simultaneous management of multiple corporate level responsibilities including profit & loss. Widely traveled with experience in both international and domestic business; including four years residency in Europe. Organized and managed multinational consortia for projects in Western and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Fluent in German, and can speak and read French. Currently Senior Advisor to client organizations pursuing International Business Opportunities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Also serve as Consultant to Senior Client Company Officials on general business practices and projects in the US. Formerly, as Senior Vice President, International Business and in other key Corporate Level positions in several companies for over 20 years, responsible for business development with international clients, establishment of teaming agreements and strategic alliances with foreign companies for the pursuit of international opportunities, and overseeing Capture and Proposal activities. Also as necessary, monitor, provide Quality Assurance and intervention in ongoing Projects and Programs to assure success. Focus included the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with other clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
President
JRH2 Consulting International, LLC
February 2014 – Present (Over 2 years)
Currently engaged with companies to provide Consultation and Counsel for developing and executing successful business with NATO, with other business sectors in Europe, and in the Middle East and Africa. Also serve as Advisor to Senior Client Company Officials on Domestic Projects and General Business Practices.
Senior Vice President, International Business
EMW, Inc.
March 2004 – February 2014 (10 years)
Responsible for business development with international clients, establishment of teaming agreements and strategic alliances with US and foreign companies for the pursuit of international opportunities, and overseeing Capture and Proposal activities. Also as necessary, monitor and provide Quality Assurance and intervention in ongoing Projects and Programs to assure success.
Was brought into Company both to change Company Focus from Subcontracting to becoming a Prime Contractor, and to develop the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a major EMW customer, as well as develop other clients in Europe and The Middle East. From standing start, developed and led Team whose efforts over a 10 year period resulted in the award of over 30 contracts.
ASEC/ACS Defense/Lockheed Martin
1979 – 2004
Started with firm as System Engineer (6 months); held successive positions as Program Manager (7 years), Director of European Projects (12 years) and Director, International Business (6 years). As Director, International Business, primarily responsible for business development of International and Security sectors of firm. Formed and managed multinational consortia to capture business with international clients. Found, established, and managed local in-country marketing, sales and support channels. Negotiated and formed national and international strategic business alliances.
Opened from standing start, new markets for company in NATO, Kuwait, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. Have established world-wide network of corporate level contacts to facilitate business capture in any country. Also served as proposal manager on numerous proposals and on Corporate level proposal review committee for proposals in other company sectors. Provided business development support to other company sectors as requested. Developed Five Year Business Plans for four company divisions
Education
US Military Academy, West Point, New York, USA
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Engineering
1963 – 1967
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Master of Arts (M.A.), German, Completed all requirements for PhD, but Dissertation.
1971 – 1975
Dartmouth College
Studies in Liberal Arts and Sciences
1962 – 1963
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire USA
Diploma
1958 – 1962
Malcolm is a lifelong entrepreneur and has started and managed several businesses. Malcolm Handelsman has over 30 years of financial and operations experience in public and private companies. He received his BA from Kenyon College, his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and began his career in the corporate world, working for National Intergroup as an Internal Auditor and at Mellon Bank in their Real Estate Finance Department. During this time he also obtained his CPA certification. In 1986 Malcolm started Gram & Gramps Children’s store, catering to children and Grandparents-selling toys and clothing-and was a household name in the Pittsburgh Market for over 20 years. At the beginning of 2010, he was recruited by Morgan Stanley to become a Financial Advisor, but realized his heart was in the business and entrepreneurial world. In the fall of 2011 he started Do It Right, helping Entrepreneurs and Early Stage companies understand the methods and processes needed to grow a successful business, and helping them raise the necessary capital to grow their business. Do It Right has worked with over twenty start-up and early stage companies since its inception, helping them realize their dream. His core ability is as a Chief Revenue Officer and his key strengths include financial management, strategic planning, marketing, revenue and business modeling and business development, Malcolm primarily works with manufacturing, E-Commerce, technology and consumer product companies.
Henry M. Ross, Senior Advisor. Henry Ross founded Ross Industries, Inc., a publicly-held corporation in 1968 and served as its Chairman and CEO from its inception until 1991, when he sold the corporation. Ross Industries specialized in the design and implementation of various industrial food processing machines and packaging systems created by Mr. Ross. Costco, McDonalds and Gortons Fish Products are among some of their clientele.
Henry served on the Board of Directors of The Fauquier Bank in Warrenton, Virginia. From 1975 until his retirement in 1990, he served on the Board of Directors of North Central Airlines which merged with Southern Airlines and Hughes Airwest (changing its name to Republic Airlines and later merging with and into Northwest Airlines). From 1963 to 1968, Mr. Ross served as Vice President of Keltec Industries, Inc., an electronics development and manufacturing company. For six years prior thereto, he was Chief of Development Engineering for Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation, an aircraft and aerospace firm. Mr. Ross received his BS in Chemistry and Physics from Case Western Reserve University. He is a former officer in the U.S. Navy where he was a carrier based fighter pilot.
Henry served on the Board of Directors of The Fauquier Bank in Warrenton, Virginia. From 1975 until his retirement in 1990, he served on the Board of Directors of North Central Airlines which merged with Southern Airlines and Hughes Airwest (changing its name to Republic Airlines and later merging with and into Northwest Airlines). From 1963 to 1968, Mr. Ross served as Vice President of Keltec Industries, Inc., an electronics development and manufacturing company. For six years prior thereto, he was Chief of Development Engineering for Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation, an aircraft and aerospace firm. Mr. Ross received his BS in Chemistry and Physics from Case Western Reserve University. He is a former officer in the U.S. Navy where he was a carrier based fighter pilot.
Holly Louise (Ross) Briggs, Logistics and Administrative Manager. Holly brings over 25 years experience to BII. Serving lawyers as a Paralegal for over 18 years, she is adept at research and communication. Holly is also well-versed in the marketing and sales of legal services.
In addition to work experience in the legal realm, Holly served as Executive Assistant, HR Administrator and Bookkeeper to an IT entrepreneur, successfully launching a new business in the Reston, Virginia area. Recently, she served as Administrative Assistant to a nationally renowned women’s organization—creating and maintaining their website and private Facebook Group, and planning and coordinating their many annual events.
She received her BA in Humanities, Magna cum laude, from Rockmont College in Lakewood, Colorado.
In addition to work experience in the legal realm, Holly served as Executive Assistant, HR Administrator and Bookkeeper to an IT entrepreneur, successfully launching a new business in the Reston, Virginia area. Recently, she served as Administrative Assistant to a nationally renowned women’s organization—creating and maintaining their website and private Facebook Group, and planning and coordinating their many annual events.
She received her BA in Humanities, Magna cum laude, from Rockmont College in Lakewood, Colorado.