Johnstown, PA, Dec. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) President and CEO, Edward J. Sheehan, Jr., has been elected to the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Board of Directors. He is among a class of 16 new board members elected by the NDIA membership.
The NDIA, which has 1,600 corporate and 85,000 individual members, is a non-partisan, non-profit association that educates its constituencies on all aspects of national security. The group drives strategic dialogue by identifying key issues and leveraging the knowledge and experience of its military, government, industry, and academic members to address them. The NDIA Board of Directors is comprised of senior leaders from across the broad spectrum of companies in the defense industrial base that support national security.
“It is an honor to play a leadership role in this important organization that connects government, industry, and academia to develop solutions to advance America’s national security and defense needs,” said Sheehan. “NDIA Board members represent a variety of perspectives, all working together to ensure that our service men and women are properly prepared to defend our nation and defeat every adversary.”
NDIA Board Chairman, Mr. Richard McConn, expressed his appreciation for Mr. Sheehan’s breadth of experience and the contributions he can make as an NDIA board member. “Ed brings a wealth of experience from being part of small businesses, large businesses, and not-for-profit organizations serving professional services and manufacturing industries. His experience and expertise is extensive and will assist NDIA better serve its mission.”
Mr. Sheehan has more than 37 years of corporate, management, and programmatic experience with a variety of large and small businesses throughout the United States. In addition to his role as President and CEO of CTC, Mr. Sheehan is Vice Chairman of CTC’s Board of Directors, Vice Chairman and President of the CTC Foundation, and Chairman of the Board of Enterprise Ventures Corporation, a for-profit subsidiary of CTC. Under his leadership, CTC has earned a number of national and international awards for technical and organizational excellence, including Gold and Silver Edison Awards, several Best for Vets Employer recognitions, an OSHA VPP Star Award, and many others.
Mr. Sheehan serves on the Board of Directors of 1st Summit Bank and the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial, as well as the boards of a number of Pennsylvania-based economic development, public service, and charitable organizations in a volunteer capacity. He is a member of the Western Region Advisory Board of Highmark, Inc.; a University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Advisory Board Member; Vice Chair and Board Member of the John P. Murtha Foundation; and he is a member of the Council of the Pennsylvania Society.
Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) is an independent, nonprofit, applied scientific research and development professional services organization. Together with our affiliates, Enterprise Ventures Corporation and CTC Foundation, we leverage research, development, test and evaluation work to provide transformative, full lifecycle solutions. To best serve our clients’ needs, we offer the complete ability to fully design, develop, test, prototype and build. We support our clients’ core mission objectives with customized solutions and strive to exceed expectations. For more information about CTC, visit www.ctc.com.
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