Anthony R. Fabiano President and Chief Executive Officer brings more than 20 years of senior management experience to AS&E.

From 1997 to 2002 he served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Minneapolis-based Despatch Industries a leading designer and manufacturer of thermal processing equipment. In this position his team delivered outstanding financial performance customer satisfaction and market leadership through Best-in-Class engineering and manufacturing practices.

Prior to Despatch Mr. Fabiano spent three years as Vice President of Defense Systems Operations at Alliant Techsystems a Fortune 500 aerospace and defense company. He was responsible for restructuring and energizing a $450 million cost-center; a materials management program consisting of a $250 million annual budget; as well as 3 000 suppliers and 200 employees. Before advancing to Vice President he was President of Alliant's Ferrulmatic Operations division formerly Ferrulmatic Inc. an engineering and manufacturing company specializing in precision products for the munitions industrial power tool fluid control and medical industries.