Where can you find us? Applied Defense Solutions has three offices conveniently located in the Baltimore/Washington DC Region, the Philadelphia area, and Colorado Springs. Who are we? Take a moment to read up on our senior staff. Job seeking? Check out our listing of current openings.
Contact Us::
Phone:
301.483.4910
Fax:
301.483.4913
Email:
info@applieddefense.com


Colorado Springs::
5636 Altitude Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Ryan Frederic::President
Ryan Frederic is the President and Co-Founder of Applied Defense Solutions, Inc. Ryan is accomplished in the integration and implementation of COTS software solutions and services for the aerospace, defense, and intelligence communities. Before co-founding ADS in 2004, Ryan worked for several years at Analytical Graphics Inc. in product management, business development and sales as well as providing engineering support to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Since founding ADS, he has been involved with providing custom integrated solutions for government agencies and contractors in each of ADS’ practice areas: Network Modeling & Simulation, Command & Control, and Space Systems. Ryan earned his BS in Aerospace Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received the Innovation/Entrepreneurship Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in May 2007.
Hank Grabowski::CTO
Hank Grabowski is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Applied Defense Solutions, Inc. Hank has extensive experience in consulting with and providing services to government agencies and contractors in the aerospace, defense, and intelligence communities. Since founding ADS in 2004, he has been directly responsible for the design, development, and implementation of custom systems for projects in the Space Systems, Network Modeling & Simulation, and C2 Systems groups. Previously Hank worked at Analytical Graphics Inc. as a software developer and as an applications support engineer. He designed, developed, and maintained several Satellite Tool Kit modules, including STK/Coverage, STK/MATLAB, STK/PL, STK/Connect, and STK/GIS, as well as AGI’s C/JMTK software and Navigation Tool Kit. While at AGI, he also supported NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on-site by handling their STK analysis and visualization technical needs. Hank earned his BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received the Aerospace Professional of the Year Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2001.
John Carrico::Senior Astrodynamics Specialist
John Carrico is a Senior Astrodynamics Specialist for Applied Defense Solutions in Fulton, MD, leading their Space Systems Department. Previously John worked at Analytical Graphics Inc., where he started as lead developer for the STK/Astrogator module, became a product manager for orbit determination and GIS, and worked in business development. Before that he worked as a contractor to NSPO on the ROCSAT program, and as a contractor to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a mission analyst and computer scientist. Prior to NASA, John worked in an IR&D laboratory as a contractor to the US Army. John has been working in flight dynamics since 1989, in the areas of rendezvous; low-Earth; geostationary; lunar; Lissajous; asteroid and interplanetary missions; and military space. John has supported several missions including the Clementine lunar mission, GOES, GRO, ISTP, ROCSAT, WMAP, IBEX, and some military spacecraft. John has also designed and written trajectory design algorithms and software used for analysis and operations of spacecraft ranging from LEO to interplanetary missions. John received the NASA Space Act Award; the CSC Corporate Technical Excellence Award; and the CSC’s President’s Excellence Award. He has also been awarded several patents.
Joe Gerber::Branch Manager
Joe Gerber represents Applied Defense Solutions as the Branch Manager for the Colorado Springs office. Joe has strong backgrounds in building customized STK applications and in conducting utility-based sensor performance trade studies on future intelligence systems. The majority of his career has been dedicated to developing new technologies with Analytical Graphics software for the defense and intelligence communities. He worked as an Astrodynamics developer for Analytical Graphics, where he managed the STK/Programmers Library module. Joe also worked for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency developing a sensor trade-study environment for the areas of ISR, future space, and terrestrial architectures.
Employment::

System Engineer
The core of every integration effort is the ability to pull together through inspection and introspection the proper design to achieve the end objectives in the most efficient manner for our customers. The use of combination of modern COTS software architectures and custom middleware components allows for the development of these systems in innovative ways. The system engineer is key to making sure that these elements come together properly. This pulling together comes both in the form of directly designing and implementing software solutions for customers but also in the form of assisting the customer in directly in the use of the individual COTS components or in the dissemination of their ideas to their end customers.

ADS is looking for capable engineers who can perform the above tasks. Qualifications for this job include a Bachelor of Science or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a comparable field. Because the job entails frequent communication with software vendors and customers, strong communication skills are required. Job experience in the areas of mission analysis and design, operations center environments and real time analysis systems is a plus. Prior knowledge of one or more of our core vendors' products and familiarity with programming is also a plus. U.S. Citizenship is preferred but not required. Potential application should expect to be traveling to customer sites periodically as well.

Network Modeling and Simulation
Network modeling and simulation are a critical component to determining the proper functioning of modern day information intense systems. ADS engineers work in these areas to help customers ensure that they are accurately modeling the networking architectures of the future. ADS is looking for capable engineers with a Bachelor of Science or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a comparable degree. In-depth familiarity with development, implementation and analysis of network, MAC and routing protocols as well as the TCP/IP stack is a plus. Prior experience with our vendor products in this area is a plus as well. Because the job entails frequent communication with software vendors and customers, strong communication skills are required. Potential application should expect to be traveling to customer sites periodically as well. U.S. Citizenship is required.

Software Developer
ADS is looking for qualified software engineers and programmers who enjoy working in a team environment to implement COTS based software solutions. Potential applicants should expect to be working both with industry standard ActiveX, COM and .NET based COTS architectures and with fully custom in-house solutions. Frequent roles include the implementation of base designs, augmenting the fault-tolerance of existing software solutions and the development and implementation of user documentation for the particular middleware solution. Qualifications for this job include a Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or a degree in a comparable field. Language experience should include advanced experience of one or more of the following: C/C++, C#, VB.NET, Java, Perl, Matlab, and SQL. Previous job experience with one or more of our core vendors' products is a plus. Previous experience with the development of ActiveX components is also a plus.