Ted graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS Degree in Engineering and then served for 24 years as a Field Artillery Officer in a variety of command and staff positions in both peacetime and combat assignments. Ted received an MBA from the University of Georgia and then, while serving as an Assistant Professor of Military Science at UGA, he completed all coursework requirements for a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems with a minor in Organizational Behavior.
His graduate studies led to a wide variety of military assignments associated with the development of both tactical and national command and control systems as well as interoperability between various U.S. and NATO C2 systems. After he retired from the military, Ted spent 15 years in industry where he served as a Principal Engineer and Product Development Team Manager for multiple projects to include all of the Command and Control Software and Electronics for a multi-billion dollar development program for an automated howitzer. His last seven years in the industry were spent as a Business Development Manager for United Defense, LP, and BAE Systems. After retiring in 2007 for the second time, Ted moved to Wilmington, NC where he and his wife of forty-five years reside in a home overlooking the NE Cape Fear River. He quickly became involved with Cape Fear River Watch (a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the improvement and preservation of the health, beauty, cleanliness, and heritage of the Cape Fear River Basin) when he volunteered to help with the very first Striper Fishing Tournament, and he has been an active supporter and board member ever since. In addition to CFRW, Ted volunteers as a Boating Safety and Seamanship instructor for the Cape Fear Sail & Power Squadron and he continues to maintain his professional ski instructor certification with the Professional Ski Instructors of America.
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