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Greg Gustin
President
1971
–
1980.
Mr.
Gustin
began
his
professional
career
as
a
US
Marine
Corps
Officer;
Primary
role
as
jet
fighter
pilot;
Underwent
training
as
Test
Pilot,
and
Advanced
Tactics
Instructor
(the
Marine
Corps
version
of
the
Navy’s
Top
Gun);
Held
numerous supervisory and administrative positions:
1980
-
McDonnell
Douglas
Corporation.
First
assignment,
to
research
and
develop
the
"Air
Combat
Maneuvering"
and
"Fighter
Intercept"
chapters
for
the
F/A-18
Tactical
Flight
Manual.
Then
promoted
to
Operations
Analyst
for
the
Advanced
Design
Concept
Branch
where
he
led
the
development
of
advanced
simulation
techniques
(both
realtime
and
non-realtime)
for
the
study
of
advanced
weapons
systems.
He
developed
an
innovative,
easily
usable,
computer
data
retrieval
and
analysis
system,
providing
his
company
the
ability
to
answer
Congressional
and
DoD
weapons’
capability
queries
in
minutes,
rather
than
in
months.
1981
-
Washington,
DC
Consulting
Firm
.
Tasked
with
the
responsibility
to
develop
F/A-18's
Training
Program
Master
Plan
(TPMP)
which
involved
the
study
and
analysis
of
all
training
materials
and
devices,
including
aircrew
and
maintenance
simulators,
As
Pentagon
Consultant,
received
open
access
to
wide
variety
of
design
approaches;
Concluded
the
Pentagon
was
not
receiving
fair
market
value
for
its
dollars,
and
delivered
an
enlightening
report;
Pentagon
implemented
most
his
recommendations, savings millions of dollars.
1982
-
Northrop
Corporation.
Employed
as
man-in-the-loop
test
pilot,
responsible
for,
the
design
and
testing
(in
the
simulators)
of
new
concepts
for
Northrop’s
newest
fighter
jet,
the
F20
TigerShark;
authorized
$200
Million
for
design
and
manufacture of four flight simulators, yet designed a twelve cockpit facility for less than $134 Million.
1982
-
Wall
Street
investment-banking
firm.
After
receiving
a
recommendation
from
the
Pentagon,
a
NY
firm
approached
Mr.
Gustin
to
perform
an
analysis
of
start-up;
Firm
then
offered
employment,
in
which
Mr.
Gustin
was
to
perform
all
engineering
and
technical
analysis
for
all
the
bank’s
potential
investments;
generated
over
$4
million
in
funding
and
responsible
for
all
sales.
1983
-
Formed
HTM
(hi-tech
Marketing
Corporation).
Mission
was
to
establish
marketing
processes
for
new
companies
that
developed
high
technology
products;
designed
and
developed
world’s
first
PC-based,
real-time
graphics
computer,
the
Black
Box™.
1984
–
1992
Formed
Paragon
Graphics,
Inc.
(PGI).
Co-designed
and
developed
industry
state-of-the-art
realtime
computer
image generators for military simulation industry.
1992
–
1996
Formed
Top
Gun
Entertainment,
Inc
(TGE).
Recognizing
the
trend
in
military
budget
reductions,
Mr.
Gustin’s
firm
was one of the first to apply its technical skills to the entertainment industry;
1997
-
Present.
Business
Development
for
Domestic
and
International
Clients.
Mr.
Gustin
has
been
active
consulting
for
several
investment
firms;
his
unique
technical
background,
coupled
with
his
ability
to
analyze
and
describe
new
technologies,
has
provided
several
investment
firms
with
the
necessary
insight
in
their
due
diligence
process;
engaged
to
analyze
the
business
potential for more than one hundred firms in the past ten years.
Mr.
Gustin
has
been
engaged
by
numerous
firms
to
assist
in
various
segments
of
Corporate
Growth
for
both
start-up
and
mature
organizations.
His
personal
technical,
financial
and
management
experiences
have
often
proved
invaluable
to
his
clients.
He
is
currently
providing
assistance
to
Brigadier
General
(Retired)
Mark
Beesley
and
his
firm
Lone
Star
International
LLC
(“LSI”)
by
coordinating
and
managing
contracts,
logistics
and
Business
Development
with
new
clients.
In
2011
Mr.
Gustin
accepted
the
position
of
Managing
Partner
and
President
of
LSI.
Since
2013,
Mr.
Gustin
has
accepted
and
continues
to
serve
as
President
for
several
additional
companies:
Central
Sun
Group
of
Companies,
and
The
Ravenswood
Group,
which
itself
manages
operations
for nearly 50 companies throughout the word.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
Academics:
Graduated
1
of
601
in
high
school
-
GPA
4.0;
Commandant's
List
for
Academics
in
the
USMC
Basic
School;
Commodore's
List
for
Academics
in
the
Navy
Training
Command;
"High
Flight"
Award
for
academic
excellence
in
the
Navy
Training
Command
and
two
"E"
Awards
for
Excellence
in
the
air-to-ground
dive
bombing
syllabus;
Earned
highest
performance
awards
in
air
combat
simulation
since
the
inception;
While
in
the
Marine
Corps,
earned
Bachelor
of
Science
in
Professional
Aeronautics
(Aeronautical
Engineering
and
Aerospace
Management)
from
Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical
University,
completing
studies with honors (GPA 4.0).
Paper
presentations/Panel
chairman/guest
speaker:
IEEE,
Royal
Aeronautical
Society,
Image
Society,
Society
for
Computer
Simulation,
Society
for
Optical
Engineers
and
multiple
publications;
AIAA
Symposium
on
Visual
Simulation,
Interavia
Forum,
Interservice/Industry
Training
Systems
Conference
(I/ITSC),
Conference
Manager
for
Virtual
Reality
Symposium
at
the
annual
Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Meckler VR Conference, DMSO Symposium.
Professional affiliations:
IATA
Working
Group
on
Visual
Systems
Standards
for
Commercial
Aviation;
University
Aviation
Association
Simulation
Committee;
Task
Force
2000;
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
Fund
Grants
Committee;
Awarded
the
first
Co-operative
Research
and
Development
Award
(CRDA)
with
the
US
Government
in
the
Field
of
Simulation
relating
to
Helmet
Mounted
Displays;
Visiting
Researcher for Keio University, Japan.
Notable accomplishments:
Designed
first
digital
production
method
for
“colorizing”
black
and
white
film;
First
real-time
image
generator
demonstrated
at
the
Interservice
Industry
Training
Systems
Conference
(I/ITSC);
First
multi-channel
real-time
image
generator
demonstrated
at
I/ITSC;
First
full
fidelity
jet
simulator
at
I/ITSC;
First
networked
full
fidelity
simulators
at
I/ITSC;
First
non-SIMNET
funded
company
to
demonstrate
interoperability
with
SIMNET
nodes;
First
international
real-time
networking
using
standard
phone
lines
(without
using
data
extrapolation);
Developed
innovative
process
to
reduce
effective
system
transport
delay
in
HMD
systems
from
83msec
to
16msec;
Designed
first
wide
FOV
for
US
Navy
Dynamic
Flight
Simulator;
Designed
visual
display
system
for
US
Navy
Landing
Signal
Officer
Trainer
(LSOT);
Demonstrated
industry’s
first
working
model
of
real-time
voice
recognition
system
for
LSOT;
Designed
distortion
correction
methodology
for
world’s
smallest
dome
(NASA
Pre-Adaptive
Trainer);
Designed
world’s
first
real-time
graphics
playback
system
of
“black
box”
data
streams
used
for
post-crash
analysis
(client
was
US
Army
Safety
Center
tasked
with
examining
unknown
cause(s)
of
Black
Hawk
helicopter
crashes);
Designed
and
demonstrated
first
digital real-time field record/playback system for computer animation.
Personal Achievements
National
Merit
Scholar,
Class
President,
Student
Body
Vice
President,
Who’s
Who
(US
High
School),
Multiple
awards
for
athletics,
USMC
wrestling
team
(part
time),
USMC
Orientation
Team
(part
time),
broke
several
marksmanship
records
in
USMC
for
both
rifle
and
pistol,
officer-in-charge
of
award
winning
shooting
team,
WESTPAC
Chess
Champion,
multiple
awards
for
superior
performance
in
Air-to-Air
combat
competition
(most
kills,
highest
kill
ratio,
best
survival
ratio),
received
Meritorious
Augmentation
into
the
Regular
Officer
Corps,
Deep
Selected
for
Captain,
Deep
Selected
for
Major,
broke
world
record
for
marathon
snow
skiing
on
downhill
mountain
(nearly
30
hours
without
stopping/falling),
subject
of
nearly
two
dozen
media
stories (both print and television, including CNN special report and Scientific American article on flight simulation).