Embrace the Brave: Our Mission

Dr. Joseph Kunze is ARA’s Chief Technology Officer. In 2022, Dr. Kunze’s company, SI2 Technologies was acquired by ARA to expand the company’s offerings to include signal mitigation systems, Active Electronic Steered Arrays (AESA), additive manufacture and low profile, low vis conformal antenna solutions. 

Prior to starting SI2, Dr. Kunze was Vice President and Business Unit Leader at Triton Systems, Inc. in Chelmsford, MA., and previously worked at the 3M Company in Mendota Heights, MN. 

He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA), and his M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA). Dr. Kunze is an active member in several leading professional societies and organizations including the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).

Tara Goodwin, lifelong entrepreneur and founder of Goodwin Consulting and Crisis Interception, Inc. brings more than three decades of experience to her public relations and crisis management practice.

Throughout her career, she has been a trusted advisor to a diverse spectrum of leaders ranging from professional athletes, revered coaches, and prominent celebrities, to politicians, religious leaders, Fortune 1000 CEOs and fellow entrepreneurs. She has provided stability and sound advice whether guiding them through media training for a positive feature story, or guiding them through the storm of crisis.

Tara is a sought-after international speaker on crisis response and management and has trained hundreds of CEOs and their teams on how to effectively navigate the unexpected. 

Bill Watson has an expansive career leading, building and growing companies. AS Chief Growth Officer, he will identify areas of growth by pursuing new markets and strengthening ARA's presence in existing ones.

Watson's career spans more than 30 years in all aspects of the defense industry, including engineering, manufacturing, and program management. Most recently, he served as CEO of RADA Technologies LLC. In this position, he grew a FOCI-mitigated operation to expand Rada Electronic Industries into the US market until RADA was acquired by DRS Technologies. Prior to this position, Watson served as VP of Sales and Business Development for L3 Technologies and Safran. He also brings 13 years of experience as VP or Executive Director of various departments at DRS Technologies.

Dr. Libby Carver is a nurse practitioner at Duke Employee and Occupational Health. She is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with degrees in psychology and nursing. She earned her nurse practitioner degree at Duke University and her doctorate in nursing education at Gardner-Webb University. Her career at Duke spans more than 25 years in patient care, research and education.  Dr. Carver received the highest honor of a Duke employee in 2022 by winning the Presidential Award for her work with the COVID Response Team. She has a special interest helping service members and their families cope with the stress of post-deployment reunions and reintegration.

 Robert “Bob” Dann has been the Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) for the past six years. Bob is also a trustee for the MTSI ESOP and a member of the ESOP Trustee Committee. Bob has over 30 years of additional experience in financial leadership for government contracting organizations. Most of Bob’s experience has been serving the aerospace & defense industry with long stints at DRS Defense Solutions, LLC (~ 9 years) and Amherst Systems Northrop Grumman (~ 12 years). Bob has helped both engineering services and defense electronics manufacturing organizations plan and execute growth strategies with a focus on business systems control and optimization. 

Richard S. Danforth has over 40 years of defense and aerospace industry experience including executive leadership positions with two of the world’s largest defense contractors, Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), and DRS Technologies Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo-Finmeccanica (BIT: LDO).

Mr. Danforth joined Genasys Inc. after having served at DRS Technologies as Group President of DRS Integrated Defense Systems & Service (2013 – 2014); Chief Executive Officer, President and Board Member of DRS Defense Solutions (2008 – 2012); President, Command Control & Communication (2005 – 2008); President, Navy Electronics & Intelligence Systems (2004 – 2005); and Executive Vice President, Electronics Systems Group (2002 – 2004).