- Tim Fitzpatrick has left Red 6 to serve as business development vice president for air training at Cubic Defense
- Fitzpatrick worked in the U.S. Navy from 1999 to 2005, and then from 2009 to 2012
- He brings more than 26 years of professional experience in business development focused on the defense sector
Cubic Defense announced that it has chosen Tim Fitzpatrick, former business development vice president for U.S. Navy programs at Red 6, to be its VP of business development for air training.
Fitzpatrick has more than 26 years of experience, including military service in the U.S. Navy and the Central Command.
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What Is Tim Fitzpatrick’s Career Background?
Fitzpatrick worked for a year at Red 6, a developer of augmented reality and synthetic combat training. Prior to that, he was senior account executive for Department of War programs at Avatar Partners, a woman-owned software development enterprise catering to the defense sector. Fitzpatrick also spent almost four years at Valiant Integrated Services as business development director for aviation, training and readiness. Before that, he was director of pilot training services and integrated training systems at TRU Simulation, a Textron company.
From 2012 to to 2015, Fitzpatrick was part of the NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre. He served as portfolio manager for maritime-strike, close air support and forward air controller programs. He helped shape future Alliance capabilities by advising NATO and multinational staffs on the integration of doctrine, emerging technologies and exercises, while leading training initiatives, developing NATO standardization agreements that strengthened operational effectiveness, and overseeing annual program investments to advance joint air and space power capabilities for NATO member nations.
What Is Fitzpatrick’s Military Experience?
In 1999, Fitzpatrick joined the Navy and was initially a strike fighter tactics instructor specializing in the F-14 Tomcat Strike-Fighter Naval Aviator. He was also appointed as an operations and maintenance officer managing $330 million in assets and 275 department personnel. From 2009 to 2012, he was an air operations officer, responsible for training personnel on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
During his term at the U.S. Central Command, Fitzpatrick was a global force program manager and contributed to strategic classified executive decisions, including in the deployment of military personnel to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa.
