Dave Upham is SA Photonics’ Vice President of Program Management for Airborne Platforms. He has successfully led numerous programs, including SA Photonics’ largest FSO development program to date, and he has over 35 years of experience in engineering development and leading engineering teams. Mr. Upham received his Electrical Engineering degree from the University of California at Davis, and has led organizations ranging in size from small start-ups up to corporate divisions with over 300 engineers, at companies including ARGOSystems, Radix Technologies, Kestrel Solutions, Ciena Corp., Applied Signal Technology, and General Dynamics. His strength is in leading multi-discipline engineering teams from system concept development through product general availability and deployment, for advanced commercial telecommunication and U.S. Government applications.