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Mr. Hontz is a retired Surface Warfare Officer serving in cruisers and destroyers at sea and in numerous positions while ashore. As the Aegis program sponsor in OPNAV, he supported development and delivery of planning and budget concepts to Pentagon flag officers and congressional decision makers. During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Mr. Hontz commanded USS Princeton (CG59) and performed anti-air warfare commander responsibilities for a four carrier task force. He ended his navy career as the Commanding Officer of the Aegis Training Center in Dahlgren. As Vice President of BCI, he is responsible for 85 employees and $14.5 million in annual revenues.

Mr. Hontz received his B.S. in Naval Science from the U.S. Naval Academy, an M.S. in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School and an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.

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Ms. Schmidt joined BCI in 1996 and has been a key member of the management team in the Dahlgren Division of BCI since 2007.  She is intimately involved in developing Division, as well as corporate, policy and assists with implementation across the company. Using her knowledge and experience in employment law, compensation, organizational planning, recruitment, and organizational development, Ms. Schmidt develops trainings and policies that achieve strategic objectives, including employee retention and relations.  Her extensive experience in the field of Government contracting and proposal writing has led to BCI Dahlgren Division’s enormous success and growth. Ms. Schmidt is also the Program Director for BCI’s stable of consultants as well as the workforce supporting various training-related projects.

Prior to BCI, she served in the U.S. Air Force as an Avionics Technician where she worked primarily on aircraft targeting systems for the A-10 Thunderbolt II in the European theater.

Ms. Schmidt earned her M.B.A. from Liberty University in 2015; she received her B.L.S. with Distinction in Business Administration from the University of Mary Washington. Ms. Schmidt is a member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). She volunteers in many of her church’s community outreach activities including Missions Committee and co-leads a life group./p>

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In the over eighteen years that Mr. Winters has been at BCI, he has provided human factors engineering expertise for acquisition programs, policy development, and research and development efforts. He has supported research efforts for tactical symbology, automated watch turnover, and development of processes and guidance to improve the integration of human factors engineering and manpower considerations into the design process for Navy programs. At the policy level, his experience includes the establishment of NAVSEA certification criteria for HSI and coordinating the HSI design certification of Aegis BMD 4.0.1. His primary area of experience has been in surface combatants, including at-sea assessments and organizing and executing a series of mockup evaluations that drove the layout of the Combat Information Center for modernized Aegis cruisers and destroyers. As the HSI lead for carrier systems integration for the Unmanned Combat Air System, he planned and executed a series of shipboard and lab-based tests to determine the most efficient and effective mechanisms for shipboard operators to communicate with autonomous air vehicles. While he continues to support technical efforts for individual programs, he also oversees BCI’s team of human factors engineers and other human systems specialists that support policy and programs for Navy and Marine Corps customers.

Mr. Winters received B.S. degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Psychology and an M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a concentration in Human Factors from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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Mr. Myers has over 17 years with Basic Commerce and Industries, Inc (BCI) in Dahlgren, VA. Retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer (CWO2), Mr. Myers came to BCI in 2000 following his Navy career with staff, carrier, amphibious, Aegis and training commands. After joining the BCI team, he has demonstrated a vast level of experience with weapon systems design requirements development and trace, system engineering and integration, performance verification, Weapons System Performance Analysis (WSPA), baseline certification, Battle Force Interoperability (BFI), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), Development Test (DT), and Operational Test (OT). While a Senior Systems Engineer at BCI currently providing engineering and technical support for Aegis baseline development at NSWCDD and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Mr. Myers also oversees a BCI team of nine engineers that support the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Aegis Ashore (AA), BMD and Aegis Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQTs).

Mr. Myers received his A.S. in General Education from the University of the State of New York.

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Ms. Lewis joined Basic Commerce and Industries, Inc (BCI) in Dahlgren, VA in 2004. She began as a contract specialist while simultaneously gaining experience in various aspects of company management, administration, contracting, business development and program support. She is currently BCI’s Vice President of Operations and Program Director for Safety and Interoperability. She has been key in managing various programs and the day to day operations of BCI.  Ms. Lewis possesses exceptional organizational, leadership, communication and management skills.

Ms. Lewis received her B.S. in Finance from Virginia Commonwealth University and is also a 2014 graduate of the Leadership Fredericksburg Program. Ms. Lewis was the 2014 recipient of the “Top 10 of the Next Genâ€_ award given by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. She has been a member of the National Contracts Management Association (NCMA) since 2004. Ms. Lewis also takes an active role in her local community and is the Vice Chairman of local YMCA and the Treasurer for the Warsaw Richmond County Main Street Program.

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Mr. Phillips is a retired Surface Warfare Officer serving on destroyers, frigates and amphibious ships at sea and in several shore-based commands. His sea duty assignments included leadership positions in each of the major surface combatant departments – Main Propulsion Assistant on 1200 PSI steam destroyer, Weapons Officer in a frigate, and Operations Officer in the Sixth Fleet Flagship.  As the Director of Training at the Aegis Training Center, he guided all Aegis technical and operations training and represented Aegis training community at Aegis Program Reviews, Program Design Reviews, and Critical Design Reviews, as well as at Navy-wide Surface Warfare Training Requirements Reviews/Boards.  During Operation Sharp Edge, Mr. Phillips served as the Executive Officer in USS Ponce (LPD-15) and provided critical leadership in the evacuation of over 1100 U.S. citizens and foreign nationals from Liberia. As a Senior Systems Engineer at BCI, he has provided on-site support at NSWC Dahlgren Division as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and mission engineering/operations specialist for warfare systems on aircraft carriers and amphibious ships.  He is widely regarded as an expert in surface combatant warfare systems requirements.

Mr. Phillips received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.S. in Physics in the Weapons Systems Science curriculum at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.