Kurt Rinke is the co-founder and President/CEO of the Capability Analysis & Measurement Organization (CAMO) LLC. Kurt provides ongoing executive direction of CAMO’s new business opportunities, employees, and operations. He has a BS in Operations Research and graduated with Military Distinction from the USAF Academy. Kurt also has an MBA from the University of West Florida, and a MS in Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State University. He has spent most of his professional career as a Scientific Analyst & Flight Test Engineer (supporting both DT & OT) in the USAF. He’s applied these skills to organizing and leading large, distributed Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) simulation activities for the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC). Under the joint leadership of Kurt and CAMO’s COO, his brother Ed, CAMO has been established as an emerging SDVOSB with strong expertise and applying CAMO’s core capabilities toward new technology evaluations and transition activities in support of the Joint Warfighter.

Kurt has lived in a variety of locations throughout his career, and now calls Springboro, Ohio his home. Growing up in northern lower Michigan he travels there often, and enjoys family vacations and hunting with his Dad, brothers, and friends in the serenity of the north. Kurt and his wife Candace, have four wonderful kids, and they enjoy vacationing together as a family. Mr. Rinke is a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, a Paul Harris Fellow, and active member of his local Rotary club. CAMO is active in the local community and supports the Wounded Warrior Foundation, Rotary, the local Veterans Administration Hospital, the National Museum of the Air Force, Dayton Public Schools Foundation, and other local charities identified by CAMO employees.

Ed Rinke is the co-founder and Chairman/COO of the Capability Analysis & Measurement Organization (CAMO) LLC. Ed provides ongoing executive direction of CAMO’s current operations, employees, and locations. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the USAF Academy and was a Distinguished Graduate with both Academic and Military Distinction. Ed is a retired Command Pilot with over 3600 hours in the T-37, T-38 and F-16. He has spent most of his professional career as an F-16 combat pilot and planner in the USAF and ANG. He’s applied this expertise to support developing advanced CONOPs, mission threads, and analytical plans for MS&A studies and large, distributed Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) simulation activities in Air Force Material Command (AFMC). Under the joint leadership of Ed and CAMO’s CEO, his brother Kurt, CAMO has been established as an emerging SDVOSB with strong expertise, and applying the company’s core capabilities toward LVC technology evaluations & transition activities for the Joint Warfighter.

Ed has lived in a variety of locations throughout his career, and now calls Springboro, OH, his home. Growing up in northern lower Michigan he travels there often, and enjoys family vacations & hunting in the north. Ed and his wife Jill, have two grown boys, and they enjoy spending time together with their family and granddaughter. Mr. Rinke is a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and an active member of the Knights of Columbus. CAMO is active in the local community and supports the Wounded Warrior Foundation, the local Veterans Administration Hospital, Rotary, the National Museum of the Air Force, Dayton Public Schools Foundation, and other local charities identified by CAMO employees.

Prior to joining Cedar Wealth Bill was a senior vice president and principal at Eubel Brady & Suttman Asset Management. Bill’s experience includes managing asset allocation, equity, and alternative strategies for institutional investors including state and local municipalities, retirement and pension funds, educational foundations, endowments and large retail organizations.

Bill earned a B.S. in Business Management, is a member of Sinclair Community College Foundation Investment Board and the CAMO, LLC Company Board of Directors.

Lieutenant General, United States Air Force (retired), is owner and principal of The VanFleet Group, LLC, an aerospace consulting company. He also serves as an Independent/Outside Director for Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.; Apogee Enterprises, Inc.; and Barco Federal Systems, LLC. He holds advisory board seats for Sierra Nevada Corporation and Electronic Warfare Associates-Government Systems Inc. In a volunteer capacity, he is Board Chairman and CEO of the Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc.; a member of the USAF Heritage Program Board of Directors; a member of the Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum Advisory Committee; co-founder and Secretary of Air Camp, Inc.; a trustee of the United States Air and Trade Show and Flight Test Historical Foundation; and a member of a number of other local Dayton, OH region boards and committees.

In 2009-2011, he was Chairman of the Committee on Evaluation of U.S. Air Force Preacquisition Technology Development for the National Research Council of the National Academies, and now serves on the Air Force Studies Board of the NRC. Prior to his retirement in
2005, General Reynolds was Vice Commander, Air Force Materiel Command. During his 34-years of active duty Air Force service, he commanded the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. He was also Program Executive Officer, Airlift and Trainers in the Pentagon, and Program Director for several major weapon system acquisitions, including the B-2 Spirit.

General Reynolds is a graduate of U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Class 79B, and has more than 25 years of hands-on experience in the research, development, program management, test and evaluation of aeronautical systems. He holds Federal Aviation Administration certificates for Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor (Glider), and his logbook shows more than 4,000 flying hours in 70 different military and civil aircraft. Graduating in 1971 from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering, General Reynolds has a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. He is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

Maj Gen (ret) Michael Kingsley is the owner of Kingsley Consulting, LLC and is a Principal at Deep Water Point, LLC. He is also an adjunct Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses. He holds an advisory board seat for Lynk Global, Inc. In a volunteer capacity, he is a member of the Air Commando Association, the US Global Leadership Coalition, and the Global SOF Foundation. He is also an active member in his church as the chairman of the Outreach committee and volunteers regularly with Habitat for Humanity.

Prior to his retirement in 2016, Mr. Kingsley held multiple leadership positions within DoD, ultimately managing the synchronization and prioritization of the activities of a combatant command joint and interagency staff of over 1,500 people as Chief of Staff for Headquarters US Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany. Earlier, as Director of the NATO-Afghan Transformation Task Force at Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, Mr. Kingsley led the analysis and coordination for the transition of more than 700 governmental tasks to Afghan and International Community stewardship. Previous leadership included Vice Commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, 23rd Air Force Commander, Air Force Inspection Agency Commander, and Joint Special Operations Command Air Component Commander.

Mr. Kingsley earned his BS in accounting from California State University-Sacramento in 1983 and his MS in international relations from Troy University in 1990. He is a command pilot with over 3,200 hours in the H-1, H-3, MH-53J/M and CV-22 aircraft. He holds Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.

Lt. Gen. (Retired) Ted F Bowlds is a consultant to the Cyber New York Alliance, a membership organization to promote Central New York as a center of excellence in cyber and information technology.
General Bowlds retired from the Air Force in 2011 as a highly decorated officer and Commander of the Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, MA. As Commander, General Bowlds was responsible for acquiring command and control systems for the Air Force. Under his command was more than 12,000 people located at six sites throughout the United States. In this position General Bowlds was responsible for the acquisition of more than $5 billion in programs annually in support of the Air Force, and joint and coalition forces.

General Bowlds entered the Air Force in 1975 through the ROTC program. In earlier assignments, he served as an engineer in an Air Force laboratory and as a flight test engineer on the F-117. He has worked as avionics program manager on the B-2, bomber branch chief at the Pentagon, Chief of Advance Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile development in the AMRAAM System Program Office, and as Commander of the Rome Laboratory in Rome, N.Y. General Bowlds also served as the Deputy Director of Global Power Programs with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Prior to assuming his current position, he was assigned as Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. He was responsible for managing the Air Force’s $2 billion science and technology program as well as additional customer funded research and development of $1.7 billion.

General Bowlds received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, Mississippi State University in 1975, a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH in 1979, and a Master of Science degree in engineering management, University of Dayton, OH in 1992.

Darren is the President of Sentar with over 25 years of experience leading large, mission-focused organizations. Prior to joining Sentar, Darren was the Chief Technology & Innovation Officer for Jacobs, where he lead their global digital transformation. He also served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Jacobs’ largest ($1.3B) business unit focused on cybersecurity, intelligence analytics, and information technology solutions for the Department of Defense and National Intelligence Community. Darren also previously served as a USAF Officer where he helped develop leading-edge combat capability for Special Forces units. In 2019, Darren was selected for Washington Exec’s “Top 25 Executives to Watch” list.