Don C. Purdy

SVP Business and Program Development

Don Purdy has over 36 years of business leadership experience within Fortune 500 and start-up businesses. During the first 27 years of his career, Don held senior leadership positions at Honeywell and Rockwell Collins in the areas of marketing, business development, operations, strategy development, and M&A for the commercial aerospace sector. While the business development director for the Boeing, Bombardier, and Cessna-Beechcraft strategic accounts his pursuit teams captured over $2.0B in new aircraft forward-fit positions. Over the last decade, Don has provided business, strategy and financial support for a number of start-up businesses in the aerospace, real estate, film/entertainment and healthcare sectors. Don holds an MBA from the University of Iowa and a BS in Computer Engineering from Baylor University.