When a private equity firm acquired a long-standing aerospace composites leader with over 650 employees, then added two more businesses through acquisition, the resulting enterprise grew to nearly 1,000 employees across multiple sites. But with growth came friction. The company’s outdated IT infrastructure and disconnected systems across divisions were hampering integration efforts, delaying operational improvements, and threatening new defense contracts that required heightened cybersecurity standards.
With a significant backlog of orders and defense work in hypersonics and autonomous systems on the horizon, the executive team turned to Aerosource. They needed a transformative Director of IT—someone bold and experienced—who could modernize systems, drive integration, and upgrade security without disrupting operations. Just as critical was finding a leader who could align closely with the company’s respected CFO and broader C-suite.
In collaboration with the executive team, Aerosource developed a precise leadership profile: entrepreneurial, assertive, and experienced in leading IT across multi-site aerospace environments, with proven success in private equity-backed transformations.
Our team mapped the market and targeted 187 senior aerospace and defense IT professionals. From this, we qualified a focused group of seven top candidates. One quickly stood out: a seasoned, entrepreneurial IT executive with a strong track record in both large and mid-sized aerospace companies. The candidate had led multiple successful system integrations in PE-backed settings and brought the budgetary and strategic acumen needed to partner at the highest levels.
Unanimously selected by the client, the new Director of IT has already made a measurable impact. They have modernized systems and infrastructure, implemented upgraded policies, and positioned the company to win new defense programs in a cleared, secure IT environment.
This successful placement underscores Aerosource’s ability to help private equity-backed aerospace companies drive growth by aligning transformational talent with complex organizational needs.