Executive Staff
CAES Executive Staff
Brad Westphal
President, Electromagnetic Defensive Solutions (EDS) Honeywell Aerospace Technologies
Brad Westphal serves as the President of Electromagnetic Defensive Solutions (EDS), a newly integrated business within Honeywell Aerospace Technologies. EDS, formerly CAES, brings over 75 years of pioneering RF technologies and advanced electronics, and under Brad’s leadership, it is poised to leverage Honeywell’s global reach and resources to scale its impact in the defense and space sectors.
With more than 20 years of leadership experience across Honeywell’s Defense & Space business, Brad has cultivated a deep understanding of the industry, working with cross-functional global teams and serving a diverse customer base across both defense and commercial sectors. Before taking on his current role, Brad was Vice President in Honeywell’s Defense & Space business unit, responsible for the strategic and tactical P&L performance of a $1.8 billion global portfolio. His leadership encompassed driving growth, operational excellence, and expanding Honeywell’s footprint on key defense and space platforms, ranging from sub-sea to deep space, while managing a team of over 2,200 professionals.
Earlier in his career, Brad led Honeywell's Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Solutions as Senior Director. In this role, he scaled the team from 5 to 60+ and spearheaded the development of innovative UAV, UAM, and AI-driven solutions across industries such as energy, construction, and aerospace. His expertise also includes directing Boeing Global Strike and Bomber Aircraft programs, overseeing key defense platforms including the F-15, F-18, F-22, and B-52.
Brad’s technical background includes roles in business development for guidance, navigation, and control systems, as well as engineering positions focused on laser and vision sensor design. He holds a Master’s degree in Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Optical Physics.
Throughout his career, Brad has been dedicated to fostering innovation, enhancing operational capabilities, and delivering exceptional results for customers. As President of EDS, he is committed to driving the continued success and growth of the business within Honeywell Aerospace.
Bruce Almquist
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Bruce serves as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for CAES. He is responsible for leading a team that provides practical contract, compliance (other than U.S. Government Contracting) and legal support for the company. With over 30 years of experience, mostly in-house, Bruce has a unique combination of experience in multiple areas including U.S government contracts, commercial contracts, outsourcing, international law and compliance and providing pragmatic counsel to senior executives of FTSE 250 and Fortune 500 companies.
Prior to joining CAES, Bruce spent 18 years at Electronic Data Systems (EDS), an IT services company, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2009. While at EDS, Bruce started as an outsourcing lawyer, became responsible for legal support to its health care unit, moved to England to be responsible for legal support to its Europe, Middle East and Africa business and returned to the US to be responsible for legal support to its US Government business. While in England, Bruce transformed the stove piped, disparate country legal functions into a centralized, single budget EMEA legal function aligned to US contracting principles and, while supporting the US Government business, was instrumental in leading the legal efforts that supported a multiyear effort to turnaround EDS’ contract with the US Navy for its intranet.
Bruce holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy studies from Duke University and Juris Doctorate degree from University of Tulsa.
Sean Daily
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CAES Board of Directors
Sean Daily serves as CAES’ Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for the company’s finance operations. He also serves on the CAES Board of Directors.
Prior to joining CAES, Sean held numerous leadership roles in finance at Lockheed Martin and served most recently as Vice President, Finance and Business Operations for LM Space. There, he led a diverse team of 730 finance professionals and was responsible for financial management, pricing, program finance and control, contract negotiation and financial administration for government and commercial programs.
Sean received a Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech in finance. He holds his Series 7, Series 66 and Colorado Health and Life Insurance Licenses. Sean also has experience as a franchise owner of fitness studios in Colorado.
Steffanie Easter
Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
Steffanie Easter is responsible for the overall sustainability efforts of the company to drive best practices across key elements of environmental, social, and governance standards, and support related strategic engagements with industry peers and customers.
Steffanie previously served as the Vice President, Deputy Army Business Unit and Vice President, Strategy and Planning at SAIC, where she led the strategic growth and development within the defense and civilian sector. Prior to that, she worked in both the U.S. Navy as the Director, Navy Staff in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and the U.S. Army as the Acting Assistant Secretary/Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. She started her career in engineering at NAVAIR. Steffanie currently serves on the Board of Directors for MRIGlobal.
Steffanie holds a Master of Science Degree in Engineering Management from Catholic University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Dave Fink
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Dave Fink serves as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and CHRO for CAES, where he is responsible for developing a high performing, engaged workforce.
Prior to CAES, Dave served as Vice President and Regional Head of Human Resources and Workplace for Airbus, where he was responsible for the HR, Health & Safety and Facilities functions in North America. Dave previously held HR leadership positions in other aerospace and defense companies, including EADS North America and Pratt & Whitney.
Dave holds a bachelor's degree in management and entrepreneurship from Buena Vista University.
Steve Hogan
Senior Vice President Operational Excellence and Partnerships
Steve Hogan is CAES’ Senior Vice President Operational Excellence and Partnerships. His responsibility spans organizational relationships with our customers and suppliers as well as manufacturing build of products across the enterprise. He has functional responsibility for the operations, manufacturing, quality, security, program management, information technology, information security, contracts and supply chain in the execution of the CAES portfolio.
Steve most recently worked for the Department of Defense (DoD) on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, leading the execution of global sustainment across the $15B domestic and international enterprises. Prior to his service in the DoD, Steve held several senior leadership positions at Northrop Grumman Corporation, including leading Global Supply Chain for the Defense Systems sector and serving as Vice President and General Manager over the Integrated Logistics and Modernization division for the Technology Services sector.
As a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Steve also holds a Master of Science degree from George Washington University and is a member of the University of Maryland Mechanical Engineering Board of Advisors.
Clayton McClain
General Manager, Mission Systems Division
Clayton McClain is the General Manager of the Mission Systems Division at CAES. In this role, he leads five CAES locations: Lansdale, PA; Lancaster, PA; Woburn, MA; Eatontown, NJ; and Whippany, NJ. Clayton is responsible for the diverse programs within the Division.
Previously Clayton served in leadership roles at L3Harris Technologies and L3 Harris, most recently as VP/GM Space and Sensors Division and General Manager of Electron Devices. Clayton also worked at Lockheed Martin and JARAN Aerospace Corporation.
Clayton has a Bachelor of Science Degree in aeronautical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration from Rutgers University-Camden.
Alan Takahashi
General Manager, Missiles Systems Division
Alan is General Manager for CAES’ Missile Systems Division. In this role, Alan is responsible for the overall performance of the Division, which is located in San Jose, CA. Alan has worked over 30 years at CAES and its legacy companies, and his previous roles include Guided Munitions Product Line Vice President and Director of Program Management.
Alan began his career at Watkins-Johnson Company as a mechanical engineer and was promoted to a number of roles within the company including management of the Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering group and directing operations for the Stellex Broadband Wireless Department at the Stellex Microwave Systems.
Alan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
Chris Wiltsey
General Manager, Defense Systems Division
Chris is the General Manager for CAES’ Defense Systems Division. In this role, Chris leads the largest facility at CAES in San Diego, CA, and oversees the many programs in the Division.
Before joining CAES, Chris was at Curtiss Wright for over 20 years in various progressive leadership roles, most recently as Senior VP and GM of Defense Solutions. Prior to Curtiss Wright, he was a Co-Founder of the company South Seas Corporation. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.