Jay Ebersohl, P.E.

President, Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ebersohl brings 16+ years of experience with Aerospace Engineering and Corporate Management. Jay is the company founder and incorporated Advatech in 1995. Jay's engineering expertise is in flight mechanics and high speed aerodynamics. He created the concept to integrate analysis software of various engineering disciplines into a coherent package that allows improved engineering methodologies and faster engineering cycle times. This concept was then applied to software for hypersonic vehicle development. He also led the team in the development of range safety analysis software to predict the hazard posed to aircraft from missile test debris and discovered a new control method for hypersonic vehicles using magnetohydrodynamics. Prior to founding the company, Jay was a member of the technical staff for TRW Ballistic Missiles Division. While there, Jay developed an innovative set of analytical equations for predicting the lift and drag of a class of hypersonic vehicles with multiple geometric parameters.

Mr. Ebersohl earned his M.S.E. from the University of Michigan in Aerospace Engineering. He received his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology in Engineering & Applied Science. He is a Professional Engineer registered in California, a private pilot and is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Charles Kondrack

Vice President and Chief Operations Officer

Mr. Kondrack brings over 30 years of experience as a manager with increasing responsibility in Strategic Planning, Program and Project Management, Business Acquisition, Operations Management and Contracting. His technical expertise is in systems integration, engineering and analysis on Air Force ICBM programs, DOE Nuclear Waste programs and various NASA/Air Force Launch Vehicle programs. Additionally, he has initiated and managed several of Advatech’s key engineering software projects such as the Army/WSMR Aircraft Vulnerability Model (AVM) for range safety and the ONR/China Lake Integrated Hypersonic Aeromechanics Tool (IHAT) to assist in the development of tactical hypersonic strike missiles.

Mr. Kondrack earned his M.B.A. from the University of Redlands and his M.S.E. from California State University in Chemicals & Materials. He received his B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy in Chemistry where he graduated with distinction and was a Rhodes Scholar Candidate.  Mr. Kondrack is a retired Navy Captain with over 28 years in Submarine Warfare, C4ISR and NetCentric Warfare.

Kenneth Moore

Vice President, Business Development

Mr. Moore brings over 30 years of experience in the Aerospace environment. During his 22 years of active duty in the US Air Force, Mr. Moore also held many key positions of responsibility that include: Test Director for the Air Force's Early Warning Radar Simulator for the Wright Aeronautical Labs; Test Director for the Air Force's Automated Tactical Air Command & Control Center (TACC) System for the Electronic Systems Division; Electrical Engineering Instructor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, CA; Program Manager for AF Space Command's Communications Upgrade for Cheyenne Mountain, CO; The first Director of Operations for the Joint National Test Facility at Shriever AFB, CO; Chief, Long-Range Planning Branch, Secretary Air Force for Acquisition, Pentagon; and the Director of Joint International Programs for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Joint Program Office (UAVJPO), Pentagon. After his military career, Mr. Moore joined TRW as a Senior Business Development Manager for TRW’s Strategic Systems Division. Prior to joining Advatech, he was the Vice President, IT Programs and Business Development for a small, Native American company.

Mr. Moore earned his M.S. from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering. He received his B.S. from Oklahoma State University in Electrical Engineering. He is also a graduate of the Air Force Air University's Squadron Officer's School (SOS), Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) and Air War College (AWC). Mr. Moore’s other professional education includes:  Graduate, Acquisition Management - Defense Systems Management College (DSMC); Graduate, Advanced International Management  (DSMC); Graduate, Security Assistance Management  - Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM);  and a graduate of numerous professional development courses.

Mr. Moore is a DoD-Certified Acquisition Professional in the areas of Program Management, Systems Engineering, and Test & Evaluation. Additionally, Mr. Moore is a private pilot and enjoys flying, travel, wood working, reading, and jogging.

J. Thomas Kister, CM

Vice President and General Manager - Advanced Technology (AT) Division and Acting Vice President and General Manager - Analysis & Design (AD) Division

Mr. Kister has over 25 years of Aerospace industry experience managing complex technical programs through the development and application of progressive management techniques. Mr. Kister possesses a strong technical background in electronics and manufacturing disciplines that enhance his leadership capabilities in the management of challenging engineering development and production projects. Prior to joining Advatech, Mr. Kister functioned as the Vice President of Business Management for Ducommun AeroStructures where he was responsible for Program Management, Contracts Management and Engineering. His responsibilities included management and forecasting for the Composite Structures line of products, resulting in sales growth between $41M to $64M annually. The business base included Boeing AH-64 Apache and Bell helicopter metal bond technology as well as other composite bond components for a variety of commercial and military aircraft. Mr. Kister also has significant technical and management experience with Lockheed Martin where he was responsible for special operations projects such as the SR-71 reactivation program, the Big Safari aircraft modification for electronic warfare and psychological operations, international aircraft defensive system modifications and aircraft simulators for the US Navy, Marines and Air Force.

Mr. Kister is credentialed as a Certified Manager and has earned his B.B.A. in Computer Science from the National University, La Jolla, CA. He has also served in leadership positions for several local and national associations.

Richard Hora

Vice President and General Manager - Space and Missiles (SM) Division

Mr. Hora is a highly experienced executive with strong background in multi-product line management, strategic planning, P&L management, cost control, and business development. Mr. Hora has five years experience as CEO of medium sized and start-up businesses, four years of direct accountability for programs in a Fortune 50 company and ten years of commercial industry experience, including the complete restructuring of production systems, and transitions to new production locations.

Mr. Hora also has a unique background in the launch vehicle environment. From the mid 1980’s he was in charge of planning, facilities and master scheduling for General Dynamics Space Systems Division. In that period he was instrumental in the rebirth of the Atlas launch vehicle, first with the Commercial Atlas Program, then with the USAF’s MLV II competition, and the creation of the Atlas IIAS.

Mr. Hora also fostered the division’s successful Space Transportation Architecture Study, which lead to the division’s leadership in the Air Force’s Advanced Launch Vehicle Program and, subsequently, the ALS/NLS efforts with the USAF and NASA. He moved on to head Spacehab, Inc. There he received unusual exposure to the operations of reusable vehicles and developed an understanding of the first generation reusable issues of the Space Shuttle. After SPACEHAB, he organized Eclipse Space Lines to perform as the operations arm for the Kelly Space and Technologies reusable launch vehicle. In that role Mr. Hora was able to implement some of the lessons learned he had experienced on the STS system. He participated in Kelly’s Space Transportation Architecture Study for NASA and the Air Force, and developed the US Mission Model in addition to supporting the STAS effort in total. Subsequently, while working with ESAI, he supported the ITAC study by SAIC for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, which focused on the development of a third generation reusable launch system. His contributions in this effort broke the study’s focus out of a local minimum that precluded the development of any credible next generation system. He later authored Boeing’s white paper on the importance of developing a space-based infrastructure to achieve robust, reliable, low-cost space systems.

Most recently, Mr. Hora has been Advatech Pacific’s General Manager for the Space and Missile Division that supports AFRL/EAFB. In this role he has been responsible for the entire ETIP, AVSMS and CAV-TM Programs.

Mr. Hora holds a BA from Yale University in Engineering and Applied Science and a MBA from Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.

Joe Holland, Ph. D., P.E.

Chief Engineer

Dr. Holland has over 30 years of experience in nuclear engineering (nuclear weapons effects analysis, power systems, shielding and radiation detection), systems engineering, aerospace engineering (RLVs, ELVs, ICBMs and liquid & solid rockets), integrated design and analysis tool development and software and network engineering. As Chief Engineer at Advatech he led the Integrated Hypersonic Aeromechanics Tool (IHAT) project at China Lake and the integration of design & analysis tools for evaluating RLV concepts and performance during ascent (using Missile DATCOM, POST) and descent (using SHABP, MINIVER, GRIDGEN and a streamline tracer code developed in-house). Prior to Advatech, Dr. Holland served as Chief Engineer and Scientist for Kelly Space & Technology. Previous to that, Dr. Holland was a member of the technical staff at TRW (13 years) and Battelle Northwest Laboratories (3 years).

Dr. Holland earned his Ph.D. at Texas A&M University in Nuclear Engineering and received his M.S. and B.S. from Kansas State University in Nuclear Engineering. He is also a Professional Engineer registered in Texas and is an FAA Certified Flight Instructor.