About

Rob has been a valued leader with ARC since 2002, joining as a systems engineer and then growing to VP of engineering, Sr. Program Manager, CEO and eventually Chairman of the Board. Rob moved into the CEO role in 2015 and was a visionary to lead our company in developing sophisticated productivity solutions in the areas of torque, assembly, test and automation. Rob has been a key facilitator in sales, manufacturing and finance teams to make ARC successful. In 2021, Rob accepted a new role as Chairman of the Board. In this new position, Rob has been able to expand his global strategic contribution, as well as provide strategic finance through his continued role as CFO within the organization.

Rick started at ARC in 2021 as the Business Development Manager and quickly rose to become the Director of Business Development and Marketing. In this role, he leads the business development team to develop new relationships with customers and potential partners. In his time at ARC, Rick has developed strategic partnerships in tooling, automation, and obsolescence mitigation.  He has developed a relationship with Secure Components to use their RAS service, which helps both ARC and its customers predict obsolescence and solve issues related to DMSMS. Prior to working at ARC, Rick held engineering, sales, and executive positions at other companies.  Together with another engineer, he founded a business that manufactured shock and vibration isolators which was sold in 2014.  Rick brings a wealth of experience and an optimistic enthusiasm to ARC that is unmatched.

Ashley joined ARC in 2022 as Director of Test Traditional Business Unit. With over 15 years working in Aerospace, Space & Defense Manufacturing Industry, she has effectively led the development and sale of highly engineered electrical & mechanical hardware and software systems driving Market-Share, Revenue & Profit Generation. Prior to working at ARC, Ashley working at many prestigious companies managing key customer accounts in excess of $9M, developing sound win strategies for capturing new business, and even overhauling entire marketing strategies for key business units. Her strong background in Business Development, Market Strategy, Marketing, Account Management, Program Management and Process Improvement is a great contribution to the growth of ARC’s Test Traditional Business Unit.

Allan has led ARC in various roles in Quality, Engineering and Manufacturing. Allan is also a veteran of the US Navy. He is currently supporting Quality with ISO9001:2015 and Sales with contracts

Ken has worked in many industries, first at Raytheon, assisting with creating depot repair solutions, then with IE Test back in the late 1990s. Joining ARC in 2002, Ken has led many of ARC’s engineering efforts for depot repair solutions and in creating the MSAT (Mixed Signal Automated Test) platform that has been adopted in both depot repair and in critical circuit card testing applications. Ken was President of ARC from 2008 to 2015, and most recently Ken has taken Engineering lead on critical architectures for our Digital System X (DSX) platform to quickly enable technology replacement by using modern FPGA architecture being at the core of both test and embedded designs.

John has led ARC in various roles and was President of the company through 2008. John, also a veteran, is currently supporting our manufacturing operations, working closely with sales, production support and manufacturing, to help drive successful manufacturing out of ARC.

Jenn joined ARC in 2018 as our Human Resources Manager. Since then she has dedicated herself to serving the company and its employees, prioritizing making ARC a fantastic place to work. In the past year alone, Jenn has found ARC a new broker, a new KRIS system and found its employees a new 401k provider. On her free time, Jenn volunteers as fundraising coordinator for the non-profit Derry Demons, a youth football and cheer organization. She also loves camping with her family throughout New England.

Kyle has been with ARC since 2011 and has held many titles beginning with hardware engineer, followed by applications engineer, next production project manager, and most recently production manager for the last five years. During his production manager tenure, he oversaw the entire production department, along with logistics and purchasing. As the Director of Operations Kyle shall now oversee operations as whole, leading production, manufacturing engineering and materials management. Kyle has developed a thorough knowledge base of ARC’s operational and quality directives using his vast background spanning engineering, sales, and production.

Kyle’s mission for materials is to efficiently procure goods and services at the best value through strategic sourcing, just-in-time purchasing, and vendor management that meet or exceed customer expectations that are of the highest quality possible and delivered on time through our highly skilled and dedicated employees, process control, and refinement. One of his main passions is to be as efficient as possible without sacrificing quality or delivery. This is achieved by working continuously on improvement throughout operations. Through Kyle’s development, the company has taken significant strides forward in identifying the sources of waste and then the methodology for eliminating that waste and keeping it out of our operations.