EADS North America
W. Glenn Yarborough, Jr. is the Principal and Chief Executive Officer of WGY & Associates, LLC. WGY & Associates is dedicated to the assistance of small and medium size firms as they offer their products to the Federal and State Governments, WGY & Associates tries to assist, and to make this experience both productive and profitable, by calling on long years of experience with the Department of Defense and providing newly found experience in Homeland Security with emphasis on the Transportation Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Glenn Yarborough retired as a President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of Allied Research Corporation in order to establish a defense, management and government relations consulting practice. Located in Mclean, Virginia Allied Research Corporation (AMEX:ADG) is a diversified defense and commercial electronic security firm with worldwide operations in the United States, Europe and Asia and average annual revenues of about $150 million.
Glenn joined Allied Research in 1993 as Vice President, Business Development. Previously he had been Director of Marketing of the Grumman Corporation. He was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Allied Research in June 1998, with responsibility for ARC’s Operating subsidiaries, MECAR, S.A. and the VSK Group, both headquartered in Belgium, ARC Limited in the United Kingdom, and the Barnes & Reinecke, Inc. Arlington Heights, Illinois. He was named Chief Executive Officer in September 1999, and retired in January of 2001. During his tenure, Allied Research Corporation was named number 38 on Fortune Magazine’s fastest growing list.
MECAR, S.A. produced a full range of offensive and defensive ammunition to include hand and rifle grenades, mortar and artillery ammunition, and tank and anti-tank munitions form 25mm to 120mm. The VSK Group produced a full family of unique, highly technical security equipment to include items of biometric content and barrier control. BRI provided technical engineering support to worldwide US Army commands and the upgrade of sophisticated military equipment.
In the course of his assignments at the Grumman Corporation, Allied Research Corporation and as principal and owner of WGY & Associates, Glenn works closely with many detailed segments of the Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Army, Navy, DRPA, FBI, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, NSA and the CIA in addition to the Authorization and Appropriation Committees of the House and the Senate.
Glenn had a distinguished U.S. Army career, in Armor and Calvary units, retiring as a Colonel after 27 years of service. His last assignment before entering industry was as Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition.
He is a 1961 graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he later earned a Masters in Business, majoring in Banking and Finance. Additionally, he is a graduate of the Executive Program, University of Virginia, the Naval War College and the Army’s Command & General Staff College.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Carelton Technologies, the EADS North America Defense Company, Old Dominion, FR Countermeasures, and the American Conversion Systems Corporation (AMCon). He also serves on the Board of Easter Seals, So Others Might Eat (SOME), Friends of the McLean Community Center, the Patton Museum of Armor and Calvary and the Board of the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.
