Wesley E. Spreen

Wesley Spreen's professional career in the aerospace industry includes executive and managerial jobs at Boeing, Lockheed, General Dynamics, Textron, and the US Air Force. At Lockheed he was managing director of the F-16 international coproduction consortium, which at the time was the largest cooperative industrial program in the history of the aerospace industry. At Boeing he was director of international marketing and sales for the company's helicopter division.

During much of his career he was based overseas, including extended residence in Europe, Iran, Korea, Israel, and Southeast Asia.

He has a few advanced degrees, including a doctorate in sciences économiques appliquées from the Université de Louvain in Belgium.