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Aris Melissaratos, 59, is a former Westinghouse Electronics Systems Executive who resides in Linthicum. Currently, as Chairman of Armel Private Equity Investments, he provides funding and strategic direction to a group of high technology start-up companies in various fields including Information Technology, Biosciences, Sensor Systems, and Environmental Infrastructure Technologies.
Prior to his current position, he served as Corporate Vice President for Thermo Electron Corporation, managing its New Product and Research & Development group and served as the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Coleman Research Corporation and Thermo Coleman Corporation, as well as CEO of its subsidiary, Thermo Information Solutions.
For 32 years, Melissaratos held a variety of positions at Westinghouse, the last of which was Vice President of Science and Technology, and Chief Technology Officer at the corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh.
Melissaratos capped his 25 years at the Baltimore Electronics Systems Group (now Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems) as the Vice President and General Manager of the Design Engineering and Manufacturing Operations Divisions. He was responsible for facilities in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Barbados, with a total of 16,000 employees and $3.2 billion in annual revenues. Melissaratos positioned Westinghouse as the National Leader in Defense Electronics Manufacturing.
With nearly 40 years experience in business leadership, Melissaratos has earned the reputation as a well-respected national business visionary and corporate executive. He has been involved in numerous National and Local professional and technical societies and has served as a Director and/or Chairman of many University and Association Boards, concentrating in Manufacturing, Technology Councils, United Way, and Chambers of Commerce. Melissaratos is a member of the National Advisory Council of the Whitting School of Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University, the Board of Directors of the Technology Council of Maryland, and the Emerging Technology Centers, and served on the Board of Visitors of the University of Maryland.
Melissaratos holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, a Master's Degree in Engineering Management from George Washington University, and has completed the course work for a Doctorate (A.B.D.) in International Politics at the Catholic University of America. He also completed the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development (PMD-40).
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