Small Business,
Extensive Experience
GDX is a small business with extensive combined experience in the markets we serve. Having our roots in supply chain, technology development, and supporting special operations teams around the world, our reputation has centered us at the nexus of solving the most difficult challenges our clients currently faced with, and most importantly, will meet in the future.
OUR MISSION
Our Vision
OUR ETHOS
OUR ETHOS
Mission and purpose is at our core.
Clients always over bottom line. The financials of our company are dependent on the outcomes our clients experience.
Research and Development is a core tenant. The challenges and requirements our clients will confront in the future will lead our company’s endeavors.
Foster a culture which allows our team to be creative, market competitive, and collaborative.
Mission and purpose is at our core.
Clients always over bottom line. The financials of our company are dependent on the outcomes our clients experience.
Research and Development is a core tenant. The challenges and requirements our clients will confront in the future will lead our company’s endeavors.
Foster a culture which allows our team to be creative, market competitive, and collaborative.
Leadership
Michael Gates
Chief Executive Officer
Michael leads Gates Defense Systems (GDX Development) having nearly 20 years of Supply Chain and National Security experience. He continues to push the limits of innovation with his team on edge sensor fusion, data visualization, and situational awareness in austere and complex environments.
Brian Files
EVP, CFO
Brian is proven team builder in new and challenging environments. Expertise includes strategic business development, risk assessment/mitigation, statutory and regulatory analysis, advocacy/KOl management, international government affairs, and transformative operations change.
Dennis Holden
EVP, CTIO
Dennis is a U.S. Navy Veteran with over two decades of technical and leadership experience in business, information technology service management, and system integration, punctuated by a track record of accomplishments in diverse and challenging cyber environments.
Advisors
Chris Costa
Advisor
Mr. Costa served as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council (NSC).
James Freitas
Advisor
Tom Popomaronis
Advisor
Tom Popomaronis is an innovative GenAI consultant and seasoned communicator, leveraging his extensive experience in executive ghostwriting and thought leadership to pioneer AI-driven solutions that transform productivity and efficiency across industries.