Video Interview: Dale R. Davis, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, Global Defense & National Security Systems, Inc. [GDEF], NASDAQ CEO Signature Series Broadcasted From the NASDAQ MarketSite


NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Veteran business journalist Carmen Roberts joins Dale R. Davis, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, Global Defense & National Security Systems, Inc. [GDEF] to discuss the company's industry, strategy, financials and positioning.

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Dale R. Davis, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director:

Dale R. Davis has been Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of GDEF since July 2013. He brings to our Board of Directors thirty years of experience in the defense and national security sectors and ten years of commercial operations and leadership experience. His principal role within Global Strategies Group is Executive Vice President (Operations), and he is a member of the executive board. Mr. Davis' role within Global Strategies Group also includes oversight of Global Strategies Group corporate development. Mr. Davis joined GLOBAL in February 2006 as the Managing Director of Global Integrated Security (Middle East). In 2010, he was Executive Director, National Security Initiatives for GLOBAL before taking up his current post. Prior to joining GLOBAL, Mr. Davis was Security and Brand Enforcement Manager, Middle East, for British American Tobacco between 2004 and 2006. Between 2003 and 2005, he was Adjunct Professor at the Joint Special Warfare University, and prior to that was Director of International Programs at the Virginia Military Institute. Mr. Davis served between 1983 and 1995 as a U.S. Marine Officer with command and staff assignments across Asia and the Middle East. Mr. Davis serves on the Advisory Board of the Council of American Colleges Abroad as well as the Advisory Board of the Department of International Studies, Virginia Military Institute. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Military Institute and an M.A. in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School.

About Global Defense & National Security Systems, Inc. [GDEF]:

Global Defense & National Security Systems, Inc, is a public company formed to acquire businesses operating in the U.S. defense and national security sectors. GDEF was established by the leadership of Global Strategies Group, an international defense and national security company founded in 1998. Together, they have experience spanning many years of acquiring, leading and growing operating companies addressing U.S. national security priorities, and working at senior levels in the U.S. government. GDEF is led by Chairman Damian Perl, and CEO and President Dale Davis. Its Directors include former senior defense and intelligence officials The Hon. David Gompert, Dean Popps and Dr. John Gannon. 

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