Martin Ried

Mr. Ried is the President and CEO of PD Systems. He joined PDS in 2008 and served previously as its Executive Vice President & CFO.

Prior to joining PD Systems Mr. Ried was the Senior Vice President, Business Development at VT Systems, Inc., an integrated engineering group with services in the aerospace, electronics, land systems and marine sectors. As the US based startup for Singapore Technologies Engineering, Mr. Ried joined VTS at its inception serving on numerous Merger and Acquisition teams resulting in seven company acquisitions with associated revenue growth of $1B. He joined VT Systems in March 2002 after completing 21 years of service in the U. S. Army.

Throughout his Army career, Mr. Ried held key leadership positions with assignments throughout the United States as well as Europe, Central America and Africa.

His education includes a Master of Science (Logistics) from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) from The Citadel as well as executive development courses at the intermediate and senior levels.