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As Vice President, Aerospace and Defense Industries, Rob Mather is responsible for leading the charge on IFS’ global A&D industry marketing strategy, while also supporting product development, sales and partner ecosystem growth. Rob has over 15 years’ experience in the A&D sector, starting out in the field and having held a number of strategic R&D, Presales and Consulting positions at IFS, Mxi Technologies and Fugro Aviation. Prior to his current position, Rob was instrumental in building and leading the global A&D Presales Solution Architecture team at IFS, playing a key role in a number of customer success engagements at some of the top names in commercial aviation and defense. He holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he currently resides.
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