People: AeroVironment Inc (AVAV.O)

Mr. Thomas Herring is Chief Operating Officer of AeroVironment, Inc. since May 2012 after serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, for two years beginning in March 2010. Mr. Herring previously served as Vice President, Strategy for the same business from November 2008 to December 2009 and then as Vice President, Business Development through March 2010. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Herring worked for 27 years with BAE Systems in a succession of positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of Integrated Solutions, a BAE Systems business unit with approximately $150 million in annual revenues and approximately 300 employees. Mr. Herring received a B.B.A from Hofstra University and an M.B.A from Pepperdine University.