In his current role Mr. Rassmann is Co-founder and President and Chief Technology Officer of NetIDEAS responsible for Product Development. Mr. Rassmann has held numerous software engineering leadership positions for large software development projects over an 11-year career with General Electric, Martin Marietta, and Lockheed Martin. He has most recently been the Manager of Advanced Software Applications at Lockheed Martin, where he was responsible for the entire $900M division’s advanced distributed software architectures, and a set of reusable software components for real-time shipboard applications. Mr. Rassmann was responsible for a team of 25 Software Engineers with budgetary responsibility for over $3M. Mr. Rassmann led the DD-21 Collaborative Environment Team as well as Functional Manager for the Integrated Product Data Environment (IPDE) Team support Arsenal Ship and Multifunctional Radar (MFR) Programs. Prior to his involvement in the IPDE initiative, Mr. Rassmann was responsible for the AEGIS Reusable Components Program where a common set of software components for use by real-time AEGIS Tactical Computer Programs was developed.

Mr. Rassmann earned his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and MS Engineering in Management of Technology from the University of Pennsylvania (jointly sponsored by the Wharton School of Business and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) tom.rassmann@netideasinc.com