The Tomcat Management Group Teams with GMC2, Providing Consulting Services to Aerospace & Defense Industry

The Tomcat Group and Growth Management and Constructive Changes (GMC2) announced today an agreement whereupon they will team to provide consulting services to the global Aerospace and Defense Industry.

The primary mission of the Tomcat Management Group of Wichita, Kansas is to provide senior level interim management services to the Aerospace Manufacturing and MRO market segments with a focus on underperforming assets. The Tomcat Group's array of services include: Interim Management, Strategy Development and Implementation, Organizational Alignment, Productivity & Process Improvements, supply Chain Management, Strategic Selling, Program & Project Management and New Product Introduction.

The primary mission of Growth Management and Constructive Changes (GMC2) of Laguna Niguel, California is to provide professional services involving long-term strategic contracting scenarios, contract changes & claims and/or litigation research. GMC2's engineering capability includes manufacturing producibility risk assessments involving composite manufacturing especially automated solutions. GMC2 also specializes in claims against non-performing suppliers who have materially impacted the client's profitability and risk exposure.

Mr. Charles (Chuck) Gumbert, CEO and Founder of The Tomcat Group, is a long-time Aerospace Operating Executive with a background that encompasses more than 35 years of aviation management experience. Mr. Carson spent 4 1/2 years with HITCO Carbon Composites as Executive Vice President including duties as Chief Operating Officer of Aero Structure programs, and he is a Retired 32-year employee of The Boeing Company where he served as Senior Business Manager.

Mr. Gumbert earned his B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a Veteran Naval Aviator and with extensive flight time in F-14 Tomcat and A-4 Skyhawk Aircraft.

Mr. Carson earned his M.A. in Economics from Western Washington University. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Washington. He is a graduate of The Executive Program, University of Virginia. Mr. Carson is also a Retired Colonel, U.S. Army.

"Our combined skills and experience offer the best value to our clients. We provide the most viable operational and transactional courses of action for our clients, so that their financial targets and growth are sustained," remarked Mr. Gumbert.

Growth Management and Constructive Changes (GMC2) of Laguna Niguel, California provides professional services involving contract changes & claims and/or litigation research. GMC2 services include: parametric pricing modeling, econometric modeling, legal, engineering and composites, operational & automation applications, and NDI integrated into the preparation, transmittal, fact finding, and negotiations support of constructive changes and/or claims for its worldwide client base in the aerospace, defense, and advanced carbon fiber composites industries.