Applied Research Solutions provides a culture where our employees are challenged to meet their career goals and aspirations, while still obtaining a work/life balance.
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Gary Wittlinger
Managing Partner
Applied Research Solutions
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Mr. Wittlinger is Managing Partner at ARS and brings a wealth of experience from large and small business entities. He manages the ARS operations portfolio, both programs and all infrastructure components for a growing small business. Mr. Wittlinger has worked to establish the ARS culture as it has evolved from inception to the destination workplace for our employees today. He has worked to establish firm business processes to ensure successful program execution and corporate agility for ARS. He manages and leads a diverse portfolio from Cyber, DevSecOps, Systems Engineering, Program Management, Logistics and others across many geographic locations. He has been a critical contributor to the stand-up and successful development of the company into today’s corporate entity, inclusive of major GSA Contract Schedules such as OASIS Small Business and GSA IT-70 and PSS Prime Schedules, as well as other ARS prime and subcontracts with diverse DoD customers.
Prior to ARS, Mr. Wittlinger has held leadership positions with MacAulay-Brown, GRACAR, CACI, and IBM. These included many systems engineering positions with the Navy ES-3A and EP-3E intel platforms, including requirements analysis, system training and testing roles.

Mr. Sullivan is Managing Partner at ARS and brings a breadth of experience in operations and strategic business development to the leadership team. He establishes and manages the current ARS $1B+ sales pipeline across a diverse set of current and target client markets. Mr. Sullivan’s large and small business experience and acumen has proven invaluable to the ARS culture as it has evolved since inception in 2012. He has worked diligently to establish the corporate business base of prime and subcontracts through a mature business development capture process, resulting in the valued base of GSA OASIS Small Business prime contracts, GSA IT-70 and PSS Prime Schedules, and several other multi-year DoD contracts within the current ARS portfolio.
Prior to ARS, Mr. Sullivan held leadership positions with MacAulay-Brown, GRACAR, General Dynamics, and served in the US Air Force.
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Kevin Sullivan
Managing Partner
Applied Research Solutions
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Program Leadership

Robin De La Vega
Senior Director, Agile Research & Development
Senior Director, Agile Research & Development

Gabe Esquivel
Senior Director, Operational Cyber
Senior Director, Operational Cyber

Brian Fredriksson
Vice President, C3I
Vice President, C3I