Ted F. Bowlds
Lieutenant General Ted Francis Bowlds (born September 11, 1953) is a former Commander, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. The center's mission is to acquire command and control systems for the Air Force. The organization comprises more than 12,000 people located at six sites throughout the United States. The men and women of the ESC manage more than $3 billion in programs annually in support of the Air Force, and joint and coalition forces. General Bowlds entered the Air Force in 1975 through the AFROTC program. In earlier assignments, he served as an  engineer in an Air Force laboratory and as a flight test engineer on the F-117. He has worked as avionics program manager on the B-2, bomber branch chief at the Pentagon, chief of advance medium range air-to-air missile development in the AMRAAM System Program Office, and as commander of the Rome Laboratory in Rome, New York. General Bowlds also served as the deputy director of global power programs with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Prior to assuming his current position, he was assigned as commander , Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. He was responsible for managing the Air Force's $2 billion science and technology program as well as additional customer-funded research and development of $1.7 billion. Life. General Bowlds was a member of the Civil Air Patrol and earned the Spaatz award. He is now the vice president of the Spaatz Association. General Bowlds is a 1973 graduate of Mississippi State University, with a degree in electrical engineering. He was a member of Triangle Fraternity at Mississippi State, and continues to serve his fraternity as a member of the  board of directors of the Triangle Education Foundation. The General currently is CEO of Innovative Perspectives, LLC, a consulting firm that advises companies on strategic planning and contract proposals.