Andrew McCandless is the Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Bascom Hunter. He has 25 years of experience in development of highly engineered equipment for the A&D market and he has been active in the SBIR program throughout his career. He is also Chairman, Small Business Innovation Research Consortium (SBIRC) and a Member, SBA Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee. Previously Mr. McCandless was Director of Business Development for Airbus Group and President, Chairman of the Baton Rouge Airport Commission, and Co-Founder of Mezzo Technologies. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from LSU.