NDIA New England Board Member Michael Schwarm

Mr. Schwarm is the Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing and a member of the Executive staff at API Technologies Corp headquartered in Marlborough, MA. In addition to his role as the head of Sales & Marketing, Mr. Schwarm is heavily involved in shaping corporate strategy, both organically and through M&A. APITech™ (API Technologies Corp.) is an innovative designer and manufacturer of high performance systems, subsystems, modules, and components for technically demanding RF, microwave, millimeterwave, electromagnetic, power, and security applications.

Mr. Schwarm has over 25 years’ experience leading organizations in executing proactive growth strategies; driving customer value; and delivering components, subsystems; systems and solutions for defense and commercial applications, both domestic and international. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

In his most recent assignment before joining API Technologies, Mr. Schwarm led significant growth for both Cobham Advanced Electronics Solutions and Antenna Research Associates focused on RF solutions for the EW, MILCOM, SATCOM and RADAR markets for both domestic and international customers. Prior to that, Mr. Schwarm led execution and growth of the EW Product Line at DRS Technologies and the Wide Area Surveillance and Space Product Lines at BAE Systems, positioning and delivering complex solutions to both the US Government and Foreign Militaries based on RF, Imaging and Processing technologies.
Prior to his business leadership and business development/sales roles, Mr. Schwarm led engineering for the BAE Systems Space Systems and Electronics (SS&E) Business having responsibility for SS&E engineering in Merrimack, NH, Manassas, VA and Lexington, MA as well as other engineering and engineering leadership roles at Lockheed Martin and Lucent Technologies.

Mr. Schwarm is a veteran of the US Army. He currently resides in Hollis New Hampshire with his wife and two children.