Executive Leadership

Martha Harriman

President

Martha Harriman

President

Martha Harriman is the President. Mrs. Harriman leads the overall strategic leadership of the company and is responsible for the execution of the corporation’s strategy, goals, operation, and meeting and exceeding revenue targets. Ms. Hariman has been in a leadership role at Sagrad since the company was established in 2004.

In 2004 Harriman was the Vice President at Sagrad and was responsible for the overall Quality program. In 2007 she was responsible for leading the supply chain team and growing the company’s supplier base. Her responsibilities continued to grow over the years to provide leadership to the organization. Mrs. Harriman has over 20 years of experience in an Engineering and Manufacturing environment.

Martha Harriman holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Gary Gottschling

Chief Executive Officer/ Chief Financial Officer

Gary Gottschling

Chief Executive Officer/ Chief Financial Officer

Gary Gottschling is the Sr. Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Sagrad Inc. In this role, he is responsible for the oversight of all internal and external financial reporting, financial planning, financial controls, capital structure, accounting, and auditing. Gottschling has been instrumental in the strategic growth of the organization.

Mr. Gottschling joined Sagrad in 2016 as the CFO/COO. Prior to joining Sagrad Mr. Gottschling held CFO positions for several startup firms, providing support to venture capital firms with direct responsibilities with P/L, and developing investor relations, with IPO experience.

Mr. Gottschling holds a MBA from the Ohio State University and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Ohio State University.

His extensive professional development includes on going CPE with AICPA, and GAPP/FASB oversite management committee, Defense Contracts Management Agency, and Defense Cost Accounting.

John Rizzo,

Senior Vice President, Business/Programs

John Rizzo,

Senior Vice President, Business/Programs

John Rizzo is the Sr. Vice President, Business Development and Programs for Sagrad Inc. He leads a multi-segment team representing Sagrad’s commercial aerospace, defense and government offerings to domestic and international customers. In this role, Rizzo has the responsibility to lead Global Business Development’s execution of business strategy, strategic customer engagement, and develop the corporation’s business and market analytics process and programs. He also leads Sagrad strategic programs to ensure customer complete satisfaction.

Rizzo moved to his current role at Sagrad in February 2020. There he was responsible for implementing the business segment’s growth strategies and developing the segment’s capabilities and strategic programs through strategic planning, partnership development, and innovative internal research and development programs.

Prior to his role at Sagrad, Rizzo was the President of a defense design, manufacturing and test company. Where he built a successful defense products business whose products included Avionics, Self-Protection Systems, Communications, and Collection systems for the U.S. Military, NATO, Agencies and Commercial Defense organizations.

Adding to his professional credits, John is active in and has held leadership positions in the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), Air Force Association (AFA), Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Navy League, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), Association of Old Crows (AOC), Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) and the Institute of Navigation (ION) Dayton Chapter.

John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Illinois State University and a Master’s degree in business and Administration from the University of Phoenix

Kleber Valencia,

Vice President of Engineering

Kleber Valencia,

Vice President of Engineering

Kleber Valencia is the Vice President of Engineering for Sagrad Inc. In this role, Valencia leads the company’s Engineering, Technology efforts and supports corporate strategy for growth and sustainment.

Mr. Valencia joined Sagrad in 2016 as a design engineer. In this role he supports a diverse portfolio of spanning commercial, medical and defense markets including airborne, ground, ship and space-based launch programs. Mr. Valencia transitioned to a system engineering role for in 2018. In January of 2022 he was promoted to his role as Vice President of engineering.

During his career at Sagrad, Mr. Valencia held significant technical advisory positions for NASA, DARPA and Space Force Operations Command. and developed the knowledge to become a subject matter expert for Autonomous Flight Termination systems.

Kleber Valencia holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida. He his a member of the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Tony Crosthwaite,

Vice President of Operations

Tony Crosthwaite,

Vice President of Operations

Tony Crosthwaite is the Vice President of operations for Sagrad Inc. In this role, he is responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s Operations, end-to-end Supply Chain, Quality and Environment, Health & Safety activities. He is committed to driving Sagrad to be an operational leader in the industry, through talent development, digital tools and the highest-performing manufacturing and supply chain network.

Mr. Crosthwaite brings over 30 years’ experience to his current role including advanced electronics manufacturing, production engineering, and end-to end supply chain oversite.
Crosthwaite started his career troubleshooting military communications and worked his way into managing the manufacturing of multiple production areas.

Mr. Crosthwaite joined Sagrad in 2008 as the operations manager in 2008.

A native of Ohio, he relocated to the state of Florida in 1979. With degree in electronics from Tampa Technical Institute and he also attended Barry University for Business Management.

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