Principal, Government
Dan Hampton joined Thomas Group in 1989 as Senior Partner, Defense and is presently the Senior EVP of our Defense Practice. In this role, he is responsible for Federal Government Business Development (marketing, macro-analyzes, program planning /startup, and contract management). During his 16 years at Thomas Group, Hampton has served as a Senior Partner, Business Area Manager, Resultant, Results Manager, Business Development Executive, Senior VP, EVP, and Senior EVP. He has played a lead role in organizing and developing Thomas Group’s Defense Practice and has conducted all of the major macro-analyzes that have led to implementation engagements upon which Thomas Group’s defense business is based. Prior to joining Thomas Group, Hampton had 30 years of successively more responsible management experience in high-tech product development and marketing at Honeywell, Sperry Rand, Westinghouse, VARO, Whitehall Corporation, and SFENA Corporation, where he served as Senior Systems Engineer; Project Engineer; Product Line Marketing Manager; Director, Corporate Planning and Marketing; Vice President/ General Manager; Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Planning; and President/CEO. He has successfully developed and marketed new high-tech products for military and commercial aircraft flight controls/displays, underseas warfare, antisubmarine warfare, off-shore oil exploration, petroleum industry acoustic flow measurement, and night vision electronics. Hampton served in the US Marine Corps as a jet attack pilot and avionics officer.