Meet the Team
The ASI Team
The ASI leadership team brings together decades of experience, technical knowledge, and engineering prowess to help keep your legacy aircraft flying.
Felipe M Rodriguez
Felipe Rodriguez founded ASI in 1988 and continues as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Known simply as Phil, he is internationally recognized as an entrepreneur throughout the aerospace industry whose drive and enthusiasm has led ASI to its current level of success.
After several years’ experience as a general manager and division president for an aerospace manufacturer, Phil launched ASI. His ethics of hard work and responsiveness to customer requirements are evident throughout ASI, which enjoys an enviable reputation for engineering excellence, reliability, and integrity.
In addition to his responsibilities for ASI, Phil has published papers on industry re-structuring and concepts for improving industry competitiveness. He has participated in numerous conferences and trade missions, representing the best in United States business acumen and inventiveness.
He is a regular contributor to numerous associations, boards, universities, and charitable organizations. His recent philanthropic contributions include donations to support the advancement of medical studies relating to Covid research, engineering school curriculum development, enhancing radio and broadcasting capacities within schools of journalism in foreign nations, and endowments that provide scholarships for underprivileged students.
From 1996 to 1998 he served as a Permanent Representative to the Organization of the American States during which time he was involved in negotiating several important multi-lateral treaties and in building bridges between the US and foreign militaries.
Phil has been a member of the Board of Directors for the Dulles Chamber of Commerce and works within the business community to emphasize the importance that exporting has on the longevity and stability of the economy. He was appointed to the Truist Bank Community Board of Advisors and has served in this capacity for the past decade. Together with his wife, Mary, he also works with local universities to improve and expand their engineering and technical science programs. He was appointed to serve as a Member of College of Engineering and Computing Advisory Board of the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University in 2020.
A graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy and Indiana University, Phil enjoys traveling for business and pleasure. When he is not traveling, he enjoys growing vegetables in his home garden and spending time with his family.
Felipe M Rodriguez
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Kathleen Kent
Kathleen Kent joined ASI in 2004 and is the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Known by colleagues and friends alike as Kathie, her current responsibilities include oversight of corporate and financial results.
Throughout her career at ASI, Kathie progressively held positions of increasing responsibility managing accounting and administration functions before being promoted to run ASI’s operations in 2010. Transitioning to strategic business development thereafter, Kathie has played an important role in initiating and developing key relationships in new markets. Her understanding of both the aviation industry and ASI’s strategic and business operations has proven to be an indispensable asset to the company’s continued growth.
Prior to joining ASI, Kathie worked for Merchants Tire, a privately held automotive company founded in 1943. Merchant’s expanded along the east coast and grew to over 100 locations, including distinct wholesale, commercial, and retail divisions before being sold to Tire Kingdom in 2003.
A graduate of George Mason University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a concentration in Psychology/Interpersonal Studies, Kathie enjoys her time outside of ASI spending time and traveling with family and friends.
Kathleen Kent
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Keith Weiss
Keith Weiss joined ASI in 2025, bringing over 25 years of leadership experience in the global bearing, defense, and industrial markets.
Before joining ASI, Keith served as Executive Vice President of the Defense, Railway, and Industrial business units at JBG, a third-generation, family-owned bearing supplier headquartered in New Hyde Park, NY. He began his career at SKF AB, the world’s largest bearing manufacturer, where he spent more than two decades in progressive leadership roles, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President of Sales for North America.
Keith holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Operations Management from Loyola University Chicago. Originally from the Midwest, he now resides in Walnut Creek, North Carolina, where he enjoys fishing, hunting, and supporting his son Kellan at the racetrack.
Keith Weiss
Senior Vice President,
Sales & BD
John Lemmon
John Lemmon Rear Admiral, USN (Ret) is an accomplished aviation program management, engineering, and sustainment executive with extensive leadership experience across naval aviation. John joined ASI as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in early 2026. Leading his team to oversee day-to-day operations, he is responsible for program and supply chain execution while optimizing contract delivery to all ASI customers.
Over his distinguished career in the U.S. Navy, he was recognized for applying an engineering-driven, collaborative approach to complex operational and acquisition challenges. Most recently, he served as Program Executive Officer for Tactical Aircraft Programs at NAS Patuxent River, where he led 12 program offices, 3,500 personnel, and managed $39.58 billion in obligations while improving fleet readiness.
Previously, as Commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, he directed a 10,000-person workforce and advanced rapid acquisition initiatives delivering significant cost savings. A Navy Engineering Test Pilot, John holds degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School and is DAWIA Level III and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified. He is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and serves on the Warfighter Advance Board of Directors, a non-profit organization supporting the successful reintegration of every warfighter through a non-medical process.
John enjoys reading, exploring leadership topics, cycling and hiking. He and his wife currently reside in North Carolina and they enjoy time at the beach with their dog, Reagan.
John Lemmon
Chief Operating Officer
Mary E Barrett
Mary Barrett joined ASI in 1993 following several years of teaching in London and California. Mary is responsible for ASI’s Charitable Giving Program which supports local education initiatives with a focus on engineering and technical education.
Together with her husband, Felipe, they have sponsored local events benefiting the underserved in their community. Mary has also volunteered for 20 years in her children’s schools and is a leader in her church. She has traveled the world with Felipe helping to build lasting relationships with ASI’s customers and partners.
Mary has a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Chico as well as a diploma from St Nicholas Montessori College in London, England.
Mary E Barrett
Corporate
Vice President
Vice President
John Hoblack
John Hoblack joined ASI in 2009 and is the Company’s Vice President of Operations. In this role, John leads and coordinates Engineering, Procurement, and Production to fulfill the needs of our customers.
Prior to accepting the role of Vice President of Operations, he has held several key positions within the Operations team. Most of this time was spent as the Lead Engineer, creating processes and tools to increase the quality and accuracy of the technical data packages to support legacy platforms with modern methodologies. In addition to technical aspects of Engineering, he supports and mentors new engineers as well as summer interns from colleges and high schools.
John is a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech having graduated in 2007 with a degree in Aerospace Engineering.
John Hoblack
Vice President,
Operations
Luis Montealegre
Luis Montealegre joined Aeronautical Systems Incorporated (ASI) in 2010 and currently serves as Vice President of Information Technology. He oversees the development, implementation, and governance of the company’s enterprise systems, applications, and infrastructure, ensuring they meet ASI’s standards for quality, capability, commitment, and focus.
Luis began his IT leadership journey in Nicaragua as Director of Information Technology for Banco Mercantil. He then joined the Ministry of Finance, progressing from Director of Infrastructure to Executive Program Director, where he managed the national financial management information system.
Since arriving at ASI, Luis has guided multiple mission critical initiatives, including cloud migration to Microsoft Azure Government, early adoption of GCC-High, and the company’s current CMMC Level 2 readiness program. He applies the Balanced Scorecard and COBIT frameworks to align IT strategy with corporate objectives and regulatory requirements.
Luis holds an Associate’s Degree in Electronics Engineering from Miami Dade College and an MBA from INCAE Business School (a Harvard-affiliated institution). Outside the office, he enjoys traveling with his wife, exploring Catholic Church history, and experimenting with electronics and personal information-system projects.
Luis Montealegre
Vice President,
Information Technology
Mariano Morales
Mariano Morales joined ASI in 2010 and is the Company’s Vice President of Business Development. In this role, Mariano oversees the Business Development and Account Management teams accountable for Pipeline Growth, Capture Management, Customer Relationship Management, and Product Offerings.
Prior to assuming this role, Mariano was the Director of Account Management responsible for nurturing and strengthening relationships with customers to achieve ASI’s vision, overseeing sales operations, customer service activities, and marketing initiatives. He continues to be responsible for the growth of several of ASI’s Key Accounts, to successfully develop strategies that lead to new revenue streams, and to build on his experience developing strategic relationships to augment ASI’s supply chain and product offerings.
Mariano earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Suffolk University in Boston, MA and a Master of Business Administration from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain with an emphasis on International Business. In his spare time, Mariano enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching sports, traveling and culinary adventures.
Mariano Morales
Vice President,
Sales
Alex O'Bruba
Alex O’Bruba joined ASI in 2014 and is the Company’s Vice President of Quality and Compliance. In this role, Alex oversees Quality and Compliance corporately while operating interdepartmentally to develop company standards and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Having worked in various departments within the organization, Alex has experienced many of ASI’s processes firsthand, from Sales and Account Management to Operations and Procurement. This comprehensive knowledge has enabled him to streamline activities and led to his previous position as Director of Quality where he ensured that customer requirements and company quality objectives were consistently achieved and often exceeded.
Prior to joining ASI, Alex designed asset tracking products and solutions for a global RFID company after graduating from the University of Virginia with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Aerospace Engineering and Business. Alex enjoys working on house renovation projects, participating in Bible studies, and spending time outdoors. He is married to his high school sweetheart, and they welcomed their first child in 2022.
Alex O’Bruba
Vice President,
Quality & Compliance
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