Brent White, CME

Brent White, CME is a Trade Show Manager with Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ.  Raytheon Missile Systems designs, develops, and produces missile systems for critical requirements, including air-to-air, strike, surface Navy air defense, land combat missiles, guided projectiles, exoatmospheric kill vehicles, and directed energy weapons. Brent has over 18 years in the aerospace and defense industry including prior military service with the US Navy.  He has 14 years with Raytheon, having spent the past six years managing small and large domestic and international trade show exhibits including locations such as Malaysia, Pakistan, UAE, Greece, Turkey, Singapore, France, Chile, Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, and Jordan.

He is responsible for managing Raytheon’s participation at the largest Army trade show in the US, the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition held in Washington DC.  At 5,000 square feet, Raytheon's exhibit is capped at the maximum space and has been one of the largest exhibits at the conference.

He enjoys working on enterprise trade show teams, partnering with other business counterparts to see planning and strategy - coupled with meticulous on-site execution - bear positive results for the company.

Brent joined TSEA in 2004 and serves on our CME Education Committee. When I asked him about this role he replied, "This is a great opportunity to be involved in the crafting of education requirements that will best position our members for success in preparing for the evolving and dynamic function of trade shows."

Brent holds an MBA from the University of Arizona and BS in Business Administration from Regis University.

Vlada Mashkovich

TSEA Journalism Intern