Mr. Register’s business career began in the 1970’s when he joined Litton Industries. There he gained extensive knowledge and experience in finance, contracts and pricing, program management, mergers and acquisitions, engineering and manufacturing. Mr. Register took that experience and an entrepreneurial drive to a small defense contractor (Technology Applications, Inc. or TAI) in 1985. While there, he oversaw growth in revenues from $6 million to over $65 million prior to the sale of the firm in 1993. 

After a short hiatus, Mr. Register joined another small defense firm (Advanced Concepts, Inc. or ACI) in 1995 and grew the business from 2 people and $250,000 in revenue to $45 million before selling the business in 2007. 

Mr. Register is a graduate of the University of Maryland.