Ricardo Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer

Gonzalez brings more than three decades of aerospace and defense leadership experience, with a proven track record of scaling operations, driving enterprise transformation, executing strategic acquisitions, and advancing mission-critical technologies supporting national security priorities.

Gonzalez joins Trident from CACI International, where he served as Vice President of Optical & Photonics Systems, overseeing P&L operations and leading the expansion of optical communications, sensing, and precision electro-optical systems supporting defense and space missions.

Prior to CACI, Gonzalez served as Chief Transformation Officer at Frontgrade Technologies (fka CAES Space), where he led an enterprise-wide operational transformation that drove significant cost reductions, EBITDA expansion, improved cash flow, and successful M&A integration initiatives. Earlier, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Microelectronics at Frontgrade, leading both domestic and international operations.

Before Frontgrade, Gonzalez held multiple leadership positions at BAE Systems, including Senior Director of the Space Systems product line, where he led the development and production of advanced space subsystems and components spanning optical, infrared, radio frequency, and digital technologies supporting defense, civil, commercial, and national security space programs. Gonzalez holds a Master of Science in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from The Catholic University of America.