William Ribich

President, Technologies Solutions Group, QinetiQ North America

Bill’s biography

Bill Ribich joined QinetiQ North America in 2004 as President of the Technologies Solution Group, which includes Foster-Miller, Planning Systems Incorporated and the research and development division of Apogen Technologies. The Technology Solutions Group division develops sophisticated, leading-edge technologies across a broad range of scientific disciplines and works in close collaboration with the engineers and scientists at QinetiQ to turn these technologies into field hardware which it manufactures and supports.

Bill was the President of Foster Miller prior to its acquisition by QinetiQ in 2004. In four years under his direction, Foster-Miller grew by 240 percent and became a leader in unmanned ground robots for military applications.

Bill received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.