Allan D. Bain.

"My interest, education, practical application, and professional work in the field of bullet-resistant and stab-resistant armor span more than 42 years. Over that time, I have founded and operated armor companies, developed patented armor technologies, worked in ballistic laboratory environments, and participated in nearly every facet of the armor industry — including research, development, testing, certification, manufacturing, licensing, marketing, and sales."

In 1983, a young college student started making armor samples and shooting them for fun. After years of study and iteration, that work became his first armor business — founded in 1988. Forty-two years later, he is still innovating. During that time he has founded and operated armor companies, developed patented armor technologies, worked in ballistic laboratory environments, and participated in nearly every facet of the armor industry.

Mr. Bain has been awarded 8 patents in the field of ballistic armor. The most consequential — U.S. Patent No. 6,035,438 — laid the groundwork for the flexible rifle armor architectures that followed.

He started in 1988, founding Armor Technology Corp in Carlsbad, California. Over the next twelve years he grew that company from $5,000 in annual sales to $2.6 million, authored six U.S. patents on composite armor systems, and sold the business in 2000 on the strength of its intellectual property portfolio.

From 2007 to 2009 he consulted for the Georgia Institute of Technology's applied composites program, co-developing what became U.S. Patent 8,434,396 — a project that produced a cutting-edge military armor product and downstream defense contracts.

In 2008 he founded EAS International Corp in Portland, Oregon, where he managed government development projects for advanced armor systems, built the alliance with Accushape Inc. that led to the company's eventual acquisition, and grew gross receipts by more than 100% over prior fiscal years.

He founded Stealth Armor Systems (SAS MFG Inc.) in October 2014 with a single technical goal: to rebuild the overlapping-disc flexible rifle armor concept from the ceramic geometry up, using modern UHMWPE backers, modern ceramics (B₄C, SiC, TiB₂), and a manufacturing process he controls end-to-end.