LBF Solutions, LLC was founded by Dan Sammons in 2012.

Dan is an executive-level professional with over 25 years experience. An energetic, top performer with proven leadership and motivation skills, he has successfully cultivated and led “high performance teams” in new revenue identification, business capture, and proposal development in the Defense, Homeland Security, and Federal Agency markets. His experience spans all branches of the military services.

He has worked for multiple companies, large and small businesses, and brings a wealth of understanding of what works and what doesn’t when it comes to winning new business and sustaining growth. Over the last several years, Dan has been strategically focused on supporting companies providing technology based training solutions to soldiers, sailors, marines, and airman. Dan has worked for these companies to support growth in all the training domains: Live, Virtual, Constructive, and Serious Gaming. Strategically located in the military’s center of excellence for modeling, simulation, and training, Dan also brings a vast network of business contacts in this market space.

Prior to his success in the Modeling & Simulation market, Dan spent over a decade in the Aerospace Industry working for Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, located in Boulder, CO, and Harris Corporation, located in Melbourne, FL. During this time, he successfully generated new business and led complex multi-disciplined engineering teams in advanced technology development. He also personally provided systems engineering and mechanical design engineering support for several major defense projects. As a mechanical design engineer Dan has accumulated over 10,000 hours CAD experience with several CAD systems which include: HP Solid Works, Pro-E, and AutoCAD. His design experience includes: passive and active mechanism design, space structures, custom seals, high pressure hydraulic systems, complex test fixtures, and optical systems. He designed and worked with many different metals including: Inconel, Beryllium, High Strength Steels, Stainless Steels, Titanium, and a large variety of Aluminum alloys. Dan also brings depth of knowledge in a variety of different manufacturing processes and has successfully worked with many machine shops and production facilities throughout his career.

Prior to entering civilian life, Dan served in the US Navy Nuclear Submarine Force. He successfully qualified as a submarine warfare officer and was certified as a Nuclear Engineer by the Department of Energy. He managed and provided technical oversight of daily in-port and at sea submarine wide operations on a 688 Los Angeles Class fast attack submarine. He continuously trained and qualified junior officers and enlisted personnel for combat readiness and submarine watch-standing responsibilities. He successfully planned, coordinated, and supervised quality repairs and upgrades of nuclear power systems, electronics, and high pressure hydraulic, pneumatic and sea water systems during extensive ship overhaul periods. While assigned to the Submarine Learning Center, U.S. Naval Submarine School in Groton, CT, and as a Master Training Specialist, Dan directed and participated in curriculum development, provided submarine fleet readiness instruction, and conducted mission rehearsal training for hundreds of junior officers. During this time he acquired an expertise in the use of motion-based submarine simulator systems and attack center training systems. He also provided SME services to General Electric in the development of next generation submarine training systems.