Ted Alston was appointed President, Rapiscan Detection Systems in July 2022. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Alston served as Chief Operating Officer, Rapiscan Detection Systems.  Prior to that Mr. Alston lead the transformation of Rapiscan Detection Systems’ global service organization. Prior to that Mr. Alston innovated businesses for EG&G Astrophysics/Perkin Elmer, which later became L-3 Security and Detection. Prior to his return to Rapiscan Systems in 2014, Mr. Alston served as Corporate Vice President, Business Development at L-1 Identity Solutions.

Mr. Alston is an accomplished global business leader with over 32 years of experience focused on business transformation, innovation, and growth with expertise in operations, continuous improvement and customer experience in large global manufacturing and servicing organizations.

Mr. Alston’s executive leadership has been instrumental in positioning the business for high growth and addressing the Government and Commercial organizations’ rapidly changing global security threats and challenges.

Mr. Alston holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida and a M.S. in Business Administration from Keller University.