{"id":14446,"date":"2024-03-20T20:47:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mstcws.com\/?page_id=14446"},"modified":"2025-08-07T18:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:51:37","slug":"david-wodlinger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/about\/board-of-directors\/david-wodlinger\/","title":{"rendered":"David C. Wodlinger Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14446\" class=\"elementor elementor-14446\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4a2de8 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b4a2de8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:26797,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.spa.com\\\/\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/SPA_BioBackdrop_BOD_7-scaled.jpg&quot;}],&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8aca27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8aca27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #474747;\"><a style=\"color: #474747;\" href=\"\/\">Home<\/a> \/ <a style=\"color: #474747;\" href=\"\/board-of-directors\">Board of Directors<\/a> \/ David C. Wodlinger<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd583f6 elementor-position-left elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-bottom elementor-vertical-align-bottom elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"dd583f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24960\" alt=\"David Wodlinger SPA BOD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d.png 644w, https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h2 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">David C. Wodlinger<\/h2><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Chairman of the Board<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c9bdd9 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8c9bdd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4346e elementor-position-left elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-bottom elementor-vertical-align-bottom elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"1d4346e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24960\" alt=\"David Wodlinger SPA BOD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d.png 644w, https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SPA_BOD_DWodlinger_d-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h2 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">David C. Wodlinger<\/h2><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Chairman of the Board<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-919aee7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"919aee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-heading\">David C. Wodlinger is a Managing Partner at Arlington Capital Partners and joined the firm in 2006. Mr. Wodlinger is responsible for investing in the government contracting, technology-enabled business services and software and IT services sectors. Prior to joining Arlington, Mr. Wodlinger worked in Deutsche Bank\u2019s Financial Sponsors Group in New York. While at Deutsche Bank, he worked on the origination, diligence, structuring, and financing of leveraged buyouts, including Blackstone\u2019s acquisition of New Skies Satellites, Kelso\u2019s acquisition of Insurance Auto Auctions, Hicks Muse\u2019s acquisition of Swett &amp; Crawford, and Carlyle, CD&amp;R, and Merrill Lynch Private Equity\u2019s $15.0 billion buyout of Hertz. Since joining Arlington, Mr. Wodlinger has completed more than 40 acquisitions including BlueHalo, Cambridge Major Labs, Centauri, Compusearch Software Systems, Micron Technologies, Novetta Solutions, Polaris Alpha, Quantum Spatial, and Systems Planning and Analysis. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he worked as a management consultant focused on the US Intelligence Community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2bc6a2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2bc6a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. Wodlinger graduated cum laude, with an A.B. in Economics from Georgetown University.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e57f7 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07e57f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a19d20 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3a19d20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/board-of-directors\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Back to Board of Directors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \/ Board of Directors \/ David C. 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