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About Kevin...                                             

PRESENT POSITION:

Founder and President of Philadelphia Control Systems, Inc.

Philadelphia Control Systems, Inc.  (PCS), located in Christiana, Delaware, is a professional engineering corporation specializing in the engineering, design and programming of information automation and process automation systems. 

Philadelphia Control Systems, Inc. has operated successfully since being founded in 1982.  It has performed on projects ranging geographically from Amsterdam to Singapore. 

REPUBLICAN PARTY ACTIVITIES:

Kevin Wade was first active in the party’s efforts starting in 2004. He worked as a volunteer for lit drops, candidate walks, phone calls and as-needed campaign web site designs and deployment. He has Co-Chaired the GOP Colonial Region’s signature fund raiser, “Separation Day” for many years.

In 2007, Mr. Wade became Chairman of the 17^th Rep District and also joined the GOP State Executive Committee. He was invited to present his “Resolution in Support of the Troops” to the assembled delegates of the State Convention. That sentimental and intimate speech brought tears to the eyes of many in the audience and Mr. Wade received an extended and roaring standing ovation.  This led to frequent and, to this day, continuing invitations to address Republicans across the state.

In 2008, Kevin became the New Castle County Chair of the Giuliani Campaign. He served frequently as a surrogate speaker at statewide events and GOP debates.

Also, in 2008 Mr. Wade gave the seconding speech at convention in support of the gubernatorial nomination of Judge Bill Lee, the GOP candidate that year.

The GOP State Convention in 2009 invited Mr. Wade to address the assembled delegates. He spoke about “What We Believe.”  His simple and straightforward speech about our core conservative principles received another standing ovation.

Kevin Wade campaigned for the Party endorsement as US Congressional candidate in 2010. Starting with no campaign team and no financial support, Mr. Wade succeeded in winning audiences, impressing long-term activists and developing a core of dedicated supporters. His campaign’s strength was in quickly connecting with the voters in numerous radio appearances, telephone town halls and the many public settings of the campaign trail. The inspirational favorite of many delegates going into the state convention, Mr. Wade failed to secure the convention endorsement in a 3-way race that featured two other self-funded millionaire candidates. After convention, Kevin withdrew in favor of party unity. He maintained his stature and reputation with all wings of the party during a bitterly divisive and rancorous year in Delaware Republican politics.

 Mr. Wade spoke to the 2011 State Convention. He alerted all to the pending national financial crisis, identified the road to real recovery as a conservative path and passionately condemned the bitter legacy of Democrat failures in Delaware and across the US.  Kevin concluded the speech and again earned a raucous standing ovation.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Kevin Wade grew up on the harsher side of life in a poor family in a Pennsylvania factory town. He started work in a steel mill within days of high school graduation. Mr. Wade worked his way through college eventually earning a BS in Electrical Engineering at the University of Delaware.  As a young employee of the DuPont Company Engineering Department his talents for problem solving and leading teams of people provided a rapid path up the ladder of opportunity.

He started his own engineering business at the age of 29 and continues to run it 30 years later. Mr. Wade has traveled the world professionally and is known everywhere for his fair dealings and trusted results. Kevin knows the nature of everyday people and is as successful with people on the loading dock as he is with people in the corporate board room. He treats everyone everywhere with the same good nature and warm respect.

Kevin Wade has the quiet easy confidence learned by carrying heavy loads and taking the high roads of his own choosing.

Mr. Wade and his family are long-time residents of the historic City of New Castle, Delaware. His wife Gail is a tenured Professor of Nursing in the College of Health and Nursing Sciences at the University of Delaware. Their daughter and her husband live nearby raising two young children. Kevin and Gail are blessed with frequent visits from their grandchildren. He and his family are members of the New Castle United Methodist Church, in which he is a Lay Reader and member of the Finance Committee.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

A Day in Old New Castle - Mr. Wade was a past Co-Chair of “A Day in Old New Castle.” The DIONC is the longest running home and garden tour in the United States. During his 4-year term on the committee he raised record funds soliciting patrons and sponsors for the event’s guidebook.

 Mr. Wade is a frequent speaker to groups around the state on matters related to the state of the nation.

COMMUNITY APPEARANCES:

Mr. Wade has, in 2011, spoken before countless Rotary, Ruritan and Lions Club service organizations. He is addressing tax reform with a discussion of the merits of a complete overhaul of the Federal tax code. He also appears at community fairs and festivals to meet the public and speak directly with individual Delawareans. This open handed approach has allowed Mr. Wade to appear on statewide talk radio and meet with a variety of community leaders in Delaware.

OTHER:

Mr. Wade has authored an article contrasting the difference between honored immigration and today’s dark commercial exchange of illegal alien men and women across our broken borders. This op-ed was published in the Wilmington News-Journal and picked up at one or more immigration oriented websites.

Mr. Wade has traveled extensively with international project assignments. This includes extended durations living in Northern Ireland, Holland and Mexico. He has a working knowledge of the German and Spanish languages, adequate for independent travel and living.

These life experiences have taught Mr. Wade a deep respect for different people from different cultures. These experiences have also formed a firm belief in the exceptional character of the American people and the historic purpose of the American nation.

HOBBIES AND RECREATION:

Mr. Wade enjoys salt water fishing and snow skiing. Additionally, he is an amateur historian focusing on the economic, political and military histories of nations and their leaders.  Abraham Lincoln is a figure of particular interest and admiration.