Chris Puffer

From February 2007 until his current appointment, Chris Puffer has served as General Counsel for Elbit Systems of America’s Airborne and Land Solutions business units. Immediately prior to joining Elbit Systems of America, Mr. Puffer served as Assistant General Counsel for McAfee, Inc. from 2002 until 2007. In 1993, Mr. Puffer joined Hughes Training, Inc. and became its Vice President for Contracts and Legal Affairs. Prior to Hughes Training, Inc., Mr. Puffer joined Doke & Riley in 1987, a private law practice in Dallas, Texas, where he specialized in government procurement matters.

Mr. Puffer began his legal career in 1980 with the U.S. Army JAG Corps, specializing in government procurement matters while serving at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and as a Trial Attorney for the Army Contract Appeals Division.

Mr. Puffer received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Eastern Kentucky University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Kentucky Law School. Mr. Puffer also serves as a volunteer mediator for Dispute Mediation Services, Inc. in Dallas, Texas.