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Dan offers over 15 years of experience as a senior executive driving revenue growth and achieving profitability gains in federal markets and in technology companies. He is accomplished in building and sustaining profitable business growth with strong technical leadership on go-to-market efforts. 

Dan is best known for aggressive penetration of adjacent markets with strong branding campaigns that drive double-digit growth. He served as the Director of the Middle East, Africa, Asia Branch at the United States Navy, where he directed international policy for 26 countries and multi-million-dollar arms programs. He also served as a Commanding Officer of USS HERON (MHC 52). Dan holds the DoD Chief Information Officer Certification from the National Defense University.

Dan Gallagher

Shawn Purvis serves as President and CEO of QinetiQ US, part of QinetiQ Group PLC. As CEO of QinetiQ US, Shawn is responsible for the complete operations of the business while transforming QinetiQ US into a world class provider of innovative defense and security solutions.

Over the course of Shawn’s 25+ years of P&L responsibilities, she has led billion-dollar organizations in the areas of defense, intelligence and cyber security technical solutions in support of the warfighter and intelligence customers both domestic and global, achieving organic revenue growth and margin improvement year over year. Her experience also includes the functional integration of a multi-billion-dollar acquisition.

Shawn’s extensive experience includes strategic, financial, engineering, operations and customer focused leadership positions within Lockheed Martin, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Northrop Grumman.

Shawn holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Information Systems and was named as one of the Top 25 Executives to Watch in 2020/2021 by Washington Exec and WASH100 winner in 2021 and 2022. Shawn is a member of QinetiQ’s Global Leadership Team led by Steve Wadey, QinetiQ’s Group CEO and a member of the QinetiQ Inc. Board.

Shawn Purvis

Christopher Forrest is the President of Technology Solutions for QinetiQ Inc. In this role, Chris is responsible for the general management of the Technology Solution business unit including setting the organization’s strategic direction and overseeing operations, product management, global support and business development. Chris is a senior executive with progressive, broad-based experience in commercial aerospace and defense business development, strategic planning, international operations, and corporate finance.

He has diverse functional expertise with proven ability to quickly analyze key business drivers and develop strategies to grow the business in multiple, complex markets. Chris joined QinetiQ Inc. in January 2021 and was previously Director of Global Operations for the QinetiQ Group. Prior to QinetiQ, Chris held various leadership positions in Collins Aerospace, Rockwell Collins ARINC Europe, Middle East & Africa EMEA, and ARINC Research Corporation. These leadership roles covered U.S. DOD system integration solutions as well as information and communication technology products to the aviation industry, and airspace management for autonomous vehicles. Chris has a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business Administration from Towson University and an MBA in International Finance from Loyola College. He is a member of the ACI World IT Standing Committee and the World Trade Center Institute.

Christopher Forrest

Walt Werner is currently the VP of Engineering for Technology Solutions at [QinetiQ North America](/org/qinetiq-north-america). Prior to this, they were the Managing Director at Remotec Inc from January 2014 to December 2021. At Remotec, they were responsible for leading the company to a 73% increase in revenue over a 2 year period. Walt also rapidly developed new products, including Andros FX, to meet the needs of bomb squads in response to the vehicle-borne IED threat. In addition, they helped the company achieve ISO9001:2015 certification with no observations or findings. Walt also increased employee satisfaction to levels surpassing global high performance company norms across all categories.

Walt Werner received their MBA from [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university)'s Kellogg School of Management, where they studied finance and marketing. Walt also holds a MEEE from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university) and a BSEE from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university).

Some of their coworkers include Steve Iwicki - EVP and General Manager, C5ISR, David Harrison - VP, Business Operations, and Eugene Chang - Chief Strategy Officer. Their manager is Shawn Purvis, President & CEO.

Walt Werner

Ronald Baham is the Chief Growth Officer for QinetiQ US. In his role he is responsible for the business development strategy in the US including overseeing capture, sales, pricing, and proposal management activities.

Ron is a retired Army Officer with over 38 years’ experience in the Intelligence Community. In the 20 years he spent in the Army, Ron worked at every operational and joint level supporting intelligence production; collection management; targeting and fusion; national and tactical ground station operations; command and training. As a strategist, Ron orchestrates market penetration through a deep understanding of customer needs and company capabilities (including those of strategic partners where appropriate) and tirelessly works to shape impending acquisitions to bring them together for the win. Ron has 15 years’ experience in the design, development and delivery of IT solutions and services supporting Combatant Commands, the Services, and Combat Support Agencies. He designed software applications for the management of airborne ISR operations, HUMINT Operations, and Collection Management that have been in service for over 20 years and are still being used and enhanced today. He has over 18 years’ experience in developing and growing business within the defense industry at levels up to and including Corporate Director of Business Development of a $12B leading Defense Contractor. As a Profit and Loss Center manager at [Leidos](/org/leidos), Ron grew his business from 4 Divisions and $185M in annual revenue to 7 Divisions and $325M in annual revenue becoming the most profitable Operation within his Group. In addition to managing technical development and services contacts, Ron also ran the only commercial software Division within [Leidos](/org/leidos) creating geospatial and Full Motion Video analytic tools for the Army and Airforce that dominate that market today. He develops high-functioning teams that showcase the inherent value of the company to the mission of their customers to effectively gain and grow business in new and adjacent markets. He holds a master’s degree in Management Information Systems from [Webster University](/org/webster-university) and a Bachelor of Science degree from Old Dominion University.

Ronald Baham

Mike Fry

Myrna Ganley brings over 20 years of Human Resources experience across various sectors, with 10+ years in HR leadership roles to [QinetiQ](/org/qinetiq) Inc.’s Human Resources. She specializes in leading organizational development strategies to build and retain a high-performing workforce for corporate agility and mission-led innovation. She is dedicated to international, multi-cultural workforces, like [QinetiQ](/org/qinetiq)’s, and comes from a career marked with achievement in mergers and acquisitions, global operations, and working with cleared employees. Her capabilities extend from developing strategies for and implementing broad, enterprise-level HR systems down to change management, leadership coaching, and talent development initiatives for individual employees to maximize their effectiveness, engagement and job satisfaction across changing environments and systems.

Over her career she has been successful at bringing business strategy to Human Resources initiatives, in order, to promote operational efficiency and move businesses forward. Myrna holds an MBA and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the HR Certification Institute.

Myrna Ganley

Mary Williams is the President of the QinetiQ Inc., the US business unit of QinetiQ Plc. She is a recognized thought-leader in the area of sensor technologies and the application of those technologies to solve real world problems. In her current role, Ms. Williams manages a team of more than 700 employees delivering rapid solutions with a focus on mission-led innovation.

Ms. Williams began her career in Government Service for the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) as a radar engineer and intelligence analyst. She joined EOIR Technologies in 1995 as a Principal and held various technical and leadership positions supporting spectral programs throughout DoD and IC at such organizations such as NVESD, NGA and NGIC. Ms. Williams is a leading technologist in the field of airborne spectrometry as well as an accomplished business innovator. Ms. Williams led the development of several pioneering air and ground hyperspectral systems that advanced the state-of-the-art of spectral technologies, including the first operational airborne Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) payload. Since then, she has served as a business and technical lead on multiple others for ground- and airborne sensing for the defense and intelligence communities.

After acquiring MTEQ and becoming its president in 2006, Mary Williams took its electronics manufacturing capability and turned the firm into a full-lifecycle engineering company to rapidly create novel sensing prototypes and deliver them to the U.S. Army and Intelligence Community. Under her leadership, MTEQ grew from a single electronics plant in rural Virginia to a respected system designer with a strong presence in the National Capital Region and an international presence in combat theaters. She instilled a robust IRAD program at MTEQ to ensure that it remained on the leading edge of defense technology in fields like AI. Under her leadership, MTEQ reached 370 employees and $175 M in annual revenue and acquired 6 patents in sensing technology.

Ms. Williams holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering with a focus in image and signal processing from Virginia Polytechnical Institute and a bachelor’s in computer science. Ms. Williams took post-graduate courses in image processing from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Mary Williams

Dave Scott serves as the Vice President of Business Development Operations. He is responsible for advancing [QinetiQ](/org/qinetiq) Inc.’s business strategies in order to meet our growth and diversification goals.

Prior to his role as VP of Business Development Operations (first at MTEQ and then [QinetiQ](/org/qinetiq)), Dave served as MTEQ’s Director of Business Development, helping mature our processes to manage our business development goals. Before joining MTEQ, he served for 20 years in a variety of business development, engineering, business unit management and program management roles at [SRI International](/org/sri-international-inc). While at SRI, Dave served in several program and group management roles. Prior to joining MTEQ he served in a business development role, where he was responsible for identifying and delivering government funding opportunities in national security markets, as well as providing strategic direction for new market entrance, proposal strategies, and teaming arrangements. He also provided strategic capture, competitive analysis and strategic guidance to the organization. He was also program director and chief operations officer at Rosettex Technology & Ventures Group, an SRI joint venture, supporting pathfinder efforts in rapid technology innovation for the Federal Government.

Dave holds a Master of Science degree in civil engineering from the [University of Wisconsin](/org/university-of-wisconsin-madison), and a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from State University of New York and [Syracuse University](/org/syracuse-university).

Dave Scott

David Harrison serves as Vice President of Business Operations for QinetiQ US, where he is responsible for defining technology strategies and building road maps to deliver capabilities that generate significant data-based value. He crafts and executs complex business plans by identifying and mitigating risk, strategically leveraging suppliers, ensuring visibility at the right level, and identifying skill sets required for success.

David is a strategic Technology Executive with subject matter expertise in digital transformation, SaaS implementation, Enterprise Cloud services and IT strategy development/execution, and enterprise service delivery. With more than 15 years of experience in spearheading IT organizations and programs, his strategies harness technology capabilities aligned to business needs to elevate organizational performance. In his most recent work with Northrop Grumman, David supervised large-scale project teams, program portfolios, and IT operational organizations that consistently delivered predictable business results.

David earned his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Delaware with a concentration in international business. He holds a certificate in project management from the University of California, Irvine, a certificate in facility management from George Mason University, and a certificate in Executive Strategy from Chicago Booth.

David Harrison

Eugene Chang serves as Chief Strategy Officer for QinetiQ US and is responsible for partnering with the senior leadership to develop, articulate, and execute an integrated business strategy for QinetiQ US while providing strategic leadership to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and investment activities.

Eugene has over 15 years of experience in strategy in the Aerospace and Defense market and previously served as the Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions for Airbus Americas, where he led the strategy and mergers and acquisitions functions in the US for Airbus. He has also served as a management consultant at Booz and Company in the Commercial Aerospace and Defense practice. In these roles, Eugene has been responsible for designing, leading, and executing organic and inorganic growth strategies and various operational improvement and integration initiatives.

Eugene has a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Georgetown University.

Eugene Chang

Donya is an Innovative Technology & Business Growth Executive and a proactive Leader. Donya has a demonstrated history of providing strategic vision, technology roadmaps and execution plans to organizations. Donya drives for Engineering Excellence, Disruptive Technology Innovation providing Mission-Critical Solutions to the DoD, US Intelligent community, aerospace, and commercial customers. With transformational leadership, she has led Digital transformation, Business Growth, Customer Engagement, Strategic Planning, and full life cycle management of portfolios. Donya has provided technical leadership, to include directing all engineering design and development activities, in providing a broad range of enterprise level multi-function, multi-mission ISR solutions covering 6 domains from Space to undersea. Solution space includes, space avionics & payloads, special mission aircraft, airborne ISRs, full-spectrum sea-based solutions, war fighter mission integration, next-generation SIGINT, intelligence solutions, electronic warfare, cyber, special mission command & control, modelling & simulation, and life cycle support. Donya is regarded as a thought leader by the industry. She has been a keynote speaker at the DOD annual conference. Co-authored a book on “Cognitive Radio”, Special invited Panel Speaker at the DOD annual Spectrum Summits, DARPA brainstorm sessions, AOC speaker, DISA, AFRL and ONR special sessions, technical panel and session chair at MILCOM. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the AOC Capitol Club where she connects the SIGINT/EW/Cyber community from DOD, IC, Capitol Hill decision makers to the industry and academia. Donya holds patents and she is the technical authority in developing world class ISR/SIGINT/EW/Cyber security solutions, multi-function mission solutions, SATCOM, space programs, UAS, ECM (Electronic Countermeasure), ECCM (Electronic Counter-Countermeasures), multi-function phased array radar systems, Cognitive radio, LPI/LPD waveforms and high-performance RF surveillance systems in supporting national security missions. Prior to joining QinetiQ Inc., Ms. He held the following roles, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Vice President Engineering & Technologies, Senior Technical Director and Senior Director of engineering positions at L3Harris Technologies, L3 Technologies, Curtiss Wright, DRS Technologies, BAE Systems, Hughes and TRW/NGC. Donya holds BSEE, MSEE, Whiting School of Engineering, John Hopkins University and MBA from Carey School of Business, John Hopkins University.

Donya He

Steve Iwicki serves as Executive Vice President and General Manager for [QinetiQ](/org/qinetiq) US C5ISR solutions. He brings more than 17 years of industry experience to the role, and has driven program execution, profitability, and revenue growth in organizations such as [Leidos](/org/leidos), General Dynamics Information Technology, [SOS International](/org/sos-international-as), and Octo. Before joining [QinetiQ](/org/qinetiq), Steve served as Chief Operating Officer for [VivSoft Technologies](/org/vivsoft-technologies). He has managed business units as large as $350 million in annual revenue across U.S. and global footprints with more than 1,500 employees and subcontractors focused primarily on C5ISR products and services.

In 2005, Steve retired after serving a twenty-year career as a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer. His Army assignments spanned tactical and strategic intelligence positions including Director, Army Intelligence Transformation within the Army G2; Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO), White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP); and operational/combat experience in DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Haiti, Somalia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Steve’s industry portfolios actively supported operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, and other CENTCOM, EUCOM, and PACOM countries, and he personally completed 13 separate deployments/visits to both Iraq and Afghanistan on behalf of supported U.S. customers.

Steve also serves as a member of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP). He was appointed the Board of Directors of the National Military Intelligence Foundation, a 501c(3), in 2016 and currently serves as the President of the Foundation.

Steve received a bachelor's degree in Decision Sciences and Computers from [Rider University](/org/rider-university) and a master's degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University.

Steve Iwicki

Dan Deguire leads [QinetiQ](/org/qinetiq) Inc.’s, Land Systems, an integrated business unit focused on Unmanned Systems and Survivability Technologies. Since joining [QinetiQ](/org/qinetiq) in 1990, Dan has managed and led teams of engineers and scientists in the research, development, and fielding of defense solutions.

Dan and has team have developed and delivered over 5,000 robotic systems ranging from 10-pound hand carried platforms to 20-ton armored vehicles. Dan and his team had also delivered 1,300 fixed-wing aircraft armor kits and 14,500 RPG defeat systems for ground vehicles, helping save the lives of many warfighters. They are instrumental in capturing many programs of record and are proud to serve customers with mission-led innovations.

Dan is an inventor and co-inventor on 10 U.S. Patents assigned to [QinetiQ](/org/qinetiq) and has authored numerous technical papers presented at [AUVSI](/org/auvsi), SPIE and NDIA. He holds a bachelor’s degree at Central New England College in Electrical Engineering and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Advanced Mobility Consortium.

Dan Deguire

Robert R. Waffle Jr. is the Chief Financial Officer of QinetiQ Inc., part of QinetiQ Group PLC, a provider of world-class technology development, engineering research and development, and revolutionary products to the defense, security, and commercial markets for advanced sensing, robotics, maritime, and soldier protection systems.

In this role, he is responsible for leading QinetiQ’s financial activities and finance organization in the US, including accounting and controllership, financial planning and analysis, compliance, and program accounting.

Robert brings a vast array of experience to QinetiQ, having worked with US based companies such as General Electric, ITT Exelis, and Raytheon and UK based companies such as BAE Systems, Cobham, and Chemring. He has held multiple leadership and management positions in the financial and audit functions and has advised on and implemented changes to business models throughout his career.

Robert holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Union College, and a Master of Business of Administration from the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Robert Waffle

Matt serves as Vice President of Operations for QinetiQ Inc. Matt has over 25 years of progressive leadership experience within the defense and intelligence community and more then 15 year supporting advanced technology research and development activities leading to programs of record. He was a member of executive leadership team at ECS Federal and supported corporate acquisitions focused on building market presence. Additionally, Matt was a business Unit Manager responsible for leading daily operations and business development activities for the Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing business Unit within ECS Federal.

Significant clients included NAVAIR, PEO, IWS, ONI, ONR, CNIC, DARPA and MDA. Prior to joining ECS Federal, Matt ran a small aerospace corporation specializing in satellite command and control for the intelligence community and the Department of Defense. He holds a MS in Management with a graduate certificate in Leading Managing Change from Marymount University and a BA in Management from DeSales University.

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