Mr. Jaska is President and Chief Executive Officer of Versar, Inc (Versar), is an accomplished executive in global business strategy, growth, organizational performance, and innovation. With over forty years leading large multi-national organizations and operational experience in six continents delivering profitable growth, governance and value creation, Mr. Jaska is recognized for team-centric leadership in numerous government sectors and commercial markets from critical mission support, professional services, technology, infrastructure to aerospace and defense, manufacturing, and specialty chemicals segments. With senior executive, business leadership, and board experience for both public and private companies, he has an extensive background developing organizations and high-performing teams that accomplish performance objectives for business's most difficult challenges from start-ups to large multi-national enterprises. Having completed over fifty acquisition transactions, he has extensive experience integrating operational capabilities and culture so as to accelerate business growth among the merger partners.
Mr. Jaska has served on numerous companies, professional association and community boards and executive committees. He currently serves on the BWX Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) board and as its Governance Committee Chair and Versar, Inc. He has served on other boards including Valiant Integrated Services LLC, Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK), U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Professional Services Council as its Vice Chairman and Society of American Military Engineers. He holds a bachelor's and master's degrees from Western Illinois University and continuing education in several executive management programs.
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