Our Team
Gary J. Gray
Founder, Chairman, President and CEO
- Over 40-year career in government and industry: DoD Systems Acquisition and Engineering and Corporate Development
- Last 10 years: Government Contractor Consultant, Program Director, Corporate Development
- Extensive experience taking Major Systems through the Defense Acquisition Process and into the field
- Certified Level III Acquisition Professional for Program Management
Spiros Pallas, PhD
CTO and Advisory Board Member
- Over 40-year career in government and industry: DoD and DHS Systems Acquisition and Engineering experience
- Last 10 years: Systems Engineering Consulting to DoD and DHS
Former Director, Defense Systems, Director Air Warfare, Science Advisor, Chief Engineer (now Systems Engineer) - Extensive experience taking Major Systems through the Defense Acquisition Process and into the field
- Certified Level III Acquisition Professional for Program Management and Systems Engineering
Joe Pona
Principal and Advisory Board Member
- Over 40 years of experience in aerospace design supporting space, military & commercial product lines
- Last 10 years Senior Technical Manager over multiple global and domestic aerospace engineering design teams
- Former engineering liaison to B-1B, B-2 and B-52 business development teams
- Former research and development project manager for missiles and military aircraft flight controls
- Extensive experience designing, developing, integrating, and testing solutions for defense and space systems
- Lean Six Sigma black belt
George Schleh
Principal
- Over 30-year career in government and industry supporting DoD, DHS and DoJ clients
- Experienced in requirements development, modeling and simulation, ISR acquisition program analysis, export control, criminal intelligence analysis, proposal development and training
- Retired USAF officer and former special education teacher
William A. Riski
Senior Associate
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Over 40-year career in government and industry in DoD and international acquisition program offices as a systems engineer, test engineer, and program manager
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20 year career as regular officer in the United States Air Force performing both acquisition and operational duties
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Extensive experience with systems engineering policy and guidance for the Defense Acquisition System and capability requirements per the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
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Extensive experience as systems engineer with designing, developing, integrating, and testing solutions for national security capabilities and major defense acquisition programs, including communications, avionics and IT subsystems for fixed wing aircraft, space systems, and C4ISR systems, both U.S. and NATO
Mike Wilson
Senior Financial Analyst
- Over 40 years of experience in government and industry: DoD financial and contract
management - Last 15 years: Government Contractor Consultant to various Intelligence Community organizations
- Experienced in development of automated MS Excel office tools to assist in managing programs
- Air Force Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP), Level II (Business, Cost Estimates, Financial Management) – Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Equivalent
- Retired USAF Comptroller
Vince Matrisciano
Senior Subject Matter Expert, Armaments & Ammunition
- Over 32 year career in government: DoD Systems Engineering, Development and Acquisition, and Process Improvement
- Last 10 Years: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments & Ammunition (JPEO A&A), R&D Program Manager & System of Systems Integration Manager.
- Extensive experience in DoD acquisition programs from Science & Technology (S&T), RDT&E, Production, Supply Chain Management through Sustainment and Demilitarization
- Dual Certified Level III Acquisition Professional (System Engineering and Program Management), Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and Certified Lean Six Sigma Black belt.
