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Mr. Shaver retired as the Corporate Vice President of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Integrated Mission Systems (IMS) in Hagerstown, Maryland, on January 1, 2011.

During his seven-year tenure with SNC, Mr. Shaver established an Airborne Modification and Systems Integration capability for the business portfolio of SNC which included organizing an SNC business operation in Hagerstown. In a four-year period, Mr. Shaver built Integrated Mission Systems into a business with $350 Million annual revenue and 542 employees.

Prior to joining SNC in July of 2003, Mr. Shaver was the President and General Manager of California Microwave Inc. (CMI) Government Division from 1994 – 2003. In 1996, Mr. Shaver established a CMI Aircraft Modification and Systems Integration facility in Hagerstown.

CMS, under Mr. Shavers leadership, produced the first Department of Defense multi-functional airborne systems that included a capability consisting of imagery, signals collection, communications, and radar. California Microwave Inc. was purchased by Northrop Grumman in the Spring of 1999.

Mr. Shaver continued to lead the Northrop Grumman Corporation California Microwave Systems business unit that included programs for the Army, Coast Guard, Air Force, and International customers all focused on Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance.

Mr. Shaver provided the leadership for approximately 500 employees in business operations of Northrop Grumman Corporation California Microwave Systems in multiple locations: Hagerstown, MD; Woodland Hills, CA; Martin State Airport, MD; Korea; Europe; South America; plus, operations throughout the Middle East. He retired from Northrop Grumman in March of 2003.

Currently, Mr. Shaver is a member of the Advisory Boards of WGS Systems in Frederick, Maryland, and Tactical & Survival Specialist, Inc. located in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Mr. Shaver retired from the U.S Army after 26 years achieving the rank of full Colonel. While on active duty, Mr. Shaver was in the Nation’s Overhead Reconnaissance Program for three years. He also served as a Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing pilot gaining expertise in Imagery, Signals Collection, Radar, and Communications. He commanded units populated with those assets through Battalion level.

He graduated from the Air Command and Staff College in Montgomery, Alabama, and the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Mr. Shaver holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from East Tennessee State University and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from The University of Oklahoma. He also completed the Executive Development curriculum with The Aspen Institute through The University of Maryland.