Leadership

Mr. Shea also led SAIC’s support to the national security community as President, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and previously served as the Vice President and Executive Director of Space & Intelligence at Northrop Grumman TASC and Technical Director of PAR Government Systems Corporation. He also served as an Imagery Analyst & Remote Sensing Specialist with the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Space Technology Center.

Mr Shea is the founder of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) and the highly acclaimed GEOINT Symposium. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Intelligence University Foundation and AFCEA Intelligence Committee. He has served on several government, industry, and academic advisory boards including as Chairman of the Senior Advisory Group (SAG) for two Directors of National Intelligence, the Honorable VADM Joseph Maguire, and the Honorable Daniel Coats, and as a SAG member supporting the Honorable Lt. Gen James Clapper. Shea also served as a member of the 2003 National Commission for the Review of the Research & Development Programs of the U.S. Intelligence Community. 

He has served as a Board member of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Intelligence and National Security Alliance, Fornetix, Fortem Services Group, and the National Academy of Sciences Marine Board. His academic advisory roles included the University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, George Mason University’s College of Science, and the University of Virginia’s Department of Systems and Information Engineering.

Mr. Shea is a recipient of numerous awards for his community service and business and personal leadership, including the Intelligence Community Seal Medallion, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) GEOINT Hall of Fame, the Art Lundahl-Tom Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) & Washington Business Journal’s Outstanding Director, eight-time Executive Mosaic Wash100, NVTC Tech100, Federal Computer Week’s Fed100, two-time Virginia 500 Power List, and the Heavy Hitters 50 Most Influential Virginians. 

He is also a Fellow, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. Through his direct leadership, Shea and his team were named a U.S. Best Managed Company by Deloitte and the Wall Street Journal in 2022, 2023, and 2024 as well as Forbes Best Largest Employers for Diversity. He is an internationally recognized author and has served on major international refereed journal editorial boards.

Mr. Shea earned a Master of Arts from the University of Kansas, a Bachelor of Science from SUNY Albany, and an Honorary Doctorate from George Mason University. He also received executive education at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Harvard Business School, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and The George Washington University School of Business.