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Dahlberg began his career with Hughes Aircraft in June 1967. He held various engineering, program management and leadership positions with Hughes. At Hughes, he served as president of the division that produced air traffic control hardware, systems and radar; then was president of the division that produced weapons systems, naval systems and tank systems, and later was president of the Sensors and Communications division. When Raytheon acquired Hughes Aircraft in 1997, he became president and chief operating officer of Raytheon Systems Company and oversaw operations of the defense business units. Three years later, he assumed the duties of executive vice president for business development and president of Raytheon International. In this role, he was Raytheon's principal liaison with its defense customers and directed its international and domestic business development.

Dahlberg received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University in 1967, a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 1969 and attended the University of California business school for advanced education for executives. He is a director of Teledyne Technologies and the National Defense Industrial Association, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Surface Navy Association, the Association of the United States Army, and a lifetime member of the United States Navy League.

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Prior to joining SAIC, Havenstein served as chief operating officer and member of the board of directors for BAE Systems plc, a $34 billion global aerospace and defense company; and president and chief executive officer of BAE Systems Inc., the company's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, which employs 53,000 employees and generates annual sales in excess of $20 billion.

Havenstein previously served as president of the Electronics & Integrated Solutions Operating Group within BAE Systems. Before that, he was president of BAE Systems' Information and Electronic Warfare Systems business unit. Havenstein was president of the Sanders defense electronics business prior to it being acquired by BAE from Lockheed Martin in 2000. Before joining Sanders in 1999, he had been vice president and general manager of the Strategic Systems Division for Raytheon.

Havenstein began his defense industry career at the ITT Aerospace and Communications Division in business development and program management roles. He served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1971 to 1983, specializing in tactical communications and systems acquisition management, and completed his career in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1999 retiring as a colonel.

Havenstein was born on April 24, 1949. He received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. Havenstein serves on the board of directors of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation and FIRST — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology; and on the board of advisors for the University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business.

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At Titan, he led the organization through a shift from a mixed government and commercial provider to a pure play defense provider. From 1999 to 2005, Sopp helped build a two billion dollar defense and government contracting business by executing an aggressive acquisition, integration, growth, and profit improvement campaign, culminating in a sale to L-3 Corporation.

Prior to Titan, he was director, international controller for Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., a large international manufacturer and distributor of golf equipment. Sopp joined Taylor Made in February 1990 as their senior accountant and was promoted several times and held various financial management and director positions as a result of his financial leadership and improvement initiatives.

Before joining Taylor Made, Sopp practiced as a certified public accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co., where he began his career in May 1987. He supervised financial statement audit engagements for a variety of clients and industries, including wholesale/distribution, government contracting, manufacturing and non-profit.

Sopp earned his bachelor's degree in accountancy from New Mexico State University in 1987, and completed the executive program from The Anderson School at UCLA in 1998.

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Alving joined SAIC in 2005 as the chief technology officer for the Engineering, Training and Logistics Group, and later served as the corporate chief scientist. She has a diverse background in government and academia, with over 15 years of accomplishments in the areas of technology and national security. Prior to joining SAIC Alving served as the director of the Special Projects Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, where she was a member of the Senior Executive Service. In this role she was responsible for strategic planning, operations, finances, security, program development and execution.

Alving was a White House Fellow (1997-98) serving at the Department of Commerce. Prior to that, she was an associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Minnesota, where she taught graduate and undergraduate students in mechanics, fluids, and experimental methods, served as a thesis advisor to graduate students and conducted independent, basic research.

Alving graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering. She carried out post-doctoral research in Berlin, Germany.

Alving is a member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee and has been a member or advisor to the Army Science Board, Defense Science Board, and National Academies studies. She has been on the Board of Directors of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Prior to joining SAIC in 2005, Alderson was the president of the Systems Engineering Group at Anteon Corporation. Under her leadership, the group supported the U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the Department of Homeland Security. She was assigned as the corporate executive for all Anteon support to the Department of Homeland Security. Alderson led the Systems Engineering Group to double digit growth each year, and participated in the leadership of Anteon Corporation's initial public offering in 2001.

Alderson's belief in and support of her people has resulted in her group becoming one of the highest level technical achievement organizations - not only at SAIC but in the entire country. Her organization has been externally appraised at Maturity Level 5 of the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model-Integration®, placing it as one of the largest organizations within industry to achieve this elite credential organization-wide.

Alderson's commitment to mentoring has been a key driver behind the growth of SAIC's Women's Network from roughly 800 members to more than 2,000 in just one year. Alderson is also the executive sponsor of the SAIC Multi-Cultural Network, SAIC New Voices Network, and chairman of the SAIC University Relations Council which focuses on teaming with academia to find customer solutions and introduce young people to careers in technological fields.

Alderson entered the defense industry after earning her bachelor's and master of science degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1978 and 1981, respectively. She currently serves on various industry panels and boards and has been recognized by several organizations and industry associations for her business accomplishments.

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The group provides technology services and products across the full spectrum of national security programs, including cyber security; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; imagery and signals intelligence; intelligence support for special operations; intelligence analysis; linguistic services; and the development of advanced processing hardware and software solutions. The group supports the fight against the global war on terror and overseas contingency operations through its efforts to improve the collection and sharing of intelligence.

Prior to joining SAIC in October 2005, Shea served as vice president, Space and Intelligence, in the TASC Business Unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Under his leadership, the unit provided mission support to the 16 agencies under the purview of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Defense's space superiority programs. Earlier, he held several positions with PAR Technology Corporation and served as an imagery analyst and remote sensing specialist with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kansas Applied Remote Sensing program.

In 2003, Shea was named to the 12-member National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the U.S. Intelligence Community, established by Congress to review the full range of current research and development programs in the intelligence community.

Shea is the founder, CEO, and board chairman for the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, an internationally-recognized educational foundation that has received considerable attention through its annual GEOINT Symposium. He is an internationally recognized author and has served on several major international refereed journal editorial boards. He is a former national director, Cartography and Geographic Information Society, a fellow of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, and served as a member of the Sustaining Member Council for the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. He is a 2009 recipient of the Federal Computer Week Federal 100 Award for the top executives in the IT industry. He has served as a member of the advisory board of the University of Virginia's Department of Systems and Information Engineering.

Shea received a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Albany and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Kansas. In addition, he is a graduate of numerous executive education programs, including the Darden School of the University of Virginia, Harvard Business School, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and George Washington University's School of Business and Public Management.

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Koontz has over 20 years experience assisting clients in developing the strategy and tactics necessary to: improve customer satisfaction; drive back office process improvements; and develop and implement enabling information systems critical to achieving an enterprise's objectives. He has provided advice and counsel to senior executives managing manufacturing, pharmaceutical, telecom, energy, and public sector entities across the globe.

Prior to joining SAIC in 2004, Koontz led Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's telecom, media and networks business. Prior to the merger of Cap Gemini and Ernst & Young's consulting practices, Koontz held management and consultant positions with General Electric and Litton Industries Automation Systems.

Koontz serves as a director of the SAIC Relief Foundation and as a director of several SAIC subsidiaries including SAIC Global Technology Corporation and SAIC India Private Limited.

Koontz graduated with honors from the Ohio State University with a bachelor of science degree in industrial and systems engineering. He performed his graduate work at the University of Cincinnati.

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After graduating from the United States Naval Academy with a bachelor of science degree in ocean engineering, Craver began his career with the U.S. Navy in nuclear submarines. He was an engineering officer on a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine. Craver was certified by the Office of Naval Reactors as a chief engineering officer, responsible for all operation and maintenance of a naval nuclear power plant. He was then the assistant officer in charge and pilot of the deep submergence vehicle SEA CLIFF, one of the world's deepest diving submersibles, capable of diving to 20,000 feet.

Craver joined SAIC in 1989 as a staff engineer in San Diego for the Space, Energy and Environmental Sector. In 1997, he became group senior vice president of the Engineering and Environmental Management Group, progressing to sector vice president, business unit general manager, deputy group president and culminating in his current role as group president.

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