Paul Heppner has been selected to chair the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Mobile Observations subcommittee, where he has been a member since 2017.
GST hosted a virtual booth for the 101st American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual conference, and our visualization experts made NASA’s exhibit look great.
Jeremy has nearly 20 years of experience across the Department of War, Intelligence Community and private sector, specializing in the application of technology to complex national security challenges. He serves as chief AI officer at GTSC, leading the firm’s artificial intelligence adoption and strategic implementation across the entire company. Jeremy has led enterprise data and analytics initiatives, advised senior defense officials on RDT&E programs, and enabled mission-critical decision-making through the application of commercial and government data.
Jeremy holds a master’s degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Brigham Young University-Idaho. He lives in Virginia with his family.
Albert has nearly 30 years of accounting and finance experience, most of which is in the government contracting services space. Prior to joining GTSC, he held senior financial positions at GDIT, FC Business Systems, BMT, etc., where he increased both project margins and accelerated project delivery through improved financial planning, cost and schedule control, earned value management, and by integrating disparate divisional policies, procedures and management tools.
Albert has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Averett University and earned a Bachelor of Science from Longwood University and a Certificate in Strategic Financial Leadership from Dartmouth College.
Kamili is a seasoned contracts and procurement executive with over 25 years of experience supporting government, defense, technology, construction, and healthcare sectors. She currently serves as corporate director of contracts and procurement at GTSC, overseeing the full lifecycle of contract and procurement operations, from proposal development through closeout.
Her expertise spans strategic sourcing, compliance, risk mitigation, and vendor management, with a proven track record of leading initiatives that drive cost savings and operational efficiency. Kamili holds a bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources Policy and Administration from North Carolina State University and certifications in federal contracts and subcontracts management from George Washington University. She is a passionate advocate for process improvement and internal controls.
Pamela is a seasoned executive leader with over 15 years of experience in both strategic business management and contract operations. Her knowledge and experience in leadership, staffing, program and quality management allow her to focus on developing and implementing optimized business processes across the GTSC family of companies to ensure efficiency and effectiveness without sacrificing quality. Her career foundation was built upon becoming a respected expert on military quality-of-life programs and resources with 13 years of experience at installation, headquarters and DoD levels. Pamela resides with her husband in North Dakota and collectively they have six children and six grandchildren.
Dr. Chettri is the Vice President, Operations at Global Science & Technology, Inc. (GST) and serves as the Senior Program Manager (since 2011), on GST’s SciTech II contract where he manages multiple work activities (WAs), e.g., the NOAA/STAR Ocean Science Technology and Applications (OSTA) program under the Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division. On OSTA, the activities range from Sea Surface Temperature algorithm development, Coral Reef Watch, Ocean Color, Ocean Surface Vector Winds, and Sea Surface Altimetry. He is charged with task order processing, hiring, technical discussions with technical leads and responsible for and managing all accounting and reporting.
Dr. Chettri has substantial senior program management experience on-site at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and at the NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research. His technical specialties are image processing for remote sensing and cloud computing applications to near real-time satellite data processing, Bayesian statistical methods, neural networks, pattern recognition, networking, and parallel processing.
Computer skills and expertise includes UNIX, Java, C, R, FORTRAN, Pascal, Perl, Python, Matlab, SciLab, KHOROS (object-oriented image processing package), PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine), PIOUS (Parallel I/O System), MySQL and Oracle.
Dr. Chettri received his Ph.D. in Applied Science from the University of Delaware in 1989. His earlier educational credentials include a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware (1985) and Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from University of Bombay, Bombay, India (1982).
Mary is a seasoned human resources leader with extensive experience as a strategic business partner to leadership teams in organizations of varying sizes and industries. Throughout her career, Mary has managed all aspects of human capital management and built highly effective HR teams to support corporate growth by linking HR strategy to business objectives. She has managed HR functions in government contracting, nonprofit and public sector environments. At The Bowen Group, Mary is responsible for setting the strategic direction for human capital management and building HR systems that support organizational performance and growth. Mary also leads a team of talented HR professionals who are dedicated to building a culture and environment where our employees feel valued and can thrive in their careers.
Mary holds a SPHR and a SHRM-SCP certification. Mary has two adult children and resides in Northern Virginia. She enjoys biking, horses and being at the beach or anywhere in nature as much as possible.
Don has more than 40 years of extensive experience in accounting and finance for both private and publicly traded companies. After graduating from college and moving to the Washington, D.C. area, Don’s career turned to government contracting, and he has been heavily involved in this industry ever since.
Don has led professional managers and staff in all areas of the “back office,” covering a wide range of day-to-day activities, as well as leading strategic initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions; treasury and banking; credit facilities and relationships; and private equity and public offerings.
Don lives in Virginia with his wife, Judi, who has two adult children and two grandchildren. He enjoys reading and attempting to play golf.
Robert has been in the GovCon market for almost 25 years with experience spanning the entire business. He has significant executive experience with large-scale P&L and a proven track record in management and leadership resulting in significant growth impact. In his last role, he was responsible for a $240 million P&L and growth strategy providing professional services to all of DoD, including logistics, digital IT, advanced analytics and management advisory support services.
Robert is a graduate of Cal Poly in Computer Information Systems. The bulk of his career has been focused on large transformational solutions. Robert is married with three children and enjoys fishing and golf.
Raymond has been a founder and operator of IT product development and professional services firms since the 1980s. While his initial focus was on providing financial and telecom solutions, Raymond turned his attention to government markets in the mid ’90s. An unrelenting innovator, he’s been a leader in bringing novel products to the market in health care IT and more recently in blockchain.
A graduate of University of Waterloo and Harvard Business School, Raymond has an extensive background in mathematics, computer science and business. Raymond lives in Loudoun County with his wife and two young children. He enjoys reading, skiing and motorbikes.