| John
Shephard
CEO,
Pallas-Athena Group
John joined ITT in April 2009. His areas of responsibility include strategy, planning, mergers & acquisitions, and global business development for ITT’s Defense and Information Solutions Group ($5.9 billion annual group revenue in 2010, comprising 54% of ITT Corp. total revenue). From April 2009 to September 2010, he was also responsible for ITT Corporation government relations.
Prior to joining ITT, John was CEO of Pallas-Athena Group based in Williamsburg, Va., where he provided strategic, financial, and operations consultation to clients including start-ups and emerging technology-based ventures, private equity funds and Fortune Global 500 corporations.
Previously, he was President, Newport News Industrial Co., and Sector Senior Vice President, Operations, Northrop Grumman-Newport News, where he led operations for a $3 billion business sector that designs, builds and maintains nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Ships produced during his tenure include the nuclear-powered carriers U.S.S. Harry S. Truman, U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, and U.S.S. George H. W. Bush, and several U.S.S. Virginia class submarines.
Prior to that he served in a variety of leadership roles at Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc., in Newport News, Va., to include Vice President, Manufacturing and Materials; Vice President, Strategy and Process Innovation; and Director, Strategic Planning.
John began his work in industry at Tenneco, Inc., following a distinguished military career, which included combat duty in Operation Desert Storm with the 101st Airborne Division, a NASA leadership post and a teaching assignment at the United States Military Academy.
John holds degrees from the the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was a White House Fellow. In 1999, the American Society of Engineering Management honored him as Engineering Manager of the Year.
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