At Cypress, we are a matrix organization that draws on the expertise from within our company to build the best team with the right attributes to support your efforts.
Senior Leadership
Dave Halverson
Chairman
Focus Areas
- Client relationships
- Strategic Advice & Campaign Planning
- Army and Joint strategic
communications and engagement - Installation and General Services
- Training and Program Requirements
- Risk and Program Analysis
Drew Poppas
CEO
Focus Areas
- Force Management and Requirements
- Readiness and Training Oversight
- Client Relationships
- Strategic Advice & Campaign Planning
- Army and Joint Senior-Level Engagement
John Wason
President/COO
Focus Areas
- Client relationships
- Strategic Advice & Campaign Planning
- Army and Joint strategic communications and engagement
- Congressional Engagements
- Risk and Program Analysis
Peter Fuller
Managing Director
Focus Areas
- Client Relationships
- Strategy Development
- Strategy Implementation
- M&A Due Diligence (Buy Side and Sell Side)
- Market Assessments
- DOD Acquisition Management Experience
Mindy Gilbert
CFO
Focus Areas
- Finance and Cost Accounting
- Human Resources
- Contract Management
- Client relations
Subject Matter Experts
Dave Armour
- Homeland Security Matters
- Congressional Matters
- Ammunition & Weapons
- Federal Acquisition &
Contracting Regs - Budget Analysis
Guy Beougher
- DoD and Federal Logistics
- Defense Logistics Agency
- Army Logistics
- DoD Energy and Bulk Fuel
Chuck Betack
- Command& Control Systems
- AI/ML
- Intel
- International: Asia, Middle East and Europe
- DOD Budget & POM
- Foreign Military Sales
- Combat Vehicles
- Indirect & ADA Systems
Clint Bigger
- Strategic C5I Programs
- Cyber
- DoD Budgets
- DISA
Max Blumenfeld
- Strategic and business analysis
- Research of emerging technologies with a focus on artificial intelligence
- Artificial intelligence developer for research capabilities
Bradley Brewington
- U.S. Space Force
- Space Operations and Policy
- National Reconnaissance Office
- Congressional matters
- DoD budget development
- International / FMS
Megan Brizzell
- Market Analysis
- M&A Due Diligence and Strategy Projects
- Competitive Intelligence
- Coordinates Cypress Podcasts
- Digital Marketing
George Buch
- DoAF Strategic Policy & Readiness Planning
- Budgeting & Resource Management
- Operations Analysis
- Central & European Command Operations
- Joint & Coalition Integration
- Theater Logistics & Infrastructure Modernization
Kevin Byrne
- Acquisition & program management of shipboard combat systems
- Surface ship modernization & shipyards
- Surface and undersea RDT&E programs and processes
- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
- Naval combat operations
Mark Converse
- Acquisition, T&E, Systems Engineering, and Program Management
- Navy and USMC Aviation Programs
- Tactical Airborne EW
- Joint Programs
- Air Launched Weapons
- International / FMS processes
Brian Cummings
- Acquisition and Program Management
- Combat and Tactical Vehicle Programs
- Soldier and Weapons Programs
- Combat Support and Combat Service Support Programs
- Warfighting Requirements
Bob Cunningham
- Army programs
- Fire Support Programs
- Tactical Missile Programs
- Tactical Radars
- Precision Munitions, Laser Targeting, Range Finder Sys
- DoD Budget Analysis
Dan Curry
- Army Portfolio
- Army Staff
- Army Aviation Systems
- Army Aviation Munitions
- DoD VTOL
- Requirements Development
- Leader Development
John Daniels
POM Process
Acquisition funding
Army equipping programs
Defense industrial base modernization
Long term equipping strategies
Walt Davis
- U.S. Army Aviation Programs
- DoD Unmanned Air Systems (UAS)
- U.S. Army TRADOC/Doctrine
- Army Portfolio
Jamie Foggo
- Joint & Coalition Warefare
- Undersea Warfare
- Strategy and Policy
- European, Arctic & African Ops
- NATO Operations
- Nuclear Power
Brett Forbes
- Fires enterprise programs
- Joint requirements and capability development
- Installation services, housing, and critical infrastructure
- Army Programs
- DoD energy and resilience
- Strategy and policy development
Chuck Gabrielson
- DoD C5I Programs
- Joint Staff/JROC
- DoD Budget
Bob Girrier
- COCOM Joint Warfighting Strategy, Concepts and Requirements
- INDOPACOM and Component Command Engagement
- Autonomous & Unmanned Warfare Systems
- Carrier Strike Group Operations
Frank Gorenc
- USAF Programs and Requirements
- Strategic Communications
- National Security
- European and NATO Engagement
Dave Hansen
- Homeland Security
- Customs and Border Protection
- Information Technology
- Small Arms & Ammunition
- Armored Tactical Vehicles
- Blast Survivability Technologies
- Marine Corps Systems Command
- Logistics
Bill Hix
- US Army Programs
- Strategic Communications
- Operations
Dan Hughes
- Missile Defense Agency
- Acquisition
- International Security
- Communications and Networks
Joanne Isham
- Intelligence Organizations and Operations
- Congressional Engagements
- Science and Technology
Brian Killough
- Air Force Operations
- AF Strategic Planning
- AF Requirements Generation
- Foreign Military Sales
Wendell Leimbach
- Acquisition and Program Management
- Combat and Tactical Vehicle Programs
- Large Caliber Ammunition Development
- Non-Lethal Weapons
- Directed Energy Systems
Clay Lyle
- DoD & Army PPBE Processes
- DoD & Army Budget Analysis
- Army modernization programs
- JCIDS & ACIDS Processes
- Force Design, Development and Integration
- Strategy and Policy Development
Bruce Lindsey
- Naval, Joint and Combined Operations
- US Strategic Command operations
- Carrier Strike Group operations
- NATO interoperability
- Naval requirements and CONOPS
Jay Maher
- DoD Vertical Flight Systems
- Army Aviation
- Program Management & Acquisition
- Defense Contracting
- Foreign Military Sales
- Strategic Planning
Adrian Marsh
- Acquisition and Program Management
- Army modernization
- Tactical networks and soldier systems
- Power and Logistics systems
- Science and Technology
Jim McCarthy
- Sea Service Programs
- Ballistic Missile Defense
- Theater/Area Air Defense
- DoD/DoN Planning Programming and Budgeting Systems
- Audit and Financial Management Processes in DoD
Curtis McCoy
- Acquisition and Program Management
- Combat and Tactical Vehicle Programs
- Sensors, Laser Targeting
- Army Portfolio
Katrina McFarland
- Acquisition (all services)
- Missile Defense
- Program Management
- Science & Technology
- Engineering
- Test & Evaluation
- Logistics
Sharon McKiernan
- Military healthcare
- Military readiness
- Healthcare quality
- Deployed military medicine
- Disease preparedness, prevention, and response
Brian McKiernan
- Long Range Precision Fires
- Air and Missile Defense
- Lethal Effects
- Joint and Combined Operations
- Installation Services
- Warfighting Requirements
Pat Morley
- Naval Aviation Aircraft and Weapons Programs
- Navy Budget Planning and Programming Processes
- Requirements Generation
- Navy Vertical Lift – crewed & uncrewed
Camden Mounts
- Contracts Administration
- Finance and Cost Accounting
- Human Resources
Mike Murphy
- PM, Sea Warrior, PMW-240, SPAWAR
- Director, Operations/CIO, DoD Business Transformation Agency
- SECDEF Corporate Fellow, Hewlett Packard Company
- Director, Flight Test and Verification, F-35
- Deputy Director, Joint Standoff Weapon
- DAWIA Level III certified in Program Management,
and Test & Evaluation (ACAT-1D Programs)
John Newton
- Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUV)
- Submarine Construction and System Integration
- Submarine Large Ocean Interface
- Submarine Operations and Strategic Deterrence
- NAVSEA Programming and Execution
- Navy POM, Requirements and Budget Processes
Billy Pouliot
- Joint Military Intelligence
- Human Intelligence
- Capabilities Development
- Institutional Training
Ken Rodgers
- Acquisition and Program Management
- Tactical Mission Command and C5ISR
- Missile Defense
- Army Portfolio
Greg Rose
- Joint Military Intelligence
- Human Intelligence
- Capabilities Development
- Institutional Training
Alex Ruhling
- Coordinates Research Team Support
- Manages Data Systems and Modernization
- Manages Multiple Subscription Databases
- Researches and Tracks Opportunities
- Researches Open Source Information
Jen Swanson
- Digital & Network Technologies
- Acquisition
- Data, Engineering & Software
- Communications & Networks
Scott Swift
- National Security
- Geo-Political Strategy & Policy
- Joint and Coalition Warfare
- Naval Operations
- Acquisition & Budgeting
Don Tison
- Army Programs
- BRAC/Installations
- Future of the Army
- DOD Programs
- Financial Management
- Logistics
- Working Capital Funds
Jim Travis
- Strategic Planning and Innovation
- Strategy, Integration & Requirements
- PPBE for Air, Space and Cyber
- Air Superiority, Global Precision Attack and Munitions
- Strategic Communications
- Defense Innovation & Business Transformation
Shelley Yarborough
- Acquisition, Requirements and Program Management
- Army Aviation & EW Systems
- Army and Joint Staff
- Army Portfolio
- DoD Rotary Wing and VTOL
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