SA-TECH - Key Persons
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- Member of the Executive Management Committee
- Member of the Executive Management Team
- Executive Management
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Member of the Executive Management Committee
- Member of the Executive Management Team
- Executive Management
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Member of the Executive Management Committee
- Member of the Executive Management Team
- Executive Management
- Independent Consultant for His Own Company, Kessler Integrated Systems Solutions
- SA - TECH Advisory Board Member
Mr. Gary Kessler is an Independent Consultant for his own company, Kessler Integrated Systems Solutions, LLC. In this capacity, he performs a broad range of technical, management and organizational efforts in support of Government and industry in the execution of Department of Defense activities in the areas of strategic planning, program management, workforce development, systems engineering and test and evaluation, primarily focused on navy manned/unmanned platforms and weapon systems. In addition, he serves on the Board of a large business, a start-up business, The Patuxent Partnership, and is the current Executive Vice President of the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance. He was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in August 2006 and had over 35 years of Federal Service.
Mr. Gary Kessler served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Air Programs) (DASN(AIR)) from October 2014 to January 2018. He was the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN(RD&A)) on matters relating to aircraft (manned and unmanned), air-launched weapons, cruise missiles, airborne sensors and avionics. DASN(Air) monitors and advises ASN(RD&A) on programs managed by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and affiliated Program Executive Offices (PEO).
Mr. Kessler served as Executive Director for Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) from April 2010 to October 2014, responsible for ensuring that business and financial objectives were met and that the overall mission was executed in a safe and efficient manner. In his role as Deputy Assistant Commander for Test & Evaluation for NAVAIR, he was responsible for the appropriate implementation of policy and guidance of T&E matters emanating from the offices of Commander, Vice Commander, and Deputy Commander in addition to the successful execution of T&E throughout NAVAIR.
Mr. Kessler served as the Deputy Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation in the PEO for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO(U&W)) from October 2007 to April 2010. As the Deputy Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation, Mr. Kessler was responsible for the direction of all Navy and Marine Corps Unmanned Aviation programs including endurance, tactical, combat and Joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programs, and the Navy's targets and decoy systems programs. In addition, he was the Chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Joint Capability Group on Unmanned Air Vehicles (JCGUAV), which oversees all aspects of NATO Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) acquisition, and collaboration of UAS issues among all NATO countries.
Mr. Kessler served as the Director for Flight Test Engineering from August 2006 to September 2007, where he served as the Chief Flight Test Engineer for Naval Aviation. He was responsible for managing and directing more than 800 engineers and engineering technicians performing integrated systems evaluation, experimentation and test across three sites within NAVAIR.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Management Committee
- Advisory Board Trustee Chair
- Executive Management
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Executive Management Committee
- Senior Vice President
- Member of SA - TECH
- Senior Vice President / Chief Operating Officer for SA - TECH
Mr. Geoff DeZavala has been a dedicated member of SA-TECH's management team since 1997. He is located in SA-TECH's Western Headquarters office in Oxnard, CA and possesses over 33 years of Federal contracting management experience. He attended California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA, where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. DeZavala received his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.
Lieutenant General Gregg is a graduate of Saint Benedict College, Atchison, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration [summa cum laude], the Army War College and the Command and General Staff College. He also attended the Executive Program in National Security at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 2013, Excelsior College of Albany, New York awarded Lieutenant General Gregg an Honorary Degree of Doctors of Laws.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Member of the Executive Management Committee
- Member of the Executive Management Team
- Executive Management
- President of T. R. Edgar & Associates
- SA - TECH Advisory Board Member
Mr. Edgar is President of T. R. Edgar & Associates, a Consulting firm specializing in all aspects of Human Resources Management. The firm's primary mission is to help small to medium-sized companies increase their productivity and profitability through the more effective and efficient use of their principal resource - human capital. A by-product of this mission is to educate management on the need to comply with the myriad labor laws to help avoid litigation and to provide a positive environment in which employees can thrive.
He is the principal author of a Career Progression Program that was copyrighted several years ago. This Program has been successfully implemented in over 100 companies throughout the United States, serving as a fundamental compensation system and, even more, the architecture of the entire Human Resources Program.
A common by-product of the Career Progression Program is Management Training. Mr. Edgar has developed a series of training programs to help managers better understand their expanded role from a "specialist" to getting things done through others. The topic areas include: What is a Manager, Selection Interviewing, Effective Delegation, Performance Management, Communications, Legislative Awareness, Team Building, Conflict Management, and other specialized subjects.
Prior to starting his own consulting practice, Mr. Edgar spent over 25 years in the corporate world where he served as a senior manager and principal Human Resources executive for a major bank and for three professional services companies supporting the Federal Government, primarily DoD. During his tenure, each of these companies enjoyed dramatic growth and success, resulting in either a merger or outright sale. These experiences helped him better understand the integration of very diverse cultures.
Mr. Edgar is a Certified Compensation Professional, a designation granted by the American Compensation Association (World at Work). He also maintains active membership in HR Alliance, the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), the Human Resources Leadership Forum (HRLF), and the Washington Area Total Rewards Association (WATRA), of which he was President for 6 years.
Mr. Edgar earned an undergraduate degree from Boston University and a graduate degree in Human Resources from Central Michigan University. He has also served as Adjunct Professor/Instructor at The American University, Marymount University, and Virginia Tech. Currently, he serves on the Board of Advisors at Shenandoah University.
Several organizations have taken advantage of Mr. Edgar's extensive experience and qualifications and have engaged him to serve as an advisor to the Board or as a consultant to the Compensation Committee of the Board.
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- CEO
- Member of the Executive Management Committee
- Member of the Executive Management Team
- President
- Executive Management
- President and CEO of SA - TECH
Timothy J. Adams is President and CEO of SA-TECH, a company he founded in 1989. SA-TECH is a progressive and steadily growing professional services firm with origins in the high technology and technical support areas of the defense industry.
Mr. Adams holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of New Orleans and a Bachelor of Science degree from Xavier University in New Orleans, LA. He attended the Minority Business Executive Program at Tuck College of Business at Dartmouth College and the Business Innovation Management Program at the A. James Clark School of Engineering and the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received a Doctorate of Business (Honoris Causa) from Bowie State University in May 2017.
An energetic, creative and engaging individual, Mr. Adams started SA-TECH with only a few small defense contracts. Since its founding, SA-TECH has grown into a multi-million dollar diversified company with employees around the country. His exceptional leadership skills have guided the company to success, growth and prominence. Mr. Adams was recently selected as the University of New Orleans, College of Business Administration Distinguish Alumnus. He is a proud recipient of the Washington Business Journal's Minority Business Leader Award for 2019, one of Black Enterprise's Top 100 Industrial/Services Black Businesses in the Nation for 2019, one of Maryland's Most Admired CEOs, by The Daily Record, for 2018 and also received The Daily Records' ICON Honors Award for 2018. In addition, Mr. Adams was recognized as a Top 100 African American Leaders in America by the United States Black Chamber of Commerce and one of Maryland's 25 CEOs You Need To Know, and received a Maryland Democratic Party Distinguished Leadership Award. He was inducted into the Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Hall of Fame for the Mid-Atlantic Region and was selected as one of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's Hall of Fame inductees for 2013. Mr. Adams also received Bowie State University's 2010 Founders Promise Award as well as numerous other awards and distinctions for his business acumen.
Thankful for the advisors and mentors from whom he has benefited throughout his career, Mr. Adams has generously returned that assistance by giving his time, talents and financial support to a variety of businesses and community organizations that touch the lives of people in his community and around the country. His board service includes: Board Member, Doctors Community Health System; Board Member, Greater Maryland Health System, Inc.; Board Member, University of New Orleans Foundation; Member, Prince George's Community College Foundation - Finance Committee; Chairman, Privatization and Procurement Council for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Member, Corporate Leadership Advisory Council; One of the commissioners, Maryland Economic Development Council; Honorary Vice Commander, 11th Wing; Ambassador, Joint Base Andrews; President, Maryland State Black Chamber of Commerce; Board Member, Greater Prince George's Business Roundtable; Board Member, University System of Maryland Foundation; Board Member, Doctor's Community Hospital and Doctor's Community Hospital Foundation; Board Member, Maryland Chamber of Commerce; Board Member, National Black Chamber of Commerce; Lifetime Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; and many others.
Mr. Adams has been extremely active in keeping small business issues in front of national leaders. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, providing recommendations to the Federal Government on how it can improve its contracting and procurement procedures as they relate to small businesses.
As a strong proponent of issues affecting persons with disabilities, Mr. Adams has given his time, attention and service on the Committee for Review for the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, Mr. Adams has volunteered his time and made a strong commitment to the Patriots Technology Training Center (PTTC) located in Seat Pleasant, MD. The PTTC is a non-profit organization that, since its conception in 1997, has provided information and created technology opportunities for minority students. Its mission is to help students bridge the "digital divide" while pursuing college degrees and professional careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Mr. Adams is a mentor to the community and has especially assisted students in finding resources to attend college.
As former chair and member of the Bowie State University Foundation (BSUF) that provides student scholarships, Mr. Adams' leadership has seen BSUF increase the value of its endowment to more than $5,000,000. These scholarships have directly impacted Bowie State's status of having the highest retention rate among all of Maryland's Historically Black Colleges and Universities. With this retention success the university has succeeded in winning a designation as a growth institution within the University System of Maryland.
Other community service has been dedicated to the armed forces and is illustrated in Mr. Adams' support of the Maryland Room, a venture designed to renovate an out-of-date reception and relaxation area at Joint Base Andrews, Malcolm Grow Medical Center, for wounded servicemen and women returning from deployment. He also supported the addition of the Family Room at Joint Base Andrews' passenger terminal and provides scholarships to the top graduates of the Airmen Leadership School.
On November 18, 2019, Mr. Adams was sworn-in as the Mayor for the city of Bowie, MD. He is the first African American elected to this position.
Mr. Adams resides in Bowie, MD, with his wife, The Honorable Sheila R. Tillerson Adams and twins, Timothy, Jr. and Kayla.