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Stu Shea is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Shea Strategies, leading the Corporate & Investment Strategy, M&A, Business Transformation, and Leadership Development practices. He brings four decades of experience in high-stakes National Security programs, including space, intelligence, cyber, special operations, and defense transformation.

He served as Chairman, President & CEO of Peraton, a $7B next generation national security company, President & Chief Operating Officer of Leidos, another $7B solutions-focused company, and COO of SAIC, an $11B science & technology solutions company. Earlier in his career, Stu led SAIC’s support to the national security community as President, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, and as Director of Space & Intelligence at Northrop Grumman TASC.

Stu brings operational expertise in P&L and balance sheet accountability, strategic planning, corporate restructuring, and merger & acquisition integration. His solid grasp of accounting and finance, HR and compensation, contracts and legal matters, supply chain and procurement, marketing and communications, business development, pricing, investor relations, and corporate governance uniquely positions him as a valuable contributor to any boardroom.

Kristine Petka Shea is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Shea Strategies, where she runs the firm and leads its procurement and supply chain practice. She brings more than 25 years of Tier-1 federal contracting experience to government contractors and the investors who back them.

As Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at SAIC and then Leidos, Kristine led procurement through one of the most complex corporate separations in the defense industry: the split of SAIC into two independent Fortune 500 companies. At Leidos she delivered $60M+ in annual reportable cost savings.

Over her career she modernized the full Procure-to-Pay cycle, built enterprise strategic sourcing and supplier management programs, and kept procurement fully compliant with FAR, DFARS and SOX, including CPSR readiness and successful audits.

Today Kristine serves clients as a fractional or interim Chief Procurement Officer and strategic advisor. Her work includes procurement transformation, supply chain risk and compliance, M&A due diligence and post-acquisition value creation for private equity investors, and Red Team proposal support.