Chief Operating Officer
Mansoor Mosallaie is Stellant’s Chief Operating Officer and a seasoned executive with over 40 years of experience in the mechanical engineering and operations management. He oversees and drives operational performance across all Stellant manufacturing facilities in Torrance, CA. Williamsport, PA. Folsom, CA, and PST sites in Melville, NY and Topsfield, MA.
Mansoor began his career as a Project Engineer at Deutsch Company and has nearly 40 years of experience in the Microelectronic Component and Assembly Manufacturing industry, holding several roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently, he was the COO of Hermetic Solutions Group, Inc. (HSG), where he oversaw the operational needs of 12 business units spanning 3 countries.
Mansoor has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Southern Illinois University and has provided operational leadership in the A&D, Space, Medical, Commercial-Industrial, and Optical sectors for decades.
CTO / Interim General Manager & VP - Williamsport, PA
Steve Shpock (D.E.E) is Stellant’s CTO and currently serving as Interim GM/VP of Stellant's Williamsport, PA facility. Steve works closely with the Business Development team to support the company’s organic growth objectives which includes expanding market share while also growing Stellant’s product and technology portfolio. Steve also leads our IR&D efforts, providing a deeply experienced influence on where we deploy capital to expand the value proposition that we bring to all our customers. Steve recently served as Stellant’s COO and interim CEO.
Steve has 40 years of experience in the RF and Microwave industry and has held positions of increasing technical and management responsibility with L3Harris, Vitec Group, Thales, Cobham, and CPI. This includes being L3 Sector CTO, President of Narda-MITEQ and General Manager of Litton’s Electron Devices Division in Williamsport, PA.
Steve has a B.E. and M.E. from Stevens Institute of Technology, an MBA from the University of Rochester, and Doctor of Electrical Engineering (D.E.E) from The University of Utah.
Chief Operating Officer
Mansoor Mosallaie is Stellant’s Chief Operating Officer and a seasoned executive with over 40 years of experience in the mechanical engineering and operations management. He oversees and drives operational performance across all Stellant manufacturing facilities in Torrance, CA. Williamsport, PA. Folsom, CA, and PST sites in Melville, NY and Topsfield, MA.
Mansoor began his career as a Project Engineer at Deutsch Company and has nearly 40 years of experience in the Microelectronic Component and Assembly Manufacturing industry, holding several roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently, he was the COO of Hermetic Solutions Group, Inc. (HSG), where he oversaw the operational needs of 12 business units spanning 3 countries.
Mansoor has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Southern Illinois University and has provided operational leadership in the A&D, Space, Medical, Commercial-Industrial, and Optical sectors for decades.
Chief Executive Officer
& Board of Directors Member
With more than 30 years of experience in the Aerospace & Defense, Medical, Industrial, and Optical Networking industries, Keith brings both executive leadership and extensive entrepreneurial experience to Stellant, positioning the company for accelerated growth and success. Prior to joining Stellant, Barclay led the development, expansion, and significant growth of Hermetic Solutions Group, Inc. (HSG) in his roles as Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development and, most recently, President and CEO. Prior to his leadership roles at HSG, Barclay served as VP of Sales & Marketing at The Hi-Rel Group, as well as at AMETEK Electronic Components and Packaging.
Keith holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh.
Arlington Capital Partners
Associate
Carter joined Arlington in 2023 as an Associate. Prior to joining Arlington, Carter was an investment banking Analyst at UBS in the Financial Sponsors & Leveraged Finance Group where he also completed a summer internship. While at UBS, Carter advised clients on leveraged buyout and other debt financing transactions across a variety of industries, including business services, diversified industrials, consumer & retail and financial institutions.
Carter graduated summa cum laude from Wake Forest University where he received a B.S. in Finance.
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Contact: Wanda Skonieczny
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Contact: Wanda Skonieczny
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General Manager & VP – Torrance, CA
Kevin Spencer - General Manager & VP – Torrance, CA
Kevin has over 25 years in engineering, technology development, program management, business management and leadership within the Aerospace & Defense industry. Prior to joining Stellant, Kevin was with Crane Aerospace & Electronics, the Merrimac division (Crane’s Microwave Group) for 25 years with roles that included Director of Engineering, Manager of Technology Development, Manager of Process Engineering and Advanced Technologies, as well as Business Director with responsibilities that included P&L.
Kevin received an B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ.
VP, Business Development
Mike Towner is Vice President of Business Development for Stellant Systems responsible for all business development initiatives including leading the Sales, Proposals, and Marketing teams. Mike has over 30 years of Aerospace & Defense industry experience encompassing RF/Microwave technologies in the Electronic Warfare (SATCOM, Radar, Missile), Medical & Science, and Industrial markets. Prior to joining Stellant, Mike held senior positions in engineering, program management and business development at CISCO Systems, CPI, and Teledyne Technologies, including recently serving as Group Sr. Director of Strategic Growth and Business Development for Teledyne Defense Electronics.
Mike holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Georgia State University.
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Chief Human Resources Officer
Geri is an experienced senior leader with a proven track record of combining expertise in operational, legal, human resources and organizational development leadership to drive and support profitable growth. She started her career as an attorney in private practice, then spent the next 20 years with Toyota and Lexus Financial Services where she held various positions including Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development, Head of Toyota Financial Savings Bank, Chief Information Office and Group Vice President and General Counsel. After Toyota and Lexus Financial Services, Brewster then held executive operations, human resources, legal and compliance leadership roles with a private equity owned logistics company and a financial investment technology start-up. Brewster holds a BA in Political Science from West Virginia University and a Juris Doctorate from West Virginia University College of Law.
Vice President, Contracts & Compliance
Candace Lee is a seasoned Contracts professional from the aerospace & defense industry with 30 years of hands-on experience DOD, FAA and other international and commercial contracts. Prior to joining Stellant, Candace worked for Hughes Aircraft Company, Raytheon, L3 Harris and a privately held home health corporation. During her tenure at L3, Candace held positions of increasing responsibility in Contracts and Ethics at the Segment level. Candace earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and also participated in the University of California Irvine Professional Contract Management Program.
Chief Information Officer
Sashi Chandrasekharan is currently CIO with 26 years of industry experience in manufacturing organizations. He recently served as the Director of Digital & IT of the Aerospace Aftermarket business unit at Parker Hannifin and Leader of Digital CX and Data Analytics for Aerospace Group. Prior Mr. Chandrasekharan held several divisional IT leadership roles at Parker Hannifin supporting business units of increasing revenue. He has a consistent record of delivering tangible value by introducing IT solutions aligned with broader company goals.
Lt. General USAF (ret)
Lt. Gen. (Ret) John F. “JT” Thompson is a former Commander of both the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and U.S. Air Force’s Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC). During his 36 years of uniformed service, he held a variety of critical acquisition, scientific and logistics-oriented positions; he was a four-time DoD Program Executive Officer (PEO) in the Department’s Acquisition Corps, running numerous multibillion-dollar major defense acquisition programs in ISR & SOF, strategic/nuclear systems, fighter, tanker and space portfolios. He also served as the Deputy PEO for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Throughout his career, he was responsible for tens-of-thousands of employees nationwide, and dozens of installations. Most recently, as the Department of the Air Force PEO for Space, JT managed the research, development, acquisition and sustainment of satellites, launch vehicles, and associated C2 systems. JT currently sits on several corporate boards, including Stellant Systems, directing and advising public, private and employee-owned aviation, space and defense-related companies and communities.
General Manager & VP- PST
Michael is currently GM and Vice President of Stellant’s PST business which was acquired from Comtech in 2023. Prior, Mike was President/GM of Comtech PST Corp. since February 2014. He joined Comtech PST as Director of RF Technologies in July 2004 and became the Vice President of Engineering and RF Technologies in September 2005. Prior to joining Comtech PST, Mike held engineering management and design positions at Powerwave Technologies from 2003 to 2004, Ericsson Amplifier Technologies from 2000 to 2003 and Microwave Power Devices from 1987 to 2000. Mike has both a BS and MS degree in Electrical Engineering from New York University/Polytechnic, NY
General Manager & VP -
Torrance, CA
Dan is currently the General Manager for the Stellant Torrance, CA facility. He has over 30 years in Engineering, Program Management, Strategy and Executive leadership within the Aerospace & Defense industry. Prior to joining Stellant, Dan was President of the Swedish Space Corporation where he led the Americas Business Area including North and South America. He was also President of COM DEV USA, a subsidiary of COM DEV International where he was responsible for all US government business which included the design, development, production, and delivery of passive microwave hardware for space satellites. He has also held various leadership positions at DataPath, Lockheed Martin and Hughes Space and Communications.
Dan has an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Northridge and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois.
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Contact: Carlos Diaz
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Contact: Carlos Diaz
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Contact: Carlos Diaz
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Contact: Carlos Diaz
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POC: Prasad Mamidanna
Phone: 408-780-5645
Email: prasad@spurindia.com
POC: Prasad Mamidanna
Phone: 408-780-5645
Email: prasad@spurindia.com
POC: Prasad Mamidanna
Phone: 408-780-5645
Email: prasad@spurindia.com
POC: Prasad Mamidanna
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Email: prasad@spurindia.com
POC: Prasad Mamidanna
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Email: prasad@spurindia.com
POC: Prasad Mamidanna
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Email: prasad@spurindia.com
POC: Prasad Mamidanna
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Email: prasad@spurindia.com
POC: Prasad Mamidanna
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Email: prasad@spurindia.com
POC: Prasad Mamidanna
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Email: prasad@spurindia.com
POC: Prasad Mamidanna
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Arlington Capital Partners
Associate
Brennan joined Arlington as an Associate in 2021. Prior to joining Arlington, Brennan worked at Citigroup in the Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking Group, where he also completed a summer internship. While at Citigroup, Brennan advised clients on a variety of transactions including mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, equity and debt offerings, and corporate carve-outs.
Brennan graduated cum laude with an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University.
Major General USAF (ret)
Maj. Gen. James O. Poss (ret) is the CEO of ISR Ideas, an intelligence and unmanned aerial systems consulting firm. He is the founder and former Executive Director of the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Center of Excellence Team. ASSURE is 23 of the top US, Canadian, Israeli and British UAS research universities with 100+ corporate members teaming to solve the FAA’s UAS research issues. His ASSURE UAS team won competition for the FAA’s unmanned research center against teams that included MIT, Stanford and Michigan. He is a 30 year US Air Force veteran with combat experience in four wars and was the Air Force’s senior career intelligence officer at his transition from active service in November 2012. He is a leading expert on UAS, having helped designed the US Air Force’s remote split operations system for UAS control and the Distributed Common Ground Station for UAS intelligence analysis.
Arlington Capital Partners
Principal
Ben joined Arlington in 2014. Prior to joining Arlington, Ben worked for Jefferies’ Aerospace, Defense, and Government Services investment banking group. While at Jefferies, Ben advised clients on a wide range of transaction activity, including leveraged buyouts, strategic M&A and debt financings. Ben also held summer positions with Raytheon as a co-op and holds a clearance.
Ben graduated cum laude from Georgetown University where he received a B.S. in Finance and a minor in Economics.
Ben serves on the Board of Directors of Intellectual Technology, Inc., Stellant Systems and Systems Planning and Analysis. Ben previously served on the Board of Directors of Centauri, Endeavor Robotics and Octo and worked on the firm’s past investments in MicroPact, Novetta, and Polaris Alpha.
Arlington Capital Partners
Managing Partner
Peter shares overall responsibilities for all management and investment activities of the firm. Peter has primary responsibility for Arlington's aerospace/defense investments and shares responsibility for the firm's healthcare investments. Peter has over 27 years of private equity, public equity, and merger and acquisition transactional experience and has completed 40 transactions in a variety of industries representing over $4.0 billion in aggregate enterprise value. Prior to joining Arlington in 2002, Peter worked at The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based global private equity firm with approximately $200 billion of committed capital under management, and Capitol Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm focused on technology, scale and infrastructure-intensive markets. As a Managing Partner with shared overall management responsibilities and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Capitol Partners, Peter built the firm's healthcare practice and successfully sourced and executed numerous transactions.
General Manager
Folsom, CA
Joe has over 30 years in Program Management and Engineering leadership in the Aerospace & Defense Industry.
Joe started his career at Trans Tech followed by Allen Telecom designing RF and microwave filters. This position led him to Filtronic and then L3Harris where he managed programs and built trusted relationships with industry leaders.
Joe joined Stellant in 2009 as a Program Manager at Stellant’s Torrance, CA facility. In 2016 he transferred to the Folsom, CA site as Senior Director of Programs.
Joe has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.
Chief Technology Officer
Steve Shpock (D.E.E) is Stellant’s Chief Technology Officer. Steve works closely with the Business Development team to support the company’s organic growth objectives which includes expanding market share while also growing Stellant’s product and technology portfolio. Steve also leads our IR&D efforts, providing a deeply experienced influence on where we deploy capital to expand the value proposition that we bring to all our customers. Steve recently served as Stellant’s COO and interim CEO.
Steve has 40 years of experience in the RF and Microwave industry and has held positions of increasing technical and management responsibility with L3Harris, Vitec Group, Thales, Cobham, and CPI. This includes being L3 Sector CTO, President of Narda-MITEQ and General Manager of Litton’s Electron Devices Division in Williamsport, PA.
Steve has a B.E. and M.E. from Stevens Institute of Technology, an MBA from the University of Rochester, and Doctor of Electrical Engineering (D.E.E) from The University of Utah.
Chief Financial Office
Arthur Gharakhanian is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Stellant Systems. He has over 10 years of executive level finance and accounting experience at private equity-backed companies in the Aerospace & Defense and Medical Device industries. Prior to joining Stellant, Arthur was CFO of SaniSure, a Biotech company, where he oversaw all Finance and HR operations in the US, EU, and UK. He was also the Corporate Controller of Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing, which was acquired by Stanley Black & Decker in 2020 for $1.5 billion, overseeing finance and accounting in the US, EU & Mexico.
Arthur is a Certified Management Accountant and has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from California State University Fullerton and a Master’s degree in Accounting from Chapman University.