Altamira Technologies Corporation, known to many as Altamira Technologies, boasts an exceptional leadership team working together to advance national security missions. The company’s executives grow along with the business. Meet Altamira’s leaders, founders, & execs who support the nation’s security objectives with space-based, cyber, operations, and intelligence tradecraft solutions.
Altamira’s Leaders, Founders, Execs: Who Are They?
Get to know Altamira’s leaders, founders, & execs below and see why they qualify in such positions.
Jane Chappell, Chief Executive Officer
Jane Chappell is Altamira Technologies’ CEO. She ensures that the company delivers important solutions to their current customers. Hence, expanding its capabilities for new customers and critical programs. Ms. Chappell has worked in various engineering and management positions and joined Altamira after 39 years of career in the aerospace and defense industry.
Before becoming Altamira’s CEO, Chapell was Raytheon’s Vice President of the Global Intelligence Solutions (GSIS) mission area. She served on the Board of Directors of Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd. from 2015 to 2019 and Raytheon Systems Ltd. from 2008 to 2011.
Adam Omar, Chief Financial Officer
As the CFO, Omar oversees the company’s finances, accounting, treasury, tax, contracts, and compliance. Under Omar’s leadership, Altamira has become more resilient, agile, and stronger. He has over 25 years of financial management and business operations experience in both government and commercial markets.
As a Certified Public Accountant, he held CFO positions at CyberCore Technologies, PlanetRisk, and Orchestro. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated a record of developing and implementing business strategies, managing finances, and leading mergers and acquisitions for various segments.
Blaine Worthington, Chief Operating Officer
As the COO, Blaine Worthington oversees the company’s intelligence business operations. He drives the overall business results and ensures everything runs smoothly from advancing major pursuits, to identifying new task order opportunities.
Worthington joined Altamira in 2013 as VP for procurement and delivery lifecycle for contracts, and promoted to SVP, focusing on the company’s defense portfolio. He managed large acquisition programs worth millions of dollars and skilled at building and leading high-performing teams. He helped expand the Ohio office from 10 employees to a team of 225.
Jay Hebert, Senior Executive
Jay Hebert is Altamira Technologies Corp.’s Senior Executive. He is responsible for combining the Virginia Systems and Technology (VaST) Portfolio with Altamira’s operations. Previously, Herbert was the President and Chief Executive Officer of VaST for 23 years.
VaST is a company he co-founded in 1999 that became a top establishment dealing with SIGINT and COMINT Mission Operations and has over 200 employees. In March 2023, VaST was acquired by Altamira Technologies.
Richard Campos, SVP for Business Development
Richard Campos is the SVP for Business Development. He communicates Altamira’s growth strategy effectively and delivers value to shareholders. With an engineering and program management background, he leads with a growth mindset.
Campos is focused on building strong customer relationships and achieving mission success, making him a valuable asset to the leadership team. He spent 20 years at Raytheon, starting as a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead before becoming the Director of a billion-dollar National Cyber Program.
Zachary Jones, Chief Technology Officer
Zachary Jones is the company’s CTO, bringing a wealth of experience in the defense intelligence community. He has worked in various engineering roles for over two decades. Before Altamira, he spent 14 years at Virginia Systems and Technology, Inc. (VaST), as the first software engineer in 2009.
During this time, Jones led a team of 70 engineers as the Director of Mission Engineering and served on the VaST Board of Directors. Jones’ focus is creating mission-based government solutions that are user-friendly and accessible to any government hosting environment.
Caroline McConnell, Chief Human Capital Officer
Caroline McConnell is the Chief Human Capital Officer of Altamira Technologies, responsible for helping employees succeed in their careers. She develops and guides Altamira’s ideas on how to manage and keep talented employees.
This includes company’s benefits, rewards for excellent work, training, and opportunities for promotion. McConnell has over 30 years of experience managing human resources and has held positions at different government contractors in Washington, D.C., such as LabCorp and Metamor-PSINet.
(Above Executive Photos from Altamira Technologies Corporation’s Official Website)
Customers of Altamira Technologies Corporation
Virginia-based Altamira Technologies’ keen focus on government contracts has served the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense customers for over two decades. Here are some of the federal agencies that Altamira Technologies Corporation serve:
National Air & Space Intelligence Center (NASIC)
Altamira supports NASIC by bringing new ideas and technology to improve analytics, software development, and scientific demonstrations. As NASIC’s missions progress and continue to work to safeguard the country, Altamira provides innovative methods to gather intelligence and share it with NASIC and its partners.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
The NGA awarded a contract to Altamira to survey the ocean and detect illegal activities related to maritime traffic in the Southern Command area. Altamira is among the four prime contractors on the VOXGLO II.
This is a contract with the National Security Agency’s Research Directorate (NSA RD) at Fort Meade, Maryland. It had a contract ceiling of $375 million and a period of performance out to October 2020.
National Security Agency (NSA)
Altamira supports the NSA with its various mission programs. The company was one of the four prime awardees for the VOXGLO II contract worth $375 million with the NSA RD at Fort Meade, Maryland.
U.S. Space Force
Altamira was awarded an $8.5 million contract by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) for the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) Mission Data Processing Applications Provider (MDPAP).
Altamira developed a prototype of mission data processing capabilities through the contract for a new ground control system supporting the current Space Based Infrared System and future Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) missile warning satellite constellation.
U.S. Army
Altamira has been delivering C4ISR solutions to the U.S. Army since 2008. Altamira was a prime contractor for the U.S. Army’s Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) IDIQ contract, worth $37.4 billion over ten years.
The contract allowed government programs to access Altamira’s expertise in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities.
U.S. Air Force
Altamira was a prime contractor for the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force, Administrative Assistant’s Concept, Development, and Management Office (SAF/CDM) Analytical and Technical (A&T) Services Contract. The contract was worth $950 million over ten years.
Altamira’s expertise in advanced analytics and research and development contributes to the Secretary of the Air Force’s mission to innovate and create opportunities within the Department of Defense.
U.S. Navy
Altamira won a prime contract worth $6 million to maintain and sustain the Geographic Information System (GIS) and GeoReadiness Explorer (GRX) for the U.S. Naval Facilities Command (NAVFAC) Southeast. The multi-year contract involved providing onsite technical support for the GEOINT systems.
The aim is to improve decision-making and facilities management across the U.S. Navy’s Installation and Environment domain. Altamira’s partnership with NAVFAC allowed the company to utilize its mission-centric GEOINT capabilities to benefit stakeholders within the national security community.
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