PROFILES
Greg Whaley is the President and Owner of Academy Solutions Group, LLC. He is a retired Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot who flew both B-52 and B-1B aircraft. His military service includes command tours at the squadron and group level, as well as, staff assignments at Strategic Air Command and the National Security Agency. Following the Air Force, he worked at SAIC and General Dynamics as a Senior Program Manager and Manager of a Line of Business until launching Academy Solutions Group, LLC in 2003.
He has grown Academy Solutions Group into a high-tech company specializing in support to DoD and the Intelligence Community in the areas of Cyber, Systems Engineering, Program Management Support, and System Development. His clientele includes companies such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, SAIC, L-3, ITT, CSC, and Serco. In 2008, Northrop Grumman selected ASG as a Small Company Excellence Award recipient from among more than 4,000 eligible small companies due to its contributions in the area of Cyber Defense.
Greg received a BS degree from the Air Force Academy in Engineering Sciences and an MS in Operations Research from the Air Force Institute of Technology. Additionally, he has an MBA from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania.
Steve Hubbard is Vice President for SETA at ASG. Steve is a retired Naval Officer with specialties in Surface Warfare & Intelligence and subspecialties in Space Systems Engineering & Operations, Computer Science and Electronic Warfare. As a Defense Contractor for the last 16+ years, Steve has supported multiple customers, including NSA, CIA, NGA, NRO, IC CIO and the USN in system engineering, acquisition and project management.
Steve is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), through the Project Management Institute and has been with ASG since 2005. He is highly experienced in providing SEATA support to large SIGINT and Cyber Defense development efforts across project management, system engineering and acquisition.
Steve holds a BS in Physical Science from the U.S. Naval Academy and has completed postgraduate work in computer science & electronics engineering. Steve recently received Hall of Fame recognition for cross country, track, from Columbia River High School.
Mike Sonnefeld is a Vice President for Development at ASG. Mike has been with Academy Solutions Group, LLC since 2006. He served 22 years in the US Navy flying EA-6B Prowlers as an Electronic Countermeasures Officer specializing in Signals and Communications Intelligence. He retired as a Commander in 2002 as the Naval Fleet/Force Technology Innovation Deputy Director for Requirements. In addition to two operational flying tours he served as an Electronic Warfare Officer for the USS New Jersey Battle Group and Air Operations Officer for USS Harry S. Truman. He also had engineering tours at the US Naval Academy; Chief of Naval Operations Director, Test and Evaluation, and Technology Requirements (OP-098); and the Office of Naval Research.
Mike has worked as a defense contractor since retiring, initially providing SETA support to the National Tactical Integration Office (NTIO) on interoperability, connectivity, modernization, and security for NSA. Currently he provides systems engineering and project management support to a development project responsible for providing the next generation storage and retrieval solutions for SIGINT and Cyber Defense.
Mike holds a BS in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Sam Schick is ASG’s Texas Cyber Lead and has been with Academy Solutions Group since 2015. Sam is a retired Naval Officer with 30+ years of program management, logistics, budgeting, and training experience. As a Defense contractor, Sam has supported multiple customers, including USAF operational squadrons, the 24AF and ACC.
Sam is highly experienced in providing support to Cyber development efforts across project management, system engineering and acquisition fields. He developed and implemented the first formalized training program for the USAF Cyber Mission Platform.
Samuel has a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. He is also a graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (Metallurgy.) He currently resides in San Antonio, TX.
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