Sector: Industrials
Director information for MERCURY SYSTEMS INC (data for year 2025)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry R. Nearhos | Lead Independent Director | 67 | ["Former Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers", "Senior Leadership", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Finance and Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategic Planning", "Mergers & Acquisitions", "Over 35 years of experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)", "Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers", "Market Managing Partner for PwC's Northeast region", "Leader of PwC's Northeast Assurance practice", "Partner in PwC's Assurance practice", "Director of Virtusa Corporation", "Strong accounting and financial expertise", "Expertise in capital markets, M&A, strategy, corporate governance, talent and risk management"] | ["C", "F", "Audit (Chair)", "Nominating and Governance (Chair)"] | 2025 |
| Debora A. Plunkett | Director | 65 | ["Federal Senior Executive National Security Agency (Retired)", "Senior Leadership", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Finance and Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategic Planning", "Mergers & Acquisitions", "Federal Senior Executive, National Security Agency (Retired)", "Director of Information Assurance at NSA", "Senior Fellow at Harvard University\u2019s Belfer Center", "current board member of CACI International, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, and BlueVoyant"] | ["M", "Audit", "Government Relations", "Nominating and Governance"] | 2025 |
| Gerard J. DeMuro | Director | 69 | ["Former Co-CEO, Eve Air Mobility", "Former President and CEO of BAE Systems, Inc. (U.S.)", "Senior Leadership", "Defense Industry", "Technology Industry", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Finance and Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategic Planning", "Regulatory (A&D)", "Mergers & Acquisitions", "Former President and CEO, BAE Systems, Inc.", "Extensive experience in the defense industry", "Executive and operational experience with public and private companies", "Finance & Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategy", "Talent Management", "Debt & Equity Capital Markets"] | ["M", "Government Relations", "M&A and Finance"] | 2025 |
| Howard L. Lance | Director | 69 | ["Former President and CEO Maxar Technologies", "Former President and CEO Harris Corporation", "Senior Leadership", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Finance and Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategic Planning", "Talent Management", "Former President and CEO, Maxar Technologies, Inc. and Harris Corporation", "Managing Partner at Lance Advisors LLC", "Senior Advisor to EQT Group", "Former public company board member of multiple firms", "Extensive experience in the defense industry", "Executive and operational experience as CEO of multiple public companies"] | ["C", "Human Capital & Compensation", "M&A and Finance", "Nominating & Governance"] | 2025 |
| Jean Bua | Director | 67 | ["Former Chief Financial Officer Netscout Systems", "Public Co. CEO", "Senior Leadership", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Finance and Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategic Planning", "Talent Management", "Mergers & Acquisitions", "Former Chief Financial Officer, Netscout Systems", "Over 40 years of financial, accounting, audit, operational, and business experience", "Strong accounting and financial expertise", "Former Executive Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at American Tower", "Controller at several companies including American Tower and Duracraft", "Auditor at KPMG", "Independent Director on several publicly traded company boards"] | ["M", "F", "Audit", "Government Relations"] | 2025 |
| Lisa S. Disbrow | Under Secretary of the Air Force (Retired) | 62 | ["Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force (Retired)", "Senior Leadership", "Defense Industry", "Technology Industry", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Finance and Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategic Planning", "Talent Management", "Mergers & Acquisitions", "Chair of the Board of CACI International", "Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab", "Chair of the National Defense Industrial Association's (NDIA) Board", "Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel with over 23 years of service", "Led joint warfighting requirements and operational assessments", "Experience in defense budget and procurement", "Knowledge of defense and aerospace technology"] | ["M", "F", "Audit", "Government Relations (Chair)", "Human Capital & Compensation"] | 2025 |
| Orlando P. Carvalho | Former Executive Vice President, Aeronautics, Lockheed Martin | 67 | ["Former Executive Vice President Aeronautics, Lockheed Martin", "Senior Leadership", "Defense Industry", "Technology Industry", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Finance and Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategic Planning", "Talent Management", "Mergers & Acquisitions", "Over 38 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry", "Executive experience with defense contracting", "Knowledge of defense and aerospace technology", "Operations and program management"] | ["M", "Human Capital & Compensation", "M&A and Finance (Chair)", "Nominating and Governance"] | 2025 |
| Scott Ostfeld | Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager | 48 | ["Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager, JANA Partners", "Senior Leadership", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Finance and Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategic Planning", "Mergers & Acquisitions", "Experience investing in companies and driving shareholder value", "Expertise in capital markets", "M&A", "Strategy", "Corporate governance", "Talent management", "Risk management", "Finance & Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategy", "Debt & Equity Capital Markets"] | ["M", "Human Capital & Compensation", "M&A and Finance"] | 2025 |
| William L. Ballhaus | Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer | 58 | ["President and CEO, Mercury Systems", "Public Co. CEO", "Senior Leadership", "Defense Industry", "Technology Industry", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Finance and Accounting", "Business Operations & Strategy", "Regulatory (A&D)", "Talent Management", "Mergers & Acquisitions", "Debt & Equity Capital Markets", "Significant experience in aerospace, defense, and technology industries", "Multiple CEO roles", "Experience in operational transformations", "Delivering strong results", "Former Chairman and CEO of Blackboard, Inc.", "Former CEO and President of SRA International, Inc.", "Former CEO and President of DynCorp International", "Held senior leadership positions at BAE Systems, Boeing, and Hughes"] | [] | 2025 |
