Dr. Shane Turner · D.B.A.

Defense Growth, Solutions & AI Executive

Turning defense data into fielded advantage.

I lead Astrion’s enterprise AI initiative company-wide and cleared teams that turn operational, test, and training data into mission solutions and measurable business value.

Active TS clearanceUSMC veteranArizona
$1B+
Contract wins
contributed to
$896M
Navy program
directed
700+
Personnel
led
Dr. Shane Turner
Current appointmentSVP, Solutions &
Artificial Intelligence
Astrion · June 2026 to present
NavyArmyAir ForceUSMC
20+ years across Navy, Army, Air Force & USMC programsReading viewExplore six career sections

02 Results & case studies

Leadership, demonstrated.

Enterprise AI, complex program execution, and solutions that strengthen a proposal.

02 / Program execution · HII

Challenge
Coordinate Navy training delivery across the western United States and expand range capability.
My responsibility
Program Manager / West Coast Director for the Navy Integrated Training Environment, September 2020 to September 2021.
Result
Directed 700+ personnel executing an $896M Navy contract. Integrated North Island and San Clemente Island into the contract, expanding SoCal Range capability while reducing operating costs.
HII career detail

03 / Solution development · Astrion

CrewFlex.
A proposal strength.

Challenge
Develop a legacy scheduling tool into an enterprise asset that could support a stronger customer solution.
My responsibility
Redesigned CrewFlex while leading multi-domain test and evaluation strategy and solution architecture.
Result
The resulting asset was rated a proposal Strength by government evaluators.
Astrion career detail

2025 ASTRYS Award

Strategic Excellence in Innovative Solutions

Astrion’s highest company-level recognition.

03 Experience

From technical integration
to enterprise leadership.

Growing responsibility across mission systems, major programs, defense growth, and AI.

2024–present

Remote

Astrion

Senior Vice President, Solutions & Artificial Intelligence · Layered Defense, Autonomous Warfare & Integrated Fires Division

  • Leads Astrion’s enterprise AI initiative company-wide. Stood it up from nothing, launching shAIne, the enterprise AI platform, with governance in place from the first month: reuse controls, output quality and explainability standards. Reached full seat uptake within one quarter at about 77% weekly use; measured savings from the first three users cleared the platform’s full annual cost by 40%.
  • Sets the technical approach for data, evidence, analytics, ModelOps, and scenario development across the detect, identify, track, and defeat chain for Counter-UAS, integrated fires, and autonomous systems, supporting all six Astrion mission areas.
  • Turns test, training, and operational data into decision-grade evidence, solution narratives, and capability development plans for high-value pursuits.
  1. Aug–Oct 2024Director

    Program Management

  2. Oct 2024–May 2026Vice President

    Multi-Domain Test & Evaluation

  3. Jun 2026–presentSenior Vice President

    Solutions & Artificial Intelligence

As Vice President, Multi-Domain Test & Evaluation: led division growth strategy with direct responsibility for expanding revenue; built and led the AI Tiger Team; advanced solution architecture, technical narratives, and capture strategy for high-value pursuits; and authored a 20-page Counter-UAS, sUAS, and EW white paper.

2020–2024

Virginia Beach, VA

HII Mission Technologies

Program leadership · Range solutions · Engineering

  • Authored the winning technical proposal for the U.S. Army’s $379M Live Training, Ranges, and Combat Training Centers (LTRaC) IDIQ.
  • Architected live and virtual training range solutions contributing to $1B+ in Navy wins across NCTE, NITE, and CTTR, and wrote winning RFP and FEDSIM responses for Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps teams.
  • Owned EWTPS modernization from proposal through execution, spanning EW, communications, RF/microwave, and mobile range systems across CONUS and OCONUS ranges; delivered on budget and on schedule with outstanding QASP scores and top transition scorecard marks.
  • Stood up the Navy Directed Energy Systems Integration Lab at Point Mugu Sea Range, including its operations center and data systems.
View role progression and concurrent assignments
  1. Program Manager, EWTPS System ModernizationJan–Aug 2024
  2. Live & Virtual Range Solutions SMEJan 2023–Aug 2024 · concurrent assignment
  3. Lead Engineer, DESILOct 2022–Aug 2024 · concurrent assignment
  4. Associate Principal Project Engineer, NCTESep 2021–Jan 2023
  5. Program Manager / West Coast Director, NITESep 2020–Sep 2021

2010–2020

Yuma, AZ

Southwest training ranges

Amentum (2020) · URS, an AECOM company (2014–2020) · Northrop Grumman (2011–2014) · Aerotek (2010–2011)

  • As Operations Manager / Contract Site Manager for the Combined Tactical Training Ranges (2015–2020), ran Southwest Region range operations at MCAS Yuma, MCAS Miramar, and NAF El Centro, leading 123 staff across IT/cyber, quality, safety, security, logistics, and operations.
  • Negotiated a 35-acre lease for an EW complex, consolidating operations for 50+ personnel, and sustained a three-year zero-incident safety record (90,773+ hours), the longest in program history.
  • As Engineering Manager (2010–2015), managed 115+ engineering projects ($100K to $1M each) across threat systems, radar, EW, RF/microwave, TSPI and data tracking, telemetry, communications, and range IT.
  • Modernized land range equipment and infrastructure, including threat system sites, communication towers, LAN/WAN networks, and supporting construction, and wrote the SOWs, RFPs, RFQs, and bills of material behind them.
  • Integrated, fielded, and sustained a wide range of land-based threat and range systems for Navy and Marine Corps training, from experimental prototypes to programs of record, including threat radars and emitter simulators, SA-6 and SA-8 surface-to-air missile systems, and MANPADS threat representations.

2007–2010

MCAS Yuma
Yuma Proving Ground

Hands-on mission systems.

Epsilon, Inc. · SIPRNet Administrator · 2009–2010. At MCAS Yuma, managed classified devices and networks and configured systems for cybersecurity compliance.

BAE Systems · Engineering Technician · 2007–2009. At U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, supported build-up, integration, and live-fire testing of the XM1203 Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) prototypes, the Future Combat Systems 155mm self-propelled howitzer with automated ammunition handling.

XM1203 Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon prototype on a desert test range
XM1203 NLOS-C · U.S. Army photo · Public domain

04 Profile & capabilities

Connect the mission.
Build the solution. Lead delivery.

Defense growth and solutions leadership grounded in 20+ years across Navy, Army, Air Force, and USMC programs, from live-fire prototype test and land-based threat systems through range operations, major pursuits, and enterprise AI. I lead Astrion’s enterprise AI initiative company-wide and connect technical evidence, customer needs, and execution to move a solution from pursuit to the field.

Growth & leadership

  • Division growth strategy
  • Market & competitive analysis
  • Capture & win strategy
  • Solution architecture
  • Executive program leadership
  • Cleared workforce leadership

Mission & engineering

  • Multi-domain test & evaluation
  • Land combat & fires systems
  • Live training, ranges & LVC
  • Range modernization
  • Threat radars & emitters
  • Foreign threat systems (SA-6, SA-8, MANPADS)
  • Electronic warfare & C-UAS
  • Directed energy

AI & execution

  • Enterprise AI strategy & ModelOps
  • Data governance & evidence
  • Scenario & mission modeling
  • FAR / DFARS compliance
  • Cost, risk & EVMS discipline

Active TSClearance

Four servicesMission experience

ArizonaBased in

05 Education & service

A foundation in service.
A commitment to learning.

2024

With Distinction

Doctor of Business Administration

Management · National University

Doctoral research: project engineer work-related stressors and turnover intentions.

2015

M.S., Management Information Security

Lewis University

2009

B.S., Software Engineering

University of Phoenix

06 Contact

Let’s build the next
mission advantage.

Open to executive and senior leadership conversations across defense growth, solutions, and AI.

shane@st-dba.com