Dennis L. Gette

President
Mr. Gette is a co-founder and President of eSTS. He has over 25 years of government service in the SPAWAR Organization. Prior to eSTS, he was Head of Transformational C2 at SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston. He served as a key member of the N6/N7 Analytical Center of Excellence, which integrates all FORCEnet analytical results of the NCDP Process.

Mr. Gette previously served as the Head of Transformational S&T (formerly Battle-Management C4ISRT. He was the Navy Single POC for USMC Common Aviation Command & Control System Program and held Programmatic and Technical responsibility for a broad range of Joint C4ISR initiatives and Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration projects.

Prior to this, Mr. Gette complied 15 years of experience in Aviation C2. He served as Head of Radar, Software and Interface Systems Engineering in the Surveillance and Sensor Systems Department - playing numerous key roles in the National Airspace System Modernization Program. Mr. Gette received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina and a Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering from the University of South Carolina.

Thomas J. McAvoy

Vice President & COO
Mr. McAvoy is a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of eSTS. He has over 27 years of experience with government contracting in the National Capital Region.

Prior to eSTS, Mr. McAvoy was a Vice President with L-3 Communications – Titan Group. Mr. McAvoy held various leadership positions in operations management and business development. He was responsible for major wins with the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. European Command and FAA.

Prior to joining L-3 Titan Group, Mr. McAvoy spent 15 years as an operations manager and acquisition management specialist for NASA, NOAA and FAA. While at NASA, Mr. McAvoy was a member of several weather satellite launch teams as a spacecraft controller. At NOAA, he was responsible for managing an A&AS services team that provided management analysis on radar, satellite, ship replacement and weather processing programs. In support of the FAA, Mr. McAvoy managed engineers and acquisition specialists supporting the National Airspace System Modernization program.

Mr. McAvoy received a Bachelor of Science in Technology & Management and a Master of Science in Management from the University of Maryland.