John Shaker - President / CEO

Mr. John Shaker is an accomplished systems engineer with over twenty years experience delivering world-class solutions required for complex product development. Mr. Shaker began his career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, serving as a structural analyst, before transferring to NASA Glenn Research Center. Mr. Shaker spent nine years performing and managing structural systems development activities for the Launch Vehicle Project Office participating on eight spaceflight project teams responsible for the integration of NASA payloads flying aboard the Space Shuttle, Atlas, and Titan IV launch vehicles. He successfully demonstrated the ability to perform complex engineering and integration functions as well as directing large project teams.

Mr. Shaker founded NovaTek Engineering in 1997, to assist clients in their effort to develop and link their business strategy with technology and product development activities in a way that leads to real business value. At NovaTek, he led the development and deployment of an end-to-end complex system development framework that facilitates the reliable and repeatable development of complex, highly integrated business and engineering systems. Mr. Shaker has developed and deployed complex systems solutions for Global 1000 firms seeking to improve their product and process development processes. He has also been actively involved in establishing systems engineering processes for NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), and more recently the Constellation Systems Program Office. Mr. Shaker has consistently delivered quality solutions that exceed client expectations.

Mr. Shaker earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Master of Science in Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.