Teresa H. Shea

Ms. Shea serves as President of Oplnet, LLC, a business that provides expertise and experience to help government and commercial customers improve performance in areas of national defense and intelligence, since 2022. Prior to Oplnet, she served as Vice President, Cyber Offense Defense Experts (CODEX) within Raytheon Intelligence and Space, an entity that provides cyber capabilities for offense, defense, and security initiatives for customers in the intelligence and defense industries, from 2019 to 2022.

Ms. Shea previously served as Executive Vice President of Technology and a director of Cyber-Reboot at In-Q-Tel, a not-for-profit strategic investment firm that accelerates the development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies to the intelligence community and Department of Defense from the venture-backed tech start-up ecosystem, from 2016 to 2019. She joined In-Q-Tel after spending 32 years at the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), where she held several leadership positions, including most recently as the Director of Signals Intelligence where she advised the Directors of NSA, the Director of National Intelligence, U.S. Military officers, and other high-ranking U.S. government officials.

Ms. Shea serves on the Invisible Technologies Advisory Board, the Georgia Institute of Technology Board of Advisors, and the Cigent Technology Inc. board of directors. She also serves as an advisor to Sandbox AQ, a leader in Quantum Science, and Altana, a premier provider of Supply Chain Security solutions. Ms. Shea is co-chair of the Cyber Guild Organization since 2024 and the National Cryptological Foundation Board since 2023, both non-profit organizations dedicated to advancing cybersecurity. She previously served on the board of directors of ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. from 2023 to 2024.

Ms. Shea brings significant leadership and cybersecurity expertise in the intelligence and national defense industries, which makes her a valuable member of the Board, Human Resources and Compensation Committee, and Technology Committee.

Ms. Shea holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and the National Association of Corporate Directors Directorship Certification.

Committees: Technology Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee