Shands Pickett

Chief Growth Officer

Shands is Vannevar’s Chief Growth Officer. He leads new business development across top national security priorities. Previously he served as SVP of Defense Technology and Strategy at Booz Allen Hamilton. At Scale AI, he stood up the national security business practice. He served in two theater deployments in Afghanistan as part of the U.S. Army Human Terrain System.

Shands has a Masters Degree in International Affairs and U.S. Foreign Policy from George Washington University.