Paul Averna
VP/GM, Advanced Training Solutions,
Cubic Defense
Paul Averna currently serves as the Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Training Solutions for Cubic Defense. He brings over 30 years of mission results for his customers and partners across commercial and government sectors. In his current role he identifies, architects, and aligns fit-for-purpose Enterprise training solutions for Navy and Coalition customers in the Defense sector. He leads the strategic development and transition of the next generation Synthetic Inject to Live (SITL) – Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) capabilities for the DoD Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) systems, a $1.5B upgrade for U.S. and Coalition partners to train to the high-end fight.
Mr. Averna served a distinguished U.S. Navy career as a Naval Aviator before retiring as a Captain in the Navy Reserve. He is a 1989 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering. Mr. Averna has held various C-level positions, provided executive coaching to corporations supporting the military industrial complex, and led projects utilizing cutting-edge methods to deliver requisite understanding to client engineering and requirements teams. Mr. Averna’s prior professional experience includes:
• Vice President, Fozzie Miller Group, a National Security Consultancy focused on training and cybersecurity solutions for domestic and international customers.
• Senior Vice President, Enterprise Sales for Three Wire Systems. With 12 direct reports, he led a matrixed organization delivering Information Technology solutions across the company’s four technology lines of business: Application Development, Legacy Application Modernization, Cyber and Information Assurance, and Network Infrastructure and Operations Support
• Vice President, Enterprise Solutions North America for Micro Focus, a FTSE 100 publicly traded global Top 15 Infrastructure Software company. He was the P&L leader for one of four core lines of business (COBOL Development and Mainframe Solutions) for North America delivering results that fueled the company’s stock valuation growth by 229% over four years.
• Partner and Acquisition Support Services Group Lead, Addx Corporation. He facilitated several strategic client engagements in the information and management sciences arena, including teambuilding, strategic off sites and leadership development programs for the Energy Information Administration, the development of the Strategic Communications Plan for the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, and the Program Management Certification syllabus for the Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition workforce. From 2007-2012 he served as the Program Manager for the Secretary of the Air Force’s CIO Portfolio Management support team
Mr. Averna served a distinguished U.S. Navy career as a Naval Aviator before retiring as a Captain in the Navy Reserve. He is a 1989 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering. Mr. Averna has held various C-level positions, provided executive coaching to corporations supporting the military industrial complex, and led projects utilizing cutting-edge methods to deliver requisite understanding to client engineering and requirements teams. Mr. Averna’s prior professional experience includes:
• Vice President, Fozzie Miller Group, a National Security Consultancy focused on training and cybersecurity solutions for domestic and international customers.
• Senior Vice President, Enterprise Sales for Three Wire Systems. With 12 direct reports, he led a matrixed organization delivering Information Technology solutions across the company’s four technology lines of business: Application Development, Legacy Application Modernization, Cyber and Information Assurance, and Network Infrastructure and Operations Support
• Vice President, Enterprise Solutions North America for Micro Focus, a FTSE 100 publicly traded global Top 15 Infrastructure Software company. He was the P&L leader for one of four core lines of business (COBOL Development and Mainframe Solutions) for North America delivering results that fueled the company’s stock valuation growth by 229% over four years.
• Partner and Acquisition Support Services Group Lead, Addx Corporation. He facilitated several strategic client engagements in the information and management sciences arena, including teambuilding, strategic off sites and leadership development programs for the Energy Information Administration, the development of the Strategic Communications Plan for the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, and the Program Management Certification syllabus for the Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition workforce. From 2007-2012 he served as the Program Manager for the Secretary of the Air Force’s CIO Portfolio Management support team
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