Proven leaders with outstanding past performance credentials.  Adaptive, creative, and solutions oriented.  JANUS understands how to work with our customers and pride ourselves in exceeding their expectations.

Jeannette C. Loop

Chairwoman

Jeannette is the Founder and Chairwoman of JANUS Research Group, Inc, (JANUS) headquartered in Evans, Georgia.  Jeannette is married to Tony L. Loop and has two sons, Samuel and Jonathan.  A long time resident of the Augusta Georgia area, Jeannette was born to Ramon and Teresa Cruz Sabater and is one of eight children.  Jeannette has spent most of her life being associated with the U.S. Army because her father served almost thirty years as an Infantry soldier and her husband, Tony, also served in the Signal Corps and retired from the Army.
 
Jeannette has worked in and for the Federal Government for over twenty-five years beginning her career as a Department of Defense contracting specialist where she became an expert in developing and managing Government contracts.  She founded JANUS in April of 1997 after recognizing the Federal Government trend of outsourcing the Engineering and Information Technology support to Department of Defense Software, Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors.  Jeannette believed that if she was ever given the opportunity, she could bring a strong military work ethic and desire to provide superior support to the business community while being able to continue serving her country.
 
Under Jeannette’s leadership and vision, JANUS has grown to over 210 employees located throughout the United States.  JANUS is now considered an industry leader in SETA support and currently supports six DoD ACAT 1 Acquisition Programs.  In 2003, Jeannette was recognized by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for being the SBA’s Minority Small Business Person of the Year for Georgia and the Southeast Region.  Jeannette is a believer in volunteering and is giving back to the local military community.  She is involved in many local and national charities as well as serving as an Industry Board Member for the Augusta National Science Center.  She attributes her success and the success of JANUS as the result of being fortunate enough to be living in the greatest country in the world – the United States of America.

Tony Loop

Chief Executive Officer (SFC, USA Ret.)

Tony is the CEO of JANUS and leads a team of technical, software, engineering, intelligence, and training professionals with approximately $150M in contracts specializing in enterprise efforts primarily within the Department of Defense. Major efforts include developing and supporting 6 major ACAT 1 and 10 ACAT 1D Department of Defense programs such as the Joint Tactical Radio System and the US Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical.  Tony is a corporate leader and specialist in tactical and strategic Department of Defense Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Sensors, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems with over 32 years of business, tactical operations and global information systems experience. He is personally versed in combat and materiel development, acquisition and fielding, enterprise operational and system architecture, concepts of operations, concept design, operational management, long range planning, and business operations. He authored and was the principal architect for the US Army’s Warfighter Information Network.  Tony served over 20 years in the United States Armed Forces with numerous key assignments at the tactical, operational, and strategic level.  Tony is an Industrial Board Member of the National Science Center.

Brian D. Lesieur

President (COL, USA Ret.)

Brian has over 26 years of military service culminating with his last assignment at Joint Task Force North (JTF-North), NORTHCOM, where he served as the Senior Intelligence Officer (J2/SIO) and lead integrator of DOD Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities in direct support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) responsible for monitoring and securing the U.S. Homeland.   Brian has an unparalleled level of expertise in the use and integration of leading edge technologies and procedures designed to enhance security relating to critical infrastructure, border security, counterterrorism, counterdrug, counter-smuggling, and maritime domain awareness.  During his career, he served in numerous key command and staff positions at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels within the United States Armed Forces and a combat veteran.

Jeremy J. Wagoner

Chief Financial Officer

Jeremy has been with JANUS since 2000 and is a seasoned financial executive with more than 20 years in accounting and financial management. The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for upholding strong financial management and accountability while providing timely, accurate, and reliable financial information and enhancing internal control. During his career, Jeremy has held several key accounting positions and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Commerce with a Major in Accounting from the University of Alabama. 

Charles (Charlie) W. Hof

Operations Officer, Operations Branch (CW4, USA Ret.)

Charlie has over 25 Years of military experience in leading, organizing, managing, and producing all-source intelligence requirements and products to support national, strategic, operational, and tactical level decision makers.  Throughout his distinguished career, he developed innovative intelligence workflow and engineering procedures to improve information fusion and dissemination in support of the United States Special Operations Forces community.  Charlie is a recognized leader and subject matter expert in intelligence fusion, data mining, collection management and the integration of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities and a combat veteran.

John K. Dewey

Executive Vice President, Communications Enterprise Division (COL, USA Ret.)

John has over 24 years of military service culminating with his last assignment at the US Army Signal Center as the TRADOC Capability Manager for Tactical Radios where he was the Army’s centralized manager for combat development of tactical radios.   John is a tactical communications expert with unmatched experience in combat development.  He possesses two Masters Degrees:  Electrical Engineering and Strategic Studies.  During his career, he served in numerous key command and staff positions at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels within the United States Armed Forces and a combat veteran.

James (Jay) E. Griffith

Executive Vice President, Intelligence & Security Solutions Division (COL, USA Ret.)

Jay has over 26 years of military service culminating with his last assignment as the Chief of Force Development Intelligence Division, Department of the Army, G8, where he served as the lead for Planning Programming and Budgeting for all Army Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and Electronic Warfare material solutions.   Jay has an unparalleled level of expertise in the use and integration of leading edge technologies, operational and tactical employment of intelligence collection capabilities, and training.  During his career, he served in numerous key command and staff positions at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels within the United States Armed Forces and a combat veteran.

J. Scott Martin

Executive Vice President, Engineering & Innovation Division

Scott has been with JANUS since September of 2000.  Scott currently manages technical, engineering and training professionals working contracts specializing in simulation and training efforts primarily within the Department of Defense, and other U.S. Government Agencies.  Prior to joining JANUS, he worked for the MITRE Corporation where he supported numerous Army and Air Force Research and Development projects.  As site leader for MITRE’s presence at the U.S. Army Signal Center at Ft Gordon, Georgia, he acted as a technical representative for the Commanding General and Command Staff and worked closely with the Director of Combat Developments in the architectural design of emerging U.S. Army conceptual architectures to include the First Digitized Division and the Interim Brigade Combat Teams.  Scott holds a masters degree in Electrical Engineering with specialty in Communications Theory from George Washington University and two undergraduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Ocean Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Mark E. Crawford

Vice President, South East Operations

Mark leads the day-to-day operations of the JANUS Combat Development teams at Fort Gordon.   For the past 25 years, Mark has worked in improving digitization of tactical network services to the combat user.    Mark has worked as a lead technical network adviser for the Future Combat Systems (FCS), providing integration of Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T), Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS) and LandWarNet for the U.S. Army Signal Center.   Mark is retired from the U.S. Army.

Anthony M. Garcia

Vice President, Washington D.C. Operations

Anthony leads the day-to-day operations of JANUS’ Washington D.C. efforts and serves as the primary corporate interface between JANUS and our government and commercial clients. Additionally, he manages select JANUS operations in San Diego, CA, Ft. Gordon, GA, White Sands Missile Range, NM and Ft. Monmouth, NJ.   Anthony holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology from George Mason University and is a summa cum laude graduate of the Keller Graduate School of Management where he received his Masters of Business Administration (MBA).  Anthony is a professional member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).

Carole R. Wuesthoff

Vice President, Northeast Operations

Carole leads the day-to-day operations of JANUS’ Northeast operations.  With over 30 years of contractor support to the US Army at Ft. Monmouth, NJ. Carole has supported PM Scott, PM Milstar, PM Milsatcom and PM WIN-T and holds deep historical knowledge of each PM evolving to the next and program background knowledge for SCAMP, SMART-T, GBS, HC3 and WIN-T. Carole has extensive knowledge of the CDRL tracking system used for all WIN-T project offices.  In addition, Carole is the on-site supervisor for the Janus Ft. Monmouth 6 ACAT I, 10 ACAT ID programs, and is responsible for all contractual activities within the PM.

Dr. Frank Lazzara

Director of Business Development

Frank leads JANUS’ Business Development team and currently serves as the Vice-Chair for the Alliant Small Business Industry Council (ASBIC).  Prior to coming to JANUS, Frank was the Director of Technology and a Faculty member for the Columbus State University’s College of Business.   A former Army Armor Officer, Frank holds a Bachelors degree from Auburn University, an MBA from Columbus State University, and a Ph.D in Organization and Management with a Specialization in Information Technology Management from Capella University.

Judith L. Pagac

Director of Human Resources

Judith is the Director of Human Resources and key member of the JANUS leadership team.  Employed with JANUS since 2004, Judy strives to accomplish positive business results through continuous recruitment of top quality candidates, retention of highly skilled employees, and ensuring the JANUS work environment is conducive for mission success.   Since joining the company, Judy has developed one of the most comprehensive employee benefit programs available in industry.  Prior to joining JANUS, Judy spent more than 16 years at Salant Corporation and Perry Ellis International as the Director of Human Resources where she oversaw all HR functions for numerous retail outlet stores, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers.

John R. Adams

Regional Director, Information Technology/National Guard (MAJ, USA Ret.)

John has over 23 years of military service culminating his last assignment with the National Guard Bureau Professional Education Center as the Chief of the Information Technology Training Center, where he was responsible for all information technology sustainment training for the Army National Guard. Throughout his career as an enlisted, warrant, and commissioned officer, John has been a recognized leader in tactical communications and information technology. He has served in numerous positions from tactical communications, software engineer, systems integration and analyst, data processing, and signal operations. John has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Computer Information System.

David F. Sales

Regional Director, Logistics Support/National Guard (LTC, USA Ret.)

David has 21 years of military service which included assignments at the National Guard Bureau, the Professional Education Center’s Chief of Operations and Training, and the Chief of the Installations, Logistics, and Environmental Training Center where he was responsible for the training of 30,000 full-time National Guard Soldiers.  David has extensive knowledge of logistics applications that manage the U.S. Army’s maintenance and supply chains.  Additionally, he was also responsible for the Enterprise Architecture business process blueprint of the 54 states and territories within the Installation and Logistics communities.  He has knowledge in SAP and ARIS software suites.  David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Arkansas State University and a master degree in General Administration from Central Michigan.