Jon M. Stout, Managing Partner
email: Jon.Stout@shawmarkllc.com

Jon M. Stout has over 30 years experience founding, growing and managing government contracting firms. In 1988 he founded DPC Technologies and grew that business from a start up to over $70 Million in revenue before selling the company to Northrop Grumman Corporation in 1999.

In 2000 Jon led a group of investors in a turnaround of failing defense contractor Hadron, Inc. After restructuring the company, Jon merged Hadron with Analex, Inc (Amex: NLX) in November of 2001 and migrated the new organization into a strong position in the military intelligence community where strong funding and increased profit margins dramatically increased profitability.

Jon is a 1971 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and belongs to a number of scholastic and charitable organizations.

Shawna L. Stout, Managing Partner
email: Shawna.Stout@shawmarkllc.com

Shawna L. Stout is a Managing Partner of The Shawmark Group and has extensive financial expertise in the defense contracting industry. Specifically, she identifies and analyzes potential business opportunities and prepares investment recommendations for The Shawmark Group. As a Managing Partner at The Shawmark Group, Shawna was instrumental in the acquisition and restructuring of Hadron, Inc. Additionally, Shawna was a member of the board of directors of Analex Corporation. During her tenure at DPC Technologies, as Director of Finance, Shawna controlled expenses company-wide and managed the sale of DPC to Northrop Grumman. She has also worked on Wall Street for the Union Bank of Switzerland in Foreign Exchange.

Shawna received her MBA from The University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business with concentrations in Finance and Accounting and holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a concentration in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.