Steve Shepro

Vice President, Fixed Wing Aircraft, Business Development Boeing

Steve Shepro is Vice President of Business Development for fixed-wing aircraft at Boeing Defense, Space & Security. His team’s portfolio spans Boeing’s fighters, bombers, surveillance, transport, aerial refuelling, multi-domain command and control, maritime patrol, airborne battle management systems, special air mission platforms, trainers, and future-generation systems.

Prior to Boeing, Shepro was a U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and command pilot with more than 3,000 hours and 600 combat hours in fighters, helicopters and tactical airlift. He commanded multiple operational wings and served in numerous senior leader positions on the Joint Staff, Air Staff, Combatant Command and Allied Staff. He last served as the 21st Deputy Chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), where he was a principal spokesman and steered policy, strategy, and decision-making in the military alliance in defense of nearly one billion citizens with over half of the world’s gross domestic product and defense budget.

Shepro is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and an Olmsted scholar fluent in six languages. He holds a Master of Science in International Affairs from l’Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Université de Strasbourg (France) and a Master of Science in National Security Studies from the National Defense University. He is also a graduate of the Senior Executive National and International Security Program, Harvard University; the U.S.Air Force Air War College, the Argentine Air War College and the Defense Institute of Security Cooperation Studies.