Steve Shpock, who has been serving as vce president and general manager of Stellant’s Williamsport, Pa., operations, has been appointed COO for Stellant Systems, Inc. In this new role, Shpock will continue to report directly to Stellant’s Chief Executive Officer, Paul Russell, and will oversee and drive operational performance across all Stellant engineering and manufacturing facilities in Torrance, Calif. Williamsport, Pa. and Folsom, Calif.

With over 35 years of experience in the RF and microwave business, Shpock has held positions of increasing technical and management responsibility with L3Harris, Vitec Group, Thales, Cobham and CPI. This includes being L3 Sector CTO, president of Narda-MITEQ and general manager of Litton’s Electron Devices Division in Williamsport, Pa.

“We are eager to have Steve leverage his skillset across the entire company as COO. He has a strong business background with extensive hands-on industry experience which gives him an advantageous perspective of this business,” said Russell. “His successful track record of execution and achieving results is critical in advancing our strategic initiatives and makes him the right choice to lead our company’s operations.”

Steve has a B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. level degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Utah and an MBA from the University of Rochester. “I am grateful for this opportunity,” said Shpock. “I truly believe this company will achieve its goal of becoming the leading provider of RF and microwave products to the space, defense, medical and industrial end markets and am excited to be a part of improving operational performance while also delivering mission-focused solutions to our marquee and global customer base.”