Our Leadership Team

Dr. Shawn Landry

Founder

As founder of QBE, Dr. Shawn Landry has more than 17 years of experience in the information technology industry and government contracting. Early in his career, he established a team of highly capable engineers, architects and leaders who have collaborated with him ever since. In 2008, Dr. Landry and his leadership team founded QBE to explore new areas of opportunity within the Department of Defense (DoD). Over the last decade, his team has solved mission-critical challenges affecting large organizations, federal agencies and U.S. citizens.

Dr. Landry has been instrumental in creating technology vision briefings for the Department of the Army CIO/G6 and the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), providing critical insight on the future of the technology industry roadmaps, and strategic initiatives. He was also the Chief Architect for the U.S. Army Information Technology Agencys Data Center Directorate. Previously, Dr. Landry worked for General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) and served as their Chief Technologist. He received his Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from Johnson and Wales University, his Masters of Science in Information Science from Regis University, and his Doctoral of Science in Computer Science from Colorado Technical University.

Keith Lowry

Co-Founder and President

Keith Lowry, as President and co-founder of QBE, has over 18 years of experience as an Information Technology Systems Engineer. As the principal liaison and lead architect on many government contracts, Keith works well at the executive level. For the past eight years, he has been in a lead management role operating large teams of engineers to meet critical deadlines.

Keith was the lead Storage Architect for the U.S. Army Information Technology Agency Data Center and a principal lead in the design and architecture of the Basement Consolidated Server Room (BCSR) in the Pentagon. He was instrumental in developing the Enterprise Fiber Channel Architecture for the Pentagon, briefing key decision-makers and management boards during the process. In addition to his executive role, Keith currently manages and serves as the engineering lead for Product Manager, Area Processing Center, QBEs largest customer, overseeing a number of Army Enterprise initiatives. Keith knows how to take a large number of business and technology requirements and synthesize a solution to meet the needs of his customers. He is adept at effectively communicating complex solutions to all relevant stakeholders.

Jeremy Way

Director of OCONUS Operations

As the Director of OCONUS Operations, Jeremy Way leads the QBE teams currently working in the Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. With over 18 years of experience in the defense industry, Jeremy offers his ability to be highly effective in identifying and recruiting talent, and building cohesive teams, while succinctly communicating vision and mission across multiple organizations.

Throughout his career, Jeremy has proven his ability to develop and implement innovative technology and value-added service delivery solutions for complex organizations.

While working for QBE, Jeremy lived in Afghanistan and surrounding countries for three years as a senior advisor to the U.S. Army 335th Signal Command in the Middle East.