Biography

Ms. Shyu has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Honorable Heidi Shyu, LLC, an aerospace and defense consulting company, since February 2025. Prior to Honorable Heidi Shyu, LLC, Ms. Shyu served as the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering at the United States Department of Defense from July 2021 to January 2025, President and Chief Executive Officer of Heidi Shyu Inc., an aerospace and defense consulting company, from February 2016 to July 2021, Assistant Secretary of the United States Army for Acquisition, Logistics & Technology and other roles with the United States Army, from 2010 to 2016, and prior to that, in various leadership roles at Raytheon Company, a defense contractor, and Hughes Aircraft Company, an aerospace and defense contractor. Ms. Shyu received her B.S.c. in Mathematics from the University of New Brunswick, an M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Toronto, an M.S. in Systems Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, an Engineer’s Degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of New Brunswick.