Our Leadership Team
Nancy Papineau
PRESIDENT
A Pacific Northwesterner with Native American (Cherokee) heritage, Nancy Papineau understands first-hand the rigors and rewards of hard work. She created Dualos to teach these values to her daughters and granddaughters, and to help them—and her community—grow and thrive.
Nancy brings to Dualos her expertise as a quality systems specialist, creating efficiencies and integrity with value-driven smart management. Grounded in a deep respect for the environment, she is committed to eliminating waste in materials, money and human energy.
She is also a committed advocate for—and supporter of—science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs for students. In particular, Nancy is fueled by a desire to increase workforce diversity by employing veterans and Native Americans: a strategy that fulfills the primary objective of meeting the company’s growth potential while driving it to become ever more sustainable and ecologically responsible.
Rob Harris
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Rob Harris is a professional leader with twenty-five years of experience in international business development and executive management, primarily in the military, aerospace, and government sectors. He has overseen the growth and sale of three high tech companies—which resulted in stand-alone operating divisions under publicly listed companies. He has a proven history of solution selling, product management, positioning, and global account management.
Rob wields a strong technical background that includes custom product engineering, rugged embedded systems, and precision test and measurement instrumentation for deployed applications. He oversees the daily operations and strategic growth initiatives at Dualos.
When not at work, Rob spends much of his personal time working with disadvantaged teens, homeless communities, and those struggling with addictions, through various outreach programs.
William Schuh
GENERAL MANAGER, AVIONICS
Bill Schuh is an avionics architect and professional sales leader with forty years of experience and technical expertise.
A long-time leader of sales teams, product development teams, and startups, he began designing his own radios at age eight and developed an enthusiasm for avionics, stores, and control designs as an intern running Walleye bomb simulations for the Navy. Since then Bill has co-owned an F-15 repair company; served on the original Mil-Std-1553 RT Validation Test Plan committee; led a Bioprocess ML and AI process control team; and has authored data bus standards and served as chair or vice chair on numerous professional committees and organizations.
In his off hours, Bill works as a certified Truest life coach. He lives with his wife and children in Albuquerque, where he is a past president of the Media Arts Collaborative School. He also participates in the local film industry, writing, producing, and occasionally appearing in films and TV shows.
Claude Sweeton
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT & STRATEGY – T&M
Claude Sweeton is a U.S. Navy veteran and has been engaged in the aerospace/defense industry for more than forty years. A certified metrologist (the study of measurement), Claude attended the Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) school at Lowry Air Force Base and after his honorable discharge went on to work for prominent research labs, federal prime contractors, and test and measurement OEMs.
Claude is well respected for his extensive technical knowledge in the fields of electronics, radio frequency (RF) and microwave technologies, and metrology, and delights in discussing test applications.
When not at work Claude enjoys spending time with his family, including his seventy-five pound goldendoodle, Finley. He contributes time and resources to community charities Loaves & Fishes and Habitat for Humanity.
Rich Lapen
DIRECTOR OF SALES
Rich Lapen is a sales and marketing professional with thirty plus years of experience in advanced network communications technologies for all aspects of Government, Provider, Equipment Manufacture and Commercial Enterprise markets. He has an extensive personal and professional network of contacts from C-Level executives to key engineering decision makers.
Rich is well respected for his technical depth, required to articulate the need to all customer and stakeholders. He possesses a detailed knowledge of Mobile, Cloud, Cyber, DoD Tactical, Service Provider, Enterprise, Network Equipment customer environments, architectures, business models, and procurement methods.
Based in the DC Metro area, Rich lives with his wife and three daughters. In his free time, he enjoys exploring the Mid-Atlantic area on motorcycles and photography.
Miles Altman
SENIOR FIELD SALES ENGINEER, AVIONICS TEST & SIMULATION
Miles brings to Dualos a deep experience in avionics, both in and out of the military. As a senior NCO in the US Air Force Reserve he worked on the C-17, learning its communication, navigation and countermeasures systems, as well as the data buses that connect many of its components. He was selected to become a Quality Assurance Inspector for the 315th Maintenance Group at Joint Base Charleston, and now leads and mentors a team of technicians to develop their maintenance skills and readiness to meet Air Force needs.
Miles has also been a civilian employee for the Air Force where he was a subject matter expert on flightline support equipment. He served as senior field engineer on F-16 flight simulators for Lockheed Martin during which time he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in technical management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.