The team behind
the practice.

Lee Howder

Lee built Howder Labs out of a federal career that ran through NASA Armstrong, NAVSEA Corona, Navy civilian support to the Missile Defense Agency, FDIC's Network Operations Center, and U.S. Army strategic communications. He holds a Master's Degree in Network Communications Management with a concentration in Information Security, alongside 48 active industry credentials including CISSP, CyberAB Registered Practitioner, CCNP Enterprise, and CEH.

At NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Lee served as Communications Program SME and NaTS Service Line Liaison, holding Information System Owner accountability for mission-critical communications including E911, Public Address, and Paging across high-profile programs such as X-59 Low Boom Flight Demonstrator, Sky Range, Global Hawk, UAS in the National Airspace System, and Hawk 30. He sat on NASA's Communications Architecture Working Group and Communications Program Board.

Before NASA, Lee served as a Navy Validator within a Navy Cybersecurity Branch at NAVSEA Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona, conducting independent assessments of Navy and Marine Corps information systems against NIST 800-53 and DoD 8510.01. He also held Information System Owner and ISSO accountability for the Corona Classified RDT&E Network. His Navy civilian work on Missile Defense Agency Pacific Range operations integrated voice, data, and telemetry for live flight tests and intercept events.

Kathleen Weber

Kathleen brings a decade of operational management experience to Howder Labs, with a record of leading teams, developing employees, and maintaining high standards of professionalism across customer-facing environments. Her practice centers on the operational backbone that lets a small firm punch above its weight: scheduling, conflict resolution, performance management, and the consistent execution of commitments to clients.

At Howder Labs she owns the day-to-day operational cadence that keeps client engagements, federal registrations, and proposal deadlines on track. She is the first point of contact for new client coordination and the connective tissue between the principals and the work that has to happen between meetings.

Jesse Shaw

Jesse brings over fourteen years in hospital-based critical care, an environment that demands documented procedures, audit-ready records, and tolerance for high-stakes systems where mistakes have consequences. That sensibility shapes the perspective he contributes to Howder Labs.