Corporate Officers
Louisa L. Jaffe
President/CEO
LTC Louisa Jaffe (formerly LTC Louisa Cullem) served in the US Army for 28 years. She retired from the Army Reserves in 2002, after having been recalled to active duty in response to the events of September 11, 2001. During her military career, she served in the Pentagon as a Media Relations and Public Affairs Officer for the Secretary of the Army Public Affairs for more than twelve years, including service during the first Gulf War. Ms. Jaffe also provided public affairs support for the Army Materiel Command, the US Readiness Command, TRADOC, the Army CIO, and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. Throughout her military career in public affairs, she supported Army Senior Leadership as a spokesperson responding to the Press on a variety of sensitive issues.
During the last half of her military career, Ms. Jaffe worked simultaneously as a reservist and within private industry, where she has over 30 years of experience in business ownership and management, public affairs and information technology. Her private sector roles included Marketing Manager for a major media/cable provider, Commercial Real Estate Appraiser and Facilities Manager for Xerox Business Services. Since 1987, Ms. Jaffe has also participated in the ownership and executive management of a citrus grove retail, shipping and wholesale business in Florida.
Shortly following her retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel from the US Army, she met William Jaffe. In 2003, they combined their personal and professional lives by marrying and incorporating TAPE. As President and CEO of TAPE, Ms. Jaffe manages TAPE¡¯s business affairs, client and corporate relations, and marketing outreach. She is a member of Women in Defense, Women in Technology, Retired Military Officers Association, National Defense Industrial Association Executive Forum and several women¡¯s and executive groups.
Ms. Jaffe holds a BA in English from the University of Florida (Gainesville) and a BS in Citrus Management from Florida Southern College (Lakeland). As part of her post graduate studies in business management, Ms. Jaffe completed certification training as an ORACLE Database Administrator as well as a Masters of Arts in Business at Central Michigan University. She is also a graduate of the Women¡¯s Army Corps Officer Basic Course, Army Adjutant General Advanced Course and the Army Command and General Staff College.
William W. Jaffe
Senior Vice President/General Manager
Mr. Jaffe has more than 30 years of consulting, management and computer industry experience ¨C with more than 20 years in the Federal sector ¨C as a program and project manager, business developer and senior division executive. The success of his visionary leadership since the founding of TAPE is due in large part to a unique concept of consulting and enterprise support that focuses the company¡¯s support services on performance management and the use of metrics to develop a performance-based management approach. Mr. Jaffe created a proprietary methodology to evaluate metrics called the Behavior Based Performance Metrics Methodology (BBPMMTM) by incorporating lessons learned and best practices developed over 30 years of experience with performance and project management, as well as acquisition support.
Mr. Jaffe¡¯s prior experience includes his tenure as Vice President of Corporate Development for GAITS ¨C an 8(a) certified small business providing a focused array of professional services. During a two-year period, his leadership facilitated a steady growth of revenue from $3 million to $9 million annually. During the same period, GAITS was rated #1 on the Washington Technology Fast 50 list. Mr. Jaffe spearheaded the successful effort to establish ISO 9001 certification at GAITS and facilitated the company¡¯s Army Mentor-Prot¨¦g¨¦ program. Prior to his tenure with GAITS, Mr. Jaffe led the development of the systems engineering practice at SETA Corporation (now part of APPTIS), another 8(a) firm, where he facilitated the growth of the company from 8 employees when he joined to a $60 million annual Federal IT consulting service provider before the company was sold. At SETA, Mr. Jaffe coordinated and managed a software development and systems engineering practice that grew to a team of 150 professionals. Most notably, his leadership resulted in the company achieving CMM Level 3.
Mr. Jaffe also worked at CACI, CDS, a major engineering staffing supplier, and at Amtrak, where he was responsible for the accounting and management of a $2 billion track reconstruction program. He also worked at Marriott Corporation, where he was the Manager of the worldwide office automation program.
Mr. Jaffe holds an MBA with high distinction from Dartmouth College and a BS in International Studies from Georgetown University with honors.
Jim Brantley
Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Brantley joined Technical and Project Engineering in December 2007 as Vice President/Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the TAPE team, Mr. Brantley worked for CACI for more than 19 years as Vice President and Division Group Manager of the Integrated Resource Decision Support Systems organization. In this capacity, he developed a core team with a balance of functional and technical skills that converted a $45K task order into a line of business with an annual revenue level approaching $50M. Growth reflected in the above numbers represents internal growth developed by creating an environment that placed a premium on quality service for existing customers while being alert to opportunities for expansion. Mr. Brantley¡¯s experience covers the full spectrum of operations and maintenance activities, including integration of financial and logistical policies with defined operational objectives to produce a credible cost basis from which to support critical resource allocation decisions.
Before embarking on his private sector career, Mr. Brantley served in the US Army for more than 20 years. His roles included resource management positions at the installation level, corps level, major Army command level, and HQDA. In each of these positions, he applied his results-driven approach to support credible resource requirement and allocation decisions.
Mr. Brantley holds an MS in Public Administration (Financial Management) from the University of Oklahoma and a BS in Business Management from the University of Texas (El Paso).
Jill McFarlane
Senior Vice President/Administration and CFO
Ms. McFarlane joined TAPE in April 2008 and is responsible for the company¡¯s financial functions, processes, and overall strategies, in addition to overseeing all administrative departments, including Accounting, Contracts and Human Resources. Prior to joining TAPE, Ms. McFarlane served as the Controller of Athena Innovative Solutions ¨C a $115M government contractor acquired by CACI. She has also held positions as Vice President and Controller for a $500M division of L-3 Communications, a $200M division of APPTIS, and a $75M division of KEI Pearson. Ms. McFarlane has a proven track record of successfully implementing efficient financial systems and building accounting infrastructures throughout her career leading corporate finance functions. Her results-oriented approach has garnered substantial financial and performance benefits across a broad spectrum of corporate environments.
Ms. McFarlane holds an MBA from Marymount University. She also graduated with distinction while earning a BS in Accounting.
Mark Mohler
Vice President/Corporate Development
Mr. Mohler joined TAPE in April of 2007 after serving as a civil servant for 30 years. On the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, he served as the Deputy Director for Networks Integration and Transformation and as the Deputy Director for Programming. During this period, he also served on the staff of the Secretary of the Navy as the Assistant Deputy Chief Information Officer (Navy). Mr. Mohler is a results-driven innovator and senior service change agent with an extraordinary record of success in making Defense and Naval systems more effective and efficient. He has a proven ability to create financial savings through business process improvements, policy enforcement, enterprise governance, and management of the acquisition of information technology resources. Mr. Mohler has a demonstrated ability to build new organizations and to develop leaders.
Mr. Mohler¡¯s prior positions in the Federal government include serving with the Secretary of Defense, Program Analysis and Evaluation; Operations Research Analyst in the Force Structure Analysis Division; Strategic Defensive and Theater Nuclear Forces Division; and Naval Forces Division. His promotion to the Senior Executive Service occurred in 1995 with his selection as the Director of the Force Planning Division. Other roles held by Mr. Mohler include positions in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Office of the Comptroller; Naval Air Systems Command, Joint Cruise Missiles Project Office; and the Naval Sea Systems Command, Spruance Class Destroyer Program Office.
Mr. Mohler holds an MS in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from the State University of New York (Stony Brook) and a BS in Marine Engineering and Transportation (dual major) from the US Merchant Marine Academy. During his Federal career, Mr. Mohler completed programs at Harvard University, the Federal Executive Institute, and the Navy Post Graduate School.
Mr. Mohler has received numerous awards to include the Defense Civilian Meritorious Service Medal and the Navy Superior Civilian Service Medal.
Joel Fleck
Vice President/Defense Programs
Upon joining TAPE in December 2007, Mr. Fleck assumed responsibility for the management of all contracts with the Department of Defense, including TAPE¡¯s largest account. Prior to joining the TAPE management team, Mr. Fleck spent over 18 years at CACI International as a Vice President and Division Manager supporting the Army¡¯s $10B annual operations and maintenance training accounts. He also successfully managed CACI¡¯s $150M participation in the Operations, Planning, Training and Resource Support Services (OPTARSS) contract, which he helped win while serving as the capture manager.
Mr. Fleck enjoyed a successful career in the Army, with experience covering the full spectrum of resource management and force development in both the active and reserve components from unit to installation to department levels. He supervised, budgeted, and programmed the $7B operations and maintenance accounts for which the Army Operations Directorate was the proponent. Mr. Fleck managed programs that supported the daily operations and training of all active forces; various special access programs; the introduction of new equipment and organizational structures into the active forces; programs for the Army training base; and accounts that bolstered the United States contribution to NATO and humanitarian assistance.
Mr. Fleck holds an MBA from Golden Gate University (San Francisco) and a BA in History from St. Johns University (MN).
