Paul Schauer is the Executive Vice President for Integrated Operations at Voyager Space, responsible for aligning systems, processes, and people to the company’s strategic goals. At Starlab Space, Paul serves as the Chief Procurement Officer and is responsible for procurement, contracting, and supplier management.  Prior to Voyager, he spent over 25 years in the government contracting world, beginning as an Air Force Civilian contracting officer where he built and executed acquisition strategies for systems ranging from aircraft to spy satellites.   His civil service career culminated as a GG-15 level executive responsible for the contracting team acquiring the nation’s imagery intelligence satellite systems. 

Paul then joined a small government contractor and successfully scaled the business through two acquisitions, ultimately being acquired by CACI, a major national defense contractor.  At CACI he held the positions of Vice President of Contracts for the National & Cyber Solutions Business Group and Vice President, Tactical Solutions Operating Group. 

Paul is also co-creator and co-host of the Contracting Officer Podcast, where for over 8 years (and over 1.2 million listens) he has used his background to help professionals from both government and industry understand a little more about how the other side thinks.