George McAllister
CEO, Owner & Founder

Mr. George McAllister is the Chief Executive Officer, Owner and Founder of Mystic Spear LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business. After 22 years on Active Duty and another 20 in various government/contractor positions, we saw a need for a different kind of company founded on principles of openness, honesty, and integrity.

Mr. McAllister served in United States Air Force (USAF) for over 22 years. He was a USAF Special Operator for 12 years with many distinctions which cannot be published herein and then transitioned to Counter Terrorism/ Force Protection. His background in Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons along with High Yield Explosives/Explosive Ordnance Disposal led to several high-level assignments and numerous joint operations.

Mr. McAllister also held many distinguished positions post military in government/contracting roles serving in a number if high visibility advisory/program manager roles for scientific and research and development programs:

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Counter Remote Improvised Explosive Device Detection. Role: Advisor and Technology Evaluator.

  • U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Center. Role: Program Manager for multiple classified (TS/SAP) RDT&E contracts.

  • Joint UXO Center of Excellence. Role: Advisor on Electromagnetic Detection and Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO).

  • U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Center. Role: Program Manager for the Critical Information Protection Center. This center developed advanced logic models based on 63 terrorist scenarios developed by Mr. McAllister’s team.

  • United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Role: Program Manager for several classified Network and Satellite RDT&E programs.

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Indiana, Center for Ballistics Excellence. Role: Senior Advisor on Ordnance and Ballistics.

Mr. McAllister holds a Bachelor of Science in Workforce Education from Southern Illinois University and a Master of Arts in Management and Leadership from Webster University. Mr. McAllister is also a graduate of the University of Maryland Fire Academy, having served in the Fork District Fire Department specializing in high-risk rescue operations and wild-land firefighting.