John A. "Jack" Shaw is a politcal apointee civil servant under several Republican presidents and in the private sector under Democratic presidents. His last appointment was as Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for International Technology Security, and he left the DoD when the position was eliminated in a reorganization. Prior to his political appointment by former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Shaw was President and CEO of the American Overseas Clinics Corporation. Prior senior positions in the government included the White House staffs of Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Reagan. He served as White House Liaison to the US Defense Department under President Ford and to the US State Department under President Reagan.