TekFive Leadership Team
Tony Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
Tony brings over two decades of leadership experience in IT solutions, serving various U.S. DoD and NASA organizations. His roles have included IT Product Manager for a federal Enterprise Content Management System and IT Team Technical Lead, where he has consistently guided all phases of critical enterprise software contracts. A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, he served as a U.S. Navy Fleet Marine Force Corpsman with the 4th Marine Anti-Terrorism Battalion in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province from 2004 to 2005, earning the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his bravery in combat, including firefights and IED attacks.
Tony serves as a deputy in the Madison County Sheriff Office reserve program and supports the local Madison County chapter of the Semper Fi Community Task Force.


Peter Cauwels
President
Peter has managed numerous strategic IT projects and has extensive knowledge in the areas of enterprise services including DevSecOps, enterprise integration, service oriented architecture, and application development.
Peter has supported NASA’s enterprise IT efforts in varying roles since 2001. While at the NASA Agency Applications Office (AAO), Peter has successfully grown and managed a large team of developers focused on custom software development, web development, mobile development, and software integration at NASA. Peter’ strategic vision and leadership of IT resources at NASA secured the successful design, development and implementation of the Agency’s container platform, DevSecOps pipeline, and the Open Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
Shawn Hale
Chief Operating Officer
Shawn is a former United States Marine and Gulf War Veteran who brings over 10 years of financial experience to TekFive and provides accounting and finance support for both the commercial and Government sectors. Shawn’s professional career includes over 20 years of experience in the technical services industry with roles spanning entry level development to Senior System Analyst. Shawn graduated from Auburn University in 1995 and has lived in Huntsville since 1987. He is married to Huntsville native, Laura Hale, and is the father of three boys.


Corey Baswell
Chief Technical Officer
Corey is TekFive’s Chief Technology Officer. Corey started his career at Adtran where he helped developed network management solutions for Adtran’s telecommunication devices. From 2003 to 2020 he worked at NASA’s Application Agency where he served as technical lead on many projects including the implementation of the agency’s open-source Enterprise Service Bus and the agency’s CI/CD platform. From 2020 to 2024 Corey led multiple teams at the Veteran Affairs Office of Connected Care. Here he oversaw the development of two custom TekFive platforms: Pulse Analytics, a privacy-based web and mobile analytics platform and MaterialCentral, a cybersecurity tool for tracking open-source dependencies of Kubernetes-based workloads. Corey received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Auburn University where he graduated summa cum laude.
Amy French
Human Resources Director
Amy is a Huntsville native and graduated with honors from the University of Alabama, Huntsville with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Management. She brings over 10 years of Human Resource Management experience to TekFive. She has worked both in the Defense Industry and the Aerospace Industry. Amy is passionate about building and motivating dynamic teams, establishing strong relationships and driving organizational change.
She is married to her husband Wayne, and has two children, Austin and Madeline. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, watching football and volleyball, hiking, reading about history, and learning something new.
