John is the President of Defense Solutions and the Chief Growth Officer at Antaris. He is responsible for the company’s go-to-market strategy and for guiding Antaris’s engineering efforts to develop and implement new products and capabilities. He has served as the Principal Investigator on three USSF projects focused on developing TrueTwin simulations to support various missions for the USSF and the SDA. All programs exceeded delivery specifications and were completed ahead of schedule. Prior to joining Antaris, John was the COO of SMALLab Learning, where he oversaw the implementation of 3D interactive learning spaces in K-12 schools worldwide. He also served as the VP of Market Development at TARGUSinfo (acquired by Neustar in 2011), leading efforts to launch new data and analytics products for the telecommunications, e-commerce, and U.S. government sectors. John previously held leadership roles at Emultek, where he managed projects delivering simulation and training systems for platforms including the Apache AH-64D attack helicopter, Patriot Missile System, B-1B, and the Boeing 737.
Additionally, he held leadership positions at Cygnus Solutions and Red Hat, where he helped drive the creation of the open-source software ecosystem.