John Robusto

John Robusto is a former, career government official, serving as an Intelligence, Engineering, and Acquisition professional. He has deep experience in assisting senior business leaders and owners in evaluating the market for, and use of, advanced technologies in federal government applications, and in navigating the procurement process at both the agency and congressional levels.

He is internationally recognized as an expert in technology, space systems, surveillance, reconnaissance, and intelligence fusion. As an inventor of highly advanced technologies, he holds multiple US patents in information fusion, space systems, and methods to counter transnational organized crime. In government, and in the private sector, he has direct multinational experience working in thirty-five counties on six continents, in support of US and allied interests.

His career in government work placed him at the highest echelons of the defense and intelligence communities, directly involved in all aspects of applications of advanced technologies, and in acquisition and procurement planning and budgeting for future expansion and development of same for multiple agencies and in diverse contexts. For the US Navy, he served as Special (Information Operations) Executive to the Chief of Naval Operations, executing strategies and operations on behalf of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In that capacity, he defined and executed partnerships with multiple US agencies, departments, and other governments. For US Naval Aviation, he served as Executive Director, Intelligence and Special Programs, and Chief Technology Officer, with Naval Air Systems Command, as the senior Naval Aviation official for all matters in technology, intelligence, and special operations, and acquisitions. For the US Marine Corps, he performed the same range of services in his capacity as Deputy Commander, C4ISR and Technology, with the Marine Corps Systems Command. Another significant role was with the National Reconnaissance Office, Senior Member of the leadership team, SIGNIT Directorate, Assistant Director for Programs, Collection Systems Group Chief, and as Chief, Architecture Division.

In the private sector, he has served as CEO of a US company providing software technology for secure communications, as well as cyber penetration assessment large scale data analytics for both government and major companies in multiple, diverse industries. He was responsible for a broad investment portfolio, and for overseeing all international operations, including partnerships with major, international telecommunications companies. He also served as CEO and member of the board of directors of a London-based technology company, including oversight of a portfolio of multiple US and other subsidiary businesses, with duties that included management to meet financial and profitability goals, as well as planning and executing mergers and acquisitions.

John holds numerous degrees, including Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program; Navy Executive Business Course, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; USMC Brigadier General’s Orientation, General Officer Warfighting course, Quantico; Management of Technology Organizations, Carnegie-Mellon University; Advanced Program Managers Course, Defense Systems Management College; BBA Information Systems (Summa Cum Laude), National University; and Applied Science (Honors), University of the State of New York, Albany.