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John is currently Rolls-Royce North America’s Senior Vice President for LibertyWorks Research and Technology based at the Rolls-Royce Indianapolis, Indiana facility. He has 38 years of diverse aerospace experience including various capacities on over 70 different programs which included fixed wing, rotary wing, space systems and missiles. John leads the LibertyWorks business unit which serves as Rolls-Royce’s technology pipeline, innovation hub and rapid prototyping center for all US military services, DoD agencies, and NASA. In this role John has worked a variety of propulsion and power projects including hypersonics, supersonics, hybrid-electric propulsion, laser weapon power, distributed propulsion, and thermal management.

John holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. He is also a certified Program Manager, Researcher, and Tester. He is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association, Air Force Association, Stratofortress Association, and National Rocketry Association.