Our Leadership Team
Tyto Athene’s leadership team is relentlessly focused on helping government agencies and military organizations achieve mission success through secure, innovative, and high-performance technology solutions. Leveraging decades of knowledge across government operations and warfighting domains, Tyto understands the unique challenges of each customer and delivers solutions purpose-built to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
Dennis Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
John Coleman
Chief Operations Officer
Rick Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
Peter O’Donoghue
Chief Technology Officer
Michael Polmar
Chief Growth Officer
Michael McGowan
Chief Administrative Officer
Patti Chanthaphone
Group President, Justice and National Security Group
Hector Pelayo
Group President, Space, Air, and Sea
Tony Crawford
Group President, Army and Defense Agencies
Matt Shepherd
Senior Vice President of Innovation
Jeff Whitlock
Vice President of Contracts and Supply Chain, SBLO
Gregory McCarthy
Vice President of Capture
John West
Vice President of Business Development – Strategy
Lavar McDowell
Vice President, Business Development – Defense
Lynn Howell
Vice President, Controller
Becky Blackman
Vice President of Information Security
Stephen Tyndall
Vice President of Pricing
Chris Pursell
Vice President of Industrial and Physical Security
Davida Gray
Vice President of People and Culture
Casey Gutmann
Vice President of Talent Acquisition
