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

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

Jeff Wolfe
Vice President of Integration Management