John Tylko

John Tylko serves as Aurora’s Chief Innovation Officer, responsible for leading Aurora’s technology strategy and commercialization efforts. He led Aurora’s major new program and customer acquisition efforts, enabling Aurora’s rapid growth which led to its acquisition by Boeing in 2017. He developed the vision for Boeing’s new Aerospace and Autonomy Center which is currently under construction at MIT’s gateway building in Kendall Square.

John Tylko’s career has been focused on the development of innovative technologies and products, spanning both the aerospace industry and the electronics and computer industry.

He received a BS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979 and started his engineering career at General Electric where he developed the first composite structural assemblies for aircraft engines.