John Pope

Mr. Pope earned a Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management and Finance from California State University, Fullerton. Mr. Pope brings over 30 years of contracts, finance, and program management experience in the federal sector to Decypher.

Prior to joining Decypher, Mr. Pope was an executive at CIBER, Inc., Federal Government Solutions for nearly 15 years. Under his stewardship at CIBER, the CIBER Federal operation grew from a $20M per year operation to well over $100M per year operation. Prior to CIBER, Mr. Pope was a program manager at Hughes Aircraft Company, supporting classified intelligence gathering in both terrestrial and space based environments. Mr. Pope has a deep understanding of doing business with the federal government in both CONUS and OCONUS environments that include Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He has been published on the topic of the merging of advanced technology within the government acquisition lifecycle, and has been recognized within the Contracts and Program Management Community for numerous individual accomplishments.