John Balsam

John is a highly experienced and energetic senior-level executive with over 40 years of proficiency as an engineer, project and program manager, and CxO level corporate leader. The majority of his career has been in the technical arena in defense, high-reliability space applications and the software industry. Prior to his employment at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, John held the position of VP of Operations at Lancope, Inc., prior to the company’s acquisition by Cisco. His experience spans increasing levels of responsibility, from Systems Engineer performing technical analysis and design tasks, to Project and Program Management of multi-million dollar programs to Senior Executive level management. Past corporate experience includes business formation, raising capital, strategy formulation and execution, and daily operational management.