Jon E. Dionne

General Manager & Director of the Mission Software Solutions at SDI

Jon E. Dionne joined SDi in 2021 as General Manager and Director of the Mission Software Solutions business unit. As such, he is responsible for managing the business unit’s contracts, people, customer satisfaction, and financial goals. His duties include coordinating business development opportunities and strategies, while maintaining full responsibility for the business unit, including profitability, product management, budgeting, and business unit operations.

Prior to joining SDi, Jon worked at RDA, Inc. for twenty-five years, as a member of the technical staff, a site and department manager, and as Vice President of Engineering. Jon served as Principal Investigator of many Phase I SBIR topics (R&D), successfully transitioning many such topics to Phase II (prototype) and to Phase III (fleet products). RDA’s key product is LCAP, a Low-Cost Advanced Processor suite, used to command, record, and process all current and experimental U.S. Navy sonobuoys.