David Lyons

David Lyons, a retired Colonel of the United States Air Force, currently serves as the Vice President of Business Development. Throughout his military career, Lyons commanded at the squadron, group, and installation levels, both in and out of combat. He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Weapons School and later served as an instructor there, establishing himself as a multi-domain integration expert and a Global Strike Subject Matter Expert. Lyons held significant staff assignments at various high-level departments, including the Headquarters Air Force, Sub-Unified Command, and the Joint Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation level at DARPA. Before his current role, he was the Growth Lead at Spectrum Systems and Mercury Systems, where he successfully launched a $200M product line by repurposing technology to fulfill critical government needs. Lyons was a National Defense Fellow at the Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and holds an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, an M.B.A. in Military Management from TUI University, and a B.S. in Mathematics from the United States Air Force Academy. His academic and professional excellence was recognized when he was named an Outstanding Graduate and Instructor at the USAF F-16 Weapons School and when he received the 2009 Claire Lee Chennault Award as the United States Air Force’s Top Aerial Warfare Tactician.