Vice Admiral Joseph W. Dyer, USN (Retired)

Vice Admiral Joseph W. Dyer, USN (Retired), Chair of the Strategy and Technology Committee

Member of the Audit Committee

Portrait

VADM Dyer has been a director on ASGN’s Board since March 2021 and was an advisor to the Board beginning in 2018. He is currently a consultant in the aerospace, defense and technology markets focused on autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and wideband communications He most recently was the chief strategy officer of National Spectrum Consortium from 2014 to 2021, and was a Commissioner on the Congressional National Defense Authorization Act Section 809 Acquisition Streamlining Commission from 2016 to 2019. He brings to the Board an extensive military background and commercial expertise, which converge at the intersection of technology, finance and risk management.


Key Qualifications



  • Military Background: His extensive work in the military and with the U.S. government at the intersection of technology, finance and risk management supports ASGN’s business development in the government space. He won the Department of Defense Acquisition Excellence Award and the Order of Daedalian as the program manager of the F/A-18 program.

  • Commercial Expertise: Senior corporate leader in the development of iRobot Corporation, the first publicly-traded mobile robots company.

  • Advisor of High-Tech Companies: Advised various high-tech companies from their initial public offering to their generation of long-term success, offering ASGN guidance on continued growth strategies.


Advisory Roles



  • Director, Technology Service Corporation (TSC), a defense product and services company

  • Director, Avian Inc., a private company offering test and evaluation, acquisition, and training in defense and commercial markets

  • Director (and audit and compensation committee member), Herrick Technology Laboratories, Inc., a software radio technology solutions company for military operations and platforms

  • Advisory Board Member, Center for the Study of Democracy

  • Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration


Key Qualifications (cont.)



  • Former director and chair of nominating and corporate governance committee, Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITT)

  • (2022 - 2024)



  • Fellow, Society of Experimental Test Pilots - Received the James H. Doolittle Award for Outstanding Engineering Achievement in Aerospace




Education



  • Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

  • North Carolina State University



  • Master of Science in Financial Management

  • Naval Postgraduate


Career Highlights



  • President of Government and Industrial Division,

  • Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer

  • iRobot Corporation

  • (2003 – 2013)



  • Chair

  • NASA Aerospace Safety and Advisory Panel

  • (2003 – 2016)



  • Commander

  • Naval Air Systems Command

  • (2000 – 2003)



  • Commander

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Patuxent River and Naval Aviation's Chief Engineer

  • (1997 – 2000)



  • F/A-18 Program Manager

  • Engineering and manufacturing development efforts

  • (1994 – 1997)



  • U.S. Navy Chief Test Pilot

  • (1991 – 1994)