Leadership that drives innovation
Our team has delivered innovative products across autonomy, aerospace and defense sectors.
Our Leadership Team
- NASA/JPL
- EE MIT & Stanford
Dmitry Turbiner is the Founder and CEO of General Radar whose mission is to build the World’s first 100% commercial AESA radar with flagship DoD performance. General Radar has secured over $35M in venture capital investment and is executing on several DoD and commercial contracts.
Prior to General Radar, Dmitry was an RF and Antenna Engineer at NASA/JPL where he served as the Cognizant Engineer for the COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7 Mission’s Radio Occultation Antenna Array. Currently, twelve of Dmitry’s phased array antennas are orbiting on a constellation of six heavy NASA satellites.
Dmitry has a BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT and a partial MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, from which he dropped out in order to found General Radar.
- Apple
- EE MIT
Okie Williams joined Dmitry as Co-Founder and CTO of General Radar in 2016.
Prior to General Radar, Okie worked at Apple, Analog Devices, and a handful of hardware start-ups around Cambridge, MA as both a co-founder and an engineer. Okie holds patents in multiple areas, from sensor data processing algorithms for mobile devices, augmented reality gaming, technology related to micro pick-and-place robots, and radar innovations regarding work at General Radar.
Okie studied EECS as an undergraduate at MIT after which he started a company building custom machine learning chips for robotics applications.
- Executive-level Chief Engineer, Raytheon Strategic Systems and Sensors (S3)
- Missile Defense Radar Leadership Roles incl. Aegis, Patriot, THAAD, AN/TPY-2, SBX
Chip Wolcott joins General Radar as the Senior Vice President of Engineering. Chip brings his extensive and broad-based experience in phased array radar development, missile defense programs, national asset fielding and sustainment, foreign military sales and technical leadership.
Chip has over 30 years of technical leadership experience in capital equipment, research, and radar development, test, fielding, and sustainment including 4 years at the MIT Bates Linear Accelerator and 22 years at Raytheon Technologies. In his prior role as the Chief Engineer of Strategic Systems and Sensors (S3) for Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Chip oversaw all technical activities of the S3 scope across multiple missile defense programs including radar hardware, software, systems development and production, flight and ground test, modeling and simulations, classified programs, foreign military sales, radar fielding and sustainment, and strategic growth activities.
Chip has been recognized with major awards from both the DoD and Raytheon. His awards include technology achievement awards from the Navy and MDA, as well as the Excellence in Engineering and Technology (EiET) award and two President’s awards from Raytheon.
Chip earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Merrimack College in 1993.
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- AI/ML Lead (Boston Fed), Professional Staff (House Financial Services Committee), Advisor (US Treasury)
- Naval Intelligence Officer (CJCS), Defense Fellow (SO/LIC)
Sergio joined General Radar in 2018 and brings considerable Government and Military experience to the team from his time on active duty as a Naval Officer conducting two overseas deployments and as a Reservist at the Pentagon and deploying to Afghanistan in 2009 and assignment with the Joint Chiefs of Staff supporting the Director of Intelligence.
His achievements include earning the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, NATO Medal, and Humanitarian Service Medal. He was appointed to the Trade Finance Advisory Council by the Secretary of Commerce and Fraud Working Group by the Federal Reserve Board. He is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Naval War College.
- Global Radar Business Development Leadership
- DoD modern threat focus, Hypersonic and CUAS
- Strategic Partnership Leadership
Mike Powell is Senior Vice President of Sales at General Radar. With a 30-year career in delivering advanced technologies, Mike has proven himself a proactive force in serving the DoD. His expertise encompasses DoD capture management, strategy, market entry, and product management. Mike’s primary mission is to deploy General Radar’s best in class Radar for National and Regional Security, for CONUS and OCONUS.
Mike's work with the USARMY earned him the esteemed "Innovator of the Year" award in 2014 from the state of Arizona for his outstanding force protection and border security solutions.
Throughout his career, Mike has demonstrated his ability to secure large contract awards and foster successful collaborations with the DoD, DHS and Industry Partners. He played a key role in capturing, and deploying warfighter protection systems with the USARMY, USMC and Industry. For the past 20 years, Mike has been an advocate of life saving innovations, forging DoD and industry collaborations that have strengthened force protection capabilities and mission success most recently as a subject matter expert on Counter Drone Technology.
Mike has marked his legacy with pioneering innovations, award achievements and fruitful strategic partnerships. As the SVP of Sales at General Radar, Mike and his team are supporting the DoD in the deployment of Military grade, long and medium range radar to enable advanced missile defense. Mike is deeply committed to deploying solutions that protect and save lives.
- A&D Industry Price-to-Win, Strategic Finance, FP&A, & M&A
- 3 Time Founder/CFO
- EE Northwestern/Kellogg
Reed Walker joins General Radar as the CFO. Reed brings a comprehensive background in financial strategy and operations, honed by his tenure in M&A and defense industry price-to-win strategies at Avascent (now part of Oliver Wyman), coupled with the hands-on experience of financing and scaling startups as a three-time founder.
Reed's strategic collaboration with Aerospace and Defense industry leaders on M&A and billion-dollar hardware bids has provided a deep well of experience in government-driven markets. Paired with his technical training and operational experience, he is well-versed in scaling technology companies through various financial stages - from cash flow management and profitability optimization to exit planning and execution. Reed specializes in aligning highly technical operational strategies with financial realities, while also navigating government contracting to drive shareholder value.
Reed earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University, a Management Certificate specializing in pricing from Kellogg, and a Six Sigma Black Belt from Villanova.
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- Engineering Fellow, Chief Engineer Raytheon
- Leader of advanced capability development incl. AN/TPY-2, THAAD, Patriot, Aegis, GMD, and
C2BMC
David is the Director of Architecture and Systems Engineering at General Radar and brings over 20 years of DoD radar and weapons systems level development and test experience to the team.
Prior to joining General Radar, David was an Engineering Fellow and Chief Engineer of AN/TPY-2 Development at Raytheon Technologies. As Chief Engineer, David led development, system test and deployment of advanced capability spirals on a regular cadence to keep pace with emerging threats. Responsibilities included the development, integration, and flight testing of advanced Missile Defense System (MDS) level capabilities with THAAD, Aegis, Patriot, GMD, and C2BMC.
David earned Bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from West Virginia University in 1999 and a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2001.
- Engineering Fellow, Chief Product Owner, IPT Lead Raytheon
- Leader for large scale software development efforts incl. AN/TPY-2, FSSM&I, Qatar ADOC and JLENS
Jeff joins General Radar as the Director of Software Engineering, bringing to the team over 36years of experience with a variety of DoD systems.
Previously, Jeff was an Engineering Fellow at Raytheon Technologies. Jeff's extensive experience encompasses a diverse range of applications, including Radar Systems, Command and Controls Systems, Battlefield Simulations, and Maintenance Training Systems. Jeff has successfully led organizations consisting of 6-10 Scrum teams, guiding them through the entire development life cycle. From the initial design phases through system integration and ultimately fielding and sustainment. His leadership roles as Chief Product Owner (CPO) and Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead have showcased his ability to effectively coordinate and execute the development of large-scale applications by multi-disciplinary Scrum teams.
Jeff earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Merrimack College in 1986.
- Co-founder 3Scan (Strateos)
- MechE MIT
Tools define humanity’s domain and unlock the future, and Cody unifies design and discipline to implement these modern instruments. With experience founding and advising multiple instrument and technology based startups he demonstrates success in architecting and commercializing complex, multi-domain technology enterprises into relevant market positions.
Cody’s roots lie in traditional machine design, learning classic machining in his father’s shop and studying precision machine design and systems at MIT. Previously he founded 3Scan, a company that synthesized high bandwidth imaging and high speed automation to redefine pathology methods. This company successfully exited in an acquisition by Strateos, a leader in lab automation and drug discovery workflows. Notable accolades include a recognition in 2018 by Forbes 30 Under 30 for his work with 3Scan as well as a Guinness World Record in 2011 for manufacture of the World’s Largest Clock.
- EVP, CSRA (‘16-18, acquired by General Dynamics)
- EVP, Siga Technologies (‘12-16)
- Chief Corporate Counsel, Chevron (’08-12)
- General Counsel, DoD ('01-08)
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Jim brings profound private and public sector experience to the team.
He has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in two publicly traded corporations: CSRA from 2016-2018 (an information technology company acquired by General Dynamics in 2018) and SIGA Technologies from 2012-2016 (a biotechnology company), as well as General Counsel at Rubicon Carbon from 2022-2024 (a market-driven climate technology and trading company). Jim was also Chief Corporate Counsel for Chevron Corporation from 2008-2012, and twice a partner in the international law firm of Jenner & Block prior to 2001.
Jim has held two Senate-confirmed Presidentially-appointed offices: General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2001-2008), and General Counsel of the Department of the Army (1990-1993).
As General Radar’s Chief of Staff, Tricia is at the intersection between Leadership, Operations, and Engineering. Previously, Tricia spent 6 years as the Director of Communications for Denver Preschool Program (DPP), a voter-approved, sales tax-funded nonprofit under the Office of the Mayor of Denver. DPP invests in teachers by providing college scholarships and quality improvement resources, funds free preschool for families, and engages in extensive community outreach and advocacy at the city, state, and national level. It is one of the largest US preschool systems with close to 300 locations, and one of the top programs of its kind in the nation.
Tricia earned two BAs at the University of Minnesota, in Developmental and Child Psychology and Spanish.
Our Advisory Board
- Commander INDO-PACOM ('07-09)
- Commander NORAD / NORTHCOM ('04-07)
Admiral Timothy J. Keating retired in December 2009 after serving for three years as the Commander, United States Pacific Command, headquartered in Honolulu Hawaii. His area of responsibility included over 3.4 billion people and half the surface of the earth. While in command, Admiral Keating visited over 30 countries, meeting diplomats, military officials and commercial leaders to emphasize active engagement with national and international partners in preserving the security and stability upon which the Asia-Pacific region’s success depends.
Prior to his tour at Pacific Command, Admiral Keating was Commander of the United States Northern Command, responsible for protecting the United States homeland and providing support to federal, state and local officials in time of crisis. Simultaneously, he was Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, providing aerospace warning, air sovereignty and defense for the United States and Canada.
Previous tours include service as the Director of the Joint Staff in the Pentagon, command of the United States Fifth Fleet and all naval forces in the United States Central Command headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy and Operations) in the Pentagon, command of the USS Kitty Hawk Battle Group stationed in Yokosuka Japan, and Deputy Director for Operations (Current Operations) on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon.
Admiral Keating held command positions at the Naval Strike Warfare Center, a Carrier Air Wing and an F-18 Squadron.
Admiral Keating is a 1971 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and was a Chief of Naval Operations Fellow with the Strategic Studies Group in Newport Rhode Island. He has accumulated over 5,000 hours of flight time in tactical jets and has landed on Navy aircraft carriers over 1,200 times. In addition to numerous awards from the United States, he has received military decorations from Great Britain, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Singapore. He is a proud honorary Master Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy.
- Executive Director, Raytheon Technologies Patriot Air Defense Product Line
- Director Missile Defense Radar Development and Production Programs
Previously, Mark was the Executive Director of Patriot Air & Missile Defense Product Line at Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a business of Raytheon Technologies. Mark led a team responsible for all aspects of the Patriot Air Defense Product Line including a ~$1.2 B annual budget across 30+ contracts. Responsibilities comprised leading Product Line program execution, strategic planning, new business development, and long-term product sustainment for 17 partner nations.
While at Raytheon, Mark also held leadership positions related to the development and production of Radars for the Missile Defense Agency:
- Program Director for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) programs for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a $950M Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract.
- AN/TPY-2 Radar Product Area Director responsible for a $1.5B Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Radar development and production program, and a $1.6B THAAD Radar development and production program.
Prior to Raytheon, Mark was a co-founder and the Director of Product Development for Global Communication Devices (GCD). GCD was a venture-funded fabless semiconductor company. Mark was responsible for raising over $18M in venture funding.
Mark also worked at Cisco Systems in the manufacturing and operations organization. Mark held positions of increasing responsibility and eventually assumed the role of product line manager for Cisco’s first world-wide Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) switch.
Mark received a BSEE from Norwich University in, an MSEE from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Worcester Poly Tech.
Our Investors
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“General Radar will redefine the radar industry,” said Octave Ventures’ Michael Kim, who is joining General Radar’s board of directors. “The innovations it is bringing to market will significantly enhance the capabilities and reduce the cost of aerospace radar, while also opening up an exciting range of new commercial applications. We believe that General Radar is a company with a very compelling future.”
“As ardent believers in the power and relevance of General Radar’s technology, Disruptive is thrilled to participate in this round. Now more than ever, we believe that General Radar’s innovations will empower the United States and its allies to address the most critical national security threats of the 21st century.” said Disruptive’s CEO Alex Davis.
"From a venture investor perspective, there are 5 defining characteristics of the HardTech startups that we like to invest in:
- They contain Hardcore science/engineering
- They involve Hardware – in addition to software
- They're Hard to do
- If done right, they're Hard to copy
- The 'venture-able' ones are Hard to find
General Radar definitely fits that bill."
