Leadership that drives innovation

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.

Okie Williams joined Dmitry as Co-Founder and CTO of General Radar in 2016.
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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.
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Okie studied EECS as an undergraduate at MIT after which he started a company building custom machine learning chips for robotics applications.

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.
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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.

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.
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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.

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.
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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.

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.

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.
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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.

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).