Meet John Gilligan. John Gilligan, the President of Gilligan Group, is a proven IT innovator with a strong blend of leadership and operational experience.
The Cyber Security Commission formed to advise the incoming Administration released its recommendations on December 8th. John Gilligan co-authored the report.
Managing Complexity. In his government career, Mr. Gilligan successfully managed some of the most complex IT development and integration programs.

Experience


Gilligan Group, Inc. | Fairfax, VA

2008 - Present. President


  • Founder of a government IT consulting firm supporting Federal government and industry.

  • Member of the Obama-Biden Transition Team for the defense and intelligence community.

  • Led analyses of Defense command and control and Air Force business transformation efforts leading to program with recommendations to OSD and Congress.


SRA International, Inc.| Fairfax, VA

2005 to 2008. Senior Vice President & Director, Defense Sector
2005 to 2007. Deputy Director, SRA Defense Sector

  • Responsible for the management, performance, staffing, and business growth for SRA’s Defense Sector, a $350+M/year business unit.

  • Revamped marketing approach to broaden business focus and achieve business growth objectives. Improved Sector profitability.

  • Provided leadership for process improvement efforts, including achievement of ISO 9001 Certification for the Defense Sector


United States Air Force | Washington, DC

2001 to 2005. Chief Information Officer

  • Established Air Force chief information officer organization, structure, and processes including IT vision and strategy; policies; architectures and standards; and investment planning and control for $6 billion IT budget.

  • Led CIOs in 10 operating organizations (Major Commands) and five functional organizations.

  • Federal CIO Council Architecture and Infrastructure Committee Co-Chair.


United States Department of Energy | Washington, DC

1998 to 2000. Chief Information Officer


  • Managed IT for Headquarters DOE as well as DOE National and Defense laboratories.

  • Oversaw $2 billion per year budget.

  • Led Year 2000 efforts and major security upgrade for DOE laboratories.

  • Federal CIO Council Security and Privacy Committee Co-Chair.


United States Air Force | Washington, DC

1992 to 1998. Program Executive Officer, Battle Management and Command/Control


  • Managed $1 billion per year portfolio of development programs for the nation’s largest command and control, intelligence, transportation, logistics, modeling and simulation, and communications systems.

  • Supervised 15 Program Managers.

  • Responsible for contractor selection, performance monitoring, and award fees.


Previous Work Experience


  • Director, Information Technology Policy and Architecture for U.S. Air Force.

  • Director of Studies and Analysis for communications technology organization.

  • Deputy Program Director for $3 billion modernization of U.S. military command and control system.

  • System Development Corporation, Branch Manager Security Projects, responsible for business acquisition and execution of computer security and networking programs.

  • ITT Defense Communications, Software Team Lead for military communications systems.


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