John Sahlin is the Vice President of Cyber Solutions at General Dynamics Information Technology‘s defense division and Solution Owner for GDIT’s Everest Zero Trust Digital Accelerator program. He is a senior technology executive whose demonstrated expertise spans technical, program and business management.
His efforts leading the Everest program resulted in a first of kind field deployment of Zero Trust at the tactical edge with Army I Corps in support of USINDOPACOM’s missions in the Pacific Rim during exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 and Yama Sakura 85.
Dr. Sahlin concurrently works as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University. During his ten years of teaching at the institution, he has designed and delivered graduate-level systems engineering and cybersecurity courses. He currently teaches eight different courses in cybersecurity and information technology.
Before joining GDIT, Dr. Sahlin worked as the CTO of the Defense Group for Engility and was the CTO of two small defense contractors, ICI Services and Cabrillo Technologies.
For the greater part of his career spanning almost 30 years, Dr. Sahlin has balanced his corporate roles supporting commercial and public sector clients with various positions in the academia.
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he later earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. in systems engineering from GWU. Among his achievements includes winning the WashingtonExec 2023 Pinnacle Award for Cybersecurity Executive of the Year.