Jon Gruen leverages more than twenty-five highly successful years in the defense and aerospace industry to lead business growth and operations at Fortem Technologies. As the Chief Executive Officer of Fortem Technologies, he is directly responsible for all aspects of the business which produces Air Space Awareness and Counter Drone systems for U.S. and International Partners. Previously, Jon was a corporate business development and strategy lead for Lockheed Martin where he won over $10B in program value. He is also the co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of an emergency management and consultancy firm, specializing in providing new technologies for disaster, security, and relief operations. Jon received his Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy and received his Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business, University of California – Berkeley.