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Michael Chandler
President, General Dynamics Information Technology
As president of General Dynamics Information Technology, Michael Chandler leads a diverse organization of 16,000 professionals that provides systems integration, information technology, systems engineering and professional services to customers in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal civil and commercial sectors. Previously, Mr. Chandler served as president of General Dynamics Network Systems. (In June 2006, General Dynamics Network Systems became General Dynamics Information Technology). Prior to that he served as the vice president and general manager of Worldwide Telecommunication Services, a division of GTE Government Systems Corporation. In 1999, General Dynamics acquired GTE's Government Systems Corporation, and he was named president of General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems. (In September 2001, Worldwide Telecommunication Systems became General Dynamics Network Systems). Prior to his work with Worldwide Telecommunication Services, Mr. Chandler served as vice president and general manager of GTE's Electronic Systems Division (ESD), a national leader in all aspects of signal collection and processing, imagery resource management, and electronic and information warfare. He previously served as vice president and general manager of the Electronic Defense Intelligence and Collection Systems Organization. As a major element of ESD, his unit was responsible for high reliability systems, special simulators and emulators, battle management support systems, COMSAT exploitation, and information warfare systems. Before joining GTE in 1985, Mr. Chandler served 20 years in the United States Navy, retiring with the rank of Commander. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Auburn University and a Master of Science in management from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a graduate of the Stanford University Executive Program.
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