James Olson

President

James Olson has a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of North Texas and dual master’s degrees in meteorology and physical oceanography from the Naval Postgraduate School. He served as a nuclear submarine officer, flight meteorologist, geospatial and satellite resources collection manager and science and technology program manager for the Navy.  Following his military career, he was the director of business development at Ball Aerospace, profit and loss director at Raytheon, executive vice president of Tempus Global Data, managing partner for Earth Observation Data and most recently, executive director of the Center for National Security Initiatives.