Mr. Chesebrough has over 30 years experience with technology, business management and strategy, including Defense acquisition, international information technology consulting, aerospace, nuclear power, and education. During his career he has acquired diverse skills in e-business and e-commerce, market planning and analysis, program and project management, systems engineering, logistics, sales and marketing and government contracting.
Currently he is the President of the Association for Enterprise Information, an affiliate of the National Defense Industrial Association. His experience in Defense work began upon entering the U.S. Air Force in 1976, where he served four years as an Astronautical Engineer. His responsibilities included the integration of experimental payloads with the Minutemen I ballistic missile.
Prior to entering the Air Force he was an engineer with Babcock and Wilcox, designing fuel components for commercial nuclear power generation plants. After his brief stint in the military, Mr. Chesebrough re-entered industry in the Washington, D.C. area providing technical and management support to a variety of military programs, including underwater acoustics systems, Army telecommunications, and Navy command and control installations. He owned and operated a small information technology firm for nine years that provided technical and management support to government and industry in electronic business practices. He has worked internationally throughout Europe and Asia, including assignments with the Royal Saudi Navy and the U.S Army in England.
His interest in the application of information technology to improve information sharing in enterprises began in the mid–80’s, and he has pursued that passion ever since. Today he is guiding the NDIA family of associations into a central position as the leading industry-wide advisory body to government on net-centric operations.