Joe Dyer leads the Government and Industrial Robots Division. He comes to iRobot from a career in the U.S. Navy, where he last served as the commander of the Naval Air Systems Command. There, he was responsible for research, development, test and evaluation, engineering, and logistics for naval aircraft, air launched weapons and sensors. Dyer's naval career included positions as naval aviation's chief engineer, commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, and F/A-18 program manager. Earlier in his career, he served as the Navy's chief test pilot. He holds a bachelor�s degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University and a master�s degree in finance from the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California. He is an elected fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the National Academy of Public Administration. He chairs NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. |