John Cronin

John Cronin General Information

Biography

Mr. Jack Cronin served as Partner at Fairmont Consulting Group. Mr. Jack Cronin served as Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President at Aurora Flight Sciences. Before joining Aurora, Jack was an Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Textron Systems Company where he was instrumental in re-crafting the strategic direction for the company resulting in a 100% record for major program wins in Shipbuilding (Ship to Shore Connector), UAS (MEUAS and USN ISR Services), Combat Vehicles (Canada TAP-V and Afghan MSFV), and Weapons (India SFW). Jack was the President of ATK Mission Systems for over 4 years where he organized and managed a $1.6B Group with four operating divisions each with its own P&L: Aerospace Structures (Clearfield, UT), Advanced Weapons (Plymouth, MN), Integrated Systems (Woodland Hills, CA), Tactical Propulsion and Control (Baltimore, MD), and ATK Space (Beltsville, MD). Jack oversaw a diverse portfolio of product lines with markets in aerospace, space, defense and commercial. Mission Systems grew by over 80% during Jack's tenure and won critical and strategic programs such as PGK, MSST, Iraqi ISR, F35 (JSF) Airframe and A350ER Structures. Jack joined Raytheon Company in 1986 as an engineer and subsequently held a series of technical, Program Management and Strategic Development positions culminating in President of Raytheon Systems Ltd. (RSL), United Kingdom (2003) where he led an organization with multiple defense and commercial products ranging from individual components to total integrated systems. RSL serves as the prime contractor on a number of major defense programs including the Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) and Paveway IV Precision Guided Bomb. Prior to RSL Jack was promoted to Vice President for Future Surface Combatants where he was the leader for DDG-1000, the U.S. Navy's next-generation destroyer for which Raytheon serves as the systems integrator. In 1998, he was named Director of Advanced Systems, where he was responsible for Advanced Naval Radars, including SPY-3, and the management of a significant portfolio of special programs.