Vivek Upadhyaya

Chief Financial Officer

Vivek Upadhaya is the Chief Financial Officer at DEFCON AI. Vivek was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Mission Systems at Mercury Systems, a technology company that delivers processing power for the most demanding aerospace and defense missions. Prior to that he was CFO, Treasurer, and Chief Information Officer of Leonardo Electronics U.S., Inc., a subsidiary of Leonardo and supplier of laser and electronic solutions to the defense, security, and medical industries. Prior to that, he was CFO and Interim President and CEO of IAI North America, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel's largest aerospace and defense company. From 2012 to 2019, he was Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Orbital ATK, which was acquired by Northrop Grumman Corp. during that time. Earlier in his career, Vivek held senior finance roles with Honeywell International, Medtronic, and Amgen among others. He holds an M.B.A. in Finance and a B.A. in Economics from Michigan State University.