John Watson was appointed to the board of directors of Torch in August 2014. He has served as President since November of 2013 and prior to being named President, Mr. Watson served as Torch Technologies’ Vice President of Business Development and Program Manager for the Scalable Simulation Program with the USA AMRDEC. Mr. Watson has over 30 years of experience in the defense industry spanning numerous roles in project engineering support, line and program management, and corporate management. Prior to joining Torch, Mr. Watson served as the Director for New Product Development for Dynetics, Inc. where he led corporate business development efforts in hardware development, Air Force and technology programs. Prior to his role in Business Development, he led their Florida Division where he managed contracts with the Air Force, Army, Navy, SOCOM, DARPA, NASA and several foreign and domestic companies. Previous to that, he was Vice President of the Florida Division for Nichols Research Corporation. Mr. Watson received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University and an MSEE from the University of Florida.