Army business systems
As Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Information Management, John was identified by the Army News Service as a leader of enterprise business-system modernization.
Army News Service · July 2020About Fifth Season Advisors
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Fifth Season Advisors is a principal-led advisory practice for leaders making decisions at the intersection of defense, cybersecurity and technology.
A perspective that connects institutional requirements with the realities of operating technology.
John's background includes senior government leadership and commercial technology work. His experience spans enterprise business modernization, government cloud and the relationship between security, governance and operations.
He previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Information Management and as Business Technology Officer in the DoD CIO organization. His Microsoft experience includes government cloud and security work documented in a 2024 MITRE publication.
At Fifth Season Advisors, John works directly with leadership to frame decisions, examine tradeoffs and establish an actionable path forward.
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DoD CIO perspective
A Microsoft secure-cloud event announcement identified John as the DoD CIO's Business Technology Officer and a featured speaker on defense technology.
Microsoft event announcement · May 2017Published contribution
John is a credited coauthor of the Cloud Safe Task Force's National Cloud Cyber Feed Initiative paper. Its biography also documents his Microsoft government cloud and cybersecurity work.
MITRE publication · June 2024 (PDF)References to prior organizations describe experience. They do not imply endorsement, affiliation or representation by Fifth Season Advisors.
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We support commercial technology businesses entering defense, established Defense Industrial Base organizations and selected regulated businesses facing comparable decisions.
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Our role is advisory. We do not imply assessment authority, procurement influence, legal expertise or a managed-service capability.
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