Dr. Thomas Altshuler is the Senior Vice President, Global Maritime

Defense Strategy and Business Development for Teledyne

Technologies. He leads the defense program development focused on

major maritime defense programs supporting the U.S. Navy and NATO.

Over the last 19 years, he has led multiple Teledyne business units that

develop and supply autonomous systems including multiple types of

undersea vehicles and advanced acoustic communications systems to

the Defense and Commercial markets.

Dr. Altshuler’s defense technology experience includes four years as

Program Manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He received a B.S. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was a Postdoctoral Fellow

at the MIT Underwater Vehicle Laboratory. Dr. Altshuler received the Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding Public Service during his

time at DARPA.