Biography

Maj. General John Olson / Dr. John Olson
President, CEO & Chairman, AXIONS Corporation

Dr. John Olson is the President, CEO and Chairman of AXIONS Corporation, the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Anthropogenic Inc, the Chief Development Officer for Mountain Capital Partners, and a Board member for seven companies, including both Ahura AI and FAST AI, plus a part-time Special Government Employee with the Defense Innovation Unit. He is a visionary strategic leader, bold pioneer, and effective senior executive with world-class programmatic, technical, and operations success in aerospace, energy, defense, and outdoor systems; technology, innovation, data, AI, cybersecurity, and quantum; mobility, marine and manufacturing proven through sustained superior results in 36 years of Air Force, White House, and NASA public service. He’s a retired General Officer and former Senior Executive Service member with 12 years at the Pentagon, nearly a decade at NASA, and two years as the Assistant Director for Space and Aeronautics at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Major General Olson led the standup of the United States Space Force as the Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations, the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, and the Space Operations Lead for Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control, while also serving as the first Department of the Air Force Chief Data and AI Officer.