Dr. Mark Mykityshyn graduated from the Naval Academy in 1981, and was commissioned in the
U.S Marine Corps where he served as a Naval Aviator.
He
currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Army War College, which plays an instrumental role in
preparing future strategic leaders to identify, develop, and address both current and future issues that are critical to national
security, the DoD, and the Army. He is a also a member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee which provides the Secretary
of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps with independent advice and recommendations
on scientific, technical, and R & D matters. He has also consulted to the both the Defense Science Board, and
the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
In the
private sector, he served as a management consultant at Booz Allen and Hamilton, where he participated and led several engagements,
mostly focused on aviation and aerospace. His work included the formulation of technical, economic, policy, and financial
recommendations to develop a fully “Joint Use” Global Navigation Satellite System-based airspace system. He also
co-authored a 500-page study that analyzed the evolution of world-wide Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS),
and Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems.
Dr.
Mykityshyn has also co-founded venture capital and private equity investments firms. He is a co-founding partner of
The White Oak Group and currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of Dataline, Inc. and EOIR Technologies, Inc.
Prior to The White Oak Group, he was a co-founding partner of Five Paces Ventures where he led that firm's investment
strategy in next-generation network infrastructure software.
The
focus of both is taking technologies well suited for the government, improving them, financing them, and inserting them into
the market. Prior to his investment firms, he co-founded Backwire, Inc., which was sold to Leap Wireless International
(NASDAQ:LWIN). He has served on the boards of a number of companies both public and private.
Dr.
Mykityshyn earned his Doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology in systems engineering. He also earned
a Masters degree in public administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and the degrees of Engineer
of and Master of Science in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from M.I.T. While at M.I.T., he investigated
human performance and engineering issues associated with the design and evaluation of advanced avionics and navigation systems.
He also worked with NASA on the design, test, and evaluation of the Multifunction Electronic display System (MEDS) that was
implemented into the Space Shuttle fleet. 
