Dr. Gregg Wildes is a Defense and Aerospace Executive at DDC-I, a company that enables faster system upgrades and lower cost certification with Deos real time operating system (RTOS) commercial software for safety and mission-critical systems. Gregg earned a Bachelors in Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Texas. His career has included work at Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), W.L. Gore (Gore-Tex), GE Aerospace, CRI, DornerWorks, and DDC-I: a combination of Government research, big business, and innovative small businesses. He is passionate about accelerating technical innovation and brings over 25 years experience in defense and aerospace working on high assurance software, avionics, advanced microelectronics, FPGA, ISR, advanced materials, and AI systems.
Gregg is active in the defense and technology community nationally and in the state of Michigan. He is on the board of directors for the National Defense Industry Association (NDIA) Michigan chapter, board of directors for the DARPA Trusted Computing Center of Excellence (TCCoE), and a member of the Grand Valley State University (GVSU) College of Computing board of advisors.
When not working with colleagues, customers, and partners, Gregg Wildes enjoys hiking and outdoors activities with his family, singing in choirs, and supporting STEM for future generations.