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GD Names Marzilli Executive VP For IT and Mission Systems Segments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 7th, 2018

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GD Names Marzilli Executive VP For IT and Mission Systems Segments

Chris Marzilli, president of General Dynamics Mission Systems segment. Photo: GD

General Dynamics [GD] on Tuesday said it has elected Christopher Marzilli to be the executive vice president of its Information Technology and Mission Systems segments effective Jan. 1, 2019, succeeding S. Daniel Johnson, who plans to retire at the end of 2018.Marzilli has been president of the Mission Systems segment since January 2015 and will be succeeded there by Christopher Brady, who is the vice president of engineering at the segment. Through the first half of this year, Mission systems…

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