Mark Clifton
Vice President, Products and Services Division
Engineering and Systems Group

Mark A. Clifton leads the Products and Services Division in SRI's Engineering and Systems Group. In this position, he oversees Products and Services, Instrumentation & Simulation, and Security Solutions.

Clifton is also the general manager of SRI's Princeton, New Jersey location. He is an accomplished leader with more than 30 years of experience in engineering, business management, and business development, with deep knowledge of commercial and government markets.

Clifton most recently served as interim president and CEO at Sarnoff Corporation (now SRI Sarnoff), which was integrated into SRI in January 2011. Prior to joining Sarnoff in 2008, he served as Vice President and General Manager of the C3 Systems business unit for DRS Technologies. In this capacity, he provided business development; advanced technology and program management competencies including border surveillance, command and control (C2) software; military communications; advanced displays; systems integration; and radar development.

Clifton also served as Senior Group Vice President of Anteon Corporation, providing high-tech professional services and highly engineered products. He oversaw the performance of advanced R&D, engineering, and systems development that included underwater acoustics, ship signatures, video codecs and ship design for major military, government and system primes. He has also held management positions at Acoustics and Mechanics, Inc. and Bolt, Berenek and Newman (BBN).

Clifton holds a B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University and an M.S. in Engineering from the University of Connecticut. He is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).