Sigma Defense Systems has announced that Lieutenant General Dennis Crall, USMC, retired, has been appointed to the company’s Board of Advisors.

General Crall retired from active duty in October 2022 following his last assignment as Chief Information Officer (CIO) – Director Command, Control, Communications and Cyber (C4) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“General Crall was once quoted as saying ‘While warfighters appreciate our efforts, they live with our outcomes. Only outcomes matter.’ This aligns completely with our philosophy as a company,” said Sigma Defense CEO, Matt Jones. 

“What we do makes a difference to the service men and women on the front lines in ensuring successful mission outcomes. We are incredibly fortunate to have a leader with his insight and experience join our team. His depth of knowledge within C4 and his focus on connecting data and people at speed will help us deliver greater capabilities and better results for our customers across the DoD.”

General Crall graduated from the University of South Carolina and was commissioned in the US Marine Corps in 1987 and has served in strategic capacities advancing C4, data and AI strategy, cyberspace operations and cyber security. 

Prior to his role as CIO – C4 for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he was the Senior Military Advisor to the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy where he advised the Secretary of Defense on cyberspace operations and cyber security and implemented DoD cyberspace critical vulnerability mitigations. He was also the CIO-C4 for the US Marine Corps where he was responsible for creating all C4 administrative and operational policy. General Crall has combat experience in thirty-four combat missions with over three hundred fifty flight hours.

On the Sigma Defense Systems Board of Advisors, General Crall joins a team of industry veterans, including Admiral Craig S. Faller, US Navy, retired, Rear Admiral Ed Anderson, US Navy, retired, Lieutenant General Francis Beaudette, US Army, retired, Scott Ritchie and Thor James, Co-Founders of Sigma Defense.