Nadia D. Short

Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems

Nadia D. Short is vice president of strategic planning and business development for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. In this role, she is responsible for the company’s strategic planning, business development, marketing and public relations, customer and corporate relations, mergers and acquisitions, as well as its philanthropy program. Ms. Short is the lead for the General Dynamics’ cyber initiative, with responsibilities for the strategy and business development efforts in the cyber market.

Ms. Short has worked for General Dynamics since 1996. Prior to her current position, Short was director of strategy and business development for the information assurance division of General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4S). Ms. Short also served as director of emerging business for the communications networks division where she led the successful business capture initiatives for the Automated Digital Networks System Inc III with the Navy, the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical with the Army, and the Key and Identity Management Inc II for NSA. During her tenure with GDC4S, she was responsible for developing the communications, networking and cryptologic systems for ground-based, airborne and spaceborne platforms. She provided program and technical management for command, control, communications and computing intelligence (C4I) systems, battle management system development and operational intelligence support programs.

Before joining General Dynamics, Ms. Short served for 14 years in the U.S. Army. She was a Chief Warrant Officer in the United States Army Signal Corps where she was in charge of the planning and operation of tactically deployed secure voice and data networks. She was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for her service in Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

Ms. Short’s degrees include an MBA and a bachelor’s of science degree in Computer Information Systems.