John Radovan

I joined the Air Force in 2002 after the attack on September 11, 2001 as an E-1 Weather Technician.  I’ve served for the last 20 years and what has kept me in the military has been the exceptionally high caliber of the individuals I’ve worked with. They have truly become an extended family. I earned my commission in 2011 and today I am the Deputy Director of the Department of the Air Force - MIT Artificial Intelligence Accelerator.

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I’ve served in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and on both U.S. coasts. Along the way, before standing up my current unit at MIT, I’ve met lifelong friends while serving during the “Surge” in Iraq, lived in Germany on the Mosel River surrounded by wonderful people and world-class vineyards, been stationed on a little slice of paradise in the Pacific, and traveled to the Amazon to participate in the Education with Industry program. Most importantly, my time in the military brought me to my wife 18 years ago, who I met at my first duty station. And I’ve been able to experience all of this with my family: my wife, Michelle, and our three beautiful children: John (12), Kairos, (4), Isabella (1). 

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