Research Fellows

John Dillon

John Dillon

Type of Fellow: Change Fellow

Description:

John Dillon joined Navis as Chief Executive Officer in April 2002. Prior to Navis, Dillon was the CEO for salesforce.com, the leading supplier of online CRM. Previously, Dillon was CEO for Arbor Software and Hyperion Solutions, both leading vendors of enterprise software for business reporting, analysis and planning. Dillon's professional history also includes management positions in sales and engineering for Oracle Corporation and EDS.

Dillon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and a Master's of Business Administration from Golden Gate University. He served on active duty in the United States Navy as an officer in the nuclear submarine service and retired as a commander.

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