John Palahnuk
- Engineering - MIL/Aero, Medical & Semiconductor (661)219-5590
About John Palahnuk
John's History and Professional Background
John is a technology executive with a background in business, management, engineering, R&D, sales and product development. Throughout his career John has established and led management teams for advanced programs in the military/aerospace, semiconductor and robotics industries. He possesses technical expertise in advanced weapons technologies such as signal and power interconnects for missiles, targeting and jamming pods, Hypersonics, satellites, electronics, and advanced flight control systems.
Most recently, John was employed at Trexon. His role on the corporate team included the advancement of new technologies and innovation throughout the organization. While reporting to the CEO, he managed the development of new designs, products, and programs to create new opportunities. He also streamlined operations and enhanced customer experiences.
When Audax/Trexon purchased CICOIL, John was Vice President. He provided strategic direction and managed the engineering and operational activities at the company. He played a pivotal role in the advancement of the company's technical capabilities, product development, engineering organization, as well as exceeding production and program objectives. John collaborated with high-level executive leadership, business unit GM's, Customer Service, Program Management, Engineering and Operations. He provided strategic decision-making and the implementation of a comprehensive road map for new products and customer growth opportunities. John personally built relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and regulatory authorities. Working closely with the CEO, customers and the CICOIL team, John’s efforts helped grow the company sales by 5X.
John’s aerospace program experience at CICOIL includes AIM9X, LRSO, TOW, RAM, HAWC, Hellfire, Patriot, EKV, and more. Other military and space program experience at CICOIL includes Starlink, the LITENING Advanced Targeting Pod, IRST, Inertial Measurement Units, gimbals and others.
Before CICOIL, John was the Senior Engineering Manager at Poly-Flow Engineering. He led the company’s initiative to upgrade its manual wet bench products into semi and fully automated wafer and quartzware wet processing machines. With his effort, company sales increased substantially. Ultimately, Poly-Flow Engineering was sold to Ktech Corporation.
Previous to Poly-Flow Engineering, John was a Systems Engineer at AVG. There, John designed motion control systems for water jet gantries. He joined the animatronics team and co-developed a custom digital playback and control system for animation and show action equipment. Additionally, John designed a cutting-edge servo card PCB, an addressable backplane for those servo cards and improved upon the servo card system for animation control.
Prior to AVG, John was a Automated Manufacturing Engineer at TRW, Technar. There he joined a team that was tasked to rapidly design and assemble several automated production lines. TRW gave the team the freedom to design custom automation and components. These automated production lines assembled and tested 1,500 airbag sensors per shift for companies like Ford, Mercedes and Toyota.
John’s energy and optimism is what fuels and drives him to exceptionalism and success. He is a highly motivated professional with a focused determination to exceed expectations. John tackles every challenge using his skillset and collaborative attitude. He enjoys helping teams and individuals grow and achieve success.
John Palahnuk Professional Experience
John's Program and Accomplishments
The following is a partial list of programs and achievements spanning over the last 30 years. Experience includes all phases of business growth and program development. This summary encompasses executive, middle and project level management, as well as actual execution of engineering design, team development and driving growth for the organization.
Scroll or Download
(6 Pages)
Contact Me
Questions or Comments
Send me a message or ask me a question using this form. I will get back to you soon.