Norm Balchunas

Norman Balchunas, Colonel, USAF (Ret) is a Senior Director for Global Growth with Honeywell Aerospace. In that capacity he is focused on Connectivity and Service, specifically Cybersecurity and defense and national agency programs.

Norm’s career included positions in Industry, Academia and Not-for-Profits all focused on developing capabilities across Cybersecurity, Electronic Warfare, and Research and Development. Colonel Balchunas specialized in advanced research and development for knowledge representation, communications, advanced imaging, unmanned aircraft and cyber operations.

During his time in the United States Air Force, Colonel Balchunas served as a National Director for the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, as a Special Technical Operations Lead in the United States Joint Forces Command,  as a Commander of Systems Development for multiple ISR and bomber platforms and an Information Operations officer for Allied Force. He served as a B-52 Squadron Commander in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

Over the course of his career, Colonel Balchunas has accumulated vast knowledge in strategic planning, program management, electronic warfare, information operations, and cyber security. Norm served as the Executive Director of Operations for the Association of Old Crows, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to researching and disseminating new information in areas such as electronic warfare, cyber operations, and information operations integration. Norm established the Cybersecurity Institute at Drexel University and ran a research group supporting DARPA and service laboratories. Norm was also a senior vice-president supporting engineering efforts at USAID, SEC and service programs.

His current focus at Honeywell is establishing a Connected Security Assurance Center, and focusing cybersecurity product line across Honeywell Aerospace to include the connected enterprise across satellites, manned and unmanned vehicles and the supporting ecosystem.