Meet our Leaders

Dan Goodwin

CEO

Dan Goodwin is the CEO of GrammaTech, formerly the General Manager for the Research Division. Dan is an experienced Technology Executive, Program Manager, and Digital Engineer with a diverse customer and industry background. His professional experience includes a diverse portfolio of technologies including cyber security, software, systems, FPGAs, microelectronics, telecommunications, networking, and hardware in domains such as Information Assurance, SIGINT, and Platform Missions.

Dan has an M.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering and Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in both Electrical Engineering and Business Information Systems from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also a PMI certified Project Management Professional and participated in the University of Maryland’s Entrepreneurship Citation Program.

Dan enjoys running, biking, skiing, playing piano, and spending time with his wife and three small children.

Lucja Kot

Vice President of Research

Dr. Lucja Kot is the Vice President of Research at GrammaTech, formerly the Deputy General Manager for the Research Division. At GrammaTech, she has served as Principal Investigator on contracts for DARPA, ONR, and DHS, working on topics ranging from automating software certification to runtime monitoring to evaluating and improving static analyzers.

Before Lucja joined GrammaTech, she worked as a Research Associate in the Computer Science department at Cornell University. Her research focus was in databases and data management, with connections to programming languages and security. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University.

Lucja enjoys flying light aircraft; she holds a commercial pilot’s license and is a flight instructor.

Dwight DeGroff

Director Director of Product Management

Dwight DeGroff is a strategic product leader with over two decades of experience developing and scaling mission-critical software for the U.S. Department of Defense and dual-use commercial markets. He has led multiple 0-to-1 initiatives in defense tech, building secure, high-impact products across cybersecurity, DevSecOps, digital engineering, and secure cloud domains. 

Dwight currently leads product strategy at GrammaTech, a national security-focused cybersecurity firm, guiding the maturation of advanced cybersecurity tools designed highly regulated mission applications. Previously, he served as Lead Product Manager at Shift5, where he built a cyber resilience suite deployed across U.S. Air Force and Army platforms: transitioning successful pilots into fleet-wide adoption. At Istari Digital, he spearheaded development of a secure digital engineering platform with zero trust architecture, supporting secure model and simulation workflows across government and commercial cloud boundaries. 

Earlier in his career, Dwight spent 15 years progressing from software engineer to director of solutions architecture, delivering enterprise systems for critical infrastructure and federal agencies. His expertise spans secure software delivery pipelines, compliance-driven development (FedRAMP, RMF, ATO), and stakeholder alignment across government and commercial teams. 

Dwight is passionate about accelerating innovation in national security through product-driven strategy. He excels in complex, ambiguous environments where technical depth, user empathy, and operational urgency converge: helping the next generation of defense tech companies scale real-world impact. 

Bob Arco

Senior Director, CyberSecurity Operations and Compliance

Bob Arco is the Senior Director of IT and Cybersecurity.  Bob has over 25 years of IT leadership experience in industries with strong cybersecurity and compliance requirements.  He is an expert in regulated IT operations and software validation, particularly in research organizations utilizing configured management systems and integrated instrument control in a DevSecOps model.

Bob has an M.S. in Telecommunications and Network Management from Syracuse University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Bob is CISSP certified.

Bob enjoys performing with the Ithaca Shakespeare Company, Trumansburg Community Chorus and Encore Players Community Theater, activities that he shares with his wife and two very talented children.