Jason Sutton is chief information officer (CIO) for Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. Named to this position in 2021, Sutton is responsible for all aspects of the company’s information technology program including the establishment of IT priorities, strategies, and alignment to enterprise cybersecurity and IT goals. Additionally, he leads Huntington Ingalls Industries’ enterprise cybersecurity and IT organizational and leadership change model to build high-performing teams.
Prior to joining NNS in 2018 as director of digital implementation, he served 24 years in the United States Air Force in various strategic and tactical leadership roles in cyberspace operations and IT. Before retiring in 2018 at the rank of colonel, he served as director of communications and CIO for Air Combat Command, where he oversaw cyberspace and communications policy, resource advocacy and program management supporting 94,000 active-duty and civilian personnel worldwide. Prior to his current NNS appointment, Sutton served as program director for structural fabrication and assembly (SFA) and was responsible for steel fabrication, submarine and carrier structural assembly, and special paint and treatment activities.
Sutton earned a bachelor’s degree in American history from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Regent University.
Newport News Shipbuilding is the sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy submarines. With approximately $4 billion in revenues and more than 25,000 employees, we are the largest industrial employer in Virginia and the largest shipbuilding company in the United States.
The company builds the most advanced ships in the world using our expertise in nuclear propulsion, naval design and manufacturing. Newport News Shipbuilding is currently building the new Ford-class aircraft carriers and Virginia-class fast-attack submarines, and performing Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) on Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The company provides fleet services for our ships worldwide.
Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in Newport News, Va., its facilities span more than 550 acres, strategically positioned in one of the great harbors of the East Coast.
