AUSGAR Was Founded In 2003 By Jon Dien, A Former Navy Officer, Who Continues to Run The Company As CEO Today.
A Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business, the company landed its first contract with the Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific, doing important work for the Navy in command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR), and cyber. From that first contract, AUSGAR earned a reputation for providing high-quality engineering services and solutions. Since those auspicious beginnings, the company has become known for its smart, innovative technical team members who can out-think problems faced by our customers in the cybersecurity, experimentation and engineering services markets. AUSGAR continues to support SPAWAR and a number of important programs across the Department of Defense and the private sector commercial companies that advance our military’s mission and keep our country safe. AUSGAR has developed more than 1,000 cybersecurity packages for the Navy, and it is a testament to the firm’s talented team that every system has been approved for operation.
AUSGAR is a company of smart, innovative technical team members who can out-think problems faced by our customers in the cybersecurity, experimentation and engineering services marketplace. Specializing in security engineering and accreditation, we protect devices, networks and systems. We successfully execute experimentation and exercises to transition technology to the fleet expeditiously. We also provide a range of engineering services, including communication system design, unmanned vehicles and command-and-control systems integration. Founded in 2003, AUSGAR is a certified and verified Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. It is headquartered in San Diego, CA, and has additional work locations in Norfolk, VA; Charleston SC; Dayton, OH; and Washington D.C.

In 2003, Jon Dien founded AUSGAR, a recognized provider of exceptional cybersecurity, experimentation and engineering services for the Department of Defense and the private sector.
His experience spans 25 years, with 17 years in direct support of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). Jon specializes in program management, federal contracting, business development, software project management, systems engineering, IT and operational analysis for fleet experimentation, and communications engineering.
Through his leadership, AUSGAR has grown over the years. Revenues are more than $25 million, and the company has operating locations in San Diego CA; Norfolk, VA; Dayton, OH; Charleston, SC; and Washington, DC. Jon continues to invest in AUSGAR’s corporate infrastructure to evolve the company from a small business to a large defense company.
A retired Navy engineering duty officer, Jon has a Master of Science in Applied Science from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).
He is married with two children and enjoys reading, music, movies, running and swimming.