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Steven Turner

Go-getter · DISC type d
Public Sector - Director of Engineering at Ditto
📍 Greater Sacramento, United States

Steven Turner is a hands-on engineer and executive in the defense sector, currently serving as Director of Engineering for the Public Sector at Ditto. As the co-founder and former CTO of Darkhive, he led the creation of five core products in three years for human-machine partnering. His expertise spans autonomous systems, electronic warfare, and enterprise cloud deployments.

Fueled by a user-first philosophy, Steven is passionate about making technology invisible for those in safety and defense roles. He thrives on solving complex networking and data synchronization challenges, from the edge to the cloud, to make customers who keep us safe more effective in their mission.

He is an AFCEA "40 under 40" award winner, recognized for his significant impact in a technical STEM field.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Public Sector - Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Sacramento, United States
Personality Overview

How Steven shows up

Vision Oriented
Direct & Candid
Challenger

They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They respond well to confident salespeople. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Priorities

Topics Steven cares about

Autonomous Systems
Co-founded Darkhive, a company focused on autonomous drone systems, where he architected and shipped a full product suite including multiple unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Defense Technology
His career is dedicated to the defense sector, from tactical signals intelligence at CTI to developing affordable, US-manufactured drone alternatives for military and public safety.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Public Sector - Director of Engineering
Ditto
6-2025 - 12-2025
Advisor
Darkhive
10-2021 - 6-2025
Chief Technology Officer
Darkhive
1-2009 - 10-2021
Director Of Technology
CTI
9-2008 - 5-2009
Developer
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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Education
2005 - 2009
B.A.
St. Mary's College of Maryland
2008 - 2008
B.S.
University of St Andrews
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

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