J. M. Schlesselman is a director of aerospace and defence market development at Real-Time Innovations (RTI) headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. He has over 30 years of experience in defence. He has held multiple engineering, research, standards, and market development positions over his 20 years with RTI. His US military service includes supporting NATO operations at tactical and strategic levels. He holds engineering degrees from Iowa State and Stanford universities.