John started his professional career at Hughes Aircraft Company in Los Angeles in 1966, where he participated in 5 years of lectures given by Nobel physics laureate Richard Feynman at the Hughes Research Labs (now HRL Laboratories) in Malibu, CA.
A team from HRL Laboratories, LLC, was among the winners of the 2017 R&D 100 Award, announced at the fourth annual R&D 100 Conference held November 16-17 in Orlando, FL.