david petrillo

headmaster emeritus

Lt Col David Petrillo, PhD (USAF, Retired) has been a program management consultant to the United States Air Force since 2011. From 2008 until 2013, he was the Chief Operating Officer for Integron LLC, a DoD program management and engineering consulting firm. During that period, he made key contributions to the Air Force’s innovative Kessel Run organization, a cloud-based, secure, software development platform providing state-of-the-art software applications to America’s Air Operations Centers around the world.

Lt Col Petrillo served 21 years on active duty in the Air Force. As a member of the Strategic Air Command’s ICBM missile launch crew force and Tactical Air Command’s Intermediate Nuclear Force missile launch teams in Europe, he participated in the nuclear deterrent that helped the United States keep the peace through the tumultuous years of the Cold War and eventually win it. He later taught at the Air Force Institute of Technology, the Air Force’s graduate school, and finished his career as Commander of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC) detachment at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, preparing college student cadets to become commissioned officers.

Upon leaving the Air Force, Lt Col Petrillo was chosen as the first Headmaster of The Montfort Academy, a private, classical Catholic high school, serving there for 18 years, also holding roles as teacher, Trustee, and Dean of Students. He served in those leadership roles during the dramatic growth and national recognition the school enjoyed during that period.

Lt Col Petrillo holds an BA in Government and International Relations from the University of Notre Dame, an MA in Government Contract Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Strategic Purchasing and Supply Chain Management from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a married father of four grown children, a member of several professional organizations, and currently sits on the board of a crisis pregnancy center for women.

Essays by David Petrillo