Lathan Turner

About Lathan Turner

Seasoned business and military leader with proven results in global environments under time constraints dedicated to exceeding expectations of clients and customers. Over 22 years of interacting with high ranking U.S and foreign officials in government while managing billions of dollars in personnel and equipment. Responsible for the overall development, strategic direction, growth, and management of strategic client relationships with Federal Agencies. Leads a matrixed team of Sales, Business Development, Solution Architects, Professional Services, Program & Service Managers to provide cloud services while meeting sales, lifecycle and customer satisfaction targets.

Experience

1. Gvp, Defense

   C3 AI

   Jan 2025 — Present · Tysons Corner, VA, US

   As Group Vice President, Defense, Lathan leads C3 AI’s efforts to advance the national security through enterprise-scale artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and machine learning. Under his leadership, C3 AI delivers transformative capabilities that strengthen national security, accelerate decision advantage, and enhance operational readiness. By harnessing advanced AI solutions, C3 AI enables U.S. forces to anticipate and counter emerging threats, optimize mission performance, and sustain strategic superiority across all domains of crisis, conflict, and deterrence.Founded by Thomas M. Siebel and headquartered in Redwood City, California, C3 AI’s comprehensive agentic platform integrates data from multiple sources, applies advanced AI algorithms, and delivers actionable insights in real time. This end-to-end capability enables the development, deployment, and operation of AI applications at scale, and sets C3 AI apart in the industry. The company supports a range of pre-built tailorable applications to address challenges with, but not limited to, Readiness, Contested Logistics and Global Supply Chain, Inventory Optimization, Decision Advantage, Demand Forecasting, and Fraud Detection. C3 AI also excels at developing advanced AI algorithms, including generative and agentic AI, that can be integrated into existing software systems.

Education

• Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs

  Master's degree, Global Security

• University of Kentucky

  BA, Political Science/International Relations