NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director Investor Relations
Job Titles:
- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Corporate Vice President
Ann Addison is corporate vice president and chief human resources officer for Northrop Grumman, a technology company focused on global security and human discovery.
In this role, she is responsible for all aspects of human capital strategy and programs. Her responsibilities include organization effectiveness; change leadership; performance management; talent development and acquisition; succession planning; executive development; training; labor/employee relations; and compensation and benefits.
Addison has more than 30 years of business and human resources experience. She joins Northrop Grumman from Leidos, where she was executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to joining Leidos, she was the vice president of human resources for Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions. Addison has also served in other human resources management positions at Lockheed Martin, Global Exchange Services and General Electric Company.
She earned a bachelor's degree in business analytics from Indiana University.
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- Member of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Policy Committee
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee / Member of Policy Committee
Ann Marie Fudge was first elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2016.
Fudge served as chairman and chief executive officer of Young & Rubicam Brands at WPP Group PLC from May 2003 to December 2006. Prior to that, she served in various leadership positions at Kraft Foods from 1986 to 2001, including president of Beverages, Desserts and Post Divisions, and president of Maxwell House Coffee and Kraft General Foods. From 1977 to 1986, Fudge held a variety of marketing positions at General Mills.
Fudge earned a bachelor's degree in retail management from Simmons College and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.
She serves as the chair of the board of trustees of WGBH Public Media and a senior trustee of the Brookings Institution.
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- Member of the Policy Committee
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM
- Member of Compensation and Human Capital Committee Member of Policy Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors of the New York Federal Reserve Bank
Arvind Krishna was elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2022.
Krishna is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM. As a business leader and technologist, he has led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM in artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing, and blockchain. He has also played a significant role in the development of innovative IBM products and solutions based on these emerging technologies.
Over his 30-year career at IBM, Arvind led a series of bold transformations and delivered proven business results. He most recently drove the successful $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat - the largest software acquisition - that has defined the hybrid cloud market. Together, IBM and Red Hat give clients the unique ability to build mission-critical applications once and run them anywhere.
Arvind previously was senior vice president of Cloud and Cognitive Software, where he pioneered the company's hybrid cloud business, transformed IBM's entire software and services portfolio and offerings for cloud, and grew the business. He also headed IBM Research, where he drove innovation in core and emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, blockchain, cloud platform services, data-driven solutions, and nanotechnology. In 2016, Wired Magazine selected Arvind as "one of 25 geniuses who are creating the future of business" for his foundational work on blockchain.
As general manager of IBM Systems and Technology Group's development and manufacturing organization, Arvind led the strategy for data-centric systems and the widespread industry adoption of open and collaborative technology standards. He also grew the IBM Information Management business by 50 percent.
At IBM, Arvind has been an outspoken advocate for learning at every stage of one's career. He has made scientific contributions in a number of technical fields, including wireless networking, security, systems, and databases. In addition, he founded IBM's security software business and helped create the world's first commercial wireless system.
Arvind is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and he serves on the Board of Directors of Northrop Grumman. Arvind has an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the recipient of distinguished alumni awards from both institutions.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Corporate Vice President
Dave Keffer is corporate vice president and chief financial officer for Northrop Grumman Corporation, a technology company focused on global security and human discovery.
Keffer is responsible for the company's overall business management function and activities including the controller; treasury; contracts and pricing; financial strategy and planning; mergers and acquisitions; tax; internal audit; investor relations; trust administration and investments; global supply chain and the business management organizations within the operating sectors of the company.
Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Keffer was a general partner at Blue Delta Capital Partners. He also previously served as the chief financial officer of CSRA, Inc. As CFO, he was involved in all operational matters of the company, including the integration and increased efficiency of SRA International and CSC Government Services, which were merged to create CSRA, the new company he helped take public in late 2015.
Prior to the creation of CSRA, Keffer was the CFO of SRA International. Holding various leadership roles, he led operational improvement initiatives, capital structure enhancements, and a series of acquisitions for SRA. He began his career at Navigant Consulting and Maden Technologies.
Keffer earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Georgetown University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the National Capital Area chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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- Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Member of the Policy Committee
- Chairman of Compensation and Human Capital Committee Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Executive Chairman of the UPS Board of Directors Former Chief Executive Officer of UPS
- Trustee of the Annie E. Casey Foundation
David Abney was elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2020.
Abney was the executive chairman of the UPS Board of Directors from June until September 2020. He served as CEO of UPS from 2014 until the end of May 2020, and was appointed chairman of the board in 2016. Prior to his role as chairman and CEO, Abney served as the company's Chief Operating Officer. As COO, he oversaw logistics, sustainability, engineering and all facets of UPS's global transportation network, serving more than 220 countries and territories with a ground fleet of 125,000 vehicles and an air fleet of more than 500 aircraft, and operating major air hubs in Louisville, Kentucky; Cologne, Germany; and Shenzhen, China.
Before serving as COO, Abney was president of UPS International, leading the company's strategic initiative to increase its global logistics capabilities. During his career, Abney also was involved in a number of global acquisitions, including the Fritz Companies, Stolica, Lynx Express, and Sino-Trans in China. Earlier, Abney served as president of SonicAir, a same-day delivery service whose 1995 acquisition by UPS signaled UPS's move into the service parts logistics sector. Abney began his UPS career in 1974 as a part-time UPS package loader in a small facility in Greenwood, Mississippi, while attending Delta State University.
Abney serves as a trustee of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Delta State University Foundation and the Mississippi State University Foundation. He is a member of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta. He also serves on the boards of Freeport-McMoRan and Target Corporation.
Job Titles:
- Chief Sustainability Officer
- Vice President
Dr. Mike Witt is vice president and chief sustainability officer for Northrop Grumman Corporation, a technology company focused on global security and human discovery.
Witt is responsible for the company's environmental and sustainability programs across the business. These programs include enterprise-wide business strategies for carbon reduction, resource efficiency and materials management, helping to minimize the company's environmental impact and advance environmental sustainability across the sectors.
Witt brings decades of environmental, health, safety and sustainability expertise to Northrop Grumman. Most recently, he held a number of key leadership positions with Dow Inc., and led their strategy for carbon reduction, climate change and materials sustainability, and played a key leadership role in building a $1.5 billion cross value chain global initiative to end plastic waste in the environment. He also represented the chemical industry in negotiations with the United Nations on a new global plastics treaty.
Witt holds a doctorate in environmental engineering from Michigan State University, a Master of Business Administration from Northwood University and bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Michigan.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Policy Committee
- Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of Compensation and Human Capital Committee / Chairperson of Policy Committee
Adm. Gary Roughead was elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2012.
Roughead retired from his position as the 29th chief of naval operations in September 2011, after serving in that position for four years. The chief of naval operations is the senior military position in the U.S. Navy. As chief of naval operations, Roughead stabilized and accelerated ship and aircraft procurement plans and the Navy's capability and capacity in ballistic missile defense and unmanned air and underwater systems. He restructured the Navy to address the challenges and opportunities in cyber operations. Prior to becoming the chief of naval operations, he held six operational commands (including commanding both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets).
Roughead is a Robert and Marion Oster Distinguished Military Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is also a director of Maersk Line, Limited and chairman of Fincantieri Marinette Marine Corp. He is the head trustee of Dodge and Cox Funds, a trustee of Johns Hopkins University and serves on the Board of Managers of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Policy Committee
- Dean, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas a & M University
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee / Member of Policy Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Policy Committee
- Member of Compensation and Human Capital Committee Member of Policy Committee
- Senior Vice President and President of STANLEY Industrial
Graham N. Robinson was elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2021.
Robinson is the senior vice president and president of STANLEY Industrial, a business segment of Stanley Black & Decker, a position he has held since April 2020.
Prior to joining Stanley Black & Decker, Robinson served as an executive with Honeywell for seven years, including roles as president of Honeywell Industrial Safety, president of Honeywell Sensing and IoT, and chief marketing officer of the company's Automation and Controls Solution division. He also held leadership roles at Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Motorola.
Robinson earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from New York University's Tandon School of Engineering, a master's in electrical engineering from Cornell University and a master's of business administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Job Titles:
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Financial Expert
James S. Turley was elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2015.
Turley served as chairman and chief executive officer of Ernst & Young from 2001 until his retirement in 2013.
He joined Ernst & Young in 1977 and held various positions there until being named regional managing partner for the Upper Midwest in 1994 and for New York in 1998. He was named deputy chairman in 2000.
Turley holds an undergraduate degree and a master's degree in accounting from Rice University.
He currently serves as chairman of the board of Emerson Electric Co. Turley also serves on the corporate boards for Citigroup Inc., Citibank, N.A. and Precigen, Inc. He is a member of the board of directors of the Boy Scouts of America and is chairman of the St. Louis Trust Co. and the St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Vice President
- in 2017 As Director, Architecture and Engineering
John Russell is vice president and chief information officer (CIO) for Northrop Grumman, a technology company focused on global security and human discovery.
In this role, he leads all aspects of the company's information technology (IT) strategy, cybersecurity, investment, and development of Northrop Grumman's next-generation IT platforms, including human capital management, customer relationship management, mobile applications and digital engineering. His team is focused on advanced collaboration systems, business applications and data management to enable delivery of the technology solutions that are digitally transforming Northrop Grumman.
Previously, Russell served as vice president and CIO, Enterprise Services, where he was responsible for all network and enterprise application support, domestically and internationally. His team set the company's internal IT strategy and partnered with customers and suppliers on innovative solutions that contributed to value delivery, user experience and risk management.
Prior to his CIO role, Russell served as director for the Next Gen Service Family within the IT Solutions organization and led the Solution Architecture and Engineering, Business Applications Development, and Engineering and Manufacturing organizations.
Russell joined Northrop Grumman in 2017 as director, Architecture and Engineering, and was responsible for infrastructure strategy, solutions development and implementation, and technology assessments of emerging data center platforms. Before joining Northrop Grumman, Russell ran the Army and Air Force Intel/C2 division, under the System Development sector at Leidos and led commercial software products in full-motion video and developed mission critical intelligence applications as well as cloud modernization services.
Russell earned his bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and Technology from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, and his master's in Software Engineering Administration from Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. His certifications include Project Management Professional, Product Management, and SAFe Agilist.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
Kathy Warden is chair, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation. She was elected chair of the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2019, and has served as CEO and president since January 1, 2019. She was elected to the company's Board of Directors in 2018.
Prior to becoming CEO and president, Warden served as president and chief operating officer, responsible for the operational management of the company's four sectors as well as its enterprise services organization. She also led the integration of Northrop Grumman's Orbital ATK acquisition.
Previously, she served as corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems and Information Systems sectors.
Warden has extensive experience in operational leadership and business development in government and commercial markets. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman in 2008, Warden held leadership roles at General Dynamics and the Veridian Corporation, she was a principal in a venture internet firm, and she spent nearly a decade with the General Electric Company working in commercial industries.
Warden earned a bachelor's degree from James Madison University and a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Merck & Co., Inc. and Catalyst, and as the vice chair of the Greater Washington Partnership. She is also a member of the Business Roundtable, and the 2022 recipient of the Deming Cup for Operational Excellence.
Job Titles:
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Policy Committee
- Financial Expert
Kimberly A. Ross was elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2023.
Ross served as chief financial officer of WeWork from March through November 2020, She served as chief financial officer of Baker Hughes Company from 2014 to 2017. She was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Avon Products, Inc. from 2011 to 2014. Prior to that, she served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Royal Ahold N.V. from 2007 to 2011 and previously held a variety of senior management positions at Royal Ahold.
She is a member of the board of directors of The Cigna Group and Nestlé S.A.
Job Titles:
- Development Officer
- Corporate Vice President and Chief Strategy and Development Officer
Lesley Kalan is corporate vice president and chief strategy and development officer for Northrop Grumman Corporation, a technology company focused on global security and human discovery.
Kalan leads the company's growth strategy including mergers and acquisitions activities, portfolio alignment, commercial partnerships and strategic planning. She is responsible for ensuring the company and its portfolio are positioned to serve its customers and their missions. Kalan also leads Northrop Grumman's public policy, regulatory and government affairs activities. In this role, she guides the company's interactions with the executive branch, Congress, and state and local officials.
Previously, Kalan served as Northrop Grumman's corporate vice president, government relations and as vice president, legislative affairs. Before joining the company, she was vice president at The Cohen Group, a strategic advisory firm to diverse multinational and Fortune 100 companies. She also served as professional staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Defense Subcommittee and as a presidential management fellow in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Kalan earned a master's degree in public administration and policy from Florida State University and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of South Florida. She is a recipient of the U.S. Navy Superior Public Service Award.
She serves on the board of directors for the INOVA Health System, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Wolf Trap Foundation and is a Center for Strategic and International Studies Women's Global Leadership Fellow.
Job Titles:
- Chief Communications Officer
- Corporate Vice President
- Corporate Vice President of Communications
Lucy C. Ryan is corporate vice president of communications for Northrop Grumman Corporation, a technology company focused on global security and human discovery.
Ryan is responsible for the company's worldwide communications strategy and execution including media relations, employee communications, advertising, digital communications, executive communications and branding/corporate image.
Previously, Ryan was the vice president of enterprise communications for Northrop Grumman. She was responsible for the development of the enterprise communications strategy and executive, employee, benefits and human resources communications.
Prior to joining Northrop Grumman in September 2018, Ryan was the head of communications for General Dynamics Corporation, a role she held since 2014. She was responsible for all facets of the company's communications efforts, including branding, communications strategy and execution, leadership communications, and media and public relations. Previously she held numerous communications leadership roles at General Dynamics since joining the company in 2004.
Before General Dynamics, Ryan worked for marketing communications and public relations agencies in the Washington, D.C. area.
Ryan earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) and a master's degree in international commerce and policy from George Mason University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Member of the Policy Committee
- Member of Compensation and Human Capital Committee Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Madeleine A. Kleiner was first elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2008 and has served as the Board's lead independent director since December 2022.
Kleiner served as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Hilton Hotels Corporation from January 2001 until February 2008.From 1999 through 2001, she served as a director of a number of Merrill Lynch mutual funds operating under the Hotchkis and Wiley name. From 1995 to 1998, she served as senior executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of H.F. Ahmanson & Company and its subsidiary, Home Savings of America. Prior to that, she was a partner at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she advised corporations and their boards primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities transactions and compliance.
Kleiner currently serves on the board of directors of Jack in the Box Inc. and is a member of the board of the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Policy Committee
- Co - Chief Operating Officer, Global Financial Solutions, Fidelity National Information Services, Inc
- Member of Audit and Risk Committee / Chairperson of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
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- Corporate Vice President and President, Mission Systems
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- Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Policy Committee
- Member of Compensation and Human Capital Committee Member of Policy Committee
- President and Founder of WinsCo Enterprises
- President and Founder, WinsCo Enterprises, Inc
Mary A. Winston was elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2023.
Winston is the president and founder of WinsCo Enterprises, a consulting firm providing financial and board governance advisory services since 2016. She served as interim chief executive officer of Bed Bath & Beyond from May 2019 to November 2019, and as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Family Dollar Stores from 2012 to 2015. Prior to that, she served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Giant Eagle, Inc. from 2008 to 2012, and as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Scholastic Corporation from 2004 to 2007.
She is a member of the board of directors of Acuity Brands, Inc., Chipotle Mexican Grill and The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Vice President of Global Operations
Matt Bromberg is corporate vice president of Global Operations for Northrop Grumman, a technology company focused on global security and human discovery.
Bromberg is responsible for enterprise-wide strategy and execution of programs, operations, quality, global supply chain and technology functions. In this role, Bromberg partners with the Northrop Grumman sector presidents to deliver customer focused and valued solutions. Bromberg also leads the corporate Operations Council and is a member of the company's executive leadership team.
Prior to joining Northrop Grumman in 2022, Bromberg developed broad experience leading global teams across the industrial, aerospace and defense industries. Most recently, Bromberg served as the president of Military Engines at Pratt & Whitney-a division of Raytheon Technologies. In his 20 years at Raytheon, Bromberg held numerous senior leadership positions across the enterprise including general management, corporate strategy, and business development. Prior to joining Raytheon, he was an Investment Banker with Goldman Sachs, and he served as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy.
Bromberg earned a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Business Administration and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Presently, he serves on the Board of Governors of the United Services Organization, and on the Board of Trustees of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. Bromberg also serves as a strategic advisor to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leaders for Global Operations program.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Vice President
- President
- Corporate Vice President and President, Defense Systems
Roshan Roeder is corporate vice president and president, Northrop Grumman Defense Systems sector, a leading global provider of defense solutions to enable decision-making and defeat advanced threats, while supporting military operations and readiness. In this role, Roeder oversees delivery of a broad spectrum of missiles, tactical weapons and components, all-domain command and control architectures, integrated battle command systems, and sustainment and modernization capabilities to national security, military and civil customers.
Most recently, Roeder served as sector vice president and general manager of the Airborne Multifunction Sensors division for Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector, a leading global provider, manufacturer and integrator of advanced, secure and agile software-defined systems and solutions. She was responsible for all division operations, including a wide range of C4ISR capabilities with a focus on evolving to multi-function sensor capabilities for domestic and international customers.
Since joining Northrop Grumman in 2002, Roeder has held a variety of leadership positions in functional and program management; engineering; manufacturing; business development and as a chief engineer. She fosters successful, collaborative relationships within the company and with her commercial, military and government customers.
Roeder's experience spans a broad spectrum of global capabilities including air and ground sensors, advanced military communications, network architectures and support systems, transformational computing, ship-based power and machinery control systems, simulation test and training, and web-based workflow logistics systems.
She earned a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, and is very active in diversity and inclusion initiatives within and external to Northrop Grumman.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Vice President
- General Counsel
Job Titles:
- Corporate Vice President and Global Business Development Officer
- Corporate Vice President and Global Business Officer
Stephen O'Bryan is corporate vice president and Global Business Development Officer for Northrop Grumman Corporation.
O'Bryan is responsible for the business development organization and enabling the company's international growth strategy.
O'Bryan joined Northrop Grumman from Boston Consulting Group. From 2018 to 2019, he was senior vice president and chief global business development officer for L3Harris Technologies. Prior to this, O'Bryan worked for Lockheed Martin, from 2004 to 2018, where he led numerous senior strategy and business development organizations, including F-35, Rotary and Mission Systems and Corporate International. He served with the U.S. Navy as an F/A-18 pilot and Top Gun Graduate.
O'Bryan holds a bachelor's degree from Colgate University and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Vice President
- President
- Corporate Vice President and President of Northrop Grumman 's Space Systems
- Corporate Vice President and President, Space Systems
Tom Wilson is corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Space Systems sector, a space and launch systems provider serving national security, civil and commercial customers.
Wilson oversees the strategy, capture, design, build and delivery of space-related systems to government and commercial customers around the world both as a prime contractor and as a supplier. Space Systems provides unrivaled end-to-end mission capabilities and cutting-edge technology across all space and launch domains including integrated deterrence; next-gen missile defense; launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; satellites, spacecraft and associated components; payloads; and ground systems.
Wilson most recently served as vice president of Space Systems' Strategic Space Systems division, and previously served as vice president of Strategy and Business Development for Space Systems as well the President of SpaceLogistics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman.
Prior to Northrop Grumman's acquisition of Orbital ATK in 2018, Wilson served as Orbital ATK's vice president of strategy and business development for the Space Systems Group. He also served as the vice president and general manager of the civil and defense division for the Orbital ATK Space Systems Group. Wilson held numerous senior leadership positions at ATK, prior to the Orbital merger, including vice president and general manager of the space systems division at ATK Aerospace Group and vice president of strategy, business development and advanced systems for the Space Systems Group.
Wilson has held key management positions throughout his career at Northrop Grumman, Orbital ATK, ATK and Swales Aerospace and has more than 15 years of government experience with the Department of Defense.
Wilson earned a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland and an executive certificate from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Financial Expert
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- Vice President Investor Relations
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- Corporate Vice President and President, Aeronautics Systems
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- Corporate and Global Media Relations