Aerospace Names Former NASA Astronaut to Board of Trustees
The Aerospace Corp. has elected Kent Rominger, former NASA astronaut and Northrop Grumman vice president of strategic programs, to its board of trustees. Rominger brings decades of experience across the space enterprise, including senior roles at Northrop Grumman and Orbital ATK, five space shuttle missions and a career as a U.S. Navy pilot. “Our nation
How a ‘Temporary’ CIA Job Launched Kathleen Naeher’s 30-Year Natsec Career
When Kathleen Naeher accepted what she thought would be a “temporary” CIA job, the recent graduate had no idea what walking across that emblematic seal would mean for her future. Nearly three decades, 70 countries and multiple leadership roles later, she’s still driven by the same forces that gripped her at 22: mission, passion for
Aerospace Taps Steve Shinn as VP, CFO
The Aerospace Corp. has appointed Steve Shinn as vice president and chief financial officer. Shinn brings over 25 years of experience in leading financial operations and driving enterprise transformation in government and industry. He will join Aerospace on Oct. 20. “Steve is the ideal leader as we emphasize operational excellence that maximizes our value and
Top Cyber Execs to Watch in 2025: The Aerospace Corp.’s Jim Myers
Jim Myers’ biggest recent achievement was delivering value to the U.S. government and commercial space communities in their pursuit of global space leadership and their development of new, evolving ecosystems in all domains of space, including cislunar and low Earth orbit, which are regions of widespread, growing interest. The Aerospace Corp. has shown the value
Top Space Execs to Watch in 2025: The Aerospace Corp.’s Kevin Bell
Kevin Bell Senior Vice President of the Engineering and Technology Group, The Aerospace Corp. Kevin Bell recently led the restructuring of The Aerospace Corp.’s Engineering and Technology Group, creating two new divisions designed to optimize and integrate technical solutions across the national security space architecture and transform Aerospace’s digital capabilities to create new efficiencies. This
Top AI Execs to Watch in 2025: The Aerospace Corp.’s Debra Emmons
Debra Emmons Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, The Aerospace Corp. During the past year, Debra Emmons and her team successfully integrated AI and machine learning into mission-critical workflows for national security space. They facilitated a groundbreaking hackathon with Microsoft to demonstrate virtual assistant capabilities using Azure OpenAI, ensuring secure implementation for government environments. Additionally,
WATCH: Securing Air & Space: The Operational Imperatives with Tim Grayson, Marty Whelan
In this virtual video panel series, WashingtonExec sits down with industry and public sector leaders to discuss current challenges, innovations and initiatives top of mind across the government IT landscape. WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh is joined by Tim Grayson, special assistant to the secretary of the Air Force, and Martin “Marty” Whelan, senior vice president of
Top Cyber Execs to Watch in 2024: The Aerospace Corp.’s Jim Myers
Jim Myers Senior Vice President, Civil Systems Group, The Aerospace Corp. Jim Myers’ biggest recent achievement is supporting the extension of the SPARTA space cybersecurity framework across the U.S. space enterprise. Since its 2022 introduction, SPARTA has attracted significant interest and use from commercial and civil space organizations and has become a key part of
Top Space Execs to Watch in 2024: The Aerospace Corp.’s Ronald Birk
Ronald Birk Principal Director of Space Enterprise Evolution Directorate, The Aerospace Corp.; President of American Astronautical Society Ronald Birk’s biggest recent achievement was accelerating the deployment of innovative commercial capabilities by building confidence using in-space testbeds and proving grounds. In many cases, there are impacts of the “flight-proven paradox,” where acquisition and integration of innovative
The Aerospace Corp.’s Ron Birk Named WashingtonExec Space Council Chair
Ron Birk, principal director and lead of The Aerospace Corp.’s new Space Enterprise Evolution Directorate, has been appointed chair of WashingtonExec’s Space Council for 2023-2024. Birk has 40 years of experience in program management, business development and strategic planning within aerospace systems development. At The Aerospace Corp., he focuses on developing emerging drivers for national
Pinnacle Awards Finalist Ed Swallow: ‘Start With Saying Yes’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2023 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 25, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 16. Next is a finalist in the “Humble Beginnings” Podcast Episode category, Ed Swallow, senior vice president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer/treasurer of The Aerospace Corp. Here,
Top Space Execs to Watch in 2023: The Aerospace Corp.’s Ronald J. Birk
Ronald J. Birk Associate Principal Director, Development Directorate, The Aerospace Corp. Ronald Birk joined The Aerospace Corp. in 2017 and today provides strategic, technical and managerial guidance to development activities for emerging drivers and national priorities to advance future space capabilities. “The complex challenges we face in space require that many organizations and people within
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