Lockheed Martin's Ray O. Johnson to Speak at College's Winter Commencement
Ray O. Johnson, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Lockheed Martin, will speak at the University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Winter 2014 Commencement. The event will be held in the Comcast Center on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the Cole Student Activities Building.
At Lockheed Martin, Johnson guides the corporation's technology vision, and provides strategic leadership in the areas of technology, engineering, production, supply chain operations, and program management, which include more than 72,000 employees across approximately 4,000 programs worldwide.
Johnson also leads Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Laboratories, chartered with creating generation-after-next technology, as well as the Center for Innovation, a world-class facility for collaborative experimentation and analysis with customers and industry partners.
Before joining Lockheed Martin, he was the chief operating officer of Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. Prior to that, he held a variety of increasingly responsible executive positions with Science Applications International Corporation. He also served in the U.S. Air Force for over 20 years.
Among his board affiliations, Johnson chairs the USA Science and Engineering Festival Advisory Board, and the U.S. Council on Competitiveness Technology Leadership and Strategy Initiative. He is also a member of the Boards of Visitors for the A. James Clark School of Engineering and the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland.
He is a full academician of the International Academy of Astronautics, as well as a Fellow of SPIE, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and IEEE.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Johnson earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University and his Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
For more information on Winter 2014 Commencement, visit http://cmns.umd.edu/graduate/graduation-info.
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