CEO@Smith - Wes Bush, Northrup Grumman Corp; DC Campus - C4

Feb. 3, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. 
1524 Van Munching Hall  (will be streamed to the DC Campus and shown in Classroom #4)

Wes Bush was named chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation in January 2010, and elected to the company's Board of Directors in 2009. He assumed the role of chairman in July 2011.

Bush previously served as the president and chief operating officer of the company. Before that, he served as the corporate vice president and chief financial officer, and, earlier, as the president of the company's Space Technology sector. Prior to the acquisition of TRW by Northrop Grumman, he had served since 2001 as president and chief executive officer for TRW's UK-based global Aeronautical Systems. Bush joined TRW in 1987 as a systems engineer, and served in engineering, program management and business development roles in TRW's Space & Electronics business. Prior to joining TRW, he held engineering positions with both the Aerospace Corporation and Comsat Labs.

Bush earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also completed the University of California, Los Angeles' Executive Management Program. Bush serves on the board of directors of Norfolk Southern Corporation, as well as the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Business-Higher Education Forum, Conservation International and the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation. He is past chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association board of governors.

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.