Calspan competitors

Kathy J. Warden is an American business executive who serves as chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman, as of 2019.

Served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of LORD Corporation, a privately held, global innovation and manufacturing company with 3,000 employees in 26 countries. Visionary leader who led an enterprise and cultural transformation, resulting in LORD becoming a $1B revenue company in 2018. In 2019, led the sale of LORD to Parker Hannifin Corporation for $3.675B, unlocking significantly more value than expected. Recognized leader in the Aerospace, Industrial, Automotive, Noise-Vibration-Harshness and Specialty Material/Polymer/Chemical Industries.Began career at LORD in 1984 under the student Co-op Program and held numerous management and leadership positions across the company throughout career. Served in managerial positions in the Aerospace, Industrial, and Chemical Global Product Groups, including overseas assignments in France and England.Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the Pennsylvania State University. Graduated from the Chicago Booth Executive Institute in 2009. Served on the Aerospace Industries Association Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National Association of Corporate Directors and Penn State Behrend’s Council of Fellows.

Ken Sain is Chief Executive Officer of Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics). In this role, he leads all facets of the business. Recognized globally as a passionate and customer-focused technology business leader, Ken has developed his broad mix of cross-functional leadership experience and deep domain expertise in airline operations over a 25-year career in commercial aviation Before joining Panasonic Avionics in December of 2019, Ken was concurrently; Vice President of Boeing Global Services - Digital Solutions and Analytics and CEO of Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen. During his time with Boeing Ken oversaw significant growth in their customer-facing digital solutions portfolio, leveraging agile software development to launch new products and cloud-based solutions for airline and business aviation customers around the world. Prior to Boeing, Ken was a principal with global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. For more than 10 years, he specialized in business strategy, operations and top-line growth for major airlines, airline alliances and travel technology providers. Ken holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Northwestern University. After graduating from Northwestern, he was part of a small team that founded Midway Airlines and subsequently served the airline in operations, market planning and as director of marketing.