Rick Ambrose is Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems Company and an officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Previously, he was President of Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions-National. Ambrose also served as Vice President and General Manager of the Surveillance and Navigation Systems line within the Space Systems Company. Prior to that, he led Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Sensors Tactical Systems as Vice President and General Manager. Before joining Lockheed Martin in July 2000, Ambrose was Vice President of Space Systems for Raytheon’s Command, Control and Communications business segment, and formerly was the President and General Manager for Space Systems, Hughes Information Technology Systems. Ambrose chairs the Sandia Corporation Board of Directors and United Launch Alliance (ULA) Board of Directors and serves as a board member for the Space Foundation. He also chairs the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Space.

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