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Northrop Grumman Assigns Nelson and Sepahban To Top Space Engineering Positions
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2005 Northrop Grumman has appointed two veterans of the company's space exploration and technology development business areas to lead two of its top engineering functions. Peggy Nelson has been named vice president of mission assurance and chief engineer, and Sonya Sepahban has been named vice president of system engineering, both at the Space Technology sector. "Peggy and Sonya bring broad program-management experience to their new leadership roles, having successfully headed some of our most challenging initiatives," said Alexis Livanos, president of the company's Space Technology sector. "Their experience and our vastly talented engineering workforce are ideally suited to meet our customers' requirements for more robust and complex network-centric systems, and to ensure that we continue to deliver on our commitments." As vice president of mission assurance and chief engineer, Nelson succeeds Dick Croxall, who is retiring after a 39-year career with the company. In her new position, Nelson is responsible for developing and implementing mission assurance, quality systems and engineering capabilities. Previously, she was vice president for the sector's Prometheus 1 program, leading efforts to provide a preliminary design for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Nelson, who joined the company in 1983, is considered a pioneer in pursuing space exploration business, serving in a number of leadership roles, including program manager for the company's Data Communication Project/Wide Band Project and the Battlefield Combat Identification System. As vice president of system engineering, Sepahban is responsible for developing and implementing overall system engineering strategy. This includes the improvement and control of system-engineering processes across all of the sector's programs and business and technology-development initiatives.
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