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About the Company

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.   We hold ourselves to a higher standard, both in the products we deliver and in the way we conduct ourselves throughout the entire customer experience. Because, after all, we are in the business of securing a great deal more than just our place in the market.   Our mission is to be at the forefront of technology and innovation, delivering superior capability in tandem with maximized cost efficiencies. The security solutions we provide help secure freedoms for our nation as well as those of our allies. Squarely meeting our obligations, fiscally and technologically, isn`t just a business goal, but a moral imperative. To that end, as we evolve as a company, the responsibility we feel for our country and the citizens and troops we help support grows with us. 

About the Person

Neil Siegel is vice president and chief technology officer of Northrop  Grumman’s Information Systems sector. He leads the sector’s technology  activities and his responsibilities include oversight of the sector’s annual, multi- million dollar research portfolio and overseeing the development of solutions  for customers’ most complex and important problems. Prior to this current role, Dr. Siegel also led the sector’s Technology and  Engineering group. In this position, he oversaw the 12,000-plus scientists and  engineers within the sector, led the development of solutions for customers’  most complex and important problems, directed engineering process  improvements, oversaw the sector research portfolio and organized the  development of the company’s top technical talent. Previously, Dr. Siegel served as vice president and chief technology officer of Northrop Grumman’s  Mission Systems sector, and vice president and general manager of the company’s Tactical Systems  division (profit-and-loss responsibility). This organization grew at a 25 percent organic annual  growth rate for each of the seven years he ran it, all while increasing profit margins. Before that, he  held multiple assignments as program manager, capture manager, business unit director, proposal  manager, business development manager and program chief engineer. During his time at TRW, Dr.  Siegel became a vice president TRW in 1998 and he won well over $10 billion worth of contracts  for the company. Dr. Siegel led the engineering on a large number of successful fielded military and intelligence  systems, including the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below and Blue Force Tracking  system, the Army’s first unmanned aerial vehicle, the Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar system,  the Air and Missile Defense Work Station and many others. These systems have repeatedly been  cited as model programs and important national capabilities. He also led work for the steel industry,  the movie industry and other commercial enterprises. He has a large number of inventions that have  been implemented into fielded products and systems (including commercial products by companies  like Garman and Apple) and more than 20 issued patents. Dr. Siegel has had international business roles, including responsibility for projects in Saudi Arabia,  Egypt, Germany and the United Kingdom. He also performed a number of turnaround assignments  for the company, correcting problems in major projects and organizations. His expertise is recognized by the U.S. government, as indicated by past membership on the Defense  Science Board, the Army Science Board and other senior government advisory panels. He is also in  demand as a speaker for both academic and conference settings and an Engineering adjunct  professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Siegel has a doctorate in systems engineering from the University of Southern California. His  advisor there was noted computer scientist Barry Boehm.