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Bob Stow
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Bob Stow is the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Technology and Program Management, where he leads the management of engineering and technology development for BAE SYSTEMS North America, Inc. – a $6 billion leading transnational aerospace and defense systems company. He facilitates the overall technology strategy and planning for North America and coordinates the U.S. access to BAE SYSTEMS p.l.c. U.K. technology. In addition he is responsible for Engineering, Program Management and Life Cycle Management processes used throughout the businesses. Bob also leads numerous world-class enterprise-wide common process improvement initiatives and associated efficiency savings across the corporation. He has 35 years of increasing engineering, technology, and project management experience in defense electronic systems and software with Singer Kearfott/ Plessey/ GEC, now known as BAE SYSTEMS.
Prior to his current position Bob was Vice President of Engineering for GEC-Marconi Hazeltine - now the CNIR (Communications, Navigation, Identification and Reconnaissance) Business Unit within BAE SYSTEMS North America. He became Vice President of Engineering at this site in 1994. His last assignment, prior to becoming a Vice President, was Director of C3I Systems – one of the company’s major product areas.
Mr. Stow was a prime contributor and engineering project manager for Singer Kearfotts’s JTIDS (Joint Tactical Information Distribution System) Class 2 Terminals, which provided jam resistant digital communication, relative navigation, TACAN and inherent identification. Follow-on programs such as the Air Force/Army JTIDS Full Scale Development (FSD), Army PJH, U.K. FSD programs, MIDS, and other development activities in the vast C3I market all benefited from his technical expertise and project management leadership. For his outstanding technical contributions, Bob received the Singer Kearfott Engineer of the Year Award in 1983.
Mr. Stow holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and two graduate degrees (M.S. and Engineers) in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His professional affiliations include memberships in AFCEA, ADPA, and the Association of Old Crows (Electronic Defense Association). He serves on the Technical Operations Council (TOC) of the Aerospace Industries Association, the Lean Aerospace Initiative executive board, and the Software Productivity Consortium executive board.
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