S. K. Gupta
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Sudhir K. Gupta has been the Vice President of Operations for Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Company (SSC) since 2001. SSC manufactures satellites and strategic missiles and provides nearly $8,000 million of Lockheed Martin’s $39,000 million of annual sales.
He was a member of the Management Council that received the United States Department of Defense
’s 1997 SPI Award. For six months, he concurrently served as the Chief Design Engineer for the Missiles & Space Company.
In February 2004 S. K. was honored by the Chinese Institute of Engineers USA and received the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award. He received Lockheed Corporation’s Robert E. Gross Award as Engineer/Scientist of the Year. He has held technical and management assignments in engineering, business operations, business development, operations and program management on commercial, military and classified programs, including the stealth ship, Sea Shadow, featured in the James Bond movie – Tomorrow Never Dies. He was the Chief Systems Engineer, Director of Operations and Deputy Program Manager of the program till 1995. Prior to coming to the US, he served as chief engineer on merchant ships.
Mr. Gupta was elected to the Board of Directors of Sandia National Laboratories
. S. K. is currently on the Board of Directors for Lean Advancement Initiative consortium. A member of the Industry Advisory Board of Tauber Institute for Global Operations, University of Michigan, he is also Lockheed Martin’s Co-University Executive for University of Michigan. S. K. was a member of Lockheed Martin Chairman’s Executive Diversity Council for three years and also serves on the Senior Advisory Board of LMC Properties, Inc. He is a member of San Jose Museum of Arts’ http://www.sjmusart.org Board of Trustees and a member of the Board of Directors of LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics)http://www.leap.org.
He graduated from the Marine Engineering & Research Institute in India
, and also holds an engineering degree from the University of Michigan
and an MBA from Seattle University
. He has attended many executive courses at Kellogg’s, Columbia University
and at Lockheed Martin. He has published and presented papers on leadership, business, and technical subjects at national and international levels. He is frequently solicited as a motivational speaker for minority
professionals.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company is one of the four major business divisions of Lockheed Martin. It is headquartered in Denver, Colorado with additional sites in Sunnyvale, California; Newtown, Pennsylvania; Huntsville, Alabama; and elsewhere in the US and UK...
Company (SSC) since 2001. SSC manufactures satellites and strategic missiles and provides nearly $8,000 million of Lockheed Martin’s $39,000 million of annual sales.
He was a member of the Management Council that received the United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
’s 1997 SPI Award. For six months, he concurrently served as the Chief Design Engineer for the Missiles & Space Company.
In February 2004 S. K. was honored by the Chinese Institute of Engineers USA and received the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award. He received Lockheed Corporation’s Robert E. Gross Award as Engineer/Scientist of the Year. He has held technical and management assignments in engineering, business operations, business development, operations and program management on commercial, military and classified programs, including the stealth ship, Sea Shadow, featured in the James Bond movie – Tomorrow Never Dies. He was the Chief Systems Engineer, Director of Operations and Deputy Program Manager of the program till 1995. Prior to coming to the US, he served as chief engineer on merchant ships.
Mr. Gupta was elected to the Board of Directors of Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories
The Sandia National Laboratories, managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation , are two major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratories....
. S. K. is currently on the Board of Directors for Lean Advancement Initiative consortium. A member of the Industry Advisory Board of Tauber Institute for Global Operations, University of Michigan, he is also Lockheed Martin’s Co-University Executive for University of Michigan. S. K. was a member of Lockheed Martin Chairman’s Executive Diversity Council for three years and also serves on the Senior Advisory Board of LMC Properties, Inc. He is a member of San Jose Museum of Arts’ http://www.sjmusart.org Board of Trustees and a member of the Board of Directors of LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics)http://www.leap.org.
He graduated from the Marine Engineering & Research Institute in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and also holds an engineering degree from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and an MBA from Seattle University
Seattle University
Seattle University is a Jesuit Catholic university located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA.SU is the largest independent university in the Northwest US, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools, and is one of 28 member...
. He has attended many executive courses at Kellogg’s, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and at Lockheed Martin. He has published and presented papers on leadership, business, and technical subjects at national and international levels. He is frequently solicited as a motivational speaker for minority
Minority group
A minority is a sociological group within a demographic. The demographic could be based on many factors from ethnicity, gender, wealth, power, etc. The term extends to numerous situations, and civilizations within history, despite the misnomer of minorities associated with a numerical statistic...
professionals.
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- http://lean.mit.edu/