Joanne Maguire

Joanne Maguire, Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company.

Joanne Maguire is Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (SSC) business area and an officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. SSC employs approximately 18,000 people and generated $8.2 billion in sales for Lockheed Martin in 2007.

Under her leadership SSC provides a broad spectrum of advanced-technology systems for national security, civil and commercial customers. Chief products include human space flight systems; a full range of remote sensing, navigation, meteorological, and communications satellites; strategic and missile defense systems; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft.

Ms. Maguire serves on the board of directors for United Launch Alliance, a Lockheed Martin joint venture. She also serves on the boards of two nonprofit organizations: Space Foundation, the premier organization supporting space activities, space professionals, and education; and INROADS, whose mission is to develop and place talented minority youth in business and industry, preparing them for corporate and community leadership.

In 2008, Ms. Maguire was named one of the Top 50 Women in Technology by Corporate Board Member magazine. In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Ms. Maguire was listed on Fortune magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in Industry. Girls Inc. honored her in 2008 for her achievements as a "leader and role model for young women." She also was awarded the 1999 Outstanding Leadership Award by Women in Aerospace (WIA) for her leadership contributions on various space programs, and for being a role model of exceptional performance, mentoring, and support to the career advancement of others.

Ms. Maguire assumed her current position in 2006. She previously served as Vice President and Deputy of SSC. In this capacity she assisted the Executive Vice President of Space Systems with the full range of general management duties. Ms. Maguire joined Lockheed Martin in 2003 serving initially as the company's Vice President, Special Programs, focusing on sensitive national security space system developments. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, she enjoyed a productive career at TRW's Space & Electronics sector, now Northrop Grumman Space Technology. There Ms. Maguire assumed a range of progressively responsible positions from engineering analyst to Vice President and Deputy to the sector's CEO, participating in missions spanning national security, civil and international space, and providing leadership of programs as well as engineering, advanced technology, manufacturing and business development functions.

She earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University and a Master's degree in Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Ms. Maguire is a graduate of the executive program in management at UCLA's Anderson School of Management and completed the Harvard Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security.