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10 Northrop Grumman IT leaders
These ten people hold or have held director-level or higher information technology roles at Northrop Grumman, including chief information and digital officers and sector CIOs. A reader can learn how IT leaders lead technology organizations in aerospace and defense businesses.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bernie McVey
LinkedInExperience: VP and Chief Information Officer · Northrop Grumman
Former VP and Chief Information Officer at Northrop Grumman (2009–2016), a role the profile says was responsible for internal IT strategy and services for a $28B company. Bernie McVey was also Chief Financial Officer (2007–2009) and VP and Controller (2004–2007) at Northrop Grumman IT.
Chuck Jones
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Sector Chief Information & Digital Officer · Northrop Grumman
Vice President, Sector Chief Information & Digital Officer at Northrop Grumman since February 2026; the profile says the role leads IT, cybersecurity, and digital transformation strategy for a major sector. Chuck Jones was Vice President Digital Operations at Raytheon (2023–2025) and Vice President, Information Technology, Integrated Supply Chain at Honeywell Technologies (2021–2023).
Dave Nastase
LinkedInExperience: VP & CIO (IS and TS Sectors) · Northrop Grumman
Former VP & CIO (IS and TS Sectors) at Northrop Grumman (2013–2016); the profile describes the role as Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the Information Systems and Technical Services sectors, reporting to the corporate CIO and the sector presidents. Dave Nastase was also VP & CIO at Northrop Grumman (2010–2013).
Dr. Karen Shaw
LinkedInExperience: Director, Chief Information Office, NGSP - SDS Division · Northrop Grumman
Former Director, Chief Information Office, NGSP - SDS Division at Northrop Grumman (2023–2025), and Director, IT Service Delivery there since October 2025, a Director-level role according to the profile. Dr. Karen Shaw was also Enterprise Services Program Director at Northrop Grumman (2021–2023).
Hassan Shuja, PMP, ITIL, MBA, MS
LinkedInExperience: Director - IT & Cybersecurity · Northrop Grumman
Director - IT & Cybersecurity at Northrop Grumman since January 2023; the profile says the role leads a team of 250+ Cybersecurity & IT professionals providing compliant, resilient, and scalable solutions across a diverse portfolio of programs. Hassan Shuja was Senior Infrastructure Operations Manager at Northrop Grumman (2016–2022).
Keri Waters
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Chief Information & Digital Officer · Northrop Grumman
Vice President and Chief Information & Digital Officer at Northrop Grumman since April 2026; the profile describes Keri Waters as sector vice president and chief information and digital officer (CIDO) of Northrop Grumman Space Systems. At Northrop Grumman Keri Waters was also Vice President and CIO (2023–2026) and Senior Director Business Systems (2021–2022).
Layla Crisman
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, IT Governance & Strategy · Northrop Grumman
Senior Director, IT Governance & Strategy at Northrop Grumman since August 2025, and Senior Director, IT Service Delivery there since May 2020. Layla Crisman was also CIO and Director, Corporate Office & Enterprise Services at Northrop Grumman (2017–2019) and Senior Director, Workforce Planning (2019–2020).
Lucas Firliet
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Information Technology (CIO - Defense Systems) · Northrop Grumman
Former Director Of Information Technology (CIO - Defense Systems) at Northrop Grumman (2022–2024), a role the profile places in Linthicum, Maryland. Lucas Firliet has been Director - Corporate Digital Manufacturing & Operations Solutions at Northrop Grumman since November 2024, and was Manager Manufacturing Digital Technology and Strategy there (2018–2022).
Rich Lambert
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Enterprise Services and CIO - Mission Systems · Northrop Grumman
Vice President Enterprise Services and CIO - Mission Systems at Northrop Grumman since January 2016, a President/Vice President-level role according to the profile. At Northrop Grumman Rich Lambert was also Director and CIO Corporate Office and Enterprise Shared Services (2011–2013) and IT Director ERP Program (Electronic Systems) (2006–2010).
Travis Garriss
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information and Digital Officer · Northrop Grumman
Chief Information and Digital Officer at Northrop Grumman since April 2025, a C-Level Engineering and Technical role according to the profile. Travis Garriss was SVP,CIO at BAE Systems, Inc. (2019–2025), and VP, CIO (2016–2019) and VP, Enterprise Support (2014–2016) at Honeywell Technologies.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a defense contractor split IT decisions between a corporate CIO organization and sector CIOs?
- 02What does it take to run compliant, resilient IT and cybersecurity across classified and unclassified programs?
- 03How are digital transformation priorities chosen and funded across engineering, manufacturing and business systems?
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