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10 Northrop Grumman operations leaders
These ten current and former Northrop Grumman operations leaders hold or have held vice president, senior director and director roles in operations at the company. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams at Northrop Grumman.
Professionals to explore
01—10Allan Maclennan
LinkedInExperience: Director & Deputy, Strategic Space Systems Division Operations · Northrop Grumman
Director & Deputy, Strategic Space Systems Division Operations at Northrop Grumman since June 2022, a role the profile describes as deputy to the Operations Vice President for the Strategic Space Systems Division within the Space Systems Sector. Former Deputy Program Manager (2020–2022) and Director, Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration & Test (2017–2020) at Northrop Grumman.
Brian Ramos
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Northrop Grumman
Director of Operations at Northrop Grumman since 2019. The profile says Brian Ramos leads production and operations strategy in Northrop Grumman's space business, with a focus on closing the gap between what is happening on the floor and the decision a leader needs to make about it. Former Engineering Manager (2010–2019) and Mechanical Test Engineer (2003–2010) at Northrop Grumman.
Chris Fitzpatrick
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Northrop Grumman
Vice President Operations at Northrop Grumman since December 2019, described in the profile as Division Operations Leader, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Former Director, Radar Production Programs (2014–2019), Director, Manufacturing (2006–2014) and Manufacturing Manager (1996–2005) at Northrop Grumman.
Christine McGlade
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Northrop Grumman
Former Vice President Operations at Northrop Grumman (2023–2024), a role the profile says covered corporate advanced manufacturing, quality and mission assurance, program excellence, production operations and CIO support. Former Sector Vice President-Operations Quality, Supply Chain, Pgm Exec, Tech Eng Manuf, Facilities RE, EHS (2020–2023) and Vice President Operations Optimization (2017–2020) at Northrop Grumman.
James Hunter
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Northrop Grumman
Vice President Operations at Northrop Grumman since January 2026, a role the profile lists in the operations department at president/vice president level. Former Manufacturing Engineering Director at Northrop Grumman (2020–2026) and Site Manufacturing Engineering Tooling Director (2019–2020) at Northrop Grumman, based in Palmdale, California.
Lauren Stevens
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Operations and Site Leadership · Northrop Grumman
Former Vice President, Operations and Site Leadership at Northrop Grumman (2019–2021). Vice President Facilities at Northrop Grumman since 2023, and former Vice President, Strike Production Programs (2021–2023) and Vice President and Program Manager, Global Hawk UAS (2017–2019) at Northrop Grumman.
Randy Cartwright
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations · Northrop Grumman
Director Of Operations at Northrop Grumman since January 2017, a role the profile places in Independence, Missouri. Former Manufacturing Engineering Manager (2014–2017), Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer (2011–2014) and Sr. Project Engineer (2008–2011) at Orbital ATK, and former Plant Dimensional Manager at General Motors (2006–2008).
Robert Kirsch
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Northrop Grumman
Vice President Operations at Northrop Grumman since April 2025. Former Chief Operations Officer at Chromalloy (2023–2025), former Vice President of Operations, Integrated Mission Systems at L3Harris Technologies (2019–2024) and former Director of Operations at Lockheed Martin (2012–2016).
Tina Murry
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Operations Program Engineering · Northrop Grumman
Senior Director Operations Program Engineering at Northrop Grumman since November 2024, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Former Senior Director Space I&T Operations (2023–2024), Director Space Manufacturing Operations (2022–2023), Director, Operations Program Engineering (2020–2022) and Business Unit Operations Manager (2019–2020) at Northrop Grumman.
Yung Wei
LinkedInExperience: Director of Manufacturing and Operations Site Lead · Northrop Grumman
Director of Manufacturing and Operations Site Lead at Northrop Grumman since June 2026. Former Director of Operations & Integration, Missile Defense Space & Azusa Campus Site Lead (2025–2026), Director Of Operations, Communication Systems & Military Space Systems (2022–2025) and Director, System Test, Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Systems (Sentinel) (2020–2022) at Northrop Grumman.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a defense manufacturer split operations responsibility between sector leaders, business units and individual sites?
- 02What does it take to ramp a production program while keeping quality and mission assurance under control?
- 03How do operations teams at a large aerospace company evaluate and bring on new suppliers or manufacturing technology?
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