Rick Gordon is a former Senior Manager with Lockheed Martin’s Strategic & Missile Defense line-of-business supporting a broad-range of U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, Commercial and International customers. Missile Defense Agency programs included Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV), Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV), Terminal High Area Altitude Defense (THAAD), Targets and Countermeasures, and Airborne Laser Test Bed. Navy programs included Trident I & II C4/D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) (Missile and Reentry systems). NASA programs included the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM) and commercial activity with the Lockheed Martin Athena program. Mr. Gordon has been involved with over 25 launches of missile systems, numerous ground test operations and governed the engineering and test operations of approximately 150 technical employees.In conjunction with and prior to his position as Senior Manager, Mr. Gordon served in various leadership positions including; Chief Test Engineer on the PLV and MKV programs, ABL and THAAD Senior Manager, Lockheed Martin Missile Defense Systems Functional Test Manager, Systems Engineering Lead on ASRM, Athena and MKV programs and Program Management positions with Devices for Vascular Intervention and Storage Technology Corporation. He brings over thirty years of experience to the aerospace and defense industry. Mr. Gordon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Santa Clara University.