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Northrop Grumman Awards 90 Engineers for Proficiency and Innovation

"Engineers Choice Awards" presented to top Northrop Grumman aerospace engineering professionals

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Feb. 17, 2015 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC ) recently hosted its second annual "Engineers Choice Awards" event recognizing the achievements of more than 90 top aerospace engineers. The company's peer-recognition program identifies and celebrates individual engineers as well as engineering teams for exemplary technical accomplishments and demonstration of leadership, innovation, affordability, collaboration and execution of the company's objectives.

"Engineering drives our business and people's lives depend upon the work that we do," said Peggy Nelson, vice president, engineering and global product development, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "Our work helps preserve freedom and that's an important duty. Our aerospace programs are supported by a team of more than 9,000 talented engineers and the Engineers Choice Awards help us to celebrate exemplary engineering performance, which is often done under great challenges and with high levels of scrutiny. Providing the systems that safeguard our national security is what we do better than any other company in our industry."

Award winners were selected from more than 420 nominations in eight different categories and presented at a luncheon ceremony at the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach. This year's winners are:

     
Award: Winner(s):  Location:
Category : Electronics & Payloads    
Engineer of the Year Matt D'Amore Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Excellence in Leadership Ashley Danial Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Most Promising E&GPD Employee Alexis Zamora Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Technical Support Employee of the Year Curtis Tolhurst Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Invention of the Year William Deal; Ben Gorospe; Kevin Leong; Xiaobing Mei; Jose Padilla; Alexis Zamora Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Innovation of the Year (Engineer) Sarah Frost; Wendy Gwo; Joseph Kraus; Anthony McBride; Petar Tomasevic Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Innovation of the Year (Technical Support) Noemi Pineda Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Category : Integration, Competitive Analysis & Materials    
Engineer of the Year Ge Wang Redondo Beach, Calif.
Excellence in Leadership Dennis Dowden Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Most Promising E&GPD Employee Jacqueline Herriage Redondo Beach, Calif.
Technical Support Employee of the Year LaDonna Hall Tinker AFB, Okla.
Innovation of the Year (Engineer) Alex McCloskey El Segundo, Calif.
Innovation of the Year (Technical Support) Evan Nguyen Redondo Beach, Calif.
Category : Software Products    
Engineer of the Year Kevin Greene San Diego, Calif.
Excellence in Leadership James Van Kirk Camarillo, Calif.
Most Promising E&GPD Employee Jaron Kelleher Melbourne, Fla.
Innovation of the Year (Engineer) Michel Azar; Feng Cao; Henry Fung; Wayne Kim; Benjamin Montgomery; Devang Parekh  San Diego, Calif.
Category : Survivability    
Engineer of the Year Thomas Ruskowski El Segundo, Calif.
Excellence in Leadership Steven Fung El Segundo, Calif.
Most Promising E&GPD Employee Quoang Luu and Jane Hsu El Segundo, Calif.
Invention of the Year Matthew Biegner; Alan Heath; Shannon Morgan; Mike L Peters; Allan Webster San Diego, Calif.
Category : Systems Engineering    
Innovation of the Year (Engineer) Daniel Liu Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Engineer of the Year Michelle Brenza Redondo Beach, Calif.
Excellence in Leadership John Ni El Segundo, Calif.
Most Promising E&GPD Employee Hannah Jorgensen Redondo Beach, Calif.
Category : Systems Integration, Test & Evaluation    
Engineer of the Year Frank Sundell San Diego, Calif.
Excellence in Leadership Brian Peck Redondo Beach, Calif.
Most Promising E&GPD Employee Michael Perillo Patuxent River, Md.
Technical Support Employee of the Year Tommy Vodang San Diego, Calif.
Innovation of the Year (Engineer) Rendy Cheng; Brian Haan; Stephen Hauser; Ryan Mizukami; Derek Seibel; Frank Sundell San Diego, Calif.
Innovation of the Year (Technical Support) Peter Apollo; Rafford Bailey; Matthew Fredericks; Jaren Goya; Vu Hoang; David Rowley Redondo Beach, Calif.
Category : Vehicle Engineering & Products    
Engineer of the Year Brian Aguado Redondo Beach, Calif.
Excellence in Leadership Roman Fry Redondo Beach, Calif.
Most Promising E&GPD Employee Danny Covarrubias Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Technical Support Employee of the Year Jim Rice Redondo Beach, Calif.
Invention of the Year Dario Baldelli; Hien Pham; Anthony Shimko San Diego, Calif.
Innovation of the Year (Engineer) Ty Pankretz San Diego, Calif.
Innovation of the Year (Technical Support) Angelica Liu Palmdale, Calif.
Category : Divisional    
Program Execution Excellence Jon Churnell; Romar Edson; Kathleen Klein; Kenneth Lemp; Glenn Price; Timothy Provencal Melbourne, Fla.
Program Execution Excellence  Justin Curran; Dennis Dowden; Michael Igarta; Sharon Meadows; Ronald Plebuch; Keith Qualls Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Program Execution Excellence Team 1:  
  Kenneth Forsberg; Madeleine Low; Thomas Ruskowski; Donald Sage; Robert Scow; Robert Segers El Segundo, Calif.
     
  Team 2:  
  Michael Addison; Mario Castagna; Jennifer Chandler; Thomas Nall; Steven Rothen; Patrick Welker Melbourne, Fla.
Program Execution Excellence Kevin Greene; Jack Watson San Diego, Calif.


Industry growth and recent contractual program wins are creating many new engineering career opportunities within Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. New or recent graduates and tenured engineering professionals may visit www.northropgrumman.com/careers to discover opportunities to join our team in preserving freedom through performance and innovation.

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.

Bonnie Poindexter 310-812-5056

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