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Dr. Ronald D. Sugar is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Northrop Grumman Corporation, one of the world’s top defense companies and a leader in the application of high technology to military transformation.
Over the past decade, Northrop Grumman has undergone a strategic transformation through a series of highly successful mergers and acquisitions. Once highly specialized in military aircraft such as the B-2 bomber, Northrop Grumman is today the nation's largest shipbuilder and a leader in systems integration, advanced aircraft, radars, electronic warfare, space systems, missile defense, and government information technology. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., Northrop Grumman employs more than 120,000 people in all 50 states and 25 countries.
Sugar joined the company following its 2001 acquisition of Litton Industries Inc., a diversified defense and technology company. He previously served as Litton's president and chief operating officer and as a member of its board of directors.
Prior to joining Litton, Sugar was president and chief operating officer of TRW Aerospace and Information Systems, and a member of the chief executive office of TRW Inc., a global automotive, aerospace and information systems company. Earlier, he ran TRW's worldwide automotive electronics business and also served as TRW's chief financial officer. TRW Inc. was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002.
In 1968, Sugar graduated summa cum laude in electrical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he also received a master's degree and a doctorate in the same field. He subsequently completed executive education programs at Stanford University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University. In 1996, he was honored by UCLA as Engineering Alumnus of the Year. In 2003, he received the Marine Corps Foundation's Semper Fidelis Award.
Sugar is the chairman of the board of the Aerospace Industries Association, a trustee of the Association of the United States Army, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He earlier was appointed by the President of the United States to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He also is a national trustee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, a director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, and a trustee of the University of Southern California. Sugar serves as a member of the board of directors of Chevron Corporation. | 