June 24, 2009
JOHN PRANZATELLI APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS FOR MBDA INCORPORATED
On 24th June, the Board of MBDA Inc. approved the appointment of John Pranzatelli, as Vice President of Strategy and Business Operations for MBDA Inc. with immediate effect.
In this role John will report directly to the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President of MBDA Incorporated, Jerry Agee.
With corporate offices located in Washington D.C. and Operations in Westlake Village, California, John will work closely with the MBDA Group Officers to advocate for actions that further MBDA US growth objectives as well as ensure that partnerships, joint ventures, acquisitions and organic opportunities are evaluated and executed in line with MBDA group processes and in a manner that brings maximum value to MBDA and its customers.
Jerry Agee said: "John is a successful executive leader who has held progressive positions throughout his career. He has been involved in strategic decision making to navigate businesses successfully through the defense market. He is a skilled negotiator and has a solid merger and acquisition track record with an excellent grasp of technology and defense issues. He has experience in selecting, negotiating, and working with partners at the core of the defense industry. His in-depth financial background is a bonus."
John was formerly Vice President, Finance and Business Management for Northrop Grumman Corporation
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- 2005-2007 Vice President, Finance and Controller Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems.
- 1998-2004 Director, Finance and Business Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (former TRW)
- 1997-1998 Director, Finance and Business TRW Environmental Safety Systems, Inc.
- 1994-1997 Director, Planning and Development TRW Corporate Headquarters
- 1992-1994 Manager, Financial Analysis TRW Corporate Headquarters
- 1980-1992 Finance and Business Analyst and Management positions TRW Operating Units - Fairfax, Virginia and Denver, Colorado.
- Graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University
- He resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland is married and has 2 children.
MBDA Incorporated is the US Center of Excellence for MBDA for the development of air-to-surface guided weapons, support equipment and instrumented training range systems. As a total weapons systems engineering company that translates customer needs into turn-key systems, MBDA Incorporated's skills include management, design, development, integration, test and support.
With industrial facilities in the USA and four European countries, MBDA has an annual turnover of more than billion and an order book of more than billion. With more than 90 armed forces customers in the world, MBDA is a world leader in missiles and missile systems.
MBDA is the only group capable of designing and producing missiles and missile systems that correspond to the full range of current and future operational needs of the three armed forces (land, sea and air). In total, the group offers a range of 45 missile systems and countermeasures products already in operational service and more than 15 others currently in development.