Dr. Charles Johnson-Bey
Lockheed Martin
Director, Engineering & Technology, Cyber Innovations
Dr. Charles Johnson-Bey has over 21 years of engineering Research & Development (R&D) experience that has spanned technologies in the commercial & defense industries, small business, and academia. He has worked for Motorola Corporate Research Labs, Corning Incorporated Science & Technology Division, and he was an Electrical Engineering professor at Morgan State University.
He is currently the Open Innovation Program Manager for Lockheed Martin Corporate Engineering and Technology. He is responsible for identifying and implementing means to leverage innovative ideas and expertise at non-academic organizations outside the corporation to achieve Lockheed's strategic objectives. His responsibilities include coordinating the corporation's research activities with Sandia National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the GE Global Research Laboratory.
Prior to his current assignment, he was a Principal Technology Strategist in Lockheed Martin's MS2 Advanced Technology group. He was responsible for research and product development encompassing multiple engineering disciplines, such as naval, biomedical, electrical, and composite technology. He insured meaningful demonstration and insertion of emerging technologies in coordination with MS2's strategic plans. He was also one of the leaders of Lockheed's Corporate Small Business Innovative Research Working Group which coordinates process, technology identification and utilization of small business technologies across all of Lockheed's Business Areas. He is an Electrical Engineer with a focus on hardware, signal processing, and controls. His current interests include signal processing in next generation medical devices.
Dr. Johnson-Bey graduated from an engineering high school, The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. He has a BS degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and received both his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware.
He is currently the Open Innovation Program Manager for Lockheed Martin Corporate Engineering and Technology. He is responsible for identifying and implementing means to leverage innovative ideas and expertise at non-academic organizations outside the corporation to achieve Lockheed's strategic objectives. His responsibilities include coordinating the corporation's research activities with Sandia National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the GE Global Research Laboratory.
Prior to his current assignment, he was a Principal Technology Strategist in Lockheed Martin's MS2 Advanced Technology group. He was responsible for research and product development encompassing multiple engineering disciplines, such as naval, biomedical, electrical, and composite technology. He insured meaningful demonstration and insertion of emerging technologies in coordination with MS2's strategic plans. He was also one of the leaders of Lockheed's Corporate Small Business Innovative Research Working Group which coordinates process, technology identification and utilization of small business technologies across all of Lockheed's Business Areas. He is an Electrical Engineer with a focus on hardware, signal processing, and controls. His current interests include signal processing in next generation medical devices.
Dr. Johnson-Bey graduated from an engineering high school, The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. He has a BS degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and received both his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware.