WESTMINSTER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), today announced the appointment of Carolyn K. Pittman as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective July 29, 2019. She will become the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, effective August 7, 2019.
Pittman joins after a 23-year career at Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and its spin-off company, Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), where she held numerous financial leadership positions, including Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Finance and Controller of Newport News Shipbuilding, a $4.7 billion operating division of Huntington Ingalls, Chief Financial Officer for Enterprise Shared Services at Northrop Grumman, and corporate Vice President and Chief Audit Executive at Northrop Grumman. Prior to Northrop Grumman, Pittman worked in public accounting for 10 years at Ernst & Young, LLP. Pittman serves on the Board of Directors for Minerals Technologies, Inc., a $1.8 billion, publicly traded global resource and technology company. She earned an M.B.A. in finance from Dallas Baptist University and a B.S.B.A in accounting/data processing from the University of Arkansas. She is a certified public accountant and certified information systems auditor.
“I am extraordinarily pleased to welcome Carolyn Pittman to the Maxar leadership team,” said Biggs Porter, Maxar CFO. “Carolyn has a wealth of public company experience, a deep understanding of government contract finance and accounting, and a track record of implementing best-in-class internal controls.”
About Maxar Technologies
As a global leader of advanced space technology solutions, Maxar is at the nexus of the new space economy, developing and sustaining the infrastructure and delivering the information, services, systems that unlock the promise of space for commercial and government markets. The operations of DigitalGlobe, SSL (Space Systems Loral) and Radiant Solutions were unified under the Maxar brand in February; MDA continues to operate as an independent business unit within the Maxar organization. As a trusted partner with 5,900 employees in over 30 global locations, Maxar provides vertically integrated capabilities and expertise including satellites, Earth imagery, robotics, advanced propulsion systems, geospatial data and analytics to help customers anticipate and address their most complex mission-critical challenges with confidence. Every day, billions of people rely on Maxar to communicate, share information and data, and deliver insights that Build a Better World. Maxar trades on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange as MAXR. For more information, visit www.maxar.com.
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