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Joseph Villani

Joseph Villani

Vice President, Corporate Engineering & Technology Office, Lockheed Martin

Joseph (Joe) Villani has been appointed as the executive lead for the Demonstrations and Prototype (D&P) Program, he is responsible managing +2000 geographically distributed engineer, showcasing the Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) capabilities and technologies to show that new architectures, CONOPS, technologies and Program of Record enhancements can make our existing products provide joint warfighting capabilities.

Prior to that he was the RMS System Engineering COE and EADGE-T Executive Program lead. Responsible for managing the System Engineering Center of Excellence (COE)  which includes +4000 engineers dispersed over +30 geographic areas, both domestically and internationally, while supporting RMS annual sales exceeding $8B. EADGE-T Program Executive responsible for directly managing the engineering and program teams, as well as the direct customer interface. Prior to this I was the C6ISR Chief Engineer for 9 years. Previous roles include the deputy for the New ventures LOB and the MS2 Capture Lead for the LCS FY08/09/10. While leading this Capture, he has additionally maintained the responsibility as a Deepwater Program director. As the Deepwater Program Director for Lockheed Martin and its Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) joint venture, he was responsible for the Deepwater program coordination across the aviation, surface, C4ISR and logistics domains.

Prior to accepting the Program Director position, he was the chief engineer for the Coast Guard Systems line of business focused on enhancing Deepwater technical performance as well as working with commercial industry to support the homeland security market. His technical background includes extensive C4ISR fixed price and cost plus development experience for commercial and government customers.

From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Villani was the chief engineer for Aegis international programs responsible for development and delivery of the Aegis Weapon System to several European and Asian countries. At the same time, he was the technical director for the Norwegian New Frigate program responsible for the design, development, manufacture, integration and support of a $600 million integrated weapon system under fixed price contract to Spanish shipbuilder Navantia and  an FMS cost plus contract with the U.S. Navy.

Prior to this assignment, Mr. Villani was the technical director for the Spanish F-100 frigate program supporting the design and delivery of an Aegis Weapon System which included system definition to support more than five major indigenous systems. During this assignment, he also led an in-country technical team that supported the introduction of system engineering disciplines to Spanish industry.

Mr. Villani served on active duty as a First Class Electronics Technician in the U.S. Navy for 10 years before joining Lockheed Martin in 1986. His final military assignment was to manage the communications and radar suites at the Combat System Engineering Development Site (CSEDS) in Moorestown, N.J.

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