Dr. Malcolm R. O’Neill is currently Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. He reports to the Executive Office and is responsible for exercising oversight responsibility for research, engineering, program management and integrated mission analysis functions throughout the corporation. After retiring from the United States Army, O’Neilll joined Lockheed Martin in September 1996 to serve as Vice President, Mission Success, Operations and Best Practices in Space Systems. During the period of 1996-99, he was responsible for providing leadership and functional direction of operational matters for Space Systems as they concerned mission success, program management, procurement, manufacturing, materials management and product assurance. He was also responsible for Space Systems activities in support of a major LMC initiative to increase productivity and improve performance by adopting best practices from both within and outside the corporation. During his military career he held numerous prominent positions, including, Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; Deputy Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization; Director, Army Acquisition Corps; Commander, Army Laboratory Command; and Deputy for Program Assessment and International Cooperation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition). He served as Project Manager, Multiple Launched Rocket System; Deputy Project Manager, NATO Patriot Systems; and Program Manager, Strategic Fire Control Systems, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He has also had significant responsibilities directing numerous and varied research, development, engineering, and manufacturing operations. A native of Chicago, Illinois, O’Neill graduated from De Paul University with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and received both a Master of Arts and Doctorate in Physics from Rice University. O’Neil and his wife Judy currently live in Vienna, Virginia.