Speaker: Dr. Tami R. Randolph, Division Technology and Engineering Lead, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Seminar Title: Northrop Grumman Corporation

Speaker Bio:
Tami R. Randolph is the Technology and Engineering lead for Advanced Defense Services Division (ADS) for Northrop Grumman’s Technology Services sector.  ADS is a major provider of training management systems, engineering and science services, deployed operations, cyber operations, land and joint forces training, and ground vehicle sustainment for the DoD, Federal, and U.S. national security community.   

As the Technology and Engineering lead for ADS, Dr. Randolph is responsible for the organization’s technology investment portfolio, the cadre of exceptional engineers, our engineering process, and the execution of the organization’s research and development program. Key technology areas include mobile devices, immersive technology, predictive analytics, cognitive learning, cyber analytics, cyber modeling and simulation, additive manufacturing, affordable space solutions and future integrated training environments. Dr. Randolph leads strategic initiatives for collaboration, design thinking, open innovation, and strategic partnering.

Dr. Randolph joined Northrop Grumman in 2001 in a small, two-year-old, leading-edge development group. She was the key contributor on an Internal Research and Development (IR&D) project vital to the growth of this emerging organization. The signal processing technology she developed was demonstrated to the United States government, which in turn awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman for the development and delivery of a SIGINT system. This was only the second such award of its kind for the group. Subsequently, Dr. Randolph led four successful field installations before mentoring a new project manager to assume her role, allowing Dr. Randolph the flexibility to assist the group in other ways.

At Northrop Grumman, Dr. Randolph has worked in the areas of project management, systems engineering, new business development and software development. She has successfully executed five programs totaling approximately $10 million while managing more than 50 employees. She led a multi-million dollar classified capture and execution effort for the U.S. intelligence community. She was also the technical lead in the capture effort of Northrop Grumman’s first award from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). Her work includes assembling a cross-sector, multi disciplinary team, systems engineering and technical support, and leveraging the organization’s past performance in signal analysis and system architecture. She has held a progressive series of engineering, technology, and program management leadership roles.

Dr. Randolph earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and master’s and doctorate degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology for her contributions to digital signal processing. She has authored several technical papers and an article in the Digital Signal Processing Handbook. Dr. Randolph won the Black Engineer of the Year Outstanding Technical Contribution - Industry award and the Special Recognition award at the Women of Color conference.