Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday announced that Rick Ambrose and Sondra Barbour will take over as heads of the company’s Space Systems and Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) segments on April 1 following the planned retirements of the current executives leading those segments.
Ambrose, 54, is currently the vice president and deputy at Space Systems. He joined Lockheed Martin in 2000 and has led the IS&GS-National business, and held leadership positions within Space Systems and the former Mission Systems and Sensors business. Ambrose will replace Joanne Maguire, 58, the current executive vice president.
Barbour, 50, is a senior vice president and the company’s chief information officer. Before becoming CIO in 2008, Barbour spent more than 20 years at IS&TS in program management and as CIO and vice president of operations. She will replace Linda Gooden, who is the IS&GS executive vice president.