Maxar Technologies Appoints Carolyn Pittman as Chief Accounting Officer
August 02 2019 - 3:30AM
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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