Mary Petryszyn, Corporate VP and President of the Defense Systems Sector at Northrop Grumman

Mary Petryszyn is a corporate vice president and the president of Northrop Grumman‘s defense systems sector. She has been holding this leadership role since January 2020.

As corporate VP and defense systems sector president, Petryszyn oversees the delivery of critical technology services, sustainment and modernization, integrated battle command systems, weapons and information systems. She also works with clients in the national security, military and civilian sectors, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Petryszyn started her career at Northrop in 2013 and has held numerous leadership positions since, including sector VP and general manager of land and avionics C4ISR and sector VP of global strategy and mission systems.

The industry veteran started her professional career in 1999 as the director of engineering at Raytheon. She held multiple directorship and VP roles at Raytheon’s different sectors before moving to Northrop Grumman.

Petryszyn is also a corporate partnership representative at the Society of Women Engineers. She has been with the organization since 2001 and is named a fellow and life member of SWE.

The Northrop executive holds a master’s degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Clarkson University.

Northrop Grumman offers advanced products and services that support all warfighting domains, from sea to space and cyber. It is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, and has multiple offices within and outside the U.S.