Dr. Debra Emmons

Dr. Debra Emmons is VP and CTO at The Aerospace Corporation, managing its $60M+ internal research and development program and the Aerospace Technical Fellows program, with the company’s top engineers and scientists. She recently chaired the CTO Roundtable with federal and university research centers to develop and maintain relationships with government and related research laboratories to identify technology priorities, future requirements, and emerging opportunities. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Cornell University; an MBA from Imperial College Management School, London, with a concentration in entrepreneurship and finance; and a Ph.D. in systems engineering from the George Washington University.