SPW 2026 Welcome Address
Dr. Erica Deionno
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Dr. Deionno leads the Aerospace teams supporting federal civil customers that include the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the U.S. Office of Space Commerce, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security, and others, as well as Aerospace’s direct program office support to commercial customers.Prior to her current role, Dr. Deionno was a Principal Director in the Special Programs Division in the Defense Systems Group (DSG), where she most recently led the Developmental Prototypes and Projects Directorate’s support to Space Systems Command Innovation and Prototyping Delta’s rapid acquisition and prototyping of small satellites.During her 19 years at Aerospace, Dr. Deionno served as Assistant Principal Director for the Strategic and Global Awareness Directorate (Project West Wing), as Principal Director for the iLab Innovation Office, and as both Principal Director and Systems Director for the iLab Strategy and Ventures Innovation Office. She has also worked as a Research Scientist and Member, then Senior Member, of the Technical Staff (MTS) within the Physical Science Laboratories, researching microelectronics and solar cell/array performance and degradation in space environments and serving as Principal Investigator of multiple internal research & development (IR&D) projects.Dr. Deionno earned her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles, completing her doctorate research at the California Institute of Technology. |