Ballhaus Leads Network Systems Business for BAE Systems
RESTON, VA, March 26, 2007 - Satnews Daily - BAE Systems has named Dr. William Ballhaus president of its network systems business. Network Systems employs 5,000 people at more than 10 major U.S. sites that include Reston; San Diego; Burlington, Massachusetts and Wayne, New Jersey.
Network Systems combines products and capabilities in advanced communications, navigation, guidance, and information systems that previously resided in several BAE Systems units. The organization serves the U.S. intelligence, defense, and homeland security markets.
Ballhaus previously served as president of BAE Systems’ National Security Solutions and Mission Solutions businesses. He joined BAE Systems in July 2003 after nine years at the Boeing Co., where he was senior vice president of system engineering with Boeing Satellite Systems.
Ballhaus earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Davis, and master’s and doctorate degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Los Angeles.
He serves on the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Board of Directors, is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is a British American Project Fellow.
BAE Systems is a global defense and aerospace company delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions, and customer support services. BAE Systems, with 88,000 employees worldwide, had 2006 sales that exceeded $25 billion.
