Mr. Young was named president and general manager of Space Systems Division on April 18, 2006. Previously, Young served as Vice President and Director for the divisions Commercial & Space Sciences group.
Young has spent his career with ITT, first joining the company’s Aerospace Communications Division (A/CD) in 1982. After serving in a series of managerial and project engineering positions, he was named Director of Space Engineering for A/CD in 2001, where he was responsible for all space engineering activities, including process quality and process improvements. In 2003, he was named Director, Space Programs for A/CD.
Young holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from The Ohio State University and has taken graduate study in the MBA program at Indiana University.