Mark Ronald is an American engineer who works in the defense industry. Until 2007-01-02 he was President &

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, the US subsidiary of

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and also served as a board member and Chief Operating Officer of BAE Systems plc. In 2006 Ronald was received the John Curtis Sword Award from

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. The magazine's President Tom Henricks said " onald'senergy and leadership across the Atlantic reflects the spirit of the Curtis Sword to foster Anglo-American aerospace cooperation." He is a graduate of

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, where he received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. He received his Master of Science in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York (now

New York University Tandon School of Engineering The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United St ...

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