Michael J. Sarpu

Michael (Mike) Sarpu is vice president of Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Training (MST) Operations organization.

In this role, Mr. Sarpu is responsible for MST’s supply chain, production operations, global sustainment and facilities management.

Previously, Mr. Sarpu served as vice president of Business Transformation for Lockheed Martin’s Global Training and Logistics (GTL) business unit and was responsible for the development and implementation of business models and systems to support the GTL enterprise.

Mr. Sarpu joined Lockheed Martin in October 1986 as a member of the Technical Operations organization and worked assignments of increasing responsibility within the Corporation. Mr. Sarpu’s diverse background includes experience in hardware support, information technology, engineering prototyping and financial and manpower management.

Mr. Sarpu has also served as director of Engineering Process Improvement for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), director of Production Operations for the MFC factory in Orlando, Fla., general manager of the MFC facility in Ocala, Fla., and vice president of Operations for GTL.

Mr. Sarpu holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the University of Central Florida.