Wesley G. Bush

Wesley G. Bush is an American systems engineer and business executive.He is the former CEO and chairman of Northrop Grumman, and he is currently a director of General Motors, Dow Inc., and Cisco.[1][3][4] He started work as a systems engineer at TRW Inc. in Redondo Beach, California, in 1987.[1] In the same year he moved its headquarters from Los Angeles, California to Falls Church, Virginia,[3] to be closer to The Pentagon and to be more competitive with other companies in the sector.[6] On June 27th, two weeks prior to his resignation, a scathing independent review outlined the 14-year delay, 19x budget overrun, and numerous human errors made by Northrop Grumman in the construction of the James Webb Space Telescope, which led to Wes testifying before congress on July 26th.
Massachusetts Institute of Technologysystems engineerNorthrop GrummanGeneral MotorsMorgantown, West VirginiaBachelor of ScienceMaster of Scienceelectrical engineeringTRW Inc.Redondo Beach, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaFalls Church, VirginiaThe PentagonJames Webb Space TelescopeAerospace Industries AssociationNorfolk Southern CorporationConservation InternationalUnited States Naval AcademySmithsonian National Air and Space MuseumNational Academy of EngineeringWest Virginia University