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VOLUME NINETEEN ISSUE THREE b 2014

Innovating for growth»

One of the biggest challenges in the aerospace and

defense industry today is maintaining our innovative edge in an

increasingly competitive environment. Defense and commercial

original equipment manufacturers’ budgets are under pressure,

and new competitors are constantly entering the market with

disruptive technologies.

Rockwell Collins meets this challenge by maintaining a strong

commitment to research and development (R&D). We annually

dedicate approximately 20 percent of revenue to investment in R&D

– both company and customer funded – which is industry leading.

As a result of this sustained commitment, we’re now at a

time where preproduction engineering investments made about a

decade ago are paying off. In fact, approximately 75 percent of our

investments for captured positions on key programs are behind us,

and over 90 percent of the revenue is in front of us. This will play an

important role in accelerating our growth for years to come.

Pro Line Fusion® is one example where we’re beginning to see

dividends from our R&D investment. Rockwell Collins remained

committed to the development of this solution through some very

tough economic times. By successfully sharing this technology

and reusing the flexible and adaptable architecture of this system

across our commercial and government markets, the Pro Line Fusion

Integrated Flight Deck is now featured on 18 platforms from air

transport to business jets, military aircraft and helicopters.

Our R&D investment also allows us to gain essential

competitive advantage in emerging technologies such as the

rapidly growing field of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Our

navigation and flight control systems are part of several military

applications including the U.S. Marine Corps’ RQ-21 Blackjack

UAS – one of the first UAS to land and take off from a ship at sea.

Rockwell Collins also is working with NASA to develop a solution

to ease communications congestion once UAS are integrated into

the shared civil airspace.

Innovation is at the heart of how we best serve our

customers, and we can’t afford to stand still. Our commitment

to R&D goes hand in hand with our employees’ commitment

to using their creativity and problem-solving skills to develop

meaningful and differentiating solutions for our customers. I’m

proud of how our employees work together, share ideas and find

opportunities to innovate. That’s key in helping position us for

exciting growth opportunities ahead.

Our commitment to innovation

Kelly Ortberg

CEO and President

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Publisher: David Yeoman

Editorial director: Cindy Dietz

Managing editor: Cindy Adkins

Editor: Annette Busbee

Creative direction: Rick Kaufman

Copy editors:

Karen Steggall

Joan Schaffer

Staff writers:

Megan Strader

Colleen Scholer

Jill Wojciechowski

Photography:

Sabrina Fine, Mass Communication Specialist

3rd Class (SW/AW), U.S. Navy, page 9

Tom Gigliotti, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, page 17

Vaughn R. Larson, 1st Sgt.,

Wisconsin Army National Guard, page 8

Read Photography, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,

pages 12, 13, 14

Mark Regan, Reston, Virginia, page 16

Mark Tade, Iowa City, Iowa, pages 6, 18

Anthony Venuto, page 11

Design:

WDG Communications Inc.

How to contact us:

Email: [email protected]

Horizons

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and Exchange Commission filings.

I N T H I S I S S U E

On the coverThe Pro Line Fusion® upgrade for Pro Line II- equipped King Air 350 aircraft provides intuitive, icon-based, touchscreen primary flight displays – exclusively available from Rockwell Collins – for easy, eyes-forward operation.

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The news 2

Introducing our new chairman of the board 3Anthony Carbone shares his thoughts on his new role and the future of Rockwell Collins.

C O V E R S TO R Y

Innovating for growth 4Our ongoing commitment to innovation helps bring about the right solutions, at the right price, at the right time.

Unmanned aerial systems: The next big frontier in aviation? 8Rockwell Collins develops innovative communications, navigation and cyber security technology solutions for this rapidly evolving industry.

Setting the standard for technical excellence 12Known for exceptional achievements in their respective fields, 26 engineers are named to Rockwell Collins’ inaugural class of Fellows.

Aiming for new opportunities in rail and security 15Our ARINC Advanced Information Management (AIM®) technology provides the foundation to expand cutting-edge rail and security solutions in Information Management Services.

From camouflage to corporate 18Veterans are trained, ready and a proven source of talent for Rockwell Collins.

Service anniversaries 20

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A magazine for the employees and friends of Rockwell Collins

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On the backThis ad – introducing our HeliSure™ flight situational awareness solution – appeared in the spring issue of ACP magazine, a China-based avionics publication.

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Rockwell Collins finalizes new agreement with Inmarsat

T H E N E W S

Memorandum of Understanding expands business opportunities in South KoreaA recently signed Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) between

Rockwell Collins and the Incheon

International Airport Corporation

(IIAC) in South Korea will lead to closer

collaboration on new technologies to

enhance passenger processing at the

country’s largest airport. The agreement

– announced Sept. 11 – also will enable

Rockwell Collins and the IIAC to jointly

expand their footprints in Southeast Asia.

Through the 2013 acquisition of

the former ARINC, Rockwell Collins has

been a long-standing partner of IIAC in

its pursuit of innovative products and

services to enhance and streamline

passenger processing. Since the Incheon

International Airport opened in early

2001, it has used our ARINC portfolio of

passenger processing solutions.

Rockwell Collins also will integrate

the ARINC vMUSE™ common-use

platform – a solution that enables

airlines to process passengers faster

and more efficiently – and other

passenger and baggage processing

solutions with IIAC’s new AirCUS

check-in solution. b

The Rockwell Collins core server room at

Incheon International Airport in South Korea

supports 750 workstations equipped with

our ARINC vMUSE™ check-in solution and other

passenger processing technology.

The first of three Inmarsat

I-5 Global Xpress satellites is

already in orbit and began

delivering commercial services on

July 1. Inmarsat currently expects

to complete the next two launches

in a timeframe to permit the

introduction of GX services

on a global basis by the end

of the first half of 2015.

Rockwell Collins and Inmarsat – the

leading provider of global mobile

satellite communications services –

have signed the final agreement to

make our company a Value Added

Reseller (VAR) of GX Aviation connectivity

to the commercial air transport market.

Under the terms of the agreement,

Rockwell Collins will bring Inmarsat’s

new high-speed Ka-broadband service to

airline customers worldwide. This is in

addition to a similar agreement Rockwell

Collins has as a reseller for business

aviation. GX Aviation is currently

scheduled to be globally available for the

commercial air transport market by the

end of the first half of 2015.

Jeff Standerski, senior vice president

of Information Management Services

at Rockwell Collins, said this Ka-band

service brings with it new possibilities

for our company’s ARINC Cabin Connect

offering that extend far beyond what’s

available today. With connectivity speeds

of up to 50 Mbps virtually everywhere in

the world, it is set to change the shape

of inflight connectivity.

GX Aviation will be the only global

commercial Ka-band network, providing

a consistent service across the world. b

Latest ARC-210 Gen5 radio delivered to U.S. NavyRockwell Collins and the

U.S. Navy celebrated delivery

of the first Modernized Type I

Cryptographic Airborne

AN/ARC-210 Gen5 radio

during a special ceremony

on Sept. 16 at our

company’s headquarters

in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Certified by the National

Security Agency with Tactical

Secure Voice (TSV) 2, the radio

replaces existing ARC-210

radios, which are currently

installed on more than 180

different aircraft platforms

in 45 countries. The Gen5

radio is now available to be

installed on the following

platforms: E-6B,

E-2D Hawkeye and F-16

Falcon, along with Marine

One Presidential and

MH-60R/S helicopters. b

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A few questions and answers with Anthony Carbone

As the longest-standing member of the Rockwell Collins

Board of Directors, Anthony J. (Tony) Carbone has witnessed

a multitude of changes in our company and in the

aerospace and defense industry since our spin-off from

Rockwell International in June 2001.

The retired vice chairman of the board and senior

consultant of The Dow Chemical Company has spent more

than 13 years sharing a wealth of corporate knowledge with

his fellow Rockwell Collins board members and our senior

leadership team.

On Aug. 1, Carbone was appointed non-executive

chairman of the Rockwell Collins board. He succeeds

Clay Jones, who retired from his most recent roles as director and non-executive

chairman of the board on July 31.

In this interview, Carbone shares thoughts on his new role and the future of

Rockwell Collins.

Q How would you define your role as

non-executive chairman of the board?

A As non-executive chairman, my

responsibilities include chairing the

board meetings, conducting the Annual

Meeting of Shareowners, assisting in

the selection of new board members,

providing advice and counsel to

CEO and President Kelly Ortberg

and his leadership team, and guiding

the board’s review of company

succession plans relative to the CEO

and senior executives.

Q What changes do you see for

Rockwell Collins in the next

five to 10 years?

A Our future is undoubtedly predicated

on remaining innovative in a large,

emerging market for the technology

intensive products we develop

and sell. We also need to continue

leveraging resources to keep our cost

position under control. Finally, we

must aggressively develop positions

in adjacent markets and increase our

international footprint to achieve our

growth objectives.

Q What are some of the key factors

that will drive that momentum?

A Rockwell Collins has an extremely

talented and motivated workforce

and, from what I’ve witnessed, a

very skilled management team at

all levels of the organization. We

also maintain extremely high ethical

standards and strive to be responsive

to our customers. All of these qualities

give meaning to our brand promise,

“Building trust every day.” This

corporate culture clearly differentiates

Rockwell Collins and is a great

calling card at all key industry

accounts. I can’t stress enough how

important it is to preserve these

attributes if we’re to remain a

successful and growing enterprise. b

By Jill Wojciechowski

Anthony J. Carbone

Our Board of Directors

Anthony J. CarboneRetired Vice Chairman of the Board and Senior Consultant, The Dow Chemical CompanyDirector since 2001

Chris A. DavisFormer General Partner, Forstmann Little & Co.Director since 2002

Ralph E. EberhartChairman and President, Armed Forces Benefit AssociationDirector since 2007

John A. EdwardsonFormer Chairman and CEO, CDW Corp.Director since 2012

David LilleyRetired Chairman and CEO, Cytec Industries Inc.Director since 2008

Kelly OrtbergCEO and PresidentDirector since 2013

Andrew J. PolicanoFormer Dean, Dean’s Leadership Circle Professor and Director, Center for Investment and Wealth Management, University of California, IrvineDirector since 2006

Cheryl L. ShaversChairman and CEO, Global Smarts, Inc.Director since 2002

Jeffrey L. TurnerFormer President and CEO, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.Director since 2011

Introducing our new chairman of the board

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When Matt Carrico became manager of Advanced

Concepts in Commercial Systems about 10 years ago,

part of his group’s work was around the development of

the Pro Line Fusion® flight deck. The vision for Pro Line

Fusion included a flexible and adaptable architecture,

an empowering user interface, extensive situational

awareness and information enablement to improve

operational efficiencies.

“Everything scales on Fusion,” said Carrico, who is now

a senior engineering manager and Fellow in Advanced

Concepts in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “Everything is big – the

complexity, the challenges, the rewards, the market share.”

As soon as the baseline for the technology was

established, Carrico’s group turned its attention to

growth features for the Pro Line Fusion platform,

including our industry-first synthetic vision system

on a Head-up Display (HUD).

“We had committed early to a head-down

presentation of synthetic vision, but we saw there was

an opportunity to put it up on the HUD which would be

market-leading and align with our ‘head-up eyes-forward’

cockpit philosophy,” said Carrico.

The flexible and open architecture of the platform

also has proven valuable in multiple market segments.

Thanks to ongoing innovations, our Pro Line Fusion

Integrated Flight Deck is now featured on 18 platforms

ranging from Bombardier’s CSeries air transport

aircraft, to Embraer’s Legacy 450/500 business jets, the

Embraer KC-390 tanker/transport military aircraft and

AgustaWestland’s AW609 TiltRotor helicopter.

Innovating for growth»

Our ongoing commitment to innovation helps bring about the right solutions, at the right price, at the right time.

C O V E R S TO R Y

Our Pro Line Fusion® avionics solution

continues to evolve to meet customers’

expectations. The intuitive, touchscreen

flight displays provide efficient,

eyes-forward operation.

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According to Carrico, the Pro Line Fusion platform

was an extremely ambitious undertaking at the start.

But Rockwell Collins was willing to make a significant

investment in this groundbreaking technology – through

some tough financial headwinds – to support the

innovative work of a cross-functional team, including

employees from engineering and marketing.

“As a result, we arguably have the flight deck with the

most situational awareness that’s flying out there today,”

he said.

The Advanced Concepts group maintains an active

technology dialogue with customers to make sure our

research priorities are aligned with their ever-changing

needs. As a result, Pro Line Fusion continues to evolve

along with our customers’ expectations. Engineers

in Advanced Concepts are continually exploring

improvements for optimizing the user experience and

more efficiently giving pilots the information they need.

“We ask ourselves, ‘Can we build more intelligence into

the system to present the information so that it pops up

when needed? Do new forms of human-machine interface

reduce pilot workload?’” said Carrico. “This platform has all

the connectivity and processing resources we need to do a

lot of that, so we’re really only limited by our imagination.

That’s very exciting.”

Successful innovationInnovation is key to our company’s growth in the global

marketplace. As one of our three brand pillars, along with

personal relationships and heritage, it guides employee

actions as they bring our brand to life and distinguish our

company from our competitors.

However, for innovation to be truly successful,

it needs to solve the problems our customers care

about, be aligned with our business growth strategies

and be presented in the marketplace at the right time,

according to Nan Mattai, senior vice president of

Engineering and Technology.

And with the aerospace and defense industry

becoming more and more competitive, customers are

demanding solutions that are affordable and offer greater

operational efficiencies.

“In the past, it might just have been about

cutting-edge technologies,” said Mattai. “Today,

customers want efficiency and affordability in addition

to innovative technology. It’s critical that we optimize

our research and development (R&D) investment and

ensure that our innovation strategies are aligned with

our business strategies.”

One way to optimize our R&D spend is by

collaborating and reusing our knowledge and technologies

across the enterprise, added Mattai.

“Pro Line Fusion is a great example of how we’re doing

that,” she said.

Advanced researchOur Advanced Technology Center (ATC) – which is

part of our Engineering and Technology organization –

is responsible for developing innovative products

or product enhancements that help fuel the growth

of Rockwell Collins, according to John Borghese,

vice president of ATC in Cedar Rapids.

Our HeliSure™ flight situational awareness solutions enhance the safety

of commercial and military helicopter pilots. The latest innovation under

development is the Proximity Hazard Alerting System (PHAS) that detects

and warns helicopter pilots of a potential rotor strike.

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Approximately 70 percent of the ATC’s budget

is aligned closely with our business unit strategies

to focus on the technologies and capabilities they

need to take to market. When those are identified,

a timeline is determined for developing the needed

technology to a maturity level that can be transitioned

to the business units. The remaining 30 percent of the

budget is allocated for exploring early stage technologies

that require a longer-term research commitment.

In addition to receiving ideas for new products

internally from employees and customers, ATC

collaborates with government research and academic

institutions and technology companies on concepts and

trends that are important to our industry.

“It’s very expensive to develop a new technology into

a mature one,” said Borghese. “By engaging with external

customers’ research, Rockwell Collins gains insight into

their needs and obtains outside funding to help mature

these early stage technologies. Once they’re mature, we

can transfer the technologies to our business units.”

The ATC’s top external customer is the Defense

Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Recently,

DARPA awarded ATC a contract to develop new electronic

scanned array (ESA) antennas more quickly and affordably

than is currently possible.

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Rockwell Collins is industry leading with an annual investment

of 18 to 20 percent of revenues in research and development to

fuel innovation and growth. In FY’14, that investment is expected to

total approximately $950 million.

Conducting a near field range test on a low cost electronic

scanned array (ESA) antenna are (foreground) James West

and Matilda Livadaru; (back, from left) Chenggang Xie,

Jeremiah Wolf and Anna Kern.

C O V E R S TO R Y

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ESA antennas include hundreds of individual sensors

that electronically steer a radar beam faster and more

effectively as opposed to steering it mechanically. Under

the DARPA contract, the goal is to reduce the total cost of

procurement by at least 80 percent.

According to Lee Paulsen, principal electrical engineer

in ATC, one antenna can cost millions of dollars. Engineers

in ATC are working to reduce that cost by developing a

common module technology that can meet the needs of a

number of different systems.

“There is a market demand for ESAs, but very few

government or commercial customers have been able

to afford them,” said Paulsen. “We’re trying to make

this technology affordable to provide differentiating

capability for existing product lines, as well as enable new

product lines and burgeoning markets including satellite

communications systems connectivity, and detect and

avoid solutions for unmanned aerial systems (UAS).”

Global collaborationAt Rockwell Collins, successful innovation also

frequently crosses international borders. ATC often

collaborates on new innovations with the India Design

Center and Research & Technology-Innovation, a Europe,

Middle East and Africa (EuMEA) region organization.

Collaboration between engineering teams at

Rockwell Collins France and the Commercial and

Government Systems teams in Cedar Rapids recently led

to the development of our HeliSure™ flight situational

awareness solutions for helicopters. Our differentiating

market advantages include improved performance in all

types of weather operations, an intuitive user interface

and a flexible configuration for different platforms.

According to Elias Bitar, a principal engineering

manager involved in the HeliSure program at Rockwell

Collins France, challenges that come with collaborating

across international borders include becoming familiar

with engineers from different cultural backgrounds and

navigating the different time zones to find times to

videoconference.

“But the more experts you can have working on a

project is a benefit,” said Bitar. “Combining all of our

expertise with our knowledge of our European customers

and local requirements are key factors to our success.”

A history of innovationIt’s been more than 80 years since the young Arthur

Collins founded Collins Radio Company. From the very

beginning, our company has been recognized for quality,

reliability and innovation. That commitment has not

wavered over the decades, said Mattai.

“Arthur Collins cared about his customers’ needs and

invested in innovative technologies to meet those needs,”

said Mattai. “We have that same focus on the customer

and commitment to R&D today. Offering our customers

the right innovation at the right cost and the right time

will extend our legacy well into the future.” bBy Annette Busbee

One of the latest innovations under

development to our Head-up Display

solution is the Surface Guidance System

(SGS) that extends synthetic vision

capabilities to the airport surface.

These images from recent taxiway tests show

how situational awareness at an airport is

greatly enhanced with the SGS solution.

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Unmanned aerial systems:

The next big frontier in aviation?Rockwell Collins develops innovative communications, navigation and cyber security technology solutions for this rapidly evolving industry.

When Eric Brewer sits at his Warrenton, Virginia, desk

he is typically focused on one very important task –

improving the operations of one of our company’s

major unmanned aerial system (UAS) programs, the

U.S. Marine Corps’ RQ-21 Blackjack.

A lead systems engineer in Flight Controls and

Navigation since 2010, Brewer works with a team of

about 100 engineers in Warrenton, as well as at the

Rockwell Collins Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to create the “brains” of this aircraft –

one of the first to land and take off from a ship at sea.

“We provide the autopilot and Real-Time Kinematic

(RTK) GPS subsystems for the Blackjack,” said Brewer. “Our

autopilots are in control from automatic launch all the

way through precision recovery.”

UAS programs in the United States military date

back to 1917, making the concept of unmanned aircraft

anything but new. But innovations in navigation,

communications and satellite bandwidth have now made

operation of UAS more practical – increasing

the opportunity for companies like Rockwell Collins

to capitalize on a growing market.

“It’s a truly exciting time to be involved in UAS

projects,” said Matt Hutchison, program manager for

UAS and Control Technologies. “We’re constantly

finding ways to take technology our company created

Soldiers with the RQ-7 Shadow

200 platoon of Company B,

Brigade Special Troops Battalion,

32nd Infantry Brigade Combat

Team, recover an unmanned

aerial vehicle following a training

flight at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin National Guard photo by 1st Sgt. Vaughn R. Larson

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for manned aircraft and apply that to the

next generation of unmanned systems.”

For example, the landing algorithm used

by Brewer for the Blackjack was developed

in coordination with the ATC and is a variant

of our Joint Precision Approach and Landing

System (JPALS) technology used for U.S. Navy

carrier-based aircraft and helicopters.

Along with the Blackjack, our company

provides similar navigation and flight

control systems for the U.S. Army’s RQ-7

Shadow and MQ-1C Gray Eagle tactical UAS.

The global market for the research,

development and procurement of UAS

is forecasted to double in the next decade

from $5.2 billion annually to $11.6 billion a

year, according to the Teal Group, a defense

consulting firm in Virginia. The firm also

estimates worldwide sales of military and

civilian UAS will reach an estimated $89

billion in the next 10 years.

Much of the expected growth in this

market will come from the transition of UAS

being used primarily for government and

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RQ-21A Small Tactical

Unmanned Air System (STUAS)

test team transport an

RQ-21A Blackjack across the

flight deck of the USS Mesa

Verde after its first flight at

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military purposes to commercial and civil – a move that is

already putting increased pressure on regulatory agencies

to match the pace of this advancing technology.

UAS regulations struggle to keep paceThe Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence

estimates that UAS are being used in as many as 87

countries worldwide – mostly for commercial applications.

For more than 20 years, unmanned aircraft have been

used to spray chemicals on farm fields in Japan. More

recently, they are being used to deliver sushi in England

and monitor elephants and giraffes in South Africa.

In the United States, there is exploding interest

in UAS by the motion picture, agriculture and energy

industries. In fact, the Federal Aviation Administration

(FAA) estimates that as many as 7,500 small commercial

UAS will be in use within five years after the necessary

regulations are put into place.

Currently, the FAA bars UAS commercial use at

medium or high altitudes, thus prohibiting many of the

functions already being used by other countries. Only

operators who have obtained a Certificate of Operating

Authority (COA) from the FAA are legally cleared to fly

unmanned aircraft in the national airspace.

“Currently, those COAs are only going to government

organizations,” said Bobby Sturgell, senior vice president

of Washington Operations for Rockwell Collins. “There

have been a handful of exceptions, but not many.”

According to the FAA, less than 600 certificates were

granted in 2013. That was up from 257 in 2012.

“There is obviously a lot of pressure on the FAA

because many industries realize there are many innovative

market capabilities with this technology,” added Sturgell.

“I think these autonomous aircraft are going to have a

huge economic impact on the U.S.”

Congress has dictated that the FAA has until 2015 to

integrate UAS into the national airspace. While Sturgell

doesn’t think that deadline will be met, he believes basic

regulations will be established in the near future.

“I think we’ll start to see a framework for low altitude

flights, and maybe some entities will get authority to

fly at medium altitude on a case-by-case basis. Full

integration of medium and large UAS, at the same altitude

as commercial, is still probably 10 years away,” he said.

Additional hurdlesWhile the FAA is developing regulations, one of the largest

issues the UAS industry will have to address is the FAA

requirement for these aircraft to have the capability to

“detect and avoid” objects during flight. Other looming

issues include communications congestion and protecting

the embedded computer systems in the unmanned

aircraft from internal and external cyber threats.

Rockwell Collins is actively working to find a solution

to ease communications congestion once UAS are

cleared to fly in the national airspace. For a number of

years, our company has teamed up with the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to

develop a communication and control system that will

accommodate multiple users and frequencies and will also

be able to support future growth.

“The number of active UAS is only going to grow in

the future,” said Alex Postnikov, a principal engineering

manager in Rockwell Collins’ ATC. “We are in an

exciting position to ensure there is a safe and secure

communications link between the pilot on the ground and

the unmanned aircraft in the air.”

Rockwell Collins and NASA have developed a

prototype of an open, nonproprietary data link waveform

we hope will one day be available to the public. The

radio link was recently tested in Cedar Rapids by using

Rockwell Collins and NASA recently conducted a successful test of a radio link communications system for UAS.

Test #1: Communications link handoff from one tower to another

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two manned aircraft and a mobile communications

center on the ground. Through the innovative thinking

of those involved, the test successfully demonstrated

that the communications system could accomplish two

important tasks – the ability for one tower to hand off

communications with a UAS to another tower and for a

single tower to talk to multiple aircraft.

“We tested at different altitudes, different frequencies

and through different modes of operation,” said John R.

Moore, principal systems engineer in Government Systems

UAS Engineering for Rockwell Collins. “We’re happy to say

things went very well. It’s good to be a part of the very

foundation of safe and efficient operations of unmanned

aviation in the national airspace.”

Rockwell Collins also is the prime contractor in a

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

program to develop software that will make unmanned

vehicle systems immune to cyber attacks.

John Borghese, vice president of the Advanced

Technology Center, said our expertise in security

certification of complex systems and the use of

formal methods are being used to design software

that is invulnerable to large classes of cyber attacks,

thus ensuring that a hacker cannot take control of a

UAS. Formal methods are the application of rigorous

mathematical reasoning and advanced analysis tools to

prove relevant properties about a system.

“We had a successful demonstration of the software

on a quadcopter at the Pentagon earlier this year,” said

Borghese. “The next phase is to apply this solution to

Boeing’s H-6U Unmanned Little Bird helicopter.”

Expanding marketsWith the UAS market expected to double in the next

10 years, our company is working to position itself to

capture a healthy piece of it.

According to Brian Wiebke, senior director of the

Strike and Strategic C2 program, one thing that’s unique

about UAS is that they drastically range in size.

“They can be as large as small airplanes and as small as

remote control helicopters,” said Wiebke. “Rockwell Collins

hasn’t typically done work on aircraft that small, but this is

new territory, and we can’t rule anything out just yet.”

He added that research and development in this area

will be critical to Rockwell Collins positioning itself as a

market leader. The key will be continuing to find ways to

apply our established technology to this next generation

of aircraft.

“This is the beginning of something that’s going to

evolve very rapidly,” said Wiebke. “Anyone can see how

quickly the technology is advancing. The sky is really the

limit on where we can go with this.” b

By Megan Strader

Rockwell Collins engineers participating in a joint test with NASA of a UAS communications system were (sitting, front to back) Dan Zange, Daniel Snodgrass and NASA engineer Kurt Shalkhauser; (standing, front to back) John R. Moore and Khai Bui.

Test #2: Multiple aircraft communicating through a single tower

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Setting the standard for technical excellenceKnown for exceptional achievements in their respective fields, 26 engineers are named to Rockwell Collins’ inaugural class of Fellows.

Jim Melzer carries a lot of titles – engineer,

patent holder, author and, most recently,

Rockwell Collins Technical Fellow. But if

you ask him, he’ll tell you he’s a scientist

at heart.

“Growing up, that’s what I wanted

to be,” said Melzer, a Fellow in Surface

Solutions in Carlsbad, California. “It wasn’t

until I started doing research that I realized

I liked building hardware more than I liked

the science aspect of it.”

It was that realization that led

Melzer into a career in engineering and

his involvement in innovating some of

the earliest technology in our company’s

airborne head-up and Helmet Mounted

Display System (HMDS) programs. An HMDS

allows pilots to view images, maps and data

through a transparent lens that is attached

to their helmets.

“I still remember that day back in the

1980s when we were working on the first

HMDS prototype,” said Melzer. “We had no

idea what we were doing. But the first time we

powered it up and actually saw light coming

through it, we were jumping around like kids.

We knew we were onto something big.”

Melzer’s passion for research and

finding new ways to answer complicated

questions is something he shares with the

25 other individuals who recently were

named to the inaugural class of Rockwell

Collins Technical Fellows.

Recognition and opportunityTogether, this group holds 20 master’s

degrees, 15 doctoral degrees, more than

400 patents and has an average of 20

years of service with our company. And

while the Fellows program exists to

honor and recognize engineers for their

Fellows in Commercial Systems

Names in bold are Fellows

Front row (left to right):

John Roltgen, Kelly Ortberg,

Nan Mattai, Roy Robertson

Second row (left to right):

Leo LaForge, Matt Carrico,

Nicholas Bloom,

Bob Wood (Senior Fellow),

Steve Nieuwsma

Back row (left to right):

Linda Peyton, Leigh Parker,

William Greenleaf,

Dan Clark, Craig Olson

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expertise in their respective disciplines, it’s also about

creating opportunities for those still building their

careers, according to Nan Mattai, senior vice president of

Engineering and Technology.

“The feedback we got from our Voice of the Employee

Engineering initiative was that there needed to be a

greater focus on career development, more opportunities

for career advancement

and a greater focus on

technical recognition,”

said Mattai, who

played a key role in

the development and

deployment of this new program.

“Extending the technical career path with the Fellows

program is important to attracting, engaging, growing

and retaining our workforce,” Mattai continued. “As an

engineering-driven company, at the end of the day, it’s the

engineers who help us to create differentiating solutions

that make us successful in the marketplace.”

Technical excellence is foundational to all engineering jobs.

In order to be named a Fellow, employees must exhibit

engineering leadership, be recognized as a subject matter

expert in a specified area both internally and externally,

and have achieved notable contributions to technical

advancements at our company. A Senior Fellow also must

have a proven record of driving business development and

developing innovation that has allowed Rockwell Collins to

establish a strategic business based upon that innovation.

While Fellow is the most senior rank or title an

engineer can achieve on a technical career path, Fellows

may hold other leadership titles as well.

A team effortThe names in this

year’s class are

associated with many

of our company’s

most successful products and inventions, such as Matt

Carrico and Pro Line Fusion®, Jim Doty, Advanced Spinning-

Vehicle Navigation (ASVN), Dave Jensen, Enhanced Vision

Systems (EVS), Bob Wood, Head-up Display (HUD) systems,

Harold Tiedeman, Common Avionics Architecture System

(CAAS), and Roy Robertson, MultiScan™ weather radar.

“It’s funny how some of our greatest innovations

always came at the last minute,” said Robertson, a Fellow in

Surveillance-Radar Systems in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “We had all

the information on MultiScan, we knew how it would work,

but we had yet to put together a prototype.”

Fellows in Government Systems



Clay Lindwall, Kelly Ortberg,

Rodney Mickelson, Nan

Mattai, John Thommana

Second row: Jim Melzer,

Tim Snodgrass, Jim Stevens,

Troy Brunk, Mike Anderson,

Greg Miller, Shannon

Standing, Mike Jones


Harold Tiedeman Jr.,

Harold (Dee) Gardiner,

Phil Jasper, Rodney (Cap)

Popeck, Andy Seitz

The term “Fellow” is widely used in academic, industry and corporate professions to honor a person’s exceptional achievement or service in his or her field.

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Robertson laughed as he clearly

remembered a day in 2001 when suddenly

there was a customer from Taiwan who

wanted to fly into Cedar Rapids and see

a prototype.

“We worked all night, and the first time

we actually tested it was in front of this

customer,” he recalled. “We were very happy,

and relieved, that it worked as well as it did.”

Robertson says his accomplishments

were possible because of the people he

worked with. That’s a sentiment echoed

by Mark Jorgenson, Fellow and principal

engineering manager at Rockwell Collins’

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, facility.

“It’s all been a team effort for all of us,”

he said. “Engineering is a team game.”

The accomplishments of Jorgenson and

his team involve using new waveforms to

increase the data rates achieved with High

Frequency (HF) radios to make these radios

a viable and desirable networking option

in the military environment. And he’s not

done with his work, yet.

“This is a very nice recognition, and

I see it as a potential vehicle for those

of us who are Fellows to influence the

organization to continue to innovate and

become even more effective,” he said.

Serving as mentorsMany in the 2014 class of Fellows state

that giving back also involves teaching and

mentoring other engineers.

John Kraemer, a Fellow who specializes

in electromagnetic compatibility in Cedar

Rapids, encourages our young engineers to

seek out the more experienced ones in the

areas they’re interested in.

“When I started here I wondered,

‘Where do I want to be in five years, 10

years, even 20 years?’” he recalled. “Then I

looked to find people in those roles, and I

learned from them.”

Kraemer has been instrumental in

developing cable/connector assembly

and circuit designs to enable off-the-

shelf interfaces like Ethernet, DVI and

Firewire to meet the demanding customer

requirements of defense and aerospace

environments.

“I’ve always enjoyed the challenge of

working with electromagnetic fields and

waves,” he said. “I’m excited when I meet

young, talented engineers who share that

same passion. I’m very humbled to have

been selected as a Fellow, and I look forward

to the new opportunities it will bring.” bBy Megan Strader

Fellows in Engineering and Technology and

International and Service Solutions



Patrick Hwang,

Darren Cofer, Kelly Ortberg,

Nan Mattai, Paul Ekman,

Savyasachi Srinivas

Second row (left to right):

James Sampica, Ray Zanoni,

Dave Jensen, Jim Doty,

John Kraemer, Mark

Jorgenson, John Borghese

Third row (left to right):

Scott Zogg, Rick Twedt,

Bob Newgard,

Cale Stephens, Eric Leno


Gary McGraw,

Tim Etherington, Rob Frank,

Barry Alexia, Ray Kamin

Employees can read about all 26 Fellows and their accomplishments on Rockwell Collins Online at http://epedia.rockwellcollins.com/wiki/Engineering_Fellows.

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Aiming for new opportunities in rail and securityOur ARINC Advanced Information Management (AIM®) technology provides the foundation to expand cutting-edge rail and security solutions in Information Management Services.

Suzanne Furr’s first experience working with the ARINC

Advanced Information Management (AIM®) software

platform was as a systems engineer in 2000. The customer

was the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation

Authority (SEPTA), the regional rail system in the

Philadelphia area. Her role involved configuring the

programmable logic controllers to feed the ARINC AIM

software in dispatch centers with information from field

equipment – information such as the status of train

locations or the signal system.

Since that time, Furr and other engineers with our

Information Management Services (IMS) business have

developed numerous advanced applications that leverage

ARINC AIM to meet our rail customers’ evolving needs.

One of the largest innovations in recent years feeds train

locations directly to a station’s public address system or

information displays, providing passengers with real-time

information.

“We listen to our customers and create additional

functions to meet their needs and changing operating

requirements,” said Furr, who is now a senior program

manager in IMS Surface Transportation.

ARINC AIM is a core command and control software

that provides both our rail and security customers with

visibility into their operations, according to Denny Lengyel,

staff vice president of Surface Transportation and Critical

Infrastructure for IMS.

In rail, the solution allows dispatchers to set routes,

see problems on the tracks and dispatch and reroute

trains. In security, capabilities include controlling access

into a facility and monitoring the perimeter for intrusions.

“Our software integrates all this systems information

so an operation can efficiently be monitored and events

can effectively be responded to, whether it be to reroute

trains or respond to an alarm,” said Lengyel.

And because each rail or security customer has

different operating protocols, individual business rules can

be coded into the software, creating customized solutions.

New applicationsRockwell Collins is continually adding features and

functions to the ARINC AIM platform. In the rail group,

systems engineers are now working on the development

of new ARINC AIM-based applications for Positive Train

Control (PTC) systems.

Mandated by the United States federal government

to make rail transportation safer, a PTC system must be

able to determine the precise location, direction and speed

of trains, warn train operators of potential problems, and

take immediate action if the operator does not respond

to a warning provided by the system. It also must allow

for communication among all passenger, commuter and

freight rail systems traveling on PTC-equipped tracks.

“We’re working to create a flexible architecture that

supports the business rules of each railroad’s dispatch

center and interfaces with any number of devices that are

receiving the information on the back end,” explained Furr.

In addition, Rockwell Collins is a major contractor

for the CSX Railroad PTC test program. As part of that

program, we have developed and are applying ARINC AIM-

based simulators for both laboratory and field testing.

Aside from trains, developments with the ARINC

AIM platform provide advanced security solutions for

nuclear power plants and critical infrastructure, including

oil refineries, airports, transit systems and government

facilities. In addition to physical security, innovations

are constantly being made in the area of cyber security,

according to Tim Ciocco, senior director of Security

Systems for IMS.

“Cyber security is a top priority of the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission,” said Ciocco. “Our solution

enables nuclear power plant operators to create a

‘defense-in-depth’ strategy that implements multiple

layers of security controls to thwart cyber attacks. One

of the big challenges has been to avoid putting so many

layers onto a system that it prevents it from working. But

we’ve figured it out.”

Suzanne Furr, Trey Sargent, Becky Heinz and

Jason Robinson (left to right) are part of the

engineering team developing value-added

solutions for our rail customers.

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While our leading-edge technology is

critical to our customers, Ciocco stressed

that the trust our employees have

established with them is equally important.

“Our customers take security very

seriously. They want to work with people

who are not only experts in the field,

but who understand their needs and

they can trust to address issues or make

improvements to their system,” he said.

“It’s not uncommon for a customer to

call and specifically request a couple of

our engineers to work on a particular

project they want us to do. That’s the

kind of relationship our people have with

our customers.”

Adding valueFuture applications of the ARINC AIM

technology will continue to focus on

providing customers with versatile and

reliable solutions.

In security, engineers are working

on a solution that integrates ARINC AIM

into a Geographical Information System

(GIS) to provide 3D mapping for increased

situational awareness.

A future rail innovation under

development includes offering ARINC AIM

as a cloud-based service. Smaller rail and

transit agencies that don’t have the IT

infrastructure to maintain all the systems

they need will then be able to access

applications – such as PTC, customer

information and dispatching – via fee-

based subscriptions.

According to Lengyel, our ongoing

innovation will address not only our

customers’ needs, but also their requests

for cost-effective solutions.

“We’re in a position to develop value-

added applications that will continue to

streamline customers’ operations and

reduce their operating costs,” he said. “And

at the same time, our solutions have the

flexibility they require to keep pace with

the growing and evolving demands of

their industries.”

By Katherine Marcheski and Annette Busbee

A snapshot of our surface transportation and criti-cal infrastructure group

b Approximately 300 people

make up our surface

transportation and

critical infrastructure team.

b The surface transportation

group has locations in

Annapolis, Maryland, Marina

Del Rey, California, and New

York City, New York. Our

critical infrastructure group

has two facilities: one in

Carrollton, Texas, near

Dallas, and one in Cranberry

Township, Pennsylvania,

near Pittsburgh.

b Approximately 50 percent

of passenger rail control

centers in the United States

and Canada use our dispatch

command and control

solution. Our transit,

commuter rail and Amtrak

customers extend from

the East to the West coasts

of the United States and

into Canada.

b Rockwell Collins was the

contractor for the dispatch

system for a light rail

extension project in

Minneapolis, Minnesota,

that was completed in

time to transport fans

to Target Field for the

2014 Major League

Baseball All-Star game.

b Just over 60 percent of

nuclear power plants

in the United States

use our critical

infrastructure solutions.

Rockwell Collins’ ARINC security systems safeguard some of the United States’ most critical infrastructure.

Systems Integration Engineer Mark Wasylson tests the functionality of a central alarm station that will

be part of a security system upgrade at a nuclear power plant in Georgia.

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Military persons transitioning from active service to the workforce often

worry that the jobs they did in uniform will not translate to the jobs they

seek out of uniform. However, some veterans find that a career mentoring

program can help them make this transition.

This is the case for Rayce Evenson, an electrical engineer working

on digital display systems who found his way to Rockwell Collins via our

Student Veteran Mentor Program – a two-year-old program sponsored by

the Military and Veterans Employee Resource Group (ERG). Evenson has

transitioned from maintaining flight controls on helicopters and gunships

in combat zones for the Air Force to testing similar avionics display

systems in Rockwell Collins’ labs.

The road to Rockwell CollinsEvenson’s career trajectory began straight out of his Minnesota high

school in 2005 when he enlisted in the Air Force and served four years

as an integrated avionics technician. He was twice deployed to Iraq

where he conducted unscheduled maintenance on “anything that goes

in the cockpit.” After his four years of service, he turned down a cash

incentive and a promotion to E-5 staff sergeant when he decided not

to re-enlist. But he did take advantage of the GI Bill, a U.S. government

program that offers educational assistance to service members, veterans

and their dependents.

“I wanted to have the college life experience and transfer the

skills I learned in the military to a civilian life,” said Evenson. “So

I took advantage of the GI Bill to get a good education.”

He then hit the books – hard – at the University of Iowa in Iowa

City, earning a degree in electrical engineering. Evenson leaned on his

military background to help move his career forward, pairing a passion for

service with his education goals. His first stop was an introduction to the

University of Iowa Veterans Association (UIVA) where he would eventually

become the group’s treasurer and take advantage of Rockwell Collins’

Student Mentor Program.

Neil Foley, principal engineering manager in Power Electronics Engineering

at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, became Evenson’s assigned mentor.

“Neil and I began our mentoring sessions by emailing back and forth

with general questions and answers,” said Evenson. “Then he invited me to

come see the Rockwell Collins labs and talk about real-world engineering.

I got to see all the cool tools and actually learn what an engineer does.”

Foley – a veteran who served in the Air Force for seven years before

earning an electrical engineering degree – felt he could offer Evenson

some perspective on the transition from military to civilian life.

From camouflage to corporateVeterans are trained, ready and a proven source of talent for Rockwell Collins.

Rayce Evenson, an electrical engineer in

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, helps develop test

equipment for our digital display

systems. The Air Force veteran is the first

person to be hired from our Student

Veteran Mentor Program.

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Empowering our veteransRockwell Collins has been recognized by four organizations for our work to employ and empower veterans:

b Nominated for the Freedom Award, the U.S.

Department of Defense’s highest award for support

of the National Guard and Reserve

b “10 Best Corporations for Veteran-Owned

Businesses” by the National Veteran-Owned

Business Association

b “Top 10 Companies for Veterans”

by DiversityInc, 2013, 2014

b “Top Military Friendly Employer” by G.I. Jobs

magazine, 2010-2014

“I didn’t have a mentor to guide me on how to translate

my Air Force experience into a real-world job and sell my

value to a company,” said Foley. “So I’ve always wanted to

show a student veteran what I eventually learned about

leveraging a military background and a college degree.”

According to Evenson, his meeting with Foley came at a

crucial time during his studies. Foley showed him the front

end of the engineering design process and discussed the

different focus between electrical and systems engineering.

“He told me to evaluate what I learned in

my Rockwell Collins visit and take it back to

the University and guide my class selection

more toward what I would eventually want

to do in my career,” said Evenson. “I took

his advice and did just that.”

Evenson also took advantage

of the “awesome huge avionics

company right near me” and

applied for a position at

Rockwell Collins.

He was hired in May

2014, becoming the

first person to be

hired from our

Student Veteran

Mentor Program.

Veterans add valueAccording to Ken Manley, a

senior recruiting specialist in

Human Resources, Rockwell

Collins’ commitment to helping

veterans succeed in a civilian

environment is the right thing

to do but, more importantly, it’s also the smart business

thing to do.

“Having veterans in our workforce provides us with

valuable insight into our customer base while providing

the returning veterans with opportunities to transition into

civilian life,” said Manley, himself a former member of the

armed services now working in corporate America. “Veterans

are loyal, responsible employees who do well under pressure

and know how to work in teams.”

According to Tim Carson, manager of Diversity and

Inclusion, 8 percent of the Rockwell Collins workforce is

made up of veterans and, over the past two years, more

than 10 percent of all new hires have been veterans.

This mentoring program is part of a number of

veterans hiring initiatives Rockwell Collins is engaged in.

Others include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “Hiring

Our Heroes” program, the “Joining Forces” initiative

sponsored by the White House and the Student Veterans

of America program.

“The recruitment and retention of veterans and

military personnel has long proven to be a successful

strategy in the global competition for talent,” said Carson.

“Many veterans have used our communication and

navigation systems at some point in their careers. The

ability to hire individuals who are already familiar with

our products and who speak the business language of our

customers is always a winning strategy.”

Evenson is an example of that. At Rockwell Collins,

he is working with equipment he used while deployed in

Iraq. As he transitions into his newest career, he’s already

thinking about how he can help veterans like himself.

“When I’m settled into my new position, I will

definitely give back and volunteer my time to be a veteran

mentor,” said Evenson. b

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By Colleen Scholer

Ground broken on new facility in Reading, U.K.; expansion planned in BrazilRockwell Collins broke ground on a

new 70,000-square-foot facility in the

Winnersh Triangle business park near

Reading, England, on July 16 that will

help meet existing operational needs

while allowing sufficient space for

future business growth.

Located about five miles from

our existing facility in Reading, the

new building will comprise 40,000

square feet of laboratory facilities

with research and development

space, and 30,000 square feet

of office space over three floors.

Engineering, business development,

program management and shared

service functions will be housed

within the office space.

The decision to construct

this new “center of excellence” to

support our military and commercial

customers further reinforces

Rockwell Collins’ presence and

investment in the United Kingdom.

The current plan is for employees to

begin moving into the facility in early

summer 2015.

Rockwell Collins also is

expanding the size of its facility in

São José dos Campos, Brazil, as part

of its strategy to invest and grow its

presence and activities in-country.

Work is expected to begin in 2014.

When completed, the facility

will span nearly 19,000 feet and will

provide enough space to house an

employee base that has increased by

50 percent over the last three years. b

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45 YEARS

AUGUST

Mark A. Ramsey

SEPTEMBER

Kevin E. Meyer

40 YEARS

JULY

Gary J. Deimer

Keith H. Diefenderfer

Karl R. Hoffman

Sharon K. Kos

Maria Teresa Medina Vazquez

Dale R. Motsinger

Douglas E. Salisbury

David E. Seeliger

Claude E. Spears

Elizabeth A. Spears

Edmond M. Wilson

AUGUST

Janet R. Appleton

Steven P. Bruns

Sandra L. Burgess

Lawrence W. Feltz

Kirk S. Finnell

Gary W. Jones

Debra A. Joosten

Carl L. Meiners

Marilyn J. Miller

Alan G. Olson

Thomas C. Olson

James D. Proffitt

Kendal M. Ramstad

William C. Ross

Patsy J. Sanders

SEPTEMBER

Virginia L. Burns

Alan R. Erickson

Mark W. Gibbs

Robin Gross

Gary L. Harrington

Nancy L. Hayes

Kerry L. Luchauer

David W. Lutter

Donna R. Moriarty

Casey W. Orr

L. A. Smith

Robert J. Ward

35 YEARS

JULY

Stephen L. Belland

Servando Chavez

Charles J. Dickerson

Joanne K. Digiantonio

Richard S. Dove

Gary A. Driscoll

Dewayne A. Fields

Kathryn E. Heath

Cornelius Hollestelle

Jack J. Holmes

Angelene M. Hoover

Keith H. Kintopf

Stefan Koczo

Amy M. Kramme

John R. Krouse

Martin E. Labs

Martin S. Liatos

Linda K. Lindsay

Randy E. Maring

Douglas B. Miller

Kent L. Miller

Bradley S. Novotny

Lisa G. Rider

Debra B. Sampson

Janet R. Sargent

Joseph L. Schemmel

A R O U N D T H E W O R L D

Rockwell Collins offers congratulations to employees who have marked significant service award milestones in recent months.

Service anniversaries

Rockwell Collins broke ground on a new

facility in the United Kingdom on Wednesday,

July 16. Pictured are: John Redwood, member

of the Parliament for Wokingham (left),

and Chris Hazeel, managing director for

Rockwell Collins in the U.K.

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS

Alan EricksonCedar Rapids, Iowa

Start date:

September 1974

Original position:

Electrical Engineer

Current position: Pr. Systems

Engineer, GS Airborne

& Ground Communications

What piece of advice do you have

for new employees? Don’t be afraid

to pursue new ideas, practice LEAN

by continuously learning from

mentors and experts throughout

your career, and avoid the idea of

“I can do it myself.”

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AUGUST

Carl J. Berstler

John-Paul E. Besong

Kathleen I. Billington

Mark N. Hepworth

J. S. Hobbs

Kris E. Housel

David N. Latta

Vicki D. Lydon

Teresita Z. Nunez

Rodney W. Olsen

Joni R. Richmond

Dawn M. Scott

Mark C. Singer

Bruce E. Visser

SEPTEMBER

Philip D. Brown

Dan J. Claflin

Jack A. Colon

Cheryl A. Cook

Roger D. Eller

Stephen G. Fuemmeler

Ricky L. Fulbright

Luisa Girlando

Jacquelyn S. Kuennen

Charles K. Masko

Michelle P. Matheny

Scott R. Murphy

Dennis R. Nebraska

Marion A. Payne Jr.

Gloria G. Perez

Dirk D. Punzelt

Rhonda S. Ryan

Michael A. Scanes

Kathy M. Smith

Linda S. Snow-Solum

Jesse L. Thedford

30 YEARS

JULY

Susan Anderson

Robert D. Beebe

Donald R. Collingwood

Cheryl G. Hart Lloyd

Bruce M. King

Paul A. Kratzer

Robert C. McKillip

Richard Napolitano

Candace M. Schnepf

AUGUST

Joseph P. Acker

Alan J. Gassmann

Earl R. Haft

Pamela K. Hahn

Gary L. Hawkinson

Clinton Jones

Lois Meadows

Thierry Mirabel

Randall Mokler

Bret A. Nilles

Gregory J. Rowe

Bryan R. Vester


Casey OrrCedar Rapids, Iowa

Start date:

September 1974

Original position: Technician,

Test Equipment Services

Current position:

Sr. Electrical Engineer,

Test Equipment Services

What is your proudest

accomplishment at

Rockwell Collins? I was instrumental

in automating

the calibration process for

test equipment.


Doug SalisburyCedar Rapids, Iowa

Start date: July 1974

Original position: Lab Technician,

Government Engineering

Current position: FPGA Design

Engineer, ASIC & FPGA Solutions

What is your favorite aspect of your

current position? I like to do design

work. It keeps the thrill in my job

Barry Abzug announces retirement; Jeff MacLauchlan to lead Corporate DevelopmentAfter 13 years as the senior vice

president of Corporate Development

at Rockwell Collins, Barry Abzug has

announced his intent to retire in December.

Jeff MacLauchlan succeeded Abzug

on Monday, Sept. 15. Abzug will support

the transition through the end of the

calendar year.

MacLauchlan comes to Rockwell

Collins having enjoyed a distinguished

career in aerospace. In his most recent

role as vice president of Corporate

Development for Lockheed Martin, he

focused on supporting the company’s

strategy through investments, technology

commercialization, acquisitions and

divestitures, and strategic ventures,

including leading approximately 20

significant merger and acquisition deals

and the formation of dozens of joint

ventures. He also served as vice president,

Finance and Business Operations, for the

company’s Information Systems and Global

Services business sector, as well as vice

president, Financial Strategies, for the

corporation, among other roles. b

Jeff MacLauchlan

Barry Abzug

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SEPTEMBER

James A. Conklin

Craig B. Ivie

Annette M. Kuelper

Rodney N. Larson

Cindy L. Maring

Kary D. Miller

John W. Nirschl

Teresa R. Ochs

Clyde M. Watkins

Mark E. Whiting

25 YEARS

JULY

Laura Amezola Leon

Glenn A. Averkamp

Michell R. Avis

Danielle M. Beebe

Bradley G. Bennett

Matthew H. Brace

Debra L. Burmeister

Rhonda L. Corum

Philippe Courtial

DeAnna M. Creque

Jeffrey A. Danzer

Frederic David

Richard R. Demers

Jody E. Dunne

Caroline A. Ehlinger

Mary A. Halford

Dana J. Hanson

Joan M. Klemme

Kathryn A. LeClere

Darrell G. Letson

Pascal Martin

Sarah H. Minett

Marty A. Moore

Mary J. Mueller

Micheal J. Murphy

Lauren M. Nakama

Sandra L. Nelson

Cindy J. O’Meara

Michaela L. Parbs

Kelli S. Parker

Kirk D. Perry

Sheldon K. Rutherford

Jerilyn J. Seaton

Bobbye K. Shaheen

Carla J. Sommers

Teresa Stutts

Didier Tais

Jeanette H. Thomas

Anabel Valle Astorga

Bernetia A. Vaske

Evangelina Zepeda Hernandez

AUGUST

Dawn D. Cannon

Patrick L. Cannon

Geoffrey Davies

Lance A. Devereaux

Bradley J. Dixon

David A. Greve

Fred Haase

Patricia A. Hager

Cindy L. Heister

Karl F. Hoech

Terri J. Johnson

Raymond A. Kamin III

Mary K. Kelchen

Diane L. Kilburg

Christopher B. Larsen

Wanda A. Linderwell

Daniel Llorens

Colleen K. Meyer

Sharon K. Michel

Eldon E. Oberheu

Robin K. Paulsen

Elaine S. Perrinjaquet

Jeffrey R. Priborsky

Stephon Rawlings

Hernan Rojas

Teresa A. Shaw

Douglas V. Thurm

Alexander J. Troisi

Margarita Valle

Judy A. Wessels

SEPTEMBER

Sandra A. Andera

Robert A. Armstrong

Nancy K. Baumann

Kathleen J. Bronson

Kelly P. Collins

Wayne K. Garner

Brenda K. Gombert

Kurtis C. Grigg

Todd A. Hermanson

Sandra J. Horsfall

Enrique Jacuinde Bermudez

Ron A. Kandt

Karen M. Kilburg

Caroline M. King

Patrick Laffage

Scott M. Maccallum

Marielle Monterde

Martha J. Napper

George R. Rozier

Cherri L. Sieverding

Judy M. Spalla

Denise A. Stille

Tomi J. Trentz

Donald D. Washburn

Debra A. Weinschenk

Reba K. Winter

Christopher Young

Sharon A. Zeimet

20 YEARS

JULY

Mark A. Anderson

Brice A. AntonJensen

Steven F. Buckland

Tracy E. Budzinski

Maki D. Dervo

Timothy A. Gale

Mark L. Johnson

Dung C. Nguyen

Jon D. Perkins

Beng Guan Pour

Leigh Prasse

Sethu R. Rathinam

Carl J. Riechers

Lee C. Smith

William F. Vargo

AUGUST

Steven J. Bell

Steven C. Bouchett

Rodney J. Budzinski

Stuart Cadwallader


Gary J. DeimerCedar Rapids, Iowa


Original position: Engineering Lab

Technician, GS Engineering Services

Current position: Pr. Systems Engineer,

GS CR Airborne & Ground

What piece of advice to you have

for new employees? Never assume

anything.


Angel HooverCedar Rapids, Iowa

Start date: June 1977

Original position:

Production Assembly

Current position: Sr. Lab Assistant,

PECoE Power Supply


accomplishment at Rockwell Collins?

Having returning customers tell me

that I’m doing something right.

.CELEBRATING 40 YEARS

Sandy BurgessCedar Rapids, Iowa

Start date: August 1974

Original position: Rotate Accountant

Current position: Tools Application

& Design Assistance (TADA) Team

Member, Finance Process Governance



Participating in the implementation

of the pay from receipt (PFR) process

which was nominated for the

President’s Award in 1993.


Robin A. GrossAnnapolis, Maryland

Start date: January 1974

Original position: Clerk Typist,

Customer Service

Current position: Manager, IMS

Communications & Billing


current position? Working with all the

other departments for a common goal.


Robert J. WardCedar Rapids, Iowa

Start date: September 1974

Original position: Test Technician

Current position: Lab Technician

What piece of advice do you have for

new employees? Do not stop learning

and your service will be in demand.

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Rex A. Chamberlain

Michael E. Chase

Donald F. Craig

Victor Manuel Garibay Gonzalez

Aaron P. Maue

Jennifer M. McAllister

Douglas Miller

Trevor Oestreich

Bruce M. Savage

David Huat Leong Tan

Christopher J. Terrington

Sonny T. Vo

Jayne D. Watters

James K. Worden

SEPTEMBER

Patricia Amaro Quiroz

Martha Patricia Barajas Perezchica

Tracy J. Barnidge

Daniel D. Bliek

Beverly A. Bray

Stephanie L. Brood

Mark A. Chase

Harold G. Gibbs

David H. Jameson

John T. Kelly

James S. Lande

Anna M. May

Duane S. McAfee

Rick A. Meyer

Todd E. Miller

Maria De La Luz Pineda Gonzalez

Perry R. Rebhuhn

Jose Rodriguez Sanchez

Francis K. Scherrer

Robert M. Taylor

Foong Mui Theng

Daniel M. Toy

Paul R. Wilder

Juana Lorena Zaragoza Esquivel

15 YEARS

JULY

Hernie Marina Bte Ahmad

Lisa L. Andrade

David D. Atwater

Robert K. Barlow

Tracy L. Covington

Xavier Doumergue

Timothy Emmert

Cesar L. Esquin

Christophe Georgin

Henry C. Gofforth

Jose Marcelo Guzman Saldana

Leslie Harris Jr.

Ann Marie Hassman

Yubo Huang

Matthew C. Huffaker

Ricky J. Johnson

Michael A. Kane

Richard J. Kinney

Dixie L. Kirkpatrick

Victoria L. Knutson

Tracy L. Kraling

Ha Le

Julia E. Long

Maria Chloe U. Lorono

Oscar Manrique

Susan L. Martin

Janet S. McCullough

Corey C. Muldoon

Brian G. Neal

Michael N. Newhouse

Chau D. Nguyen

Cedric Nioche

Peter A. Olander

Robert D. Oliva

William J. Pitcher

Alex Postnikov

Glenn A. Rasmusson

Raymond J. Richards

Lawrence L. Robinson

David S. Rokos

Laurent Saez

Curtis L. Schafer

Alan E. Siniff

Stephanie Smith

Alban Thevret

Thi Bich Dung Tran

Raymond C. Trottier

AUGUST

Pedro M. Andrade

Jeffrey S. Bellner

Mayra Beltran Sanchez

Michael J. Bernard

Frederic Bertrand

Anthony N. Brandt

Sofia I. Bray

Laurel J. Brown

Nicholas J. Burgart

Mark R. Burrowes

Medaline D. Burzachiello

Timothy D. Carman

Lauren Carre

Olivier Cayre

Jeffrey R. Dains

Melissa A. Dean

Ann M. Denney

Kurt M. Ebenkamp

Pamela L. Fabre

Blake A. Farmer

Stacy Garn

Frederic Gayraud

Paul E. Grace

Deborah Griffin

William O. Grunwald

David A. Haber

Steven M. Hatt

Susan E. Henry

Amanda Hunt

Ann M. Jacoby

Tina M. Juricak

Melissa S. Lewis


Chuck DickersonCedar Rapids, Iowa


Original position: Engineer/Scientist,

General Aviation Weather Radar

Current position: Pr. Systems Engineer,

Weather Radar Advanced Applications


current position? The ability to work

with an outstanding team.


Gary DriscollTustin, California


Original position: Technician,

Assembly & Test

Current position: Sr. Mechanical

Technician, EMS Sustaining

Engineering

What is your favorite aspect of

your current position? It allows

me flexibility to multi-task while

achieving specific project goals.


Janet SargentCedar Rapids, Iowa


Original position: Sr. Clerk Typist, Air

Transport Manufacturing

Current position: Sr. Master Scheduler,

Enterprise Planning

What is your favorite proudest


Working here for 35 years and still

enjoying it!


John KrouseBothell, Washington


Original position: Field Engineer,

LAX airport

Current position: Pr. Engineer,

Cabin Systems

What piece of advice do you have for

new employees? Build friendships in

person. Phones and tech toys can be

turned off; a handshake cannot.


Bruce VisserCedar Rapids, Iowa

Start date: August 1979

Original position: Engineering Lab

Technician, Government Avionics

Current position: Sr. Product

Classification Specialist, Office of the

General Counsel


current position? To see the global

reach of Rockwell Collins’ products and

services is impressive.

2 4 H O R I Z O N S b 2 0 1 4

Anthony N. Lyne

Carlos R. Mendez

Loring C. Mercil

Michael E. Miller

Mickey J. Miller

Jason Millman

Richard N. Roelofs

John M. Rossi

Erika Noemi Sanchez Carrillo

John J. Savant

Kelly D. Scott

Eric Scroggins

Larry V. Simon

Mary G. Skorupa

Terry S. Spencer

Kimberlee E. Staab

Kenneth D. Stuteville

Vincent L. Thomas

Natalie M. Thomas

Moises J. Vargas

Noelle E. Wadsworth

Ted Wahnon

Matthew R. Wedeking

SEPTEMBER

Chris B. Bezodis

Craig A. Bries

Eric Burgeat

Kathi S. Decker

Rogelio Diaz

Kenneth W. Dubbs

Anderson Duggar III

Geoff M. Dumolien

Pamela J. Ehlen

Debra S. Ferrer

Philip M. Froom

Sebastien Guilmin

Najib Hassani

Javier Herrera Orozco

Craig W. Holding

Jennifer M. Hunt

John R. Knebel

Kristin Krammes-Grubb

Carlos Guzman

Mark Layton

James R. L’Homme

Diana L. McGraw

Jean-Francois Neu Faber

John H. Osborne

Dustin S. Paulos

Patrick C. Phelan

Christy M. Primley

Dhirajlal B. Raghwani

Angelo J. Ruggeri

Dean A. Schwab

Sally C. Sklarsky

Joseph Splean II

Debra J. Tanner

Robert A. Townsend

Nancy M. Trieu

Rolen N. Weeks

Andrew J. Wiebold

10 YEARS

JULY

Erick Agosto

Syed A. Ahmed

Heather M. Airy

Maria Juana D. Anguiano

Jack W. Barnes

Erica M. Beamer

Sarah M. Beckett

Jacqueline A. Bell

Richard A. Bernecker

Thomas Breymeier

Lisa M. Carter

Jacob A. Chacko

Sharon F. deBruijn

Elizabeth Doughney

Matthew L. Eisenhammer

Lorena R. Esquivel

Scott T. Evans

Jesse W. Fisher

Adam M. Freeman

Nicholas C. Freese

Derek W. Gehrke

Timothy L. Gray

Jeremiah D. Hansen

Richard C. Harrison

Sue A. Hartogh

Mercedes Hernandez Gutierrez

Viviana Hernandez Villa

Anthony Hessler

John R. Higgins

Jeri L. Holst

David J. Inman

Jason J. Kamphaugh

Kenny Lam

Andrew D. Lang

Christopher J. Lawler

Bambi L. Lewis

Ye Li

Obdulia Guadalupe Lizarraga Aragon

Bertha Lopez Velazco

Ronald P. Magoun

David L. Malcolm

Jason M. Marshall

Carolyn R. McArtor

Kim McCord

Michelle R. Meiners

Kerri A. Melendez

Andre G. Moorman

Shelly A. Moyer

Theresa M. Murdock

Nancy Ng

Zachary J. Nelson

Joseph D. Obirek

Joseph A. Ohliger

Sergio Olachea Arreguin

Glen Oliveiro

Amanda M. Pauly

Matthew M. Pauly

Jeremy K. Sands

Benjamin Sannier

Michael T. Sansky

Christine A. Schuster

Debra L. Shattuck

John C. Smith

Shawn M. Stanger

Stephen M. Stec

Toby J. Stecklein

Nicolas A. Swarner

Denise Taylor

Kirk R. Thorson

Constance R. Trout

Michael C. Whitley

Natalie D. Wong

AUGUST

Stephen P. Adams

Jesse P. Ambers Jr.

Larry D. Anderson

Ludwig W. Barton

Joshua R. Bertram

Wanda J. Biglow

Melissa A. Bjornsen

Grant C. Blythe

Anja Bonacci

Lisa M. Brockmeyer

Claudia Cabrera Rodiguez

Carlota A. Castaneda

Michael F. Cimprich

John M. Connelly

Daniel D. Cushman

Serena L. Dalhamer

Roger A. Dana

Drew T. Dechant

Tracy D. DeLong

Dayna L. DiCesare

Matthew C. Drahos

Robin C. Eathorne

Thomas L. Evans

Christopher N. Fitzpatrick

Mercedes Guadalupe Flores Berrelleza


Lisa RiderMelbourne, Florida


Original position: Mechanical

Assembly

Current position: Sr. Manager,

Inventory Planning BRS/EMS Service

Solutions

What was your most challenging

project? SAP Go Live!


Luisa GirlandoAnnapolis, Maryland

Start date:

September 1979

Original position: Financial Analyst

Current position: Pr. Analyst,

IMS Transport & Messaging

Implementation

What piece of advice do you have

for new employees? Learn as much

as you can!


Mike ScanesReading, England

Start date:

August 1979

Original position: Field Support

Engineer

Current position: Account Manager

Sales, Business & Regional Systems

What was your most challenging

project? Being sent to the Sinai

desert for eight weeks in 1981 to

support the Camp David Treaty

operation and trying to get the

HF-200 communication system to

work on four helicopters.


Michelle MathenyCedar Rapids, Iowa

Start date: September 1979

Original position: Accounts Payable

Clerk

Current position: Engineering Project

Assistant, Test Engineering & Services

CoE

What piece of advice to you have for

new employees? Be ready for advice

and embrace it

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Martha Gabriela J. Fragozo

Brandon J. Franklin

Dustin L. Fransioli

Veronica Garcia Villa

Sara J. Garrett

Paul Gregory

Mitchell S. Groen

Gabriela Guadalupe Gutierrez Chantres

Megan D. Heater

Ramy W. Henin

Maria de los Angeles Hernandez

Steven M. Hesselgrave

Judy K. Hoff

Nicholas J. Holoviak

Phillip S. Holtzman

Margaret M. Horsfield

Hai M. Huynh

Stuart L. Johnson

Patrick W. Kalahar

Lawrence J. Kermon

Debra L. Kilcoyne

Julia A. Klaren

James A. Langemo

Lisa D. LeMaster

Cinthia Mireya Lezama Martinez

Karen M. Lindquist

Pamela S. Maire

Gordon E. Monis

Elizabeth Moreno Estrada

Tonya M. Moss

Joseph A. Mossa

Thanh D. Nguyen

Kathleen M. Nowak

Martha Alicia Padilla Venzor

Adam W. Pfab

Maria Guadalupe R. Plascencia

Penny J. Porter

Rex J. Procter

Randal C. Rath

Francisco Rene Reyes Garcia

Roy A. Rhodes

Orlando R. Romero

Christopher A. Roos

Shari M. Ross

George L. Saile

Erika Viridiana Sandoval Gonzalez

Erik M. Sautter

Steven R. Savage

Rachel A. Schlabsz

Jonathan D. Schmidt

Arthur L. Silbernagel

Stacey Singleton

Kimberly L. Smith

Dena D. Smith

Michael A. Springer

Michael J. Stodola

Margarita Tanori Mares

Stephen Tien

Wesley L. True

Christina G. Tryon

Angela M. Tubbs

Johanna Lizeth Ulloa Martinez

Beverly F. Underwood

Chad M. VanDorston

Michael P. Veit

Ranganath Venkatachalam

Adrian J. Villena

Christopher S. Warner

Donald L. Westermeyer

Todd M. Wilgenbusch

Joseph K. Wilton

Cliff A. Worrell

Mark R. Zerr

SEPTEMBER

John J. Ahlers

Mikael A. Aurili

George D. Ballingall

Keith W. Ballou

Raul Barba Rivas

Ronald M. Bennett

Eleonora Bosco

Steven R. Boston

Julio Cesar Castillo Moreno

Mark D. Chapman

Tambri M. Coats

Michael J. DeBower

Michael W. DeWyke

Paul J. Eby

Paul M. Eger

Antonia Esparza Navarrete

Clyde Evans Jr.

Josefina Flores Gonzalez

James L. Fredieu

Darlene K. Frith

Scott M. Fuemmeler

Jeffrey L. Fulmer

Bettie L. Harmon

Todd A. Holcomb

Jayson R. Humrich

Scott A. Hussey

Gayla R. Huston

Jerard L. Jensen

Ronald W. Kaler

Andrew Kamel

Glen L. Krogh

Johnathan C. Lewis

Martha A. Lopez

Ileana Lykins

Corey R. Marx

Travis C. Millen

Steven R. Miller

Andrew L. Miller

Clint A. Mueller

Jamie L. Nees

Mark A. Nolder

Lorenzo Obertan

Wendy L. Orth

FRANCK PARSY

Randy J. Rickards

Yuridia Rodriguez Castillo

Joshua A. Ross

Kristi L. Schadle

Jeremy J. Seiler

Teresa C. Serbousek

Mark S. Sexton

Venkata A. Sishtla

Dayton G. Smith

Ariel S. Soken

Michele D. Swartz

Ryan J. Taylor

Matilde M. Torres

Alfonso Velarde Majalca

Adalberta Vera Cortez

Tina M. Waggoner

Christopher W. Welzien

Sara Wetz

Ryan J. White

Charles H. Wood

5 YEARS

JULY

David J. Bettmann

Shari Bibb

Audrey Caillaud

Rakesh Chennakesavulu

Chris Clark

Leland C. de Guzman

Christopher D. DeSalvo

Karen DiMeglio

Pavan Kumar V. Elluru

Andrew T. Fiore

Arthur Hatchman

Vinh V. Hoang

Amanda Hueston

Jennifer L. Johnson

James D. Knight

Chee Khiang Leow

Brenda L. McClelland

Angus L. McLean

Shobhit Mishra

Santosh Multhalli

Ganesh Paladugu

Jason Pinzone

Ajay K. Potta Bathula

Vijay Ramesh

Kalahan L. Ramirez

Suzanne Rowell

Erik S. Ryan

Matthew Saunders

Robert J. Smith

Rhonda Stanton

Ryan S. Steffens

Alexandra Vialla

Jeffrey A. Wiest

Liuxiang Xu

Roger E. Yaffe

AUGUST

Maury J. Anderson

Michael T. Baggett

Bart Borczuch

Ryan P. Borst

Gary L. Brown Jr.

Zhiyuan Dai

George Del Vecchio

Steve M. Engleman


Randy MaringCedar Rapids, Iowa


Original position: Printed Circuit

Drafting

Current position: Sr. PC Designer,

Printed Circuit Drafting



Being part of the initial design of

many communication and navigation

products that are now being produced.


Rod OlsenOrlando, Florida

Start date:

August 1979

Original position: Electronic Technical/

Manufacturing

Current position: Pr. Account Manager,

STS


current position? Working with

customers, engineering and program

managers to offer solutions to real and

very challenging problems.


Richard DoveMelbourne, Florida


Original position: Radio Frequency

Engineer, MicroLine Development

Current position: Systems Architect/

Engineering Pilot, CNS Navigation



Being a 2009 Engineer of the Year

finalist.

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Jesus H. Escobar Rivera

Peggy S. Fite

Mark R. Fulton

Scott Hellmann

Stephen E. Hengen

Sherrel V. Hensley

Zoe Hughes

Troy R. Jessen

James M. Johnson

Krishna Kishore Josyula

Ki Y. Lee

Garrett Luebker

John T. Mason

Howard T. Mayoh

Shze Wee Ng

Stephen Noel

Veeresh M. Patil

Vladimir G. Petrov

Matthew J. Poduska

Marshall D. Potter

Timothy M. Pullen

Karteek Ravipati

Brian A. Richard

Anthony C. Samuels

William J. Sanford

Jeanna M. Schmidt

Sheryl A. Swanson

See Ling Tan

Jason M. Temporado

Christian M. Umphress

Conan M. Valente

Austin Youngblood

SEPTEMBER

Glen Adkins

Ovais Ali

Daniel E. Alt

John M. Amidon

Adriana E. Andrus

Samantha Caffarel

Lisa M. Carstens

Gregory Dukeman

Gregory Duncan

Karen Elsasser

Jason J. Harvey

Ken D. Heitzman

Edwin Hung

Andrew E. Ighedo

Richard Jones

Jenny Kent

Sandeep Kshirsagar

Breanna K. Malanaphy

Perla Maldonado

Stephane Malpel

Alexander Maromaty

Judd K. Meinders

Gangadhar Nekkalapu

Uzma Nishat

Alva Parris Jr.

Jennifer S. Peterson

Roberto A. Pino

Lorna Purtell

Deepak Rajamohan

Naveen Rajanikantha

Jonathan Riccio

Tiffany D. Roy

Kimberlee R. Smith

Pamela J. Tallon

Dinesh Tantuvay

James D. Zimmerman


Rhonda RyanDecorah, Iowa

Start date: May 1980

Original position: Operator

Current position: Schedule Adherence

Coordinator


current position? I get to work with

everyone and help them be successful

by having parts and material here for

them when they need it.


Steve FuemmelerCedar Rapids, Iowa

Start date:

September 1979

Original position: Software Engineer,

Collins Government Avionics

Current position: Technical Project

Manager, Airborne Strike Platform

Systems Engineering



Being selected as a 2004 Engineer of

the Year finalist.

RetireesRockwell Collins offers congratulations and best wishes to the following employees, who have recently announced their retirements.

Ruth A. AllenMarion, Iowa

Denis E. AltheideCedar Rapids, Iowa

Kimberlee D. Anderson

Palm Bay, Florida

Deborah J. AvisCedar Rapids, Iowa

Joey R. BarkerCripple Creek,

Colorado

Terry A. BeckFairfax, Iowa

Daniel B. BishopRogersville, Alabama

Robert L. Bodine Jr.Melbourne, Florida

Nelson G. BordenMonticello, Iowa

Mary K. BoykinMelbourne, Florida

Shelia A. BrownPalm Bay, Florida

Joyce E. CarterCedar Rapids, Iowa

William L. Chamberlain

Titusville, Florida

Joyce E. ClarkMarion, Iowa

Patricia A. CorbettCedar Rapids, Iowa

Donald F. CraigMarion, Iowa

Patricia J. Dalessandro

Alburnett, Iowa

Francis E. DavisCedar Rapids, Iowa

Elaine C. DillaboughWest Melbourne,

Florida

Elizabeth DoughneyEnfield, Connecticut

Evelyn M. Ehrenberger

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Roxanne K. EmeryAlburnett, Iowa

Beverly R. EndresenMarion, Iowa

Margaret A. FarrellHiawatha, Iowa

John E. FieldsHilton Head Island,

South Carolina

Mary K. FlickingerWalford, Iowa

Ricky L. ForresterPalo, Iowa

Daniel D. GoodrichWest Melbourne,

Florida

Luann GottschalkLowden, Iowa

Sherry J. GrieffMount Vernon, Iowa

Rodger J. GriffithMarion, Iowa

Bruce D. HammellCedar Rapids, Iowa

Barbara J. HarrisonMelbourne, Florida

Ralph R. Haste Jr.Annapolis, Maryland

Jean P. HlavacekCedar Rapids, Iowa

Charlene K. HolthausFestina, Iowa

Vernon W. HootmanCedar Rapids, Iowa

Pamela J. HuffCedar Rapids, Iowa

Frank A. HummerCedar Rapids, Iowa

Karen S. JohnsonHarpers Ferry, Iowa

Mark S. JohnsonRockledge, Florida

Gerald E. KvardaCedar Rapids, Iowa

Carmen M. KvardaCedar Rapids, Iowa

Emily S. LangguthMarion, Iowa

Janice K. LarisonCedar Rapids, Iowa

Marlene A. LemontFairfax, Iowa

Louise E. Leuenberger

Marion, Iowa

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In memoriamRockwell Collins offers condolences to the families and friends of the following employees and retirees, whose deaths were recently reported.

David Aanderud*Seaford, DelawareJuly 20, 2014 John Bach*Fox River Grove,

IllinoisAugust 7, 2014

Mark J. BartelmeMelbourne, FloridaAugust 24, 2014

Roger E. Bathe*Huntington Beach,

CaliforniaMay 31, 2014

Robert V. Bennett*Zanesville, OhioJuly 20, 2014

Denise A. Biggers*York, South CarolinaJune 17, 2014

Oakley Brashear Jr.*Olympia, KentuckyJuly 23, 2014

Peter B. Carlson*Orange, CaliforniaJune 7, 2014

Gary L. Caudill*Harrod, OhioJuly 12, 2014

James A. Chandler*Frisco, TexasJune 28, 2014

Larry S. Claphan*Kenton, OhioJuly 10, 2014

Stephen M. ConwellKalona, IowaJune 13, 2014

Evelyn Dicey*Denton, MarylandJune 7, 2014

James L. English*Mesa, ArizonaJune 9, 2014

William H. Fowler*Kennewick,

WashingtonJune 23, 2014

Lyle M. Fox*Toddville, IowaJuly 3, 2014 Beverly Galbraith*Oceanside, CaliforniaJuly 1, 2014 Earl E. Gray*Louisville, ColoradoJuly 5, 2014

Leo J. HamanCedar Rapids, IowaJuly 29, 2014

Craig W. Hickok*Mason City, IowaJuly 24, 2014

Thomas R. HobsonCedar Rapids, IowaJune 21, 2014

Derwood H. Iverson*Robins, IowaJune 6, 2014

Mary M. LittleMarion, IowaAugust 16, 2014

Gordon N. ManeyNorway, IowaJune 19, 2014

Anthony McClary Jr.*Bolingbrook, IllinoisJune 29, 2014

Michael R. Molski*Oshkosh, WisconsinJuly 11, 2014

Jon M. Noah*Central City, Iowa July 4, 2014 Josephine Oaksmith*Davisonville,

MarylandJuly 23, 2014

Patricia A. Olinger*Branson, MissouriJune 30, 2014

Dominic Quintana*Pleasanton,

CaliforniaJune 28, 2014

Mary A. Ridenour*King George, VirginiaJune 3, 2014

Carol S. Rodriquez*Cedar Rapids, IowaJune 3, 2014

Robert F. Sharpe*Central City, IowaJuly 6, 2014

James T. Songster IIICedar Rapids, IowaJuly 5, 2014

Robert J. Stanczak*Alqonac, MichiganJune 1, 2014

Timmis E. Stevens*Newark, OhioJune 12, 2014

Harry Vosburg*Curtis, MichiganAugust 6, 2014

John T. Walborn*Beaumont, CaliforniaJune 22, 2014

Thomas E. Whitlock*Royse City, TexasJune 15, 2014

Margaret Wojciechowski*

McHenry, Illinois

June 9, 2014

Linda K. LindsayCedar Rapids, Iowa

Charles C. LittererLake Arrowhead,

California

Kurt N. LivingstonCedar Rapids, Iowa

Deborah A. LuckertUpland, California

William E. McVayUrbana, Iowa

Belita K. MeierBellevue, Iowa

Rhonda M. MeinersFairfax, Iowa

Karen K. MensenDelhi, Iowa

John B. MetzgerSeverna Park,

Maryland

Lee W. MeyerAltoona, Iowa

Esther M. MillerMelbourne, Florida

Joanne M. MitchellCedar Rapids, Iowa

Brian G. MohwinkleMarion, Iowa

Florence MurphySt. Peters, Missouri

Mark E. NaughtonIowa City, Iowa

Krishna P. PandeGaithersburg,

Maryland

Francis K. PattersonMidwest City,

Oklahoma

Randolph F. PizziDavidsonville,

Maryland

Candace M. PlotzEly, Iowa

Susan L. PopeMelbourne, Florida

Patricia A. PrescottMelbourne, Florida

Sethu R. RathinamCedar Rapids, Iowa

John N. RichardsWest Richland,

Washington

Sandra L. RichardsPalm Bay, Florida

Crist A. RigottiNorth Liberty, Iowa

Harold F. RobertsMarion, Iowa

Richard D. RogersHico, Texas

Debra L. SamuelsonCedar Rapids, Iowa

John M. SarazinCenter Point, Iowa

John A. SchmidtMarion, Iowa

Darwin L. SchminkeCedar Rapids, Iowa

Charles S. ShaferCedar Rapids, Iowa

Diana L. ShoresMarion, Iowa

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James R. WalkerSpokane, Washington

Charlotte A. WeuveMarion, Iowa

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Rob R. WolfSanta Ana, California

Carmen E. WoodsLisbon, Iowa

Terry L. YoungCedar Rapids, Iowa

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