Marcus (Marc) C. Hansen, president of Lockheed Martin Management & Data Systems, has been selected to receive the Eastern Technology Council's Enterpriser Award. The award, given annually to a leader, team or company in the technology community, recognizes extraordinary achievement affecting the Greater Philadelphia region.

The Eastern Technology Council, a 1,200 member organization dedicated to the development and growth of the technology industry, will present Hansen with the award Dec. 3 during its 10th Annual Enterprise Awards ceremony at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

Hansen has been president of M&DS since 1997. Under his leadership, the company has met or exceeded its financial goals every year while increasing annual sales from $1 billion to more than $2.2 billion. It has received several business awards and distinctions, achieved the highest technical accreditation ever accorded a single company, and earned recognition from Computerworld magazine as one of the "Top 100 Best Places to Work in IT."

Hansen is the Lockheed Martin Corporate Liaison to Pennsylvania State University. A recipient of the Penn State Eberly College Outstanding Science Alumni Award, he currently serves on several university advisory boards, including the advisory board for Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology. Hansen also serves on the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Management & Data Systems (http://mds.external.lmco.com/), headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, has been a leader in systems integration, systems engineering, software development and program management in support of vital national systems for more than 30 years. M&DS is a unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation with approximately 8,000 employees at facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area, Virginia and Maryland.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/) is a highly diversified global enterprise principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced-technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's core businesses span space and telecommunications, electronics, information and services, aeronautics, energy and systems integration. Lockheed Martin had 2001 sales surpassing $23 billion.

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SOURCE: Lockheed Martin