Without a doubt, Christopher T. Jones has risen to stellar ranks in the defense field, and his accomplishments have been duly noted by those both inside and outside his industry.
Despite his professional longevity and numerous achievements, Jones hasn’t lost sight of what it’s like to be just starting out.
He remembers his early days and his experiences attending his first BEYA and other engineering conferences. While he encourages young people to have fun during the after-hours activities (he hints that having a good time was certainly high on his agenda back then), having a mission-like focus during the daytime conference events pays dividends.
First introduced to BEYA in the early 1990s, when he was an engineering graduate student at the University of Maryland College Park, Jones was selected as BEYA’s student of the year in 1996.
Jones currently serves as corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Technology Services, where he’s a leader in integrated logistics; sustainment; modernization; defense, health, civil, and governmental services; and training solutions.
Jones said there are simple strategies young people should follow that can result in a far richer, beneficial experience while attending BEYA and other conferences:
This story is from the February 2017 edition of USBE & Information Technology.
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