New Member Spotlight: Daren Heidgerken

Daren Heidgerken is the Technical Collaboration Lead for Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, and Integration, Test and evaluation. In this role he facilitates communication and collaboration in these key technical disciplines across Lockheed Martin, the world’s leading aerospace and global security company. In addition he connects individuals with subject matter experts across the company to help solve their technical challenges. Prior to this role, he held engineering and leadership positions in guidance, navigation and control engineering and systems engineering primarily on missiles and reentry systems. Throughout his career he has mentored both entry level engineers and technical experts. Last month he celebrated his 15^th anniversary with Lockheed Martin and as a California resident.

Daren grew up along the banks of the Mississippi River in Iowa and graduated with an aerospace engineering degree from Iowa State University. He also holds a MBA from Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business. He is married with  3 young children. He is a member the AIAA and IEEE engineering societies, SGT aerospace honor society and is a classroom volunteer and advisory board vice president at his children’s elementary school.