Chris Lentz serves as a Lockheed Martin Fellow at Lockheed Martin Space, where he is the Chief Architect for Commercial Earth Observation Systems for the company’s Global Situational Awareness mission area.
In this role, Chris is responsible for defining new end-to-end space systems solutions and architectures covering a wide range of remote sensing missions. In addition, he is responsible for identifying new markets and new solutions to meet user needs, engaging with potential customers to define requirements, developing commercial remote sensing strategies, and leading new business pursuits.
Prior to this role, Chris spent the majority of his 30+ year career in systems engineering, specializing in and leading mission performance analysis, Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) development, system interface definition and architecture design.
The remainder of his career was spent supporting programs in a variety of roles, including Systems Engineering Payload Manager, WorldView-4 Satellite Mission Analysis & CONOPS Manager, and Chief Systems Engineer on a variety of remote sensing programs, spanning all phases of program development from concept synthesis, through proposal, design, manufacturing and operations.
Chris received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.