Ricky Freeman has over 25 years of leadership experience in defense & aerospace.

Most recently, he served as President, Defense & Space for Honeywell leading a global business with annual revenues in excess of $6.6 Billion.

His prior executive roles include Vice President, Boeing Defense, Space & Security; Vice President, Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Senior Director of Naval Programs for DRS Finmeccanica.

Ricky is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he served as a naval aviator and weapons systems program manager. He completed his undergraduate studies at The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He completed his graduate studies at the Wharton Business School. He is certified Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.

Ricky serves on several boards including the Board of Directors for the Red Tails Scholarship Foundation and Red Tails Flight Academy, a non-profit organization chartered to increase career opportunities in aviation and aerospace for minority + under-served communities by funding private pilot licensure and aircraft maintenance certification.