Mr. Taiclet brings extensive strategic and operational leadership experience across the aerospace, defense and global infrastructure sectors. He is driving a vision for a more commercial and resilient defense industrial base that accelerates advanced digital and physical technologies into critical national security missions to continually improve capabilities and deter armed conflict. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Tower Corporation, he expanded the real estate investment trust s market capitalization from roughly $2 billion to more than $100 billion. As a former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot, Mr. Taiclet has logged over 5,000 flying hours (most of those in a Lockheed C-141B StarLifter) and brings a nuanced perspective on national security, technology modernization and the evolving defense industrial base.