LightRidge Solutions has added two leaders to the company’s technology team, underscoring the company’s continued growth and focus on designing and delivering innovative solutions.
Dr. Skip Williams joins as LightRidge’s Chief Technology Officer and will lead the definition and implementation of the company’s long-term technology strategy, while Jim Congdon has been appointed the firm’s Chief Software Officer.
Prior to joining LightRidge, Dr. Williams was Director of Business Development and Technical Fellow at L3Harris Technologies, spearheading new business and driving technology innovation. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of OEwaves Inc. providing state-of-the-art radio frequency and laser photonic technologies and products for sensing, communications, and precision timing. Additionally, he brings more than two decades of government service in hypersonics as well as relevant space, C4ISR sensors, and protection systems, having held senior positions at the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Navy Information Warfare Center, as well as Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories.
As Chief Software Officer, Jim Congdon will oversee LightRidge’s software factory and the development and implementation of its autonomous mission solutions roadmap, both focused on national security space. He will build on the company’s embedded and stand-alone software solutions to bring autonomous control and decision-making to its sensor suite. He brings over two decades of defense industry experience in remote sensing operations, software engineering, heterogeneous edge computing, and machine learning. Prior to joining LightRidge, Mr. Congdon delivered command-and-control solutions and sensor data processing, exploitation, and dissemination chains for multiple sensor modalities, including electro-optical/infrared, lidar, and hyperspectral imagery.
“LightRidge is undergoing significant expansion of its infrastructure, facilities, workforce and leadership, and related capabilities to meet rapidly growing customer demand. The additions of Skip and Jim, as two seasoned and accomplished executives, will help drive our innovative solutions and synergies across our business units.” —Bill Gattle, Chief Executive Officer, LightRidge Solutions.