Shanay M. Lewis is a lead engineer at the Missile Defense Agency, which develops and deploys a missile defense system to defend the United States from long-range and short-range ballistic missiles.
She first joined the Missile Defense Agency in May 2012 and was recognized at the Women of Color in STEM Conference for being "an extremely capable and committed engineer while working flight tests, targets, and countermeasures, Command, and Control, and Battle Management Communications."
Additionally, she provided superior expertise, innovation, and technical competence in planning, analyzing, and reporting on missile defense gaps, challenges, and needs.
In her role as Lead Engineer of the Capability and Needs Team for the Directorate of Engineering, Architecture, and Concepts, Shanay Lewis serves as principal advisor and program consultant to the Ballistic Missile Defense System regarding all business, acquisition, and overall program operations.
She frequently leads engineering efforts, directs engineers, and applies systems acquisition processes, policies, procedures, and practices. With her leadership, her team develops and assesses the technical and economic feasibility of future systems, including the development of initial requirements, cost, schedule, and performance. She has worked as a Project Manager and has completed engineering, safety, security, and procedural actions in a superb fashion.
Outside of her work, she focuses on being an active community member through church programs, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. community outreach, and other projects for young minorities.
