Shawn Purvis received the Women of Color Managerial Leadership Award at the 19th annual Women of Color STEM Conference. She has more than 20 years of experience in the intelligence, information systems, and defense industries.

This fall, Northrop Grumman Corp. named Purvis corporate vice president and president, Enterprise Services effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Purvis joined Northrop Grumman in 2012 serving as vice president of the Integrated Intelligence Systems business unit in the company’s former Intelligence Systems division.

Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Purvis held positions of increasing scope and responsibility with SAIC. She served as senior vice president of SAIC’s Processing Exploitation and Dissemination Operation in the Intelligence Systems business unit, where she was responsible for managing all aspects of the business, including software and systems programs, and network operations.

She maintains strong involvement in the community as a board member of the Northern Virginia Family Services Council and a board member of the Boys and Girls Club of Prince William County, Virginia.

Additionally, she is Northrop Grumman’s executive sponsor of Howard University in Washington, D.C. She was appointed to the George Mason University Board of Visitors in 2015 and is an active member of the Executive Leadership Council and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, Cyber Council.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in computer science from Hampton University and a master’s in information systems from George Mason University. She also earned a program management certification and graduated from the Executive Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.