Lance Randall has nearly twenty years of experience as a communications and systems engineer. Since 2004, he has been a principal systems engineer with Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems Division, developing and implementing radar and communications algorithms, participating in field and lab tests, and analyzing data to verify system performance. Prior to that, he was employed at Alion Science and Technology developing methodologies and metrics to quantify shortfalls and deficiencies in communication frequencies and assessing their impact on customer operations, training, and testing. While employed at SRA International, he provided system engineering support for a large government research institution. His efforts there include researching leading edge technologies and writing a program history of the development of a state-of-the-art communications system. He spent more than ten years at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) in its satellite communications systems group. He designed and conducted field tests, developed several communications simulations, and led a software system integration test of several satellite control subsystems.

Mr. Randall holds an MS degree in applied mathematics from The Johns Hopkins University (1994) as well as BSE and MSE degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan (1986 and 1988 respectively). He has been a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for over twenty years and frequently speaks to middle and high school students about math, science, and engineering careers. He resides in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and two daughters.