Cari Ossenfort

Naval Electronics
Senior Vice President and General Manager
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Women In Defense 2022 National Conference : PANEL: ADVANCING YOUR CAREER: MOVING INTO EXECUTIVE RANKS
Bio

Cari Ossenfort has more than 20 years of experience in the defense and commercial industries.  Cari Ossenfort was appointed as the Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Leonardo DRS Naval Electronics business in January 2022.  Prior to her current role Cari was the Leonardo DRS Corporate Vice President of Operational Excellence and Quality, responsible for the creation, evolution, growth, and strategy for the corporate OpEx program.  Before joining Leonardo DRS in 2019 she was the vice president and general manager for the L3 Infrared Products group leading the infrared focal plane business in Dallas, Texas.  Ossenfort is a trained engineer and has held multiple senior engineering, operations, and management roles in previous positions at Leonardo DRS, Raytheon, Texas Instruments and Avery Dennison. She received her electrical engineering degree and master’s in business administration from Auburn University.