Mr. Martinez joins Mercury Federal from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he was head of the ISR Systems and Technology Division. At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Mr. Martinez had direct responsibility for the division’s programs in the development of advanced techniques and prototypes for surface surveillance, laser systems, active and passive adaptive array processing, integrated sensing and decision support, undersea warfare, and embedded hardware and software computing. The division reached over $140M in total operating budget in FY09 and had more than 330 employees.

Mr. Martinez received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University in 1976, a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and an Electrical Engineer degree jointly from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He earned an M.B.A. from the Southern Methodist University, and has attended the Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2003, and was awarded the Eminent Engineer Award in 2008 from the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University.