SENEDIA Tech Talk: Ron Vien, NUWC Division Newport Technical Director 

Please Join Us at the SENEDIA Tech Talk with Ron Vien, Technical Director of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport.

Ronald A. Vien, a member of the federal government’s Senior Executive Service (SES) since April 2018, serves as the Technical Director of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport. In this role, he is responsible for providing research, development, test and evaluation, engineering, analysis and assessment, as well as Fleet support capabilities for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive undersea weapon systems, and stewards existing and emerging technologies to advance the state of the art in undersea warfare.

Mr. Vien concurrently serves as the Director, Undersea Warfare Systems Engineering, where he is responsible for oversight of 12 technical warrant holders to ensure that the Navy maintains its position as the foremost technical authority over a broad portfolio of undersea warfare systems.

Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Vien led the Sensors and SONAR Systems Department at NUWC Division Newport. As a senior scientific technical manager (SSTM) he led a diversified team of over 600 government and 250 contractor scientists, engineers, and technicians engaged in a broad spectrum of Naval research, development, engineering, and acquisition in pursuit of advancing the state-of-the-art in sensor and sonar system designs.

Mr. Vien began his career in 1987 while attending the University of Massachusetts as a part-time employee.  He graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth where he earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology in 1988 and a second bachelor's degree in electrical engineering the following year. He received his Master of Business Administration degree from Bryant University in Rhode Island in 1996. He is also a 2003 graduate of the Office of the Secretary Defense's Executive Leadership Development Program and is certified at DAWIA Program Management Level III.