As a senior executive at MDA, Joanna Boshouwers has over twenty five years of experience in complex programs and business management. With 35 years of experience in the space industry, Ms. Boshouwers joined MDA (then SPAR Aerospace) in 1985 as an engineer. She joined the management team in 1997. Ms. Boshouwers has held several positions with increasing responsibilities: Program Manager, Director of Business Development, Director of Program Management, Vice President & General Manager for the Satellite Systems Division of MDA Corporation, and Chief Operations Officer for all of MDA. She is currently back in charge of the Satellite Systems Division. In her many years with the company, she has worked in virtually every area of the business and has acquired a broad view of the workings of a high tech company with complex manufacturing activities and significant exports.