Christopher Kastner — Executive VP of Business Management & CFO at Huntington Ingalls Industries

Mr. Christopher D. Kastner, also known as Chris, has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Management at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. since March 1, 2016. Mr. Kastner served as Corporate Vice President of Business Management at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc since March 1, 2016 until July 25, 2016. Mr. Kastner served as the Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Corporate Development at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. since August 23, 2012 until March 1st 2016. Mr. Kastner served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business Management for Ingalls Shipbuilding Division at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. until August 23, 2012. Mr. Kastner served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business Management for of Gulf Coast Shipbuilding at Northrop Grumman Corporation. He served as Vice President of Contracts & Risk Management for Ship Systems Sector of Northrop Grumman Corp., since March 24, 2006. Mr. Kastner served as Director of Strategic Transactions at Northrop Grumman's corporate office, with primary responsibility for the negotiation and execution of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. He served increasingly responsible positions in financial management, contract management and business management on the B-2, Joint STARS and Global Hawk programs in Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems Sector. Mr. Kastner has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara, a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University and completed an Executive Management Course in mergers and acquisitions at Stanford University.