He previously served as the Lockheed Corporation program manager for the CORONA and LANYARD imaging systems, focusing on development of the second generation of U.S.

[2] At the beginning of the top-secret CORONA program, Mr. Plummer was directed to establish and oversee an off-site facility to build and launch, within a period of nine months, a satellite borne camera and physical recovery system.

[3] The successful project created the field of satellite surveillance, providing vital photographic information that permitted the United States to gauge the nuclear threat posed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and pursue more effective foreign policies.

[4] In 2005 he received the Charles Stark Draper Prize—one of the world's preeminent awards in engineering—for his contributions to the CORONA project.

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