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Dr. Bradford W. Parkinson was appointed to EMS Technologies' Board of Directors in May 2006, and currently serves on the Compensation Committee and the Science and Technology Committee.
Dr. Parkinson holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, where he continues to have substantially full-time research and student advisory responsibilities.
Until 2001, Dr. Parkinson was Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford, where he directed NASA's Gravity Probe-B spacecraft development project. During his career, he has actively participated on teams and committees responsible for the design or redesign of a number of space programs, including the GPS system, the Space Station, the Hubble Telescope repair, and a proposed flyby mission to Pluto.
In 2003, Dr. Parkinson was awarded the Draper Prize by the National Academy of Engineering for his role in the development of the GPS system.
Since 1984, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA, which provides advanced geographical positioning solutions, typically to commercial and governmental users. From 1998 to 1999, he served as Trimble's President and Chief Executive Officer while that company was seeking a permanent CEO. | 