Dick Arra - Senior Advisor

Dick brings TriVista clients more than 40 years of experience developing and managing complex Military & Aerospace products and systems. Prior to joining TriVista, Dick served as Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer for ITT Corporation where he led a global 1,000 member diverse engineering organization. Prior to assuming this role, Dick led ITT’s Global Positioning Payload (GPS) business as General Manager of the $80 million business unit.

During his role as Chief Technology Officer, Dick led the corporate wide development and deployment of a comprehensive Product Generation methodology. In 2002, when this initiative was being formulated, ITT’s revenue from new Products was less than 15%; due largely to Dick’s proactive campaign it now stands well above 30%.

Dick obtained his master’s of business administration degree (finance) at Fairleigh Dickinson University, his master’s of engineering (electrical) at NYU and bachelor’s of engineering (electrical) at Manhattan College. Dick also serves as a professor at the Systems and Enterprise Graduate School at Stevens Institute of Technology where he teaches Systems Engineering and Program Management of Complex Systems.