Greg K. Crawford, Ph.D.

Greg Crawford is vice president for mission-driven integration and deputy general manager for MITRE National Security (MNS). MNS applies resources from across MITRE to offer innovative, technically robust, and timely solutions for the Department of War’s and Intelligence Community’s most pressing challenges.

As VP, Crawford leads the Mission-Driven Integration Center, which focuses on addressing sponsor mission challenges by harnessing MITRE’s comprehensive technical expertise, domain knowledge, and advanced research. The team collaborates with warfighters and across multiple government agencies, international allies, and industry partners. As deputy GM, he directs strategy execution, cross-sector integration, capability enhancement, and talent development.

Previously, Crawford led MITRE’s Joint and Services Center, supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense Chief Information Officer, the Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, the Army, the Navy, the Missile Defense Agency, and the Defense Information Systems Agency. 

He is an internationally recognized expert in space physics, solar-terrestrial physics, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensing and exploitation. Crawford also chaired the National Academies Naval Studies Board. 

Crawford holds bachelor’s degrees in physics and chemistry with a minor in mathematics from California State University, Fresno. He earned a master’s degree in geophysics and space physics and a doctoral degree in space plasma physics from the University of California, Los Angeles.