Robert Bob) Lepore is Director of the Engineering Management Program in the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona. He presently teaches Engineering Management, Technical Project Management and Sensor Systems Engineering. Bob retired from Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona where he worked for over 35 years. Previous to retiring Bob was vice president of Engineering at Raytheon Missile Systems. In this position, Bob directed overall execution and strategy development for the Engineering organization. Prior to his vice president role, he served as the chief engineer for the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle EKV) where he was responsible for technical oversight of all EKV products.