Ms. Cynthia Rodriguez Correa currently serves as the Assistant Program Manager (APM) for Research & Development (R&D) of New Technologies under NAVSEA PMS390, Undersea Special Mission Systems. As part of her responsibilities, she oversees the execution of the US Submarine Escape and Rescue System (SERS) Modernization efforts as well as the development of the Acquisition Strategy for the Next Generation SERS. She also works to identify opportunities for new technology development in the undersea domain.
Ms Rodríguez was selected in 2021 to be part of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Commander’s Executive Fellows Program (CEFP) in Cadre VIII. The program’s goal is to develop top performers from the enterprise into future leaders. During her time in the CEFP, Cynthia completed several highly valuable rotations across the DoD Enterprise and Agencies such as OPNAV, OUSD (R&E), NASA Launcher Services Program, and NAVSEA PMS450X.
Prior to her time in the CEFP, Ms. Rodriguez was part of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Indian Head Department (IHD) – Detachment Picatinny Arsenal at the Naval Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation (PHST) Center. In her time at the PHST Center, she served as a Systems Engineer for Integrated Weapons System (IWS) 3L Program Executive Office (PEO), where she directly supported the MK 41 and MK 57 Vertical Launching System (VLS) for USN and Foreign Military Sales (FMS). She also had the opportunity to work with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in support of the Rearm At Sea (RAS) effort, and PEO IWS 3A in support of the STANDARD Missile Program.
Ms. Rodríguez holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University, a Master’s in Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Outside of work, Ms. Rodriguez enjoys participating in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) outreach programs like Introduce a Girl to Engineering where she has had the opportunity to talk to young girls in high school about a career in STEM and empower them to believe that they too can do it.