B.S. in mechanical engineering, 1983 Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, 2023
For more than three decades, Sujit Sinha has been a leader in engineering and technology.
In 1983, Sinha, who grew up in Morehead, Kentucky, earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky. He went on to obtain his master’s degree at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, an MBA at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and then made history in 2023 as the first aerospace engineering Ph.D. graduate from UK.
Sinha began his career as an aerospace engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, where he managed the Main Propulsion System console during space shuttle launches and designed shuttle ascent flight trajectories. Following the Challenger disaster, he served on the Presidential Commission’s Challenger Accident Analysis Team and the subsequent Solid Rocket Motor redesign and space shuttle return to flight teams, receiving seven NASA citations for exemplary work achievement.
Seeking to bridge the gap between engineering and management, Sinha moved on to the Coleman Research Corporation, where he served as a consultant to the Department of Defense and then as a manager at A.T. Kearney, which included a three-year assignment in the United Kingdom, specializing in strategic planning, market assessments, and operational improvements. He further honed his expertise in business transformation during his 13-year tenure at Motorola, where he held senior leadership positions, including senior director of IT strategy, architecture, and innovation and senior director of global IT supplier management. There, he successfully negotiated multi-million-dollar contracts, implemented global IT strategies, developed products and led enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives.
As Chief Information Officer at Rev Up Brands, Sinha spearheaded IT modernization efforts that enabled significant revenue growth, including the deployment of cloud-based enterprise resource planning and e-commerce solutions. His leadership in supplier negotiations, cybersecurity enhancements, and infrastructure optimization resulted in substantial cost savings and operational efficiency improvements.
He received an intellectual property award for integrated product development best practices from A.T. Kearney and during his leadership at Motorola, he was honored with InformationWeek's #1 Manufacturing IT Organization, and Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leader award.
Beyond his professional achievements, Sinha has served on the board of AmberPoint, a service-oriented architecture software firm later acquired by Oracle and participated in Hewlett-Packard’s CIO Advisory Board. He is a UPenn Ambassador, member of the American Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a board member of the UK Engineering Alumni Association and serves on the Pigman College of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council.
