gained from a career in technology
spanning more than three decades in
the public and private sectors, into the
need for ongoing digital transformations
that are holistic, guided by corporate
strategy and ultimately driven by
customer demand.
Davis’ journey in the public sector
began as a senior in high school,
spending her summers throughout
college working in a Junior Fellowship
Program at the Lakehurst Naval Air
Engineering Center. “They were trying
to recruit engineers to come to work
for the US Government,” she recalls.
“I spent 26 years, after graduating from
Syracuse, working for the US Depart-
ment of Defense. I think I may be one
of the few people who started as a high
school senior, as a GS2 – the very
bottom of the pay scale – and retired
as a Senior Executive Service Member,
which is equivalent to a US Admiral or
General.” Throughout her career with
the DoD, Davis held almost every job
in the IT organization, rising from
a computer programmer, to managing
help desks services, to managing
infrastructure systems, to running
mission control systems, to beingCLICK TO WATCH: ‘BEHIND THE SCENES WITH LISA DAVIS: A NEW ERA OF IT’
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