Cora Carmody

Senior Vice President, Information Technology, Jacobs Engineering

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As the Senior Vice President, Information Technology for Jacobs Engineering, Cora Carmody provides leadership for Jacobs' mission-critical IT Systems including Enterprise Resources systems such as HR, Financial, Operational support systems such as project control, engineering/design and collaboration, infrastructure systems and services such as networks, servers, desktops and web/social and collaborative systems. Cora was with Litton/PRC from 1978 - 2001 (and CIO there from 1996-2001), Invensys plc from 2001-2003, and SAIC from 2003-2008.

*Recipient of NASA's Manned Flight Honoree Award for work on Space Station Freedom Software Build Process, 1991

*Named one of the ComputerWorld "Premier 100," Top IT Leaders of 2002
*IT group recognized in ComputerWorld's "Top 100 Places to Work in IT," 2000 and 2005

*Led Litton/PRC to CMM Level 3; then supported maturity increase to CMM Level 5, crystallizing PRC's culture of continuous improvement

*A lifetime member of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America and the founder of Technology Goddesses, a Girl Scout oriented program to mentor girls of all ages in all manner of information technology.

Cora has an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University (1985) and B.A. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics from the Johns Hopkins University (1978). She and her husband, Colonel Kevin O. Carmody USMC retired, live in Southern California and have 4 children.