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Arlington, VA-based BAE Systems has Promoted Michael Bennett as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
BAE Systems is a global defence, aerospace and security company employing around 88,200 people worldwide. Our wide-ranging products and services cover air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology, and support services. We serve the needs of our customers by delivering a wide range of advanced defence, aerospace and security solutions that provide a technological and performance edge. We work together with local partners to engineer, manufacture, and develop the innovations that sustain economies, increase defence sovereignty and safeguard commercial interests.
About the Person
Michael Bennett serves as the senior vice president of Information Management and the Chief Information Officer for BAE Systems, Inc. Bennett is responsible for all BAE Systems, Inc. IT policy security, and execution. He also leads the development and implementation of information technology strategy across the enterprise. Prior to this position, Bennett served as vice president and general manager of the Information Solutions Line of Business, Enterprise Solutions Business Area, an organization responsible for IT services provided to BAE Systems' 40,000 U.S. internal IT users and the focal point of BAE Systems' Cyber Space business. Additionally, Bennett took on the year and a half assignment as vice president, Acquisition Integration for BAE Systems' Land and Armaments operating group integrating the $4 billion Armor Holdings, Inc. (AHI) acquisition into Land and Armaments. He managed the integration of functions as well as operations such that legacy AHI was successfully integrated. He previously served as the vice president, Contracts, Procurement, Pricing and Facilities of BAE Systems' Customer Solutions operating group. Bennett created that organization in a newly established Customer Solutions operating group. Bennett also spent 18 years of his career with Northrop Grumman. His last position was vice president, Contracts, Pricing, Procurement and Risk Management for Northrop's Information Technology Sector. Prior to that position, Bennett practiced law full time for 20 years in various positions with Northrop Grumman, EDS Corporation, and the U.S. Federal Government. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He received his Juris Doctorate from the National Law Center of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Bennett is a long-time licensed practitioner of both the District of Columbia and the Virginia Bars.
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